Week 5 Reading Response #3
Visual Arguments
These campaigns are meant to target the audiences of teens and young adults. The advertisements are addressing teens and young adults individually to encourage them to make the right choices. Advertisements are making the audience aware that you don’t have to do drugs to be cool, and don’t let the peer pressure get the best of you. Also these advertisements are making it a reality of the consequences that can happen under the influence. The advertisements are also trying to reach out to parents to talk to there teens about drugs and what they can do to you.
After comparing the three ads, I find the third ad most convincing. Why? Because
It’s not just a close up of their face; the ad uses visuals like the file cabinet. This ad is also more convincing by the using the words that look like they have been cut out a news paper and making a few of the word stand out more by making them larger. Also convincing are the words the read, “Kids these days are just a bunch of pot-smoking slackers, right? Wrong. I’m a writer, a halfback, and the last thing I smoked was an entire defense. Drugs aren’t me. My life. My decision.”
I’d say that these ads are definitely eye catching; I’d say that they are about roughly fifty percent effective. They are sure to make you look twice, and when there is a variety and consistency of the ads they are more likely to have an influence on teenager’s actions.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Week 4 Reading Response #1
Week 4 Reading Response #1
Cartoons
I think that these visuals of how men and women communicate are similar in many ways. They all emphasize on the way men and woman approach certain issues or how they would respond to them. They show that women are more idealist meanwhile men are more realist or stubborn. The behaviors of women in all these cartoons are sensitive and lengthy. For example in the Mick Stevens comic, he has the man stating “Talk to me Alice, I speak women”. This comic symbolizes to me that the man is mocking the women and that the women is going to go on and on about issues or topics where as a man would just answer yes or no. Same for the Leo Cullun comic, you know the author is referring to when a woman want to talk in a relationship a man first reaction is “Uh Oh”. Whether the man is thinking he did something wrong or he doesn’t want to listen to the women go on and on about a certain subject when man will just get straight to the point.
The advantages to using heterosexual couples as example of how men and women interact are easier for the readers to understand the concept that the writer is stating. Most heterosexual couples can relate to the examples in a stereotypical way. The disadvantages to these comics on the way couple interact is that its stereotyping heterosexuals.
I think the most successful cartoon is William Hamilton’s, “Look, all I’m saying is…” This cartoon definitely demonstrates how men and women differ in getting tasks done. Men are more thick headed and won’t ask for directions, meanwhile a women in charge would just stop and get directions and go on her way. The least successful cartoon, I’d have to say would be Peter Steiner’s, because I guess after studying it; I’m not really sure what is going on in this cartoon. What I get from this cartoon is that the parent of the bride or groom is taking charge and the couple isn’t really sure what they want.
The kinds of people whom the New Yorker is trying to reach are middle age, middle class and older Americans. There lives consist of knowing what is going on in the world today from social to economic events.
Cartoons
I think that these visuals of how men and women communicate are similar in many ways. They all emphasize on the way men and woman approach certain issues or how they would respond to them. They show that women are more idealist meanwhile men are more realist or stubborn. The behaviors of women in all these cartoons are sensitive and lengthy. For example in the Mick Stevens comic, he has the man stating “Talk to me Alice, I speak women”. This comic symbolizes to me that the man is mocking the women and that the women is going to go on and on about issues or topics where as a man would just answer yes or no. Same for the Leo Cullun comic, you know the author is referring to when a woman want to talk in a relationship a man first reaction is “Uh Oh”. Whether the man is thinking he did something wrong or he doesn’t want to listen to the women go on and on about a certain subject when man will just get straight to the point.
The advantages to using heterosexual couples as example of how men and women interact are easier for the readers to understand the concept that the writer is stating. Most heterosexual couples can relate to the examples in a stereotypical way. The disadvantages to these comics on the way couple interact is that its stereotyping heterosexuals.
I think the most successful cartoon is William Hamilton’s, “Look, all I’m saying is…” This cartoon definitely demonstrates how men and women differ in getting tasks done. Men are more thick headed and won’t ask for directions, meanwhile a women in charge would just stop and get directions and go on her way. The least successful cartoon, I’d have to say would be Peter Steiner’s, because I guess after studying it; I’m not really sure what is going on in this cartoon. What I get from this cartoon is that the parent of the bride or groom is taking charge and the couple isn’t really sure what they want.
The kinds of people whom the New Yorker is trying to reach are middle age, middle class and older Americans. There lives consist of knowing what is going on in the world today from social to economic events.
week 4 reading response #2
Week 4 Reading Response #2
Making a Visual Argument: Exporting America
1. The exports of American products to developing nations are substantial. The aspects of American culture are the products being used to advertise them. The impact that these companies have on other nations is the same as it has on Americans in the United States. They do whatever it takes to sell, from logos, to quality, to quantity.
I would say that I am proud of these American products springing up in other countries, it shows how successful these products and markets are. Although the fact that many of these developing countries are the manufactures of many American products. This taking away jobs from Americans, but on behalf of the company’s smarter side it is saving them money.
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3. Yes, the artifacts represented here symbolize both the spread of democracy and consumer capitalism. Yes they symbolize that any company or product can have success not only nationally but globally.
4. Yes, they give me an insight, because they can be intimated by the success of these companies. This making it hard to compete in they own country.
5. The photographs can go either way. They can be used for argument purposes, for example; they can be used for global product distribution.
6. I like the Mohsen Shandiz, Coca-Cola and Marlboro in Iran, 1993 picture. Why? Because I think its funny that they have three young boys drinking Coca-Cola in front of what seems to be a convenient store, standing by the Marlboro sign. You know for a fact that these boys are way too young to be smoking, but the photographer uses it anyway.
Making a Visual Argument: Exporting America
1. The exports of American products to developing nations are substantial. The aspects of American culture are the products being used to advertise them. The impact that these companies have on other nations is the same as it has on Americans in the United States. They do whatever it takes to sell, from logos, to quality, to quantity.
I would say that I am proud of these American products springing up in other countries, it shows how successful these products and markets are. Although the fact that many of these developing countries are the manufactures of many American products. This taking away jobs from Americans, but on behalf of the company’s smarter side it is saving them money.
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3. Yes, the artifacts represented here symbolize both the spread of democracy and consumer capitalism. Yes they symbolize that any company or product can have success not only nationally but globally.
4. Yes, they give me an insight, because they can be intimated by the success of these companies. This making it hard to compete in they own country.
5. The photographs can go either way. They can be used for argument purposes, for example; they can be used for global product distribution.
6. I like the Mohsen Shandiz, Coca-Cola and Marlboro in Iran, 1993 picture. Why? Because I think its funny that they have three young boys drinking Coca-Cola in front of what seems to be a convenient store, standing by the Marlboro sign. You know for a fact that these boys are way too young to be smoking, but the photographer uses it anyway.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Essay #1- Final Draft
Growing up in King Cove, Alaska and I have been raised on the subsistence resources that are available in our area. These subsistence foods include: wild Alaskan salmon, caribou, moose, birds, clams, and berries. I am very familiar with the taste of fresh wild foods. When I go to a restaurant outside of Alaska, I hardly ever order salmon because most of the time it is not wild Alaskan salmon, but farmed salmon. The farmed salmon industry has made a large impact on the wild Alaskan salmon industry. Although most people agree that the taste of fresh, wild Alaskan salmon is better, farmed salmon has had a large share of the market because of demand, price, and quality.
Wild Alaskan salmon is delicious, but the demand for salmon in the United States varies. Most of the salmon that is sold in the United State is used in restaurants, processed foods, canned, and in a variety of other ways. The demand for wild Alaskan salmon would be greater if it weren’t for the farmed salmon market. Most of the farmed salmon sales in the United States come from the Atlantic farmed salmon hatcheries, with smaller ones throughout the nation. The United States also imports farmed fish from Chile. Chile farmed salmon is one of the largest markets in the world.
Most of the salmon sold in the United States is fresh, frozen, or canned, and a small portion of the frozen domestic production is Alaskan sockeye salmon. One exception to that are the vacuum-packed sockeye fillets, which are processed under Portlock brand from Port Chatham Seafood. Port Chatham Seafood is a subsidiary of Trident Seafood’s Inc, which have canneries in many fishing towns in Alaska. An example of marketing wild Alaskan salmon products in a variety of ways to impact the salmon markets are: Copper River Red Salmon, Aleutia Salmon, Bristol Bay Sockeye, and Kenai King.
An increase of farmed salmon production has had a negative effect on Alaskan fisherman and fisherwomen, creating a decrease in price for Alaska wild salmon. Due to the price drop for wild Alaskan salmon it has had a major impact on Alaskan commercial fisherman and fisherwomen, especially with the cost of living in Alaska alone. The cost of fuel is getting higher and with the low prices that fish buyers are giving, it makes it hard to make a profit off salmon. Not only are fisherman and fisherwomen suffering, the families who depend on fish for a living are as well. Many students who depend on this income to attend higher education are impacted as well. Finding it hard to make a living on the fishing industry, more and more families are pushed to find work outside of their communities that they were born and raised in. Small communities in Alaska whose main economy comes from the fishing industry are affected as well, much of the taxes support our schools and government entities.
Salmon sales worldwide remain strong, despite the fact that there are possibilities of disease outbreak in farmed salmon industries, like a few that have been reported at Chilean salmon farms. Wild Alaska Salmon has a better texture, taste, and appearance than farmed salmon. Farmed salmon has a soft texture, pale in color and bland in taste. The state of Alaska has promoted fresh wild salmon as being more nutritious than farmed salmon. The potential for diseases in the farmed salmon is high because of the environment they are produced and raised in. We are hopeful that the Alaska wild salmon industry will prevail over farmed salmon.
In conclusion, wild Alaskan salmon is much tastier and healthier for you. The impact of farmed salmon on Alaskan fishermen, fisherwomen, and their families exists today. So I suggest to you only eat Alaskan wild salmon.
Wild Alaskan salmon is delicious, but the demand for salmon in the United States varies. Most of the salmon that is sold in the United State is used in restaurants, processed foods, canned, and in a variety of other ways. The demand for wild Alaskan salmon would be greater if it weren’t for the farmed salmon market. Most of the farmed salmon sales in the United States come from the Atlantic farmed salmon hatcheries, with smaller ones throughout the nation. The United States also imports farmed fish from Chile. Chile farmed salmon is one of the largest markets in the world.
Most of the salmon sold in the United States is fresh, frozen, or canned, and a small portion of the frozen domestic production is Alaskan sockeye salmon. One exception to that are the vacuum-packed sockeye fillets, which are processed under Portlock brand from Port Chatham Seafood. Port Chatham Seafood is a subsidiary of Trident Seafood’s Inc, which have canneries in many fishing towns in Alaska. An example of marketing wild Alaskan salmon products in a variety of ways to impact the salmon markets are: Copper River Red Salmon, Aleutia Salmon, Bristol Bay Sockeye, and Kenai King.
An increase of farmed salmon production has had a negative effect on Alaskan fisherman and fisherwomen, creating a decrease in price for Alaska wild salmon. Due to the price drop for wild Alaskan salmon it has had a major impact on Alaskan commercial fisherman and fisherwomen, especially with the cost of living in Alaska alone. The cost of fuel is getting higher and with the low prices that fish buyers are giving, it makes it hard to make a profit off salmon. Not only are fisherman and fisherwomen suffering, the families who depend on fish for a living are as well. Many students who depend on this income to attend higher education are impacted as well. Finding it hard to make a living on the fishing industry, more and more families are pushed to find work outside of their communities that they were born and raised in. Small communities in Alaska whose main economy comes from the fishing industry are affected as well, much of the taxes support our schools and government entities.
Salmon sales worldwide remain strong, despite the fact that there are possibilities of disease outbreak in farmed salmon industries, like a few that have been reported at Chilean salmon farms. Wild Alaska Salmon has a better texture, taste, and appearance than farmed salmon. Farmed salmon has a soft texture, pale in color and bland in taste. The state of Alaska has promoted fresh wild salmon as being more nutritious than farmed salmon. The potential for diseases in the farmed salmon is high because of the environment they are produced and raised in. We are hopeful that the Alaska wild salmon industry will prevail over farmed salmon.
In conclusion, wild Alaskan salmon is much tastier and healthier for you. The impact of farmed salmon on Alaskan fishermen, fisherwomen, and their families exists today. So I suggest to you only eat Alaskan wild salmon.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Essay #1 Draft
I grew up in King Cove, Alaska and was raised on the subsistence resources that I was surrounded by which included: fish, caribou, moose, birds, clams, and berries. I am very familiar with the taste of fresh wild foods. When I go to a restaurant outside of Alaska, I hardly ever order salmon because most of the time it is not wild Alaskan salmon but farmed salmon. The farmed salmon industry has made a large impact on the wild Alaskan salmon industry. Although most people agree that taste of fresh, wild Alaskan salmon is better, farmed salmon has a large share of the market because of demand, price, and quality.
Wild Alaskan salmon is great and the demand for salmon in the United States varies. Most of the salmon that is sold in the United State is used in restaurants, processed foods, canned, and in a variety of other ways. The demand for wild Alaskan salmon would be greater if it weren’t for the farmed salmon market. Most of the farmed salmon sales in the United States come from the Atlantic farmed salmon hatcheries with smaller ones throughout the nation. The United States also imports farmed fish from Chile. Chile farmed salmon is one of the largest markets in the world.
Most of the salmon sold in the United States seems to be fresh, frozen, or canned, and a small portion of the frozen domestic production is Alaskan sockeye salmon. One exception to that are vacuum-packed sockeye fillets, which are processed under Portlock brand from Port Chatham Seafood, which is a subsidiary of Trident Seafoods. An example of marketing wild Alaskan salmon products in a variety of ways to impact the salmon markets are: Copper River Red Salmon, Aleutia Salmon, Bristol Bay Sockeye, and Kenai King.
An increase in demand for farmed salmon has had a negative effect on Alaskan fisherman. Due to the price drop for wild Alaskan salmon it has had a major impact on Alaskan commercial fisherman, especially with the cost of living in Alaska alone. The cost of fuel is getting high and higher and with the low prices that fish buyers are giving it makes it hard to make a profit. Not only are fisherman suffering, there family who depend on fish for a living are as well. Not only that many small communities in Alaska whose main economy comes from the fishing industry are as well.
Salmon sales worldwide remain strong, despite some hitches this year--notably a disease outbreak at Chilean salmon farms that threatens to further reduce production and exports. Wild Alaska Salmon has a better texture, taste, and appearance than farmed salmon. Farmed salmon has a soft texture, pale in color and bland in taste. The state of Alaska has promoted fresh wild salmon as being more nutritious than farmed salmon. The potential for diseases in the farmed salmon is high because of the environment they are produced and raised in.
In conclusion, wild Alaskan salmon is much tastier and healthier for you. The impact of farmed salmon on Alaskan fishermen exists today.
Wild Alaskan salmon is great and the demand for salmon in the United States varies. Most of the salmon that is sold in the United State is used in restaurants, processed foods, canned, and in a variety of other ways. The demand for wild Alaskan salmon would be greater if it weren’t for the farmed salmon market. Most of the farmed salmon sales in the United States come from the Atlantic farmed salmon hatcheries with smaller ones throughout the nation. The United States also imports farmed fish from Chile. Chile farmed salmon is one of the largest markets in the world.
Most of the salmon sold in the United States seems to be fresh, frozen, or canned, and a small portion of the frozen domestic production is Alaskan sockeye salmon. One exception to that are vacuum-packed sockeye fillets, which are processed under Portlock brand from Port Chatham Seafood, which is a subsidiary of Trident Seafoods. An example of marketing wild Alaskan salmon products in a variety of ways to impact the salmon markets are: Copper River Red Salmon, Aleutia Salmon, Bristol Bay Sockeye, and Kenai King.
An increase in demand for farmed salmon has had a negative effect on Alaskan fisherman. Due to the price drop for wild Alaskan salmon it has had a major impact on Alaskan commercial fisherman, especially with the cost of living in Alaska alone. The cost of fuel is getting high and higher and with the low prices that fish buyers are giving it makes it hard to make a profit. Not only are fisherman suffering, there family who depend on fish for a living are as well. Not only that many small communities in Alaska whose main economy comes from the fishing industry are as well.
Salmon sales worldwide remain strong, despite some hitches this year--notably a disease outbreak at Chilean salmon farms that threatens to further reduce production and exports. Wild Alaska Salmon has a better texture, taste, and appearance than farmed salmon. Farmed salmon has a soft texture, pale in color and bland in taste. The state of Alaska has promoted fresh wild salmon as being more nutritious than farmed salmon. The potential for diseases in the farmed salmon is high because of the environment they are produced and raised in.
In conclusion, wild Alaskan salmon is much tastier and healthier for you. The impact of farmed salmon on Alaskan fishermen exists today.
Week 3 Response
I’d say that the title states everything. Everyone who writes has to start somewhere, whether your first draft is a winner or not. Gathering ideas about the topic you are writing about may be easy, but putting it down on paper and organizing the thoughts and ideas to make sense is a task. As she states that all first drafts are terrible, the point is that you need to get what you want on paper, so you can go back and revise what points you are trying to get across to your readers. By the final draft you should have exactly what you want, or what you think you want. By this draft your paper should make complete sense to your readers.
I agree with Lamott on this article in numerous ways. I can relate to the very same instances; not knowing where to begin, getting stuck and so forth. I think that when she states what her friend told her, “the first draft is the down draft- you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft- you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if its loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy.” Summarizes what process of writing you should know. I also agree when she states that the first draft is a child’s draft, is so true, it’s just about getting the thoughts and ideas out of your head on to paper. Overall I think this sums up why I agree with Lamott.
I agree with Lamott on this article in numerous ways. I can relate to the very same instances; not knowing where to begin, getting stuck and so forth. I think that when she states what her friend told her, “the first draft is the down draft- you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft- you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if its loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy.” Summarizes what process of writing you should know. I also agree when she states that the first draft is a child’s draft, is so true, it’s just about getting the thoughts and ideas out of your head on to paper. Overall I think this sums up why I agree with Lamott.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Reading Response #1
Trisha Trumble
Reading Response One
This article can be summarized by saying that the advertising world shows the man as the more dominant species and women as the lesser. He uses the Miller Company and the Milwuakee Best Beer commercials as examples of how this theory is true.
Sea’s argument is that television advertising stereotypes men to portray their masculinity and assert their dominance of women. Men are portrayed more powerful and smarter than women. In most instances men are portrayed as the dominant gender and the female as not. .
Examples in Sea’s article that would relate to man as metro sexual backlash as acting out unmanly are men dabbing grease off of the pizza, baby talking to a small dog, and swatting off a fly effeminately are good examples. These examples show the woman as the lesser gender species portraying men as women.
A truck driver is a good example of man as the dominate male. Feminists would like to see the reversal of these roles, but would this have a different effect on the audience? Would this just be the same as the commercials that show the man being a woman?Sea utilizes examples that allow the imagination of what the reverse roles for men and women might do to the advertising world. His argument is that the beer commercials deflates the women and portrays the man as the dominate species, but what would the reverse outcome be? One would hope that man could change to better reflect the ever changing world today more real. Given that commercials are a money making
Reading Response One
This article can be summarized by saying that the advertising world shows the man as the more dominant species and women as the lesser. He uses the Miller Company and the Milwuakee Best Beer commercials as examples of how this theory is true.
Sea’s argument is that television advertising stereotypes men to portray their masculinity and assert their dominance of women. Men are portrayed more powerful and smarter than women. In most instances men are portrayed as the dominant gender and the female as not. .
Examples in Sea’s article that would relate to man as metro sexual backlash as acting out unmanly are men dabbing grease off of the pizza, baby talking to a small dog, and swatting off a fly effeminately are good examples. These examples show the woman as the lesser gender species portraying men as women.
A truck driver is a good example of man as the dominate male. Feminists would like to see the reversal of these roles, but would this have a different effect on the audience? Would this just be the same as the commercials that show the man being a woman?Sea utilizes examples that allow the imagination of what the reverse roles for men and women might do to the advertising world. His argument is that the beer commercials deflates the women and portrays the man as the dominate species, but what would the reverse outcome be? One would hope that man could change to better reflect the ever changing world today more real. Given that commercials are a money making
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