The ability to choose is a powerful concept as it is extremely vast in what it can do or be; we can interpret the word ‘choice’ as either an action or as a belief that we use to represent ourselves everyday. Whether we use it to portray ourselves negatively or positively, generally the choices that we make resemble our beliefs or our morals, but this is not always the case. Sometimes we make a conscious decision to lie or to ignore the truth for one reason or another.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Belittlement of Japanese Americans During World War Two
America was the mixing-pot of all cultures, the epicenter of global advancement, and home to the pursuit of happiness and freedom during the early and mid 1900s. Values established when the country began, invited immigrants from all across the world creating the mixing-pot of culture. Our country was recognized for our acceptance of different ethnicities, cultures, religions, and ideals but it was hard to hold accepting at all moments in history. During World War Two, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which invited America to join the war. This attack reintegrated the Aliens and Enemies Act which forced over 100,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast to be relocated to areas in mid-western America. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka follows a Japanese American’s family as they experience this new law and its aftermath firsthand.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Discussion Blog
Journalism has the ability to cause people to have a strong sense of emotion, this emotion has the ability to influence human behavior and an individuals' morals. In order to be a successful and meaningful journalist, it is necessary to write about topics that people want to know more about, they should read the story and crave more information. Whether they support your opinion or they completely disagree, the story should be influential.
As 76% of Americans have already heard, the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper have stirred nationwide controversy over the right to free speech and the freedom of the press. Critics of Hebdo believe that there needs to be more "religious tolerance and respect" towards people in the press. Whereas supports felt like the publishing of the image of Muhammad was fair because the paper had a reputation of "poking fun of" other religions and other ethnicity's before the image was published.
As journalists continue to play with different religions and continue to write about different cultures, will stories that inform readers with a sense of humor need to become the social norm? will news stories become more satirical and attentive or will they disappear completely if government puts an end to satirical writing methods?
This leads to the question of libel. Jonathan Peters of the Columbia Journalism Review suggests that "You haven’t really lived as a journalist until you’ve been threatened with a libel lawsuit." Based on this statement, it appears that journalists publish to create controversy or to draw attention to something. Laws regarding libel have been implemented to prevent false/misreported statements from being published and from demeaning the characters' reputation. Even though these laws are in place, they are hard to follow and hard to decipher. "The absence of a clear analytical framework [...] made difficult the resolution of libel disputes, " explained Jean Toal the Chief Justice of South Carolina to Jonathan Peters. It is easy to accuse somebody of libel but it is hard to decide if a journalist is truly guilty.
Without misinterpretation, libel, in theory, would not exist. This does not account for PURPOSEFUL libel. Purposeful libel is manipulation, but is this 'lighter' form of libel necessary to have an interesting and informative story? Can this libel even be 'lighter'? Is it less of libel if you take something small and inconsistent and make it meaningful?
Libel and discriminatory satire have caused America to stop and reconsider what is being published and what is being read by consumers. It hasn't changed the top publishers and it hasn't stopped journalists from publishing freely as granted constitutionally.
As 76% of Americans have already heard, the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper have stirred nationwide controversy over the right to free speech and the freedom of the press. Critics of Hebdo believe that there needs to be more "religious tolerance and respect" towards people in the press. Whereas supports felt like the publishing of the image of Muhammad was fair because the paper had a reputation of "poking fun of" other religions and other ethnicity's before the image was published.
As journalists continue to play with different religions and continue to write about different cultures, will stories that inform readers with a sense of humor need to become the social norm? will news stories become more satirical and attentive or will they disappear completely if government puts an end to satirical writing methods?
This leads to the question of libel. Jonathan Peters of the Columbia Journalism Review suggests that "You haven’t really lived as a journalist until you’ve been threatened with a libel lawsuit." Based on this statement, it appears that journalists publish to create controversy or to draw attention to something. Laws regarding libel have been implemented to prevent false/misreported statements from being published and from demeaning the characters' reputation. Even though these laws are in place, they are hard to follow and hard to decipher. "The absence of a clear analytical framework [...] made difficult the resolution of libel disputes, " explained Jean Toal the Chief Justice of South Carolina to Jonathan Peters. It is easy to accuse somebody of libel but it is hard to decide if a journalist is truly guilty.
Without misinterpretation, libel, in theory, would not exist. This does not account for PURPOSEFUL libel. Purposeful libel is manipulation, but is this 'lighter' form of libel necessary to have an interesting and informative story? Can this libel even be 'lighter'? Is it less of libel if you take something small and inconsistent and make it meaningful?
Libel and discriminatory satire have caused America to stop and reconsider what is being published and what is being read by consumers. It hasn't changed the top publishers and it hasn't stopped journalists from publishing freely as granted constitutionally.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
News Blog
As culture has turned away from receiving information from the television and the newspaper into handheld devices, entertainment companies have changed their mode of production to accommodate for the advancements in resources. Technological advancements may not necessarily be the best for American society though, news segments have shortened, become more opinionated, and have become an "optional" selection. We no longer see a large headline in the newspaper encouraging readers to tune in on the discussion and become more aware of events in America, rather today, maybe you google something you want to hear about.
Facebook, and other billion dollar companies have taken advantage of this and have begun to allow news companies to publish top stories and to publicize their stories to consumers who may not even realize an event is occurring. Facebook has created an application called Instant Articles and it is going to launch with the support of nine publishers including the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and NBC News. By implementing this, consumers are directly exposed to news articles that they probably aren't exposed to because they do not browse news websites.
As more consumers become aware of the happenings of the world, people will learn how to act in an independent fashion and decide what they really believe. By having access to sites that are of different narratives, there is more to learn because there isn't a focus on one individual bias. Providing consumers with a variety of sources allows for a more informative session on a topic. By looking at different stories written by multiple people from multiple backgrounds, your understanding of an event or a topic becomes more relevant and accurate. This idea is similar to the idea that every story told is different than the factual story. Tim O'brien has explained this in How to Tell a True War Story. He states that "To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true." This means that because of the perspectives that are reached by people throughout an event, each individual story tells a truth that might not be true to another person. As people learn about other narratives or formats, their conceptual outlook on an event becomes different.
On the surface, an extremely unjust act can be completely downplayed as something that is not really that bad. For example, US History textbooks almost completely skip over the American created Japanese Internment Camps. Government has used censorship to downplay the event. Rather, the textbook would go into depth on a separate event, such as the Holocaust and leaving a paragraph or so to describe the "Japanese Detainment Communities."
News is important for society to improve. Multiple news networks accurately frame a story that is entertaining and informative to display something that isn't known to a group of individuals. News is effective and can play a role on your actions. It is a learning profile that can change a way that you behave or that you think.
Facebook, and other billion dollar companies have taken advantage of this and have begun to allow news companies to publish top stories and to publicize their stories to consumers who may not even realize an event is occurring. Facebook has created an application called Instant Articles and it is going to launch with the support of nine publishers including the New York Times, BuzzFeed, and NBC News. By implementing this, consumers are directly exposed to news articles that they probably aren't exposed to because they do not browse news websites.
As more consumers become aware of the happenings of the world, people will learn how to act in an independent fashion and decide what they really believe. By having access to sites that are of different narratives, there is more to learn because there isn't a focus on one individual bias. Providing consumers with a variety of sources allows for a more informative session on a topic. By looking at different stories written by multiple people from multiple backgrounds, your understanding of an event or a topic becomes more relevant and accurate. This idea is similar to the idea that every story told is different than the factual story. Tim O'brien has explained this in How to Tell a True War Story. He states that "To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true." This means that because of the perspectives that are reached by people throughout an event, each individual story tells a truth that might not be true to another person. As people learn about other narratives or formats, their conceptual outlook on an event becomes different.
On the surface, an extremely unjust act can be completely downplayed as something that is not really that bad. For example, US History textbooks almost completely skip over the American created Japanese Internment Camps. Government has used censorship to downplay the event. Rather, the textbook would go into depth on a separate event, such as the Holocaust and leaving a paragraph or so to describe the "Japanese Detainment Communities."
News is important for society to improve. Multiple news networks accurately frame a story that is entertaining and informative to display something that isn't known to a group of individuals. News is effective and can play a role on your actions. It is a learning profile that can change a way that you behave or that you think.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Satire
Fake news does not exist. Any presentation of an occurrence, whether it be presented satirically, formally, or as an act, a presentation that is informative in any manner should be considered real. Satire, although it is humorous, still presents vital information to society; a satirical presentation brings attention to an ideology or a belief that may not be socially acceptable or to the local ideals, but it can also direct negative energy towards something that may not be wrong in any way.
Satire has no purpose unless it has a reason to exist. Without a motive, there would be no reason to 'make fun' out of someone, or a group of people who practice their individual beliefs. Tim Parks of NYR suggests "There is mockery but with a noble motive: the desire to bring shame on some person or party behaving wrongly or ignorantly." He suggests that when you target someone shamefully, there must be a positive outcome. This means that if satire is to be used to draw attention to an argument, there must be a reason that if you are shaming someone, there will be something that will change, whether that be in an action, or a public opinion.
The First Amendment recognizes an American's right to free speech and the freedom for the press to publish how they choose, but this doesn't mean censorship doesn't happen. Censorship was designed to 'protect' people and to ensure that our country is safe. The Internet is becoming a new place for censorship across the globe. China is leading a pathway of internet censorship by creating new tactics and laws limiting what can be posted and said over the internet. The country worked to erase over 24,000 postings on 6 public pages that were negative towards China. Could USA be next to monitor news networks and social media to protect the identity of America?
If we begin to limit negative comments throughout online, television, and print, the same way that China and North Korea have, some of the most popular stations and programs would cease to exist. Shows like the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live would be altered completely, no longer would they be allowed to use humor to inform America about global news. The same would happen to newspapers and magazines, papers like The Onion or websites like Buzzfeed and Clickhole would no longer be allowed to post news stories in a humorous manner.
Satire is necessary to bring attention to global events. When satire is used the way it was intended to be used, consumers become more informed of the world around them in a manner that makes them more comfortable around the subject. Satire is important to making people feel comfortable and to help them recognize the outcomes of decisions that are made that could have an impact on society.
Satire has no purpose unless it has a reason to exist. Without a motive, there would be no reason to 'make fun' out of someone, or a group of people who practice their individual beliefs. Tim Parks of NYR suggests "There is mockery but with a noble motive: the desire to bring shame on some person or party behaving wrongly or ignorantly." He suggests that when you target someone shamefully, there must be a positive outcome. This means that if satire is to be used to draw attention to an argument, there must be a reason that if you are shaming someone, there will be something that will change, whether that be in an action, or a public opinion.
The First Amendment recognizes an American's right to free speech and the freedom for the press to publish how they choose, but this doesn't mean censorship doesn't happen. Censorship was designed to 'protect' people and to ensure that our country is safe. The Internet is becoming a new place for censorship across the globe. China is leading a pathway of internet censorship by creating new tactics and laws limiting what can be posted and said over the internet. The country worked to erase over 24,000 postings on 6 public pages that were negative towards China. Could USA be next to monitor news networks and social media to protect the identity of America?
If we begin to limit negative comments throughout online, television, and print, the same way that China and North Korea have, some of the most popular stations and programs would cease to exist. Shows like the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live would be altered completely, no longer would they be allowed to use humor to inform America about global news. The same would happen to newspapers and magazines, papers like The Onion or websites like Buzzfeed and Clickhole would no longer be allowed to post news stories in a humorous manner.
Satire is necessary to bring attention to global events. When satire is used the way it was intended to be used, consumers become more informed of the world around them in a manner that makes them more comfortable around the subject. Satire is important to making people feel comfortable and to help them recognize the outcomes of decisions that are made that could have an impact on society.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Not Your Average First Kiss
"I was on vacation during the summer, and we were at a hotel, and there was a guy that I thought was pretty attractive... So, I later found out that he was from Minnesota like me, and we became 'friends'. We would hang out at the pool and the hot tub. One of the nights that we hung out, we went back inside the hotel and were hanging out in the halls and in the hotel room, it was like two in the morning and we decided we should go to bed," descibed a slow to tell, very anxious about her experience, anonymous student.
This was just where the story got interesting and sort of funny though.
"His room was actually across the hall [from her room], so I went over into his hotel room, and I was super awkward because I kind of knew what was happening and I was like 'Oohh, where is everyone it's also like two in the morning' and then I turned around and he grabbed my face and that's it, end of story. Then I was like 'I probably should go to bed now' then I left and the next morning we were leaving and it was kind of awkward because I didn't really know what happened [...] I came back across the hall, and my roomates slammed the door and they were jumping up and down screaming and we were all just having a little party I got up with my friend the next morning to go get breakfast and he was coming in from a run so it was just awkward timing. He messaged me because we didn't have eachothers numbers yet, he apologized because he didn't know if that was what I wanted. I was like 'oh no, you don't have to apologize about it'," she said.
Despite the greatest probability that your first kiss won't end up outside of a movie theater, an old car, or a truth or dare game, her first kiss was completely random and very unlikely. I mean, your first kiss happening on vacation, and you still remaining in contact with the person almost a year later, that must be special. Even if her first kiss did not mean "true love" or it did not promise an intimate relationship, her first kiss has a story, her vacation that she took will always remain in her mind because of her first experiences with a boy.
This was just where the story got interesting and sort of funny though.
"His room was actually across the hall [from her room], so I went over into his hotel room, and I was super awkward because I kind of knew what was happening and I was like 'Oohh, where is everyone it's also like two in the morning' and then I turned around and he grabbed my face and that's it, end of story. Then I was like 'I probably should go to bed now' then I left and the next morning we were leaving and it was kind of awkward because I didn't really know what happened [...] I came back across the hall, and my roomates slammed the door and they were jumping up and down screaming and we were all just having a little party I got up with my friend the next morning to go get breakfast and he was coming in from a run so it was just awkward timing. He messaged me because we didn't have eachothers numbers yet, he apologized because he didn't know if that was what I wanted. I was like 'oh no, you don't have to apologize about it'," she said.
Despite the greatest probability that your first kiss won't end up outside of a movie theater, an old car, or a truth or dare game, her first kiss was completely random and very unlikely. I mean, your first kiss happening on vacation, and you still remaining in contact with the person almost a year later, that must be special. Even if her first kiss did not mean "true love" or it did not promise an intimate relationship, her first kiss has a story, her vacation that she took will always remain in her mind because of her first experiences with a boy.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Design
Design is a beautiful thing, it is so simple yet it can change so many things. It can make something feel a certain way, design has the power to make something appear to be very beautiful on the outside but end up being very dark and disturbing on the inside or it can work in the opposite way. The power that design has, lies in appearance and exhibition that can be produced to impact a certain desire or feeling of a consumer, fellow colleague, or any other inhabitant.
The very first thing you might think of when you hear design, might be a magazine, poster, or a rooms decor, but design isn't as simple as that. It could be a way that somebody organizes their actions or even the way that they present themselves. Adam Swaan, a writer for Forbes, suggests that " there’s a new, mass expectation of good design: that products and services will be better thought through, simplified, made more intuitive, elegant and more enjoyable to use." He is suggesting that we are turning to something that is designed in all aspects to provide answers for a question that we have, or to create a place that a consumer can look to that is a trustworthy place.
In order to have a feeling of trust, we look for patterns of organization. Forms of organization are brutally important to design because without organization, there would no longer be any resemblance or anything that unites a reoccurring concept together. Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group believes that this organization and development in design is key in promoting a business. He claims that "A well-designed space immediately says that you care about the details and that you want to contribute something fun and meaningful to your customers' lives -- it will help them to relax and talk about what they're looking for. " He suggests that something as simple as the way that a room is organized can completely change the overall feeling of a company, and the feelings of consumers.
The very first thing you might think of when you hear design, might be a magazine, poster, or a rooms decor, but design isn't as simple as that. It could be a way that somebody organizes their actions or even the way that they present themselves. Adam Swaan, a writer for Forbes, suggests that " there’s a new, mass expectation of good design: that products and services will be better thought through, simplified, made more intuitive, elegant and more enjoyable to use." He is suggesting that we are turning to something that is designed in all aspects to provide answers for a question that we have, or to create a place that a consumer can look to that is a trustworthy place.
In order to have a feeling of trust, we look for patterns of organization. Forms of organization are brutally important to design because without organization, there would no longer be any resemblance or anything that unites a reoccurring concept together. Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group believes that this organization and development in design is key in promoting a business. He claims that "A well-designed space immediately says that you care about the details and that you want to contribute something fun and meaningful to your customers' lives -- it will help them to relax and talk about what they're looking for. " He suggests that something as simple as the way that a room is organized can completely change the overall feeling of a company, and the feelings of consumers.
We find design everywhere that we look, when we pick up our cell phones, log on to the internet, enter a classroom, or even make the decision to obey our justice system. Design isn't always based around a consumer, it is based on importance. If something is necessary, such as the laws that are DESIGNED to enforce respect among other people, it will be created in a fashion that promotes the overall goal. It might cause controversy, but the overall design is created for the benefit of the public. In 2012, the United Nations issued a statement saying that "human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked and mutually reinforcing and that they belong to the universal and indivisible core values and principles of the United Nations". They are establishing a new standard of the promotion of democracy and the core values of government, the United Nations designed a new format to represent the people of the world.
Design can be as simple as a magazine though, over the course of the month, the Journalism 2 class that I am a part of have, has been looking at design throughout journalism and we have created our own designs. As an Editor for the Hoofprint, our school newspaper, I have continually learned ways to improve the designs that I have published.
Design can be as simple as a magazine though, over the course of the month, the Journalism 2 class that I am a part of have, has been looking at design throughout journalism and we have created our own designs. As an Editor for the Hoofprint, our school newspaper, I have continually learned ways to improve the designs that I have published.
The design above, was created in 50 Minutes in a challenge that we did as a class. I've tried the design previous times, but I think the format works for a story like this.
The Generating Wins design was the first design that I have made that utilized 3D objects and such. There are a lot of things that I would like to change on the design, such as implementing the blue and green colors, and increasing font size for interesting details.
Everything has design because everything that is created has a purpose. Humans appreciate design and have learned to admire and despise the way that certain things are designed. The design of something has the capability to 'make or break' anything that it is involved in. Portraying the desired outlook of a concept has become so important because of the impact that design has on consumers.
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