Tuesday evening i was sitting around my house in the living room watching television with all my roommates. We were just channel surfing and ended up watching sportscenter. A popular television show that airs on sportscenter is called E:60. The point of this show is having 5 or 6 of the ESPN journalists sit around a table and discuss stories that they have done specials on and then they all reflect and make comments about each of the specials. They play usually around 5 specials on each hour long show and they all are usually popular topics that are current in our world.
One of the reporters for ESPN did a special on the explosion of coverage of professional athletes and how it is becoming as big if not bigger to cover them rather than television and movie actors or musicians. Im sure that we have all heard of a website and TV show called TMZ. TMZ covers the lives of celebrities by following them with cameras at unsuspecting times or secretly photographing these individuals without them even knowing. TMZ is basically the paparazzi but a somewhat more popular version to the celebrities that they cover. The whole idea of the special was to show that not just celebrities are the ones being photographed and covered at all times but now it is transferring over to the sports world and people are going crazy over it. One of the first examples used was that of famous soccer player David Beckham. After he had signed to play with the MLS team, LA Galaxy, he was shortly after injured during a game. Every photographer wanted the shot of David Beckham limping out on crutches after getting off a flight. Only one photographer got the shot of Beckham and this photo earned him $20,000!!! He was paid $20,000 just to take a picture of a man going to his car. That is the celebrity that we have created and people want to see them at unexpected times doing anything. Another example that they used and was one of the hottest topics in the media at the time and still is was of course Tiger Woods and his cheating scandal. TMZ was first on the scene of Tiger's car crash outside his home the night his wife found out. Those pictures were sold at a very high price. After all the news came out of course everyone wanted pictures of Tiger, but no one knew where he was and could not find him anywhere. The bounty was out and photographers were literally sent around the world to find him because they knew what was at stake, cashing in on that first picture. After months of no Tiger a photographer snapped a shot of him walking out of a Sex Therapy facility in Mississippi. The cost of this photo to the press......$500,000. That is what someones privacy might be worth to the media!
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes - Gender Reversal
As Alexis talked about in her blog post regarding the Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event I was attending the event with the football players that she talked about as a group. Our coaches were the ones who really kept on talking to us about attending this event and made sure that we had a large group so we can show our support around campus and for such a good cause like this one. A lot of us at first were a little reluctant just because we thought it was going to be another boring community service event but we were for sure wrong after attending and seeing some stuff that went on.
We all gathered at the beginning of the event and one of our coaches took some pictures and then we listened to a couple speakers. Like Marisha talks about in her post one of the "Ass Slapees" was in attendance and in the nature of the event she talked for a little about how important it is for people to really understand the whole situation of what had happened and for women to stand up and not take it anymore. After hearing and seeing so much about this Ball State Ass Slapper I found myself once again hearing about it from another forum which again shows how much impact the "Ass Slapping" has really had on our campus. After our football group walked the mile for support of the event things got interesting. Many of the event planners were pressuring some of us to get in the high heels and do the obstacle course and almost all of us were reluctant at first but eventually some of us gave in. Luckily they did not have my heel size(15) so i got to pass up the opportunity to run in the obstacle course. In the spirit of competition a bunch of the players did the obstacle and really competed hard even full out sprinting in heels which i have never seen done which was quite funny. All of us that were attending did not have any idea or plans on doing anything like running in heels but just being at the event and seeing how much it really meant to the planners and that a lot of people were really out there they ended up doing it, which i thought was pretty cool.
We all gathered at the beginning of the event and one of our coaches took some pictures and then we listened to a couple speakers. Like Marisha talks about in her post one of the "Ass Slapees" was in attendance and in the nature of the event she talked for a little about how important it is for people to really understand the whole situation of what had happened and for women to stand up and not take it anymore. After hearing and seeing so much about this Ball State Ass Slapper I found myself once again hearing about it from another forum which again shows how much impact the "Ass Slapping" has really had on our campus. After our football group walked the mile for support of the event things got interesting. Many of the event planners were pressuring some of us to get in the high heels and do the obstacle course and almost all of us were reluctant at first but eventually some of us gave in. Luckily they did not have my heel size(15) so i got to pass up the opportunity to run in the obstacle course. In the spirit of competition a bunch of the players did the obstacle and really competed hard even full out sprinting in heels which i have never seen done which was quite funny. All of us that were attending did not have any idea or plans on doing anything like running in heels but just being at the event and seeing how much it really meant to the planners and that a lot of people were really out there they ended up doing it, which i thought was pretty cool.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Ball State Ass Slapper - Big Deal?
As we talked about today in class about the effects of Social Media, you might wonder that if it were not for such sites like Facebook, would this really be that big of a deal? I want to argue that without something like Facebook propelling this event then it would be nothing more than an e-mail from school officials telling us about the event and maybe a possible mention in the school newspaper, maybe. With a social media site like facebook being so popular all over especially on college campuses this news spread like wildfire. With the actual addition of the fan page, "The Ball State Ass Slapper," we saw the page go from no fans to around 5,000 within a day. To get 5,000 people in that amount of time to have heard or know anything about this incident and take a little more time to look into it would be unheard of without the likes of a site like Facebook.
I think that with Facebook being set up so that you can do most everything with just one click of a button it makes it very easy for information to passed along very easily. I received the e-mail about the Ball State Ass Slapper and probably like most students thought nothing of it, but when i got onto Facebook the next day and saw that there was actually a fan page on facebook, i thought it was pretty funny and joined. After reading what people had posted and reading all the different things on the page i found it to be pretty humorous. I am in no way for the disrespect of women in any way but to see some of these coments being posted and the stupid things people were saying i found myself actually checking the page every once in a while to see what was being said on it.
Somehow this story eventually ended up on Indianapolis news stations for the evening news. This in my opinion would never have happened without the craze that people felt to join and become a fan of The Ball State Ass Slapper group. With so much attention based on this it created a huge buzz with many people wanting to know more about it and with that all kinds of people were informed about it one way or the other.
I think that with Facebook being set up so that you can do most everything with just one click of a button it makes it very easy for information to passed along very easily. I received the e-mail about the Ball State Ass Slapper and probably like most students thought nothing of it, but when i got onto Facebook the next day and saw that there was actually a fan page on facebook, i thought it was pretty funny and joined. After reading what people had posted and reading all the different things on the page i found it to be pretty humorous. I am in no way for the disrespect of women in any way but to see some of these coments being posted and the stupid things people were saying i found myself actually checking the page every once in a while to see what was being said on it.
Somehow this story eventually ended up on Indianapolis news stations for the evening news. This in my opinion would never have happened without the craze that people felt to join and become a fan of The Ball State Ass Slapper group. With so much attention based on this it created a huge buzz with many people wanting to know more about it and with that all kinds of people were informed about it one way or the other.
Top Chef and Product Placement
I have been a big fan of Top Chef, a show on Bravo, for at least a couple years now. There have been i think 6 or 7 seasons and is a very popular show on Bravo. The whole point of the show is up and coming chefs competing against each other and competing in challenges that test their skills for them to earn the honor of "Top Chef." While watching this show over and over for a couple of seasons you begin to notice certain things that occur over and over. You constantly see close ups of many different types of products whether it be cooking ware, cooking supplies, the containers and even the cars that they drive to the challenges.
I really didn't even think about being affected by the over and over product placement that you see in television or ads on the internet and how we are really bombarded with all of these constantly throughout our lives. I didnt really notice this until we discussed it in class and then i realized how prevalent it is in our society today and what a big impact it really is. There are multiple points in the show where there is a couple second close up of products. For example, Glad which is a trash bag and plastic wrap and other kitchen items, is constantly shown throughout the show and they really focus on them throughout the entire hour long episode. Another product placement that you see quite often is their use of Lexus automobiles. Whenever they have a challenge they have to go to the store each time before it to get all the items they need. Before they get in and out of the car you get a full shot of the Lexus vehicle and then a close up on the Lexus emblem. They really try to force upon us the brand names that are used in this show.
I really didn't even think about being affected by the over and over product placement that you see in television or ads on the internet and how we are really bombarded with all of these constantly throughout our lives. I didnt really notice this until we discussed it in class and then i realized how prevalent it is in our society today and what a big impact it really is. There are multiple points in the show where there is a couple second close up of products. For example, Glad which is a trash bag and plastic wrap and other kitchen items, is constantly shown throughout the show and they really focus on them throughout the entire hour long episode. Another product placement that you see quite often is their use of Lexus automobiles. Whenever they have a challenge they have to go to the store each time before it to get all the items they need. Before they get in and out of the car you get a full shot of the Lexus vehicle and then a close up on the Lexus emblem. They really try to force upon us the brand names that are used in this show.
Social Media
After our discussion in class today I think that you can look at Social Media in a couple different ways. There are both positives and negatives that are linked with Social Media and different social media networks. We talked today about how we are affected by different social media networks whether it be one like Facebook, Myspace, online blogs, or other forums. Each of these can affect us in a good way like connecting us with others for example or in a bad way when these types of things can be a privacy issue or a distraction.
First I want to focus on the positives of Social Media. An example that i shared with the class today while discussing was the fact that my mother has joined the Facebook revolution. She lived in Colorado and went to high school and college there and has lived in Indiana the rest of her life. She had tons of friends out there who with exception of a few she lost touch with. With facebook she has been able to get ahold and talk with these friends that she was once so close with and hasnt been able to for such a long time. She is so happy to hear from all of her past friends and almost goes crazy when she gets a friend request of a past friend. It really has brought her a lot of joy just for the sole fact that she is able to communicate with so many people. Another positvie of social media would be myspace where it allows many different types of music groups or bands to get their music out to the world without worries of having to pay for copyrights or going through all the hoops and ladders to get the music out there.
I want to focus on really big negative that is associated with Social Media which is the privacy that goes along with it. With all these different things being added into our lives technologically it puts more and more information of our personal life onto the internet. With this more and more people are becoming concerned with their own personal privacy as well they should be. Facebook for example knows so much information about you with all the info that you have to enter in when you sign up. This information tells alot about you and what comes along with it is advertisements being directed towards you and when people search the internet for you, some of this information might come up.
First I want to focus on the positives of Social Media. An example that i shared with the class today while discussing was the fact that my mother has joined the Facebook revolution. She lived in Colorado and went to high school and college there and has lived in Indiana the rest of her life. She had tons of friends out there who with exception of a few she lost touch with. With facebook she has been able to get ahold and talk with these friends that she was once so close with and hasnt been able to for such a long time. She is so happy to hear from all of her past friends and almost goes crazy when she gets a friend request of a past friend. It really has brought her a lot of joy just for the sole fact that she is able to communicate with so many people. Another positvie of social media would be myspace where it allows many different types of music groups or bands to get their music out to the world without worries of having to pay for copyrights or going through all the hoops and ladders to get the music out there.
I want to focus on really big negative that is associated with Social Media which is the privacy that goes along with it. With all these different things being added into our lives technologically it puts more and more information of our personal life onto the internet. With this more and more people are becoming concerned with their own personal privacy as well they should be. Facebook for example knows so much information about you with all the info that you have to enter in when you sign up. This information tells alot about you and what comes along with it is advertisements being directed towards you and when people search the internet for you, some of this information might come up.
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