Mix it Up Ch 10

Chapter ten deals with how media affects not only how we communicate but how we interpret messages. Interestingly, video games are said to facilitate collateral learning, while textbooks and reading are explicit learning. The zone is a place where we can go where society norms are held at bay or temporarily suspended. A break from reality that more and more people are drawn to via the internet. The idea of face to face contact is seen as cumbersome and less people are apt to do it. Virtual life can alter and change a person's real life. Either in a relationship, divorce, love, hate, envy. All these emotions can be felt for real through the internet. Sites like Rate my Professor can be used by more than students. For example, lawyers, employers and fellow faculty. Privacy on the internet is very rare commodity. That linked with how many people lie, cheat, and all around mean. It's a harsh reality for a naive person.I found the part talking about the Chinese digital sweatshops really fascinating. I had no idea gamers paid for upgrades earned by others on ebay. and that it was someones job to play this game for hours in order to earn upgrades that can then be sold. Where do you belive the internet will take us in the future? Is culture spread via digital media more so than actual life?

I thought the videos in class today were interesting. The first video was visually very distracting. On to the Disney movie, I am partial to Disney as I grew up on them. After saying that, I believe Disney movies should not be so over analyzed. They are first and primarily a top corporation whose sole goal is to make money. They know what makes money and especially what sells. Marketing is key to their success as their brands and icons are featured on hundreds of items. I thought the people talking in the movie were a making big deal out of Disney's movies, but why just Disney? Are they analyzing every children's movie producer, for example Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc.), Dreamworks (Madagascar 1 and 2), 20th Century Fox (Ice Age series)? Are moveis these movies meant to be analyzed or enjoyed?


-Kayla O