Media Example #17

To be honest, I don't know who this guy is or why I should trust his predictions. However,  when I consider what he is saying based on what i've seen, I would have to say that they seem to carry some validality. Based on the current economic meltdown, its pretty much commonplace to take out the middleman any place you can.  It's just all we can afford to do right now in a down economy.  This is why it doesn't come as a surprise when musicians and artists every where have decided to cut out the middleman. If you think about it-- nobody buys CDs based on a record label anyway, we are paying for music not record labels.  It is the artist themselves that we care about.   So the best move for artists to make right now is adding in social networking.  It is just the obvious thing to do.  It bring in more fans, more money, for absolutely nothing.  Bottom line is that it doesn't take a psychic prediction to figure that out.  Just open up your eyes to the world around you.  Look at all of the female singers or movie stars creating a fashion line or perfume.  Artists and musicians are just looking into more outlets to get more people interested in keeping their industry alive. 

Media Example #15

Here is Liz's example.

NY Times Vocal Patters

And this is what she had to say about it:
"I found this to be a very interesting article about vocal trendsetting. New York Times reporter, Douglas Quenqua, has a unique view on the idea of uptalk also know as valley girl speech. (If you are still unclear about what this is just listen to the pod cast.) The view on the article is that young women are vocal trendsetters and that men eventually join in once they realize that a particular trend is not going away.

In my opinion, the most obvious valley girl word is "like" and this article gave me a new look at that word completely. It stated that "In 2011, Dr. Liberman conducted an analysis of nearly 12,000 phone conversations recorded in 2003, and found that while young people tended to use “like” more often than older people, men used it more frequently than women." I was also surprised to hear that the word "like" has made its way to the Webster's Dictionary. 

Overall, this was a well written article because the writer tells us what he knows, what he does not know, and what we think we know. I found it to be very interesting and think other people will too."

Media Example #16

First and foremost, I do still have a few questions about the story itself.  Like, why wouldn't the mom want her child in a school picture? And was this a problem because of the color of the smiley face or that the school still put the kid in the picture? 


On another note, I totally agree with Daniel, this is definitely not television news worthy. However, I could see this featured on the Jimmy Kimball show. Clearly, this news channel was  struggling to find newsworthy drama.  Just looking at the anchor, it's obvious to me that they know how ridiculous the story is.  It reminds me of the part on anchorman when Ron Burgundy is doing a story on the water skiing squirrel. 

Media Example #14

At first I was a little taken off by the article about the guy and the heavens but after I re-read what Charlie said about it, it made sense and i started looking at some other examples. Eventually, I found one about a black lab that laid in the middle of the road protecting its dog friend whom was laying in the middle of the road.  I posted a direct link to the story below.  It's the one that's got me hooked.  


Check this out, on Barstool Sports!

http://www.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/well-this-is-like-the-saddest-thing-i’ve-ever-seen-and-yet-more-proof-why-dogs-are-the-best-animals-in-the-world/

Marley (left) and Lilly (right) my dogs.

Media Example #13

This is a very fitting example for this assignment. I find that blogging can be harder than it should be.  A simple task with very complicated requirements.  The writer is correct in that we need to keep the audience interested and, short to the point.  I agree that it is a lot harder to write and make a point in 500 words rather than 5,000. On the surface it would seem that the opposite were true, however a lot can get deleted once you've started proofreading. Even for this assignment, I will email my response to myself before posting it.  According to this article, there's a waiting period a blogger should have before posting.  Brainstorming is usually where I spend most of my time when preparing a blog entry.  It's not really mentioned in this story but I find it to easiest and it seems to cut my writing time in half. 

Media Example #12- Week of 2/27

Media Example #11- Week of 2/27