Marking Period 2

Check out these cool links about stereotypes

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_iwIL342IL342&lr=lang_en&q=nilf&um=1&ie=UTF 8&ei=dI_dSpmoCKLNjAef56ls&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CBQQqwQwAw#

http://quiz.myyearbook.com/myspace/SchoolAcademics/39867/Which_Typical_High_School_Stereotype_Are_You.html


Merchants of Cool:

Recently while watching the film the Italian Job I saw the car the Mini Cooper being advertised. Although the car is quite small the movie had portrayed the car as being a muscle car. Another way they made the car seem quite good was that one of the drivers was known as an amazing driver before and because he drove the car it made it seem much stronger and better. Finally another way that they made the car appealing is that the majority of the driving that they were doing way stunt driving such as large jumps or driving down stairs. By choosing this car I believe that it really enhanced the film because it showed how a smaller car can be really powerful. Also on Mini Coopers part it was really smart to pay to get their car into this movie because of the fact that the Mini is a reasonably priced car in most countries and having their car advertised in this movie really benefited sales for their company. The link below is to a scene of the movie where they are test driving the Mini that makes the car look very appealing. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQl6mm_kYg&feature=related

Responding to Ardekani:
How has the Internet helped or hurt groups that are often targeted?
I believe that the internet has both helped and hurt the groups that were targeted. Websites such as YouTube and Facebook are two of the biggest website on the web today. We hear allot of story about people who voice their opinions online but we also see allot of stereotypes being brought out on the web. For example I typed in stereotypes on Google and also got a mixed response as well. Many pages showed ways of spotting stereotypes and others were joke pages that had jokes about different stereotypes.

This is a really good video about stereotypes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZd11Mcej4

Content Analysis:
For my stereotype analysis I decided to watch a television show that allot of people in our class enjoy watching, Entourage. In the sixth season finale they are many instances where stereotypes are expressed. For example in the first scene one of the guys Turtle who goes to UCLA, meets up with a ``friend`` who is portrayed as the stereotype of a college girl. She is beautiful and always wants to party a get with guys. Another stereotype is in a scene where Ari (the agents) gets dragged by his wife to go see a therapist. In is not only in this show where I have seen this it is in other shows like the Simpsons where similar instances occur.

Doves Campaign For Real Beauty :

After touring this website I had mixed feelings about this campaign. At a first glance it seems like that they have a point to prove which is that you don’t need to look like Jessica Alba to be good looking. I thought that this was good because it had the potential to raise girls self esteems but then after thinking about it for a minute I wondered, why if you do not need makeup to be good looking, why do you need to use doves products?. After realizing this I saw an advertisement on the side saying that if you enter a code from a dove product online, dove will donate a dollar to some charity that they are affiliated with. This is basically a dirty technique for dove trying to get people to buy their product because if they do dove will donate a small portion of the money that they profited from you buying the product to charity.

Norris 5:

The Article Goods Flood Gaza’s Tunnels, Turning Border Area Into a Shopping Mecca, tells about the underground “shopping center” in Rafah. With this article I will demonstrate how to analyze an article using the Norris Five. The article is quite informative as it discusses views of owners and workers of the new tunnel system have developed around the border of Gaza and Egypt. We can’t validate the truthfulness of this article but we do know that many tunnels exist in this area and are being used for such purposes as smuggling in goods, weapons and sources of fuel. This article is quite balanced and pluralistic seeing as how it shows a few different points of view. It discusses the views of the Egyptians, Israeli’s, Hamas, the owners and the workers in the tunnels. Finally the article is presented in an objective rather than biased way. In conclusion this is an amazing article in terms of meeting the Norris five criteria. (also it is incredibly interesting)
Here is the Link for the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/middleeast/22rafah.html?ref=middleeast

News Program:
For my news analysis I decided to watch France 24, because I find it to be the most balanced news source today. One of the main issues that they were talking about was about Iran and their nuclear program. The news programs headline read Iran faltering to sign nuclear agreement. The report was very informative as it gave many different perspectives on the issue such as the Iranian government, Israel and the United Nations. The news was useful for the locals because many Iranians are afraid that because of its countries nuclear power it creates allot of conflict with the west. Other stories covered were about Jean Sarkozy which really applied to the locals of Paris because it discussed a new job that he denied on taking.