Tuesday, November 4, 2008
online branded community
I actually found the site to be a bit of a drag. Partly because everything took so long to load, and also because it was just a bit too much. Milk doesn't need to be made cool or hip in order to get people to drink it. It just is, at least it always has been for me. You either drink milk or you dont. I dont, personally. It doesnt settle well for me. A lot of people drink milk. I dont understand all the hype or the fuss. It's not like they're promoting one brand over the other. Just drinking it in general. It's pretty simple. If you eat cereal, you put it on your milk. It's one of those things that you need. It's just a necessity. You don't see people campaigning for bread. Not a specific bread in general. Just bread. You don't see it for veggies either. that's what they should be plugging. At least milk tastes good. Make all the tweens pine for veggies. "Hannah Montana eats her veggies!" says the voice-over. The website didn't really change my attitude towards the product nor did it change if i buy it or not. mostly, this is because it's just milk. Not that the advertising couldnt be affective. Just advertise something that needs it. It's obvious that it's trying to keep up with soda and become more than just a necessity. They want to sell more milk by making it cooler than soda or juice. But it's just milk!
Today's Lesson: Milk: Not just brick on the food pyramid anymore!
Gabe Nevills
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Violent video games
I found three separate articles that pertain to the topic of violent video games. The first one I found was an article in the LA Times about a law that prevents violent games from being sold to minors. As of right now, the sale of violent video games is legal to minors. The state argues that parents could use the help in preventing their kids from video games. However, the video game attorney makes a solid point: "Maybe a state will say we shouldn't let you sell, without a parent's permission, books about homosexuality or sex education or birth control," Paul Smith, the industry's attorney, said after the hearing. "I think it's a very scary prospect." The state is trying to make its case by saying that because video games are interactive, they promote participation in violent acts. This point is the same exact point that the next article I found was based on.
The article was on the American Psychological Association website and was titled, "Violent Video Games Can Increase Aggression." It claims that violent video games are more harmful because they are interactive. It claimed that based on their research, men who were habitually aggressive were more violent because of violent video games and that everyone who participated in the violence showed a short increase of aggression. So basically they are saying that violent people are still violent after they play a violent video game and that mild-tempered people are violent for only a short time. Did they think that it was possible that the short lived aggression could be contributed to something else? Most violent video games are contest based so couldn't the aggression be based on an adrenaline rush from competing?
The last article I found was on the PBS website. It was about myths concerning videogames. The article was written by a professor at MIT. His overall message is that video games are given too much credit and that sane individuals can disassociate fantasy from reality. I agree fully with this article. Video games only have as much power as they are given. Why does it matter whether or not video games increase violence? From the first article I found, it matters to the parents who don't want their kids playing violent games and it matters to the game producers who want to keep making and selling their product. It is an issue about freedom versus responsibility. Some people just want to blame and put the responsibility on others. What really needs to be done is that we need to take responsibility for what we choose to participate in. If parents don't want their kids to play certain games then they should take responsibility to do it themselves. People need to be responsible. We can't sacrifice freedom for dependency.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Dear Mr. President
The bottom line is that people need to shut up if they don't know what they're talking about. especially celebrities who think their opinions are more important than anyone elses. It's like every celebrity that picks up a guitar thinks that they're Bob Dylan or John Lennon. I dont care if you dont like what the Bush administration has done or if you're a democrat or what but dont make it a personal attack against George Bush. Politics are more complicated than that but I guess you can't expect an idiot like Pink to understand that. Go back to being a rich snob in hollywood and stay out of Washington you self-righteous hypocrite. You dont live paycheck to paycheck. you have never lived in a cardboard box. you dont go to sleep hungry. If i were bush i wouldnt want to take a walk with you either you ignoramus. If you want freedom and love and peace like you so valiantly preach than how about starting with not insulting people with morals. Just because you dont have any yourself doesnt mean you need to bash someone who does. If you're so concerned about the homeless and the hungry than why not give all your money to those who need it more than you! you hypocrite! you selfish vermin! How do you sleep at night knowing you have so much and give so little? how do you sleep at night knowing that while you curl up in one of your mansions, some child is dying while you live in luxury? You contribute nothing to society you worthless harpy. although politicians are known to be corrupt, at least they make some kind of positive difference in society. Any dirty lie that has ever passed through any politician's mouth is nothing compared to the garbage spewing from yours. You are a disease that spreads through the population of ignorant people, zombies, so easily corrupt by the media. A population that gets their political views from saturday night live and the daily show(quality programs but you still need to have a mind of your own!). This disease is slowly infecting my country, brainwashing the weak-minded. all i can do now, Pink, is pray to my Christian God that your warped, hypocritical idealism isn't the death of my once great country. People used to be proud to be Americans. I still am. The reason you arent being arrested for slandering the President is because our country was founded on religious ideals that allow you to do so. I suggest you not take advantage of that freedom.
Today's lesson: Shut up Pink. and... I rant when i'm frustrated.
Gabe Nevills
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
alternative media
Today's Lesson: Keep your ears open and your eyes open wider. Make sure you have all the information before you come to conclusions.
Thats all for now.
Gabe
Monday, October 13, 2008
Who Am I?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The 2nd Presidential Debate
I liked this article by AP writer, David Bauder.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_el_pr/debate_tv