Propoganda in Advertising/PR

One of the most beautiful Dove commercials that I've ever seen. This advertisement uses two most apparent propaganda techniques which are the glittering generality and common man. The glittering generality is clearly depicted by using emotionally appealing words such as 'beautiful.' Moreover, this advertisement uses a song to support it's main idea in supporting one's beauty. Aside from that, this dove campaign illustrates common man, which also means 'plain folks,' to portray the sense of 'Every person from all walks of life.' In other words, there is no boundaries to be considered beautiful, no matter the size, shape or color- Everyone is considered beautiful in their respective ways. It is especially more appealing by selecting children from all ages and races to be advertised.

Internet

Shopping is and will always be an activity that many girls invest in their life. Some find it more accessible doing it online. Although I have shopped online before but I would never developed an addiction. However, my good friend has been very fond of shopping online. Her main reason to doing so is because its  convenient, easy and there are a wider range of choices. Her favorite or shall I say regular sites are Fredericks, Amazon, Nine West and Forever 21. Ever since she has been engaged with this activity, she can't stop shopping and her credit card bills are accumulating. Moreover, she barely visits the mall, which means no social life and that has made her unaware about society. She is currently enrolled in a good school, therefore she realized the importance of accomplishing her education. Moreover, she is in a private school, which is more expensive, therefore she is obligated to saving money to compensate for school.

Aside from shopping, I know a large sum of people who are addicted to games online such as Dota, Warcraft etc. Back in my country, Malaysia, a lot of my friends were always at a cybercafe from sunrise to sunset playing all these games. Their addiction made them neglect school and take advantage of their parents' money. Most of them end up working at cybercafes' or being jobless individuals. However, for some of them, for example my brother, he managed to stop playing these games by being more committed to work and his responsibility as the older brother.

Television - Social Networking (past-present)

Social Networking - Transformation of Communication

Length: 9:57
Description: The history and evolution of media for communication, also known as social networking.
Chapter 2: Media Impact, Chapter 9: Television, Chapter 10: The Internet
Quiz Question: What happened before media was used to communicate with people?
Answer: Communication was only available orally, in person, written format and signals.

Movies!!

Blackswan
The reason I liked this movie is because of the story board. In my experience of watching movies in relation to dancing, I've never come across one that had a bit of horror/thrill to it. Not only were there moments when I could sense a horror scene, but this movie also made me think a lot due to the main characters' role. For example, as soon as the movie was approaching the climax, the scenes got more complicated and showed 'two-sides' of the main characters role as a swan. Overall, I think the screenwriter and the director did an amazing job in producing this piece. It's not an ordinary dance movie.

My definition of an all-time favorite movie would be a movie that I can constantly watch over and over again. And that would be all the series of Fast & Furious. The reason being so is because I'm a car freak and 'driving' is one of my hobbies. Although it may sound like I am committing a crime to 'SPEED,' however to me, it's not about the speed, it's more about the capability in being a good driver.  Aside from that, I am a very artistic person, therefore having a sense of the body work on the cars inspires me to draw or even plan on designing my future car. The first time I watched the first release of this movie was at the theater with a group of friends, who also admires cars. We chose this option due to having a better feel of the movie, as the screen is bigger and the music is louder. This being my all-time favorite movie is making me eager and anxious to watch the upcoming series showing in April 2010 , Fast Five Trailer.