The most prominent justice issue presented in this movie is this idea of insider trading. The trading of stock with hidden information that the general public is not informed about. Its not only about insider trading, but the ways of proving someone guilty of this crime. As one can imagine its extremely difficult to prove what a person has heard by word of mouth. How can a justice system convict a person of hearsay, when we are highly rooted in providing solid/hard evidence towards one another? Gordon Gekko really isnt seen as a villain in the movie yet more so as an antihero. The movie is drenched in moral and ethical issues between the three main characters, yet is seen as secondary to the white collar crime. It really gives you a great example of a victimless crime.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is the sequel to Wall Street that came out in 1987. The plot is centered around a relationship between this guy named Jacob and Winnie. Jacob works on Wall Street, while Winnie attempts to establish a web cite she created on the map. The kicker is that Winnie is the daughter of Gordon Gekko, a highly respected man within Wall Street once upon a time. He was found guilty of using and abusing insider information to enhance his profits. The movie starts off with him getting out of jail and having nothing. Long story short, he manipulates Jacob into using insider information to ultimately steal 100 million dollars from Winnie that he left in her name before he went to jail.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Speaker Guest
Overall I thought the guest speaker was very informative. Her presentation was well rounded and covered many aspects of suicide. I was actually quite surprised on the number of suicides per year. I was expecting a lot more. Also, it was pretty shocking that 80% of people have thought about suicide at least once in their lifetime. I dont know if thats sad or alarming to be quite honest or both. She also said most suicides come from people between the ages of 18-25. What is happening between these ages, college? Does this mean our universities are putting way to much stress on their students? In my opinion I think they are. Personally I believe there should be limitations on student work loads. That no college in the U.S. should be allowed to break.
Her presentation seemed to cover almost every aspect and emotion involved in suicide. I almost thought I was at risk when she mentioned the fact about people staying in bed all day. I mean on the weekends I rarely leave my bedroom. To say the least she was very informative. In all seriousness its important to understand the symptoms of suicide. Suicide is an extremely hard idea to grasp for some people. I believe it should be mandatory for all people to take a class like that.
Her presentation seemed to cover almost every aspect and emotion involved in suicide. I almost thought I was at risk when she mentioned the fact about people staying in bed all day. I mean on the weekends I rarely leave my bedroom. To say the least she was very informative. In all seriousness its important to understand the symptoms of suicide. Suicide is an extremely hard idea to grasp for some people. I believe it should be mandatory for all people to take a class like that.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Halloween Prank
http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20101101/NEWS02/11010307
This article consists of a triple homicide. Early sunday morning 3 bodies were found in a local barn. The 3 bodies consisted of a father, a mother, and a son. Early sunday morning one of the other came home from a friends house thinking it was a halloween prank from the night before (the family had a barn party saturday night). After soon realizing his family was murdered he called the police. Not to long after the police found the other son in a local hotel. It didn't take long before they found out that he had murdered his own family. The son had countless run-ins with the law prior to this murder. The police were quoted saying, "he had violent past". Motives are still unknown along with the weapon.
Does the media use Halloween as an excuse to influence ratings? In essence does the media stretch stories to help connect a reason to an action? In my opinion I believe they do. Im sure there is an influx in homicides during Halloween because of the costumes. Im sure there are days where there are just as many murders as Halloween accumulates that dont get the same publicity because of the randomness. Being able to provide speculation with causality has to help media ratings without a doubt.
This article consists of a triple homicide. Early sunday morning 3 bodies were found in a local barn. The 3 bodies consisted of a father, a mother, and a son. Early sunday morning one of the other came home from a friends house thinking it was a halloween prank from the night before (the family had a barn party saturday night). After soon realizing his family was murdered he called the police. Not to long after the police found the other son in a local hotel. It didn't take long before they found out that he had murdered his own family. The son had countless run-ins with the law prior to this murder. The police were quoted saying, "he had violent past". Motives are still unknown along with the weapon.
Does the media use Halloween as an excuse to influence ratings? In essence does the media stretch stories to help connect a reason to an action? In my opinion I believe they do. Im sure there is an influx in homicides during Halloween because of the costumes. Im sure there are days where there are just as many murders as Halloween accumulates that dont get the same publicity because of the randomness. Being able to provide speculation with causality has to help media ratings without a doubt.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
BILLYYYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e
So for my free post I decided to analyze Billy Joels song, "We didnt start the fire". Basically the song is one big time line. The significant events that he decides to sing about are between 40s and 80s. Throughout the song his lists events/tragedies that society has been dealing with for a long time. The chorus of the song is "we didn't start the fire", referring to his generation. The fire is all the turmoil society has been dealing with sense the beginning of time. To blame one generation for all the problems in the world is ignorant and not realistic. The generation before ones is the main cause for the problems the current generation has to deal with. In essence the problems keep rolling on to the next one.
Why I bring this song about is because I realistically wonder how big of an influence a song can be to the general public? Honestly if it wasn't for Billy Joel a respectable singer and song writer, I doubt this song would of even been recognized. So it brings up the next question, is the public listening just because of the artist or is the song really being seen for its deeper message? Realistically I have no idea how effective this song was in changing the world and our outlooks. Though this might sound kind of corny, but I do believe if it made a difference in one person life it made a difference in the world. People cant give up on changing the world even if it doesn't reach the masses.
So for my free post I decided to analyze Billy Joels song, "We didnt start the fire". Basically the song is one big time line. The significant events that he decides to sing about are between 40s and 80s. Throughout the song his lists events/tragedies that society has been dealing with for a long time. The chorus of the song is "we didn't start the fire", referring to his generation. The fire is all the turmoil society has been dealing with sense the beginning of time. To blame one generation for all the problems in the world is ignorant and not realistic. The generation before ones is the main cause for the problems the current generation has to deal with. In essence the problems keep rolling on to the next one.
Why I bring this song about is because I realistically wonder how big of an influence a song can be to the general public? Honestly if it wasn't for Billy Joel a respectable singer and song writer, I doubt this song would of even been recognized. So it brings up the next question, is the public listening just because of the artist or is the song really being seen for its deeper message? Realistically I have no idea how effective this song was in changing the world and our outlooks. Though this might sound kind of corny, but I do believe if it made a difference in one person life it made a difference in the world. People cant give up on changing the world even if it doesn't reach the masses.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Copycat
Scream and Natural Born Killers are movies with extreme cases of serial killers.
Its a pretty big shocker to think people would actually try to copy these two movies for the simple fact of the actors involved in each one. Were talking about Woody Harrelson here. The same Woody Harrelson that was in the movie White Man Cant Jump, enough said. How and why someone would try and replicate such a fictional story I have no idea. The biggest surprise to me is that these people feel like their actions are justified because they made a movie about what they did. Thats just mind boggling to me.
Realistically movies like Scream and Natural Born Killers will be made forever. Whether it is for better or for worse that these movies should be made is somewhat irrelevant. I have a hard time believing that there will ever be a statute that restricts movie plots. There will always be people in this world that will take fictional stories way too insanely. How can our world predict a movie that is dangerously copycatable? The answer is we cant. Its not the movie that is the problem in this situation, but is the people themselves. As long as we have people in this world, we will have "insanity".
Its a pretty big shocker to think people would actually try to copy these two movies for the simple fact of the actors involved in each one. Were talking about Woody Harrelson here. The same Woody Harrelson that was in the movie White Man Cant Jump, enough said. How and why someone would try and replicate such a fictional story I have no idea. The biggest surprise to me is that these people feel like their actions are justified because they made a movie about what they did. Thats just mind boggling to me.
Realistically movies like Scream and Natural Born Killers will be made forever. Whether it is for better or for worse that these movies should be made is somewhat irrelevant. I have a hard time believing that there will ever be a statute that restricts movie plots. There will always be people in this world that will take fictional stories way too insanely. How can our world predict a movie that is dangerously copycatable? The answer is we cant. Its not the movie that is the problem in this situation, but is the people themselves. As long as we have people in this world, we will have "insanity".
Monday, October 18, 2010
Pokemon
http://media.photobucket.com/image/first%20pokemon/sXeProdigy/pokemon.gif
When I looked at this blog entry for this week only one thing came to mind....Pokemon. When I was in elementary school I would watch this show religiously. Everyday I would come home from school and watch my two episodes before my mother forced me to do my homework.
After the first 25 episodes, they came out with a trading card game. Now being the little entrepreneur I was I started selling these cards in school. My friends and I would sell several cards a week to each other. The funny thing is we would never actually play the game. It was all about who had the best cards and what kind of leverage they had on one another.
In essence we wanted to be little Pokemon trainers that the show portrayed. The show itself showed us how to be these Pokemon trainers. The cards allowed us to carry out that dream. Everyone wanted to be a Pokemon trainer. Everyone and anyone wanted to be involved with Pokemon at this time. It was an elementary students drug. Looking back on this it is quite amazing how loyal and involved we were to this game. A kids imagination is quite a tool.
When I looked at this blog entry for this week only one thing came to mind....Pokemon. When I was in elementary school I would watch this show religiously. Everyday I would come home from school and watch my two episodes before my mother forced me to do my homework.
After the first 25 episodes, they came out with a trading card game. Now being the little entrepreneur I was I started selling these cards in school. My friends and I would sell several cards a week to each other. The funny thing is we would never actually play the game. It was all about who had the best cards and what kind of leverage they had on one another.
In essence we wanted to be little Pokemon trainers that the show portrayed. The show itself showed us how to be these Pokemon trainers. The cards allowed us to carry out that dream. Everyone wanted to be a Pokemon trainer. Everyone and anyone wanted to be involved with Pokemon at this time. It was an elementary students drug. Looking back on this it is quite amazing how loyal and involved we were to this game. A kids imagination is quite a tool.
Homecoming Party
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39710013
This story takes place at an apartment complex near Cal University. It was during homecoming weekend for the school when it erupted in gun fire. Late that night supposedly a non-student attempted to join an off campus party. After he was denied access he pulled out a firearm and shot several times. The shooter killed one person and injured two more. The shooter was arrested not to long after the shooting. He was found at his house where he was forced to surrender. Earlier that day it was also found that the kid that was shot was involved in a 6 car pill-up.
It was interesting to me that the media had written about this car crash as well. In essence it really had nothing to do with the story what so ever. I felt like it was just trying to make the story more dramatic than it actually was. This story kind of reminds me of our Springfest. This article is about kids partying at their own school which involved a freak accident. Springfest and this article have the common denominator of certain kids that shouldnt be there in the first place. Is it our fault that we have big parties and other kids want to join? Maybe it is and maybe it isnt. In the long run the students of JMU are repeating the consequences of these irrelevant kids, as are the kids from Cal University.
This story takes place at an apartment complex near Cal University. It was during homecoming weekend for the school when it erupted in gun fire. Late that night supposedly a non-student attempted to join an off campus party. After he was denied access he pulled out a firearm and shot several times. The shooter killed one person and injured two more. The shooter was arrested not to long after the shooting. He was found at his house where he was forced to surrender. Earlier that day it was also found that the kid that was shot was involved in a 6 car pill-up.
It was interesting to me that the media had written about this car crash as well. In essence it really had nothing to do with the story what so ever. I felt like it was just trying to make the story more dramatic than it actually was. This story kind of reminds me of our Springfest. This article is about kids partying at their own school which involved a freak accident. Springfest and this article have the common denominator of certain kids that shouldnt be there in the first place. Is it our fault that we have big parties and other kids want to join? Maybe it is and maybe it isnt. In the long run the students of JMU are repeating the consequences of these irrelevant kids, as are the kids from Cal University.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Info
In this article the author brings forward the problems our culture has conveying reliable information to the public. Saying there really isnt any source of trusted information in the world today. He gives several examples of trusted reporters back in the day. Maybe these reporters were better at tricking the public with less drastic measures. Who knows? He goes on and talks about the many causes of inaccurate information. The first one he talks about is the bandwagon effect. This is a pretty self explanatory concept. People tend to relate to the overwhelming majority. An example of this would be when a teacher asks her students to raise their hand for A or B. You believe its B but sense everyone else is raising their hand for A you go along with the crowd. Another example of this is when a sports team is doing exceptionally well. People tend to support the teams that are doing the best (unlike the cowboys). Im not going to lie, I recently became a Miami Heat fan. For people that don't know the Miami heat recently acquired 3 of the best NBA players in the league. Im a fan. The second one he talks about is the confirmation bias. This is where a person only looks for information that supports their own opinions. This tends to happen a lot in jury cases. People try to find professionals in the field that support their beliefs. The third one he talks about is the base rate fallacy. This is basically where we favor our own experiences rather than empirical evidence. The last is the cognitive dissonance. We discredit evidence that is not inline with our ideologies. I feel like a lot of old people have this problem.
I think the Department of Information is a great idea. It would be extremely hard to put into action because of the 1st Amendment, but I think it would work. The constitution is made to change. The only problem I see is the money factor. I feel like money, like it always does will have a significant pull in what gets published and what doesn't. Just a thought though.
I think the Department of Information is a great idea. It would be extremely hard to put into action because of the 1st Amendment, but I think it would work. The constitution is made to change. The only problem I see is the money factor. I feel like money, like it always does will have a significant pull in what gets published and what doesn't. Just a thought though.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Dora the Explorer
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39572576/ns/today-entertainment/
This article brings about many interesting facts and concerns minors deal with when their talents require them to sign contracts. Recently the voice of the hit show "Dora the Explorer", Caitlin Sanchez has attempted to bring about litigation towards the ever famous Nickelodeon. Caitlin signed a contract with them when she was 12 years old. The contracted stated she would get paid around 5,000 dollars per episode and receive a portion of Dora's merchandising revenue. Caitlin was let go after two years after hitting puberty. The teen soon followed up with a lawsuit saying she signed an "unconscionable" contract. In essence meaning her lawyer wasn't knowledgeable enough to sign for her. The lawsuit brings about millions of dollars that Nickelodeon would owe Caitlin. The article brings about how many actors without much leverage sign bad deals all the time, so why should this one be different?
I picked this article because it brings about many different issues that minors face with signing formal contracts. Who is to blame here? Should the parents be more knowledgeable of their daughters situation? Should the lawyer be held accountable for the problems Caitlin is facing now? This article brings about the importance of how careful one needs to be when signing for a minor. Also, the forethought that one day Caitlin would hit puberty should of been taken into consideration. I'm not sure if the lawyer and parents were really being realistic about the whole situation.
This article brings about many interesting facts and concerns minors deal with when their talents require them to sign contracts. Recently the voice of the hit show "Dora the Explorer", Caitlin Sanchez has attempted to bring about litigation towards the ever famous Nickelodeon. Caitlin signed a contract with them when she was 12 years old. The contracted stated she would get paid around 5,000 dollars per episode and receive a portion of Dora's merchandising revenue. Caitlin was let go after two years after hitting puberty. The teen soon followed up with a lawsuit saying she signed an "unconscionable" contract. In essence meaning her lawyer wasn't knowledgeable enough to sign for her. The lawsuit brings about millions of dollars that Nickelodeon would owe Caitlin. The article brings about how many actors without much leverage sign bad deals all the time, so why should this one be different?
I picked this article because it brings about many different issues that minors face with signing formal contracts. Who is to blame here? Should the parents be more knowledgeable of their daughters situation? Should the lawyer be held accountable for the problems Caitlin is facing now? This article brings about the importance of how careful one needs to be when signing for a minor. Also, the forethought that one day Caitlin would hit puberty should of been taken into consideration. I'm not sure if the lawyer and parents were really being realistic about the whole situation.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Student and Sex Video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39524970
This article is one big debate about whether or not two college students performed a hate crime or not. The story starts off talking about two roommates that attend Rutgers University in New Jersey. One night the one roommate asked the other roommate for the room alone for a couple of hours. He happily complied and left the room. Before he left though, he had set up a web cam to capture any activity in the room. To his surprise his web cam came back with some significant footage. The footage involved his roommate with two other males. All the article said was that it was an "encounter" between the young men. Later that week the one roommate along with a female broadcasted the footage over the internet. Three days later the roommate that was in the video committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge. In essence the lawyers on each side are trying to decide whether or not this case is subject to prosecution of a hate crime. Both the male and female are both facing up to five years in prison. They are being charged with the invasion of privacy. In relation to the article we read there are several unique characteristics that hold true to this internet article. One that is obvious is the ideal victim. Social norms are in contradiction with the values the one roommate holds. Being gay in a society that is not overly accepting is quite difficult to manage. I believe this is one of the main reasons this article recieved so much attention. Also, being publicly broadcasted over the internet helps mass numbers of people watch the actual video. The article talks about the parents trying to enforce action, and to find ways this will never happen again to any other student. Enabling a CJ policy to change the future is their main goal. In my opinion I wouldnt qualify this article as entertainment. It is obvious that this article will receive mass amounts of attention for its uniqueness. If something receives a lot of attention in the media does it qualify as entertainment?
This article is one big debate about whether or not two college students performed a hate crime or not. The story starts off talking about two roommates that attend Rutgers University in New Jersey. One night the one roommate asked the other roommate for the room alone for a couple of hours. He happily complied and left the room. Before he left though, he had set up a web cam to capture any activity in the room. To his surprise his web cam came back with some significant footage. The footage involved his roommate with two other males. All the article said was that it was an "encounter" between the young men. Later that week the one roommate along with a female broadcasted the footage over the internet. Three days later the roommate that was in the video committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge. In essence the lawyers on each side are trying to decide whether or not this case is subject to prosecution of a hate crime. Both the male and female are both facing up to five years in prison. They are being charged with the invasion of privacy. In relation to the article we read there are several unique characteristics that hold true to this internet article. One that is obvious is the ideal victim. Social norms are in contradiction with the values the one roommate holds. Being gay in a society that is not overly accepting is quite difficult to manage. I believe this is one of the main reasons this article recieved so much attention. Also, being publicly broadcasted over the internet helps mass numbers of people watch the actual video. The article talks about the parents trying to enforce action, and to find ways this will never happen again to any other student. Enabling a CJ policy to change the future is their main goal. In my opinion I wouldnt qualify this article as entertainment. It is obvious that this article will receive mass amounts of attention for its uniqueness. If something receives a lot of attention in the media does it qualify as entertainment?
Monday, September 27, 2010
U.S. soldier faces murder charges from Afghan war
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/27/afghanistan.coverup.case/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39375104
Fox- nothing
The article describes how 12 soldiers of war are being prosecuted for conspiracy of murder to Afghan civilians and covering it up. Specifically, five of the soldiers are being charged with murder, and the other 7 are being charged with covering up. Jeremy Morlock is the main focus of the case. Morlock is being charged with 3 counts of murder. Also, a man name Gibbs(who is also part of Morlock's brigade) is being held accountable for keeping body parts of war. Supposedly Gibbs took a finger and leg bone, along with a tooth from a corpse.
The CNN article does a very good job of giving you the general idea for the cases. The article doesn't really go into specifics. On the contrary to CNN, MSNBC gives you a more detailed description on each case in particular. It also lets you know what each soldier is being charged with. Fox doesn't even have the article.
I guess one of the possible reasons FOX didnt publish this article is because of their Republican background. Maybe they didnt want to portray their military as unrefined animals. Just an idea.
I definitely believe the public should be aware of this story. The media is one of the only ways the general public can be informed on whats going on over seas. Unless you know someone overseas personally, the media is a way we, the general public get a grasp on the war itself.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39375104
Fox- nothing
The article describes how 12 soldiers of war are being prosecuted for conspiracy of murder to Afghan civilians and covering it up. Specifically, five of the soldiers are being charged with murder, and the other 7 are being charged with covering up. Jeremy Morlock is the main focus of the case. Morlock is being charged with 3 counts of murder. Also, a man name Gibbs(who is also part of Morlock's brigade) is being held accountable for keeping body parts of war. Supposedly Gibbs took a finger and leg bone, along with a tooth from a corpse.
The CNN article does a very good job of giving you the general idea for the cases. The article doesn't really go into specifics. On the contrary to CNN, MSNBC gives you a more detailed description on each case in particular. It also lets you know what each soldier is being charged with. Fox doesn't even have the article.
I guess one of the possible reasons FOX didnt publish this article is because of their Republican background. Maybe they didnt want to portray their military as unrefined animals. Just an idea.
I definitely believe the public should be aware of this story. The media is one of the only ways the general public can be informed on whats going on over seas. Unless you know someone overseas personally, the media is a way we, the general public get a grasp on the war itself.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Hood Rat things with my friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4
Minors and the justice system are always a highly controversial issue. At what age should a person be responsible for his or her actions. In this clip you have a 7 year old that stole his grandmothers car. On his joyride he hits several cars and mailboxes. The media catches the 7 year old saying, "I like to do hood rat things with my friend" and "he smoke with cigarettes". The scary part about this whole story is that this kid is only 7 years old. I don't think I even knew what a cigarette was at 7.
So i go back to the question about what age should a person be responsible for his or her actions? Honestly, in my opinion a 7 year old is a little young to be prosecuted for a serious offense. I'm sure his grandmother is going to give him all the punishment he needs anyways. On the contrary, what if this kid had killed someone on his drive? He openly admitted to knowing he could of killed someone. It definitely would have been a tough place to be in for a judge.
All in all, the media does a very good job of portraying this little kid as a corrupt individual. It seems like the media tried to make this case as extreme as they could. Im sure there have been other kids that have taken their parents car for a joyride. Why did this story get so much attention?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Serial Killer
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/23/crime.grim.sleeper.case/index.html?iref=allsearch
This article is a about man who was accused of killing 10 women. He was given the nickname the "Grim Sleeper" because he would take long breaks in between killings. His killings range from 1985 to 2007. His main targets were African American women and prostitutes. Franklin was arrested on July 8th. Police had found Franklin's DNA at some of the crime scenes in which led to his arrest. His sons DNA was also found. He is currently locked up in Southern California.
The article focuses more so on the case itself. I believe there is so much ambiguity in between cases its hard to give specific details for each one. In which are the reasons why the author targets the case itself. Franklin plead not guilty to 10 accounts of murder. These 10 accounts were all located in South Los Angeles area. The killings took a 12 year stint. No specific types of police were mentioned in the article. The article talks a lot about Franklin's encounter with his cellmate. The victims really aren't mentioned at all in the article. They only mention what type of people Franklin targeted. One interesting thing about the article was that in May, sketches of the serial killer were posted on billboards. How would you feel driving down the road looking at billboards trying to find serial killers?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Football Player Story
1) http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/14/thomas.football.brain/index.html?hpt=C1
2) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/09/13/penn.death.ap/index.html?xid=si_ncaaf&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
3) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/14/college-football-player-who-committed-suicide-had-signs-of-brain-injury/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+DiscoverMindBrain+(Discover+Mind+&+Brain)
The articles I chose were about a football player from the University of Penn that hung himself. Owen Thomas was the starting lineman for the team that was name second team All Ivy in his sophomore year. In April he was found dead in his off campus apartment. An autopsy was performed on the young man only to find that he suffered from CTE. This syndrome is usually found in boxers. Why you might ask? Boxers end up with this syndrome from the repeated blows to the head. Repeated knocks to the skull tend to result in concussions. After finding out that Mr. Thomas had this disease, it led to some explanation for the hanging. Its effects are neurobehavioral, including erratic behavior, use of drugs and alcohol, depression and suicide. The kicker in the story was that Mr. Thomas had never been diagnosed with a concussion. Which brings up many scary factors/issues when thinking about our athletes.
One of the main differences between the articles is the sense of empathy. Source number 2 had a lot of quotes from his mother. It definitely was a lot harder to read when you felt the compassion of the mother to the son. Source number 3 was mainly focused on prevention of CTE in the future, and how it’s been a problem throughout the NFL.
The story in each article for the most part remained the same. The differences were the focus points of each article. They all focused on different aspects when talking about CTE. It was pretty evident on how each article differed. The bulk of the paper was about what the author wanted to get across to the reader. None of the articles really distorted the facts of the story, but deliberately focused on what the author was pushing for in the article.
Common links that were found throughout the stories were Mr. Thomas had never had a concussion before. He was a good student and well liked. The NFL in the past has had trouble with CTE. His parents were in great shock when it happened. CTE is a serious disease.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Deviant Cockfighting
http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/best-cockfighting-website
I found this website that shows videos of cockfighting. For people that dont know what cockfighting entails, its basically dog fighting but with chickens. The website has hundreds of videos on it. Unfortunately you have to subscribe to the website to actually watch the videos, so my viewings were limited.
The act of being involved in cockfighting is deviant by itself. A good example of this was the Mike Vick case a couple years back with dogfighting. Vick was sentenced to several months in jail. Different animals but same concept when talking about deviance.
I guess the purpose of this website is to support avid cockfighting fans. I didnt realize that cockfighting was such a popular activity to be involved with. Cockfighting seems to be quite popular around the world internationally, not so much within the U.S. In my opinion cockfighting is quite deviant. Anytime you force two animals to fight to the death it will and should be labeled deviant and inhumane.
Forcing two animals to kill each other is on another level than just being deviant.
I found this website that shows videos of cockfighting. For people that dont know what cockfighting entails, its basically dog fighting but with chickens. The website has hundreds of videos on it. Unfortunately you have to subscribe to the website to actually watch the videos, so my viewings were limited.
The act of being involved in cockfighting is deviant by itself. A good example of this was the Mike Vick case a couple years back with dogfighting. Vick was sentenced to several months in jail. Different animals but same concept when talking about deviance.
I guess the purpose of this website is to support avid cockfighting fans. I didnt realize that cockfighting was such a popular activity to be involved with. Cockfighting seems to be quite popular around the world internationally, not so much within the U.S. In my opinion cockfighting is quite deviant. Anytime you force two animals to fight to the death it will and should be labeled deviant and inhumane.
Forcing two animals to kill each other is on another level than just being deviant.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Media on Media
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2686_131/ai_90683550/
This article starts off by asking the question, where does this "American" image come from that are lives revolve around drugs, crime and prostitution? The author makes it a point to say that almost all American films have been, or can be translated into foreign languages. Not only are American films being shown throughout the world, but CNN as well. As we all know CNN does a fabulous job of keeping the world posted on our daily sex scandals and horrific oil spills. Further along in the article he asks the question about the realistic images and values that our country portrays, are they non-existant?
The author criticizes not only the media itself and how it portrays Americans, but certain outlets as well. CNN was certainly focused on throughout the article and how it portrays our nation as a whole like violent drug addicts. The criticism is pointed out as a national tragedy. It brings up several first hand experiences in the article about how we are looked upon in such a negative manner to some people. Which makes one think of the stereotypical "American". In my opinion the author does a fine job of bringing up valid points on why we are viewed like that throughout the world. First hand accounts are about as personal as it can get for evidence.
The author finishes her article with several solutions to this problem. In my opinion the most important solution to this problem that she presented was that people should start taking responsibility for oneself, when in foreign countries. Even if the movies portray us in a certain way, by showing them in person that all Americans aren't drug dealing coke heads, could actually have an immediate impact on our perception throughout the world.
This article starts off by asking the question, where does this "American" image come from that are lives revolve around drugs, crime and prostitution? The author makes it a point to say that almost all American films have been, or can be translated into foreign languages. Not only are American films being shown throughout the world, but CNN as well. As we all know CNN does a fabulous job of keeping the world posted on our daily sex scandals and horrific oil spills. Further along in the article he asks the question about the realistic images and values that our country portrays, are they non-existant?
The author criticizes not only the media itself and how it portrays Americans, but certain outlets as well. CNN was certainly focused on throughout the article and how it portrays our nation as a whole like violent drug addicts. The criticism is pointed out as a national tragedy. It brings up several first hand experiences in the article about how we are looked upon in such a negative manner to some people. Which makes one think of the stereotypical "American". In my opinion the author does a fine job of bringing up valid points on why we are viewed like that throughout the world. First hand accounts are about as personal as it can get for evidence.
The author finishes her article with several solutions to this problem. In my opinion the most important solution to this problem that she presented was that people should start taking responsibility for oneself, when in foreign countries. Even if the movies portray us in a certain way, by showing them in person that all Americans aren't drug dealing coke heads, could actually have an immediate impact on our perception throughout the world.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Media Fast
I chose to do my media fast on Saturday. One of the main reasons I chose to do it on this particular day is because I sleep for most of Saturday. Instead of watching TV when I woke up I chose to read a book. Within an hour I fell back asleep for a couple hours. By the time I chose to get out of bed my buddies were ready to go to UREC. After spending a couple hours there I went home and cleaned up for the night. For the rest of the night I went to my friends house for a party, and left my cell phone at home. All in all the experience was somewhat relaxing, not having to worry about constant communication with people is nice. Not to be hassled by emails and text messages all throughout the day came at an unexpected pleasant surprise. The only problem I had was with the non-usage of the I-pod. I listen to my I-pod non-stop, 24/7. Music makes everything more enjoyable without a doubt. The only time I cheated was when my parents had to get in touch with me about school.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Media Log
9:00am - Alarm went off on my phone
9:30am- Checked e-mail while watching Sportscenter
1:00pm- Worked on the computer
3:00pm- Talked on the phone
6:00pm- Internet
8:00pm- Television
11:00pm- Internet/E-mails
*Text throughout the day (around 10 times)
*I-pod usage around 3-4 hours throughout day
9:30am- Checked e-mail while watching Sportscenter
1:00pm- Worked on the computer
3:00pm- Talked on the phone
6:00pm- Internet
8:00pm- Television
11:00pm- Internet/E-mails
*Text throughout the day (around 10 times)
*I-pod usage around 3-4 hours throughout day
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