Advertising

It doesn't matter where I go or what I do I am always influenced by advertisements. Driving down a road, working on my computer, or eating at a restaurant. Advertising is very big and will continue to grow. I think that it is a good idea for schools to allow advertising for money but not for the curriculum to consist of advertising. Kids see advertising enough let them atleast work in school without this nuesence. This shows that advertising is an often used technology to get people to buy their product or go to their store. So next time your out driving in your car or just walking down the street look twice and see how many advertiements there are and what ways the company uses them.

What's Wrong With Cinderella?

Peggy Orenstein’s article What's Wrong with Cinderella to me was a little off. I don't understand why little girls can't be whatever they want to be when they are young. If they want to be princesses then let them be. I don't think that later in life that the girls will be followers because of the Disney princess characters. The girls might be girlie girlie for awhile but when they are older it won't pay any mean for the girl to be inferior to anyone else. When I was young I played outside of course but when I was inside I played with army figures. I don't play with them anymore and neither would those girls who play with barbies. I think people now a days look into stupid stuff like this. Let kids be kids.

"The Rules of Attribution"

Today so many people download music illigeally. Even though its illigeal people keep doing it because if they can get it for free somewhere why pay money to download it. Also many people get reports and papers off the internet and use them as their own for classes. This happens more and more. Before college I truely thought that it was OK to do all these things if it was in moderation. I was never really taught about plagiarism. Yes teachers said not to plagiaris but the never went into the details.

"Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?"

While I was reading "Cultural Renaissance or Cultural Divide?" by Bill Ivey and Steven J. Tepper I noticed the difference in Pop Culture today from Pop Culture in years past. I realized how today an "amateur" can post something on youtube and if a lot of people look at it and like it then that person or group can become famous and possibly make some money. Today people at their homes can get on the internet and browse anything in the world. Getting on youtube to look at something someone else has mentioned happens all the time. In my own experience when I hear a friend of mine at practice talking about the lastest thing on youtube, I go home and look it up. In the past this knowledge was so instintaneous.