I currently do not use a social networking site. I used Myspace in the past and just recently signed up for a Twitter account. I use to love Myspace and used it almost everyday but just got bored of it. I went from checking it 4-6 times a week to checking it once every few months. I just came to the realization its a waste of time using sites like Myspace or Facebook everyday. It is nice to catch up with friends but I use AIM and talk to most of my friends on there. Over time I just preferred to use AIM or text messaging to keep in contact as oppossed to checking out Myspace.
I am thinking about getting involved again using Twitter because it is very similar to text mesaging. I rather send a tweet than use Myspace and to always change my front page. I use to hate always changing my background to keep up with everyone else and is probally one of the main reasons why I stopped using Myspace. I will start using Twitter in the future and possibly check my Myspace page more often than once every 3 or 4 months. I would not pay a fee for it since I didn't value it much in the first place but if I liked Twitter a lot than I would possibly pay a fee to use it.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Essay #2
I have many movies which I consider my favorite. If I had to choose 1 movie I would watch over and over again than I would say it would have to be Babel. The reason why I chose this movie is because there were so many stories that intertwined and so many events going on at the same time. You had 2 kids in Morocco who accidentally shot a tourist. You had their story along with the husband of the lady and their kids back home in America dealing with a nanny who is illegal. The story has lots of things going on at the same time whether its immigration or international politics. I liked both the plot and the filmmaking technique of running intertwining stories all at once.
I prefer watching a movie in the theatres. You get to be out of the house and enjoy the night with someone special and get to watch it on a big screen with nice surround sound. The disadvantage to this of course is spending money and sometimes long lines if it’s a busy night like a Friday night. I believe there are more advantages to watching it at home since its cheaper and of course the food is cheaper as oppose to buying it at a concession stand.
I actually thought overall the academy awards were well put together. I normally don’t watch it because it just seems like people are competing over who is the best dressed and who gives the most fake applauses and laughing at things that isn’t funny. Although I did see some of that this year, I thought the show was pretty good. All of the nominees pretty much deserved to be there and the movies were really good. Nothing to political either with the exception of Penn so I did enjoy the show this year and might tune in next year as well.
I prefer watching a movie in the theatres. You get to be out of the house and enjoy the night with someone special and get to watch it on a big screen with nice surround sound. The disadvantage to this of course is spending money and sometimes long lines if it’s a busy night like a Friday night. I believe there are more advantages to watching it at home since its cheaper and of course the food is cheaper as oppose to buying it at a concession stand.
I actually thought overall the academy awards were well put together. I normally don’t watch it because it just seems like people are competing over who is the best dressed and who gives the most fake applauses and laughing at things that isn’t funny. Although I did see some of that this year, I thought the show was pretty good. All of the nominees pretty much deserved to be there and the movies were really good. Nothing to political either with the exception of Penn so I did enjoy the show this year and might tune in next year as well.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Essay #1
If I had to choose one word to describe my newspaper reading habits, it would be, "POOR". The very few times I read a newspaper were when I lived with my Dad. I would read the Star Ledger then and probally have only read 5 or 6 newspapers before the Wall Street Journal in my whole life. The reason why I never read any newspapers is simply because I got all my news online. At first I recieved my news from CNN.COM or FOXNEWS.COM but now I get a lot of my news from Drudgereport.com. The reason why I like the Drudgereport is because one can see a combination of different articles and sometimes even get news that the mainstream media doesnt report or will report it much later.
My main opinion about newspapers is that they are important for the country. The reason why I believe this is because the more newspapers people read, the more informed people are in general. I personally dont have any need in newspapers since I read all my news online but I do hope newspapers stay in circulation. If I lived in a big city like NYC, I think I would read newspapers while traveling in mass transit like the subways or buses, but since I drive everywhere in Orlando I just see no use in reading a paper. So I see newspapers as being a bigger advantage only when living in a big city.
Using the Wall Street Journal to learn about mass communication is an excellent idea. I believe one learns a lot more using a newspaper than a textbook because one gets up-to-date information. A text book is written at least a year prior and therefore being outdated. My expectations for this class is to learn about mass media and guide me toward my journalism career. I do feel the WSJ will meet these expectations but I do believe in order to have total balance we should also use the New York Times because it shows a more left view while the WSJ shows a more right view. I dont think these views are reflected in the articles we read in the WSJ since its more related to mass media communication but I do believe if we had the NYT it would be perfect.
My main opinion about newspapers is that they are important for the country. The reason why I believe this is because the more newspapers people read, the more informed people are in general. I personally dont have any need in newspapers since I read all my news online but I do hope newspapers stay in circulation. If I lived in a big city like NYC, I think I would read newspapers while traveling in mass transit like the subways or buses, but since I drive everywhere in Orlando I just see no use in reading a paper. So I see newspapers as being a bigger advantage only when living in a big city.
Using the Wall Street Journal to learn about mass communication is an excellent idea. I believe one learns a lot more using a newspaper than a textbook because one gets up-to-date information. A text book is written at least a year prior and therefore being outdated. My expectations for this class is to learn about mass media and guide me toward my journalism career. I do feel the WSJ will meet these expectations but I do believe in order to have total balance we should also use the New York Times because it shows a more left view while the WSJ shows a more right view. I dont think these views are reflected in the articles we read in the WSJ since its more related to mass media communication but I do believe if we had the NYT it would be perfect.
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