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[cw8888 @cw8880]

Thursday's class and the discussion on how modern advances in technology continue to infiltrate all aspects of our lives made me think of how Siri will pick up on conversations and suddenly, ads show up for what I was discussing. Can only imagine what the future holds #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Regarding the Sun and the Moon story and War of the World broadcast, its baffling to think that people during this time did not hold the news to the standard that each thing said/printed must be true. Now the media is constantly called out for false stories and citations #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Reading how the influence of technology has effected Cambodia in the spread of powerful images regarding political corruption makes me see the importance of the magnitude of the message in dissemination. Here, dissemination is effective as the photos immediately resinate #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Ewen writes, 'the eye of the camera is in effect the eye of the person looking at the print'. I wonder if he could be put in conversation with Sontag. To what extent was FDR's appearance to the public through the radio similar to a photograph? #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

I wonder what Ewen accredits most to the successes and progression of American democracy. Though noted nowhere explicitly, I think it is the skillful creation of presence that is most responsible for this triumph #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

@SammyJo38054903 This reminds me of meeting a friend's friend after hearing countless stories, or finally meeting a job interviewer who I've only conversed with over email and phone conversation. I've formed a presence of them in my mind, yet I didn't truly know them #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

A current Wellin artist gave cameras to kids (years ago) in underprivileged foreign communities and asked the children to take a photo. Having not been exposed to photography, the photos were very 'real', yet even this now almost seems like a type of cultural imperialism #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

I think the question of what is authentic and local after the effects of media imperialism is very relevant. In the context of travel, there are becoming fewer and fewer destinations where you can find a true local culture without American influence to cater to tourists #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

@ychoii26 I agree with this point as in terms of desire to physically watch, critique, and appreciate an advertisement. It seems that the Super Bowl is an occasion to push the ad rather than the product. #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Class today made me think of the movie, "How to Steal a Million', where Audrey Hepourn's father forges and sells works of art that provoke a large following to marvel over the 'ancient and authentic craftsmanship'. Wondering what role the idea of a work has on it's effect#comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

I think that the apparatus theory and viewing cinema in a theater rather than on an airplane or while folding laundry or as background noise has an effect on how the film is received. The classic theater setting in itself is irregular but increases its effect. #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

when traveling abroad, I was constantly in the loop of affairs back in the US and around the world through news app alerts on my phone as well as able to easily communicate with anyone back home at my leisure. Such a difference from Standage's, Victorian Internet #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Realizing that while I know how it relates to several different theories and ideas, and fully understand it in those senses, I'm not sure I can place a concrete definition to 'consciousness' #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Schudson writes "many critics of the media assume that there is a perfectly objective or fair way to represent each event in the world", but I'm not sure if I can determine his exact opinion on this matter or if he is saying it is fully impossible to form news fairly #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

@emmy_murtagh I agree with your point. Building off of this, people typically subscribe to the media sites that support/reinforce their beliefs, so it is even difficult to obtain a general unbiased understanding to form an unbiased opinion. #COMM106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

In reference to the evolving time/space compression, it's interesting to think of living in a remote place like Clinton as opposed to a city like NYC. Suddenly traveling a place like London is more complex and seems further even though miles-wise, Clinton is closer #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Thinking about nationalism in terms of traveling abroad and finding joy in encountering other Americans in a crowd of foreign languages. Like Anderson would claim, suddenly I had so much in common with these people I had never met #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Berger's claims that many female subjects look back at the painter counter the traditions of early art history where the female subject was passive and did not address the painter/audience. It was this choice that contributed to the male gaze in portraying woman #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

Socretes says that in true communication, one is communicating his/her soul, yet is this a plausible achievement? This reads as though communicative standards are set too high and why communication receives such a heavy critique. #comm106

[cw8888 @cw8880]

I can understand Peters's argument that dissemination needs to be recognized as a valuable form of communication, as if speech is not catered to conform to the other's personal interests or the personal relationship as in dialogue, it will likely hold more genuine truth. #comm106