The article about housework and technology was intriguing to me because I think it intersects with feminist theory in a few ways. In one of my women’s studies classes we discussed the monetary value of housework. There are women who get married and spend their lives running a household, doing all the necessary tasks that […]
media effects related to Earthquake
The author mainly argued the mediated responses to the Haiti earthquake, and how this case has shown the racialization of pity from a privileged white view. In the article, the author first introduced the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed thousands of people and ruined their hometown. Then he argued the responses from US […]
Mediated Reality
This week we began to discuss news media in relation to our culture. As society has become modernized, news has become easier and quicker than ever to deliver. We no longer have to wait for a newspaper or a scheduled news segment on television to hear what is occurring. It’s as simple as keeping up […]
Living Images About That World
Reading the two articles for this week made me think about how the United States portrays tragic events that are happening in foreign countries to the public. When disaster strikes, the United States has a reputation of attempting to clean up the mess and take care of those in need. Although many people may think […]
Impact on Social Media and Invasion of Privacy
In the past week we discussed about how social media and culture relate to one another and how it impacts our daily lives. One of the positive things about social media is that it allows you to connect and create culture to people from an unconstrained geographic location and lets people post statuses to exercise their […]
#FindKatrinaGirl
After today’s discussion in class about mediated images and tragedies like the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina, I remembered this image I had seen about a year ago. This image represents a lot of what we were discussing in class in regards to images taking on a greater meaning over time than their original […]
Tenner’s discussion- Extra credit
In tanner’s discussion, we first talked about high culture, popular culture and mass culture. High culture is like art that is appreciated mostly by the elite. Popular culture is the traditional, ideas, attitudes, points of view, images or even any piece of media that is considered mainstream in any culture. Further, the mass culture is […]
Tanner’s lecture – Music industry
In Tanner’s lecture, as our topic, we discussed about music. But, before dived into talk about music, we first discussed about what is high culture, popular culture and mass culture. Fist, the high culture is a culture that is focused on the elites. Second, the popular culture is a culture that is coming from the […]
Week 12, Guest Lecture
For Week 12, we had guest lecturer Tanner. He mentioned how art is political. One of his example to prove his statement was Jay-Z and stereotypes in music industry. When he asked if Jay-Z or musicians are still considered as ‘black’ musicians, I had a lot of different thoughts in my mind. I think what […]
The Evolving Music Industry
In Tanner’s lecture last Wednesday, we discussed the idea of pop culture, more specifically, music becoming more than just a form of art. Throughout its history, music has evolved and changed. It has the ability to change the way people feel and has been used as a form of artistic expression. However, in today’s society, […]