http://www.clarksonathletics.com/sports/2008/1/25/HockeyEndowmentCampaign.aspx
-Brad Reese
Friday, October 30, 2009
Product placement, and the flow of movies.
Although this video does not reference too much about product placement it hits the point that product placement just fits. When I watched the movie I didn’t pick up on it because it just flowed with the movie.
-Brian Leventhal
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Speed limits going up
I found an article about speed limits in Utah. I know its not as big
of an issue here in the states, but especially in Europe, there has
been lots of media attention over the past few years about increasing
regulations on the roadway. I just found it interesting that we are
going in the opposite direction.
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=20890
Peace activism on the daily show
It is regarding a recent interview on The Daily Show where Jon Stewart interviewed two Israel and Palestine peace activists. What is particularly interesting is that during the recording of the interview there was a heckler in the audience shouting out statements such as "Liar" while the interviewees were speaking. The link leads to both a synopsis of the event from someone that was in the crowd during the recording as well as a video recording of the interview.
http://mondoweiss.net/2009/10/palestinian-equal-rights-joins-the-progressive-agenda-on-the-daily-show.html#more-10442.
http://mondoweiss.net/2009/10/palestinian-equal-rights-joins-the-progressive-agenda-on-the-daily-show.html#more-10442.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Senior Reflection
Being a Senior. What comes with it? Besides celebration, relief, and a promising outlook for a good job comes reflection. I constantly tackle with the ideas of what could I have done better or differently, and are there any regrets.
I am a non-traditional student, which basically means it took more time to settle in on a decision of what would I be doing for the rest of my life. Should I have started earlier? I don’t think so. Working first helped me figure out what discipline to study. Waiting a couple of years and testing the workforce waters I believe has made me into a better decision maker, a more patient team player, and has given me better networking skills. Of course, choosing this path, or to attend right out of high school, varies with every individual.
Some cons to this may be that I have grown accustomed to one company’s way of doing business and it may be more difficult to adjust. And although some employers at Clarkson career fairs may like experience they tend to shy away from those who may have already acquired bad working habits.
To put this into perspective, I had attended a meeting with seven employers and ten undergrad students about two weeks ago in order to give employers insight on how Clarkson is improving and how Clarkson students rank among other schools. I listened as the employers for the most part agreed that a student with project involvement through their academic studies outranked those with related work experience. This baffled me. How can six years experience be not as good as or better than a school project? Even so, I still do not regret working first.
On top of being non-traditional, being a transfer student raises more ‘what-ifs.’ Yes, it did save a bunch of money, and I did end up transferring more than half of my credits in, but yet, I still feel a bit behind those students who have been here the full four years. Their communication skills seem to be sharper, and they certainly know more of what to expect from certain classes than I do. In a way, it gives them an edge. Plus the transition from one school to another can be frustrating, having to start over with forming study groups and adjusting to new teaching formats. But I feel that even with the advantages of starting here your freshman year that my decision to save a bit of cash didn’t harm me to a point where I could not catch up.
So what would have been the better way to go? And, is the way I chose going to set me back or put me ahead of the pack? The path I chose was the right one, the right one for me. Some of the only things I might have changed might have been to not cram the necessary core classes into two years but rather spread them out. Other than that, let’s break out those caps and gowns!
-Tonya Buddie, Integrator Article
I am a non-traditional student, which basically means it took more time to settle in on a decision of what would I be doing for the rest of my life. Should I have started earlier? I don’t think so. Working first helped me figure out what discipline to study. Waiting a couple of years and testing the workforce waters I believe has made me into a better decision maker, a more patient team player, and has given me better networking skills. Of course, choosing this path, or to attend right out of high school, varies with every individual.
Some cons to this may be that I have grown accustomed to one company’s way of doing business and it may be more difficult to adjust. And although some employers at Clarkson career fairs may like experience they tend to shy away from those who may have already acquired bad working habits.
To put this into perspective, I had attended a meeting with seven employers and ten undergrad students about two weeks ago in order to give employers insight on how Clarkson is improving and how Clarkson students rank among other schools. I listened as the employers for the most part agreed that a student with project involvement through their academic studies outranked those with related work experience. This baffled me. How can six years experience be not as good as or better than a school project? Even so, I still do not regret working first.
On top of being non-traditional, being a transfer student raises more ‘what-ifs.’ Yes, it did save a bunch of money, and I did end up transferring more than half of my credits in, but yet, I still feel a bit behind those students who have been here the full four years. Their communication skills seem to be sharper, and they certainly know more of what to expect from certain classes than I do. In a way, it gives them an edge. Plus the transition from one school to another can be frustrating, having to start over with forming study groups and adjusting to new teaching formats. But I feel that even with the advantages of starting here your freshman year that my decision to save a bit of cash didn’t harm me to a point where I could not catch up.
So what would have been the better way to go? And, is the way I chose going to set me back or put me ahead of the pack? The path I chose was the right one, the right one for me. Some of the only things I might have changed might have been to not cram the necessary core classes into two years but rather spread them out. Other than that, let’s break out those caps and gowns!
-Tonya Buddie, Integrator Article
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Takedowns Link
Media corporations are relentless about take down orders of copyright infringement. Often without merit. The electronic Frontier foundation highlights egregious examples. This is an introduction on the upcoming topic of copyright in media.
-Dan Dullea
Media corporations are relentless about take down orders of copyright infringement. Often without merit. The electronic Frontier foundation highlights egregious examples. This is an introduction on the upcoming topic of copyright in media.
-Dan Dullea
Monday, October 19, 2009
Michael Jackson Still in the News
Even 4 months after his death one website is still releasing new articles almost on a daily basis. The articles are about events that his family and other events that are generating Jackson more fame. The article released on the 18th isn't about any specific event just everything that is going on related to Jackson.
Oct 18th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/index.php/showbiz/40737-michael-jackson-after-the-mourning-comes-the-earning-
Oct 16th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40567-jackson-film-scores-sellouts-galore-before-opening
Oct 15th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40435-jackson-mom-says-no-reality-show-for-michaels-kids
Oct 14th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40298-jackson-scores-5-american-music-award-nominations
Oct 18th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/index.php/showbiz/40737-michael-jackson-after-the-mourning-comes-the-earning-
Oct 16th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40567-jackson-film-scores-sellouts-galore-before-opening
Oct 15th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40435-jackson-mom-says-no-reality-show-for-michaels-kids
Oct 14th
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/40298-jackson-scores-5-american-music-award-nominations
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The other side of the coin.
We all watch and love The Daily Show. A few months back, they did a segment where one of their 'reporters', Jason Jones, went to Iran. His segments came from the perspective the Iran is a violent and dangerous country where everyone hates Americans. More or less, this is the feeling that I get from the major news networks. I found a behind-the-scenes video about these segments.
The reason I post this has to do with the 5 points of Media Literacy. Specifically, "What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?" We always watch The Daily Show's segments from their final cut. We see the stupid Americans, and the seemingly oblivious foreigners. The news networks don't show us Iran unless there is political upheaval, potential construction of nuclear reactors, or calls to arms. It's refreshing to see something like this in a world dominated by negative nancies.
Video credits:
Produced, Written, and Edited by Sahar Sarshar
Interview Filmed by Arash Azizzada
Narrated by Mehrnoush Irani
Aired on Voice of America - Persian News Network
Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
The reason I post this has to do with the 5 points of Media Literacy. Specifically, "What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?" We always watch The Daily Show's segments from their final cut. We see the stupid Americans, and the seemingly oblivious foreigners. The news networks don't show us Iran unless there is political upheaval, potential construction of nuclear reactors, or calls to arms. It's refreshing to see something like this in a world dominated by negative nancies.
Video credits:
Produced, Written, and Edited by Sahar Sarshar
Interview Filmed by Arash Azizzada
Narrated by Mehrnoush Irani
Aired on Voice of America - Persian News Network
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
An Anthropological Introduction to Youtube
On Monday, October 12th, Prof. Dullea showed us a brief segment of a video about Youtube.
This is a link to the original site:
http://millionsofus.com/blog/2008/09/24/an-anthropological-introduction-to-youtube/#
Here's the video.
Side note: It's amazing how quick and easy it was to set up this blog. It took about 20 minutes for it to get set up, look nice, and post a semi-meaningful video. Imagine what could be accomplished if one were truly driven?
This is a link to the original site:
http://millionsofus.com/blog/2008/09/24/an-anthropological-introduction-to-youtube/#
Here's the video.
Side note: It's amazing how quick and easy it was to set up this blog. It took about 20 minutes for it to get set up, look nice, and post a semi-meaningful video. Imagine what could be accomplished if one were truly driven?
First Post.
The is the un-official blog for Clarkson University's COMM310 (Communications & Media). Over the next month, we will be publishing articles of interest to this class.
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