Blogs I like from class!

http://www.helloworldareyouthereitsmebailey.blogspot.com/

http://mythoughttakethemorleavethem.blogspot.com/

http://billigmeierphotography.blogspot.com/

keep up the good work guys!

check them out! :)

http://unacreacionnueva.blogspot.com/

My friend Kirstie's blog

http://summertimebritain.blogspot.com/

kind of old, but it's my cousin ally's blog.

http://www.beautylish.com/f/irrzjx

because I love hair and makeup!

http://www.indiewire.com/blogs

I love independent movies.

Research Project

      The research project I completed for my Introduction to Mass Media class turned out to be a really fun project. Not only did I really enjoy working with my partner, but it allowed me to discover how social media directly affects people.

       I learned that social media has it's benefits, but it really does create a lot of unnecessary problems. With the world constantly being focused on social networking sites, relationships between family, friends and co-workers suffer because of the constant reminder of needing instant gratification among people. False ideas are spread and jobs are put at risk as privacy is invaded on the internet. I found that after doing this project there seemed to be a lot more negative results coming from social medias rather than positive which is probably why I am so headset on deleting more and more of my social networking sites after the school year is over.

Compare and Contrast

     I'm not really one who enjoys writing papers, but I actually didn't mind writing my compare and contrast paper. For my Introduction to Mass Media class I compared social networking sites, Twitter and Instagram, and after researching both I was able to really define the similarities and differences they have.

     Recently I deleted my Twitter and in return downloaded Instagram on my Android phone. Seeing that I’m really into photography and artwork it's no doubt that I’d prefer Instagram. I noticed that Twitter tended to cause problems between people and had loads of annoying ads while Instagram doesn't really allow people to create drama, but share and express their creativity by taking and editing pictures. Basically what I’m trying to say is, although the two may be similar in some ways I really discovered how much I like Instagram more than Twitter, and why I’m happy I deleted my Twitter and decided not to reactivate my account.

Journal Project

        I actually really enjoyed the Journal project that my Introduction to Mass Media class required us to do at the start of the semester. The project required students to keep a journal of all the media we use for a set amount of time. I found it was sometimes hard to write down all the different medias I used because there were so many, and it didn't even cross my mind. After completing all of my entries I was pretty surprised with my results.

        A few weeks ago my computer crashed and deleted all of my files so unfortunately for me I don't have my research paper to look off of, and explain my predictions, results and so on. I can say from memory that I watched a lot more television than I thought I did because I didn't realize how much of it I used for white noise. I really noticed how much media impacts the lives of people today, and how it's become so socially acceptable to have so many different forms of media packed within an individual's day. The journal project definitely was worth the recording and analyzing because now I am well informed of how much media I actually use.

A Beautiful Mind Movie Review

The other day, I had the privilege of watching one of the most heartwarming movies I have seen in quite sometime. I still find myself confused as to why a few days ago was the first time that I had ever seen, A Beautiful Mind.

A Beautiful Mind is the story of a man named John Nash, who genius intellect and exquisite mind is clouded by what we call schizophrenia.

The film begins as the audience is introduced to cast of characters attending Princeton University. Among the many smart cookies we meet, we meet John Nash who appears to be awkward,lacks common social skills and has a hard time with regular interaction with people. We meet John's roommate Charles who also learns about Nash's social awkwardness when John informs him that he isn't too much of a people person. Through John's journey to achieve the unthinkable at Princeton he makes friends, and realizes there is an art form to hitting on women. That includes NOT telling them you want to have intercourse with them within the first sentence of meeting them.

After graduating from Princeton, John soon meets his future wife, Alicia. Alicia and John click instantly and before we know it, the audience is watching the two get married and have a baby. Not long after marriage, John's obsession with breaking codes becomes more intense,and he fears the government is after him. The viewers watch as John becomes increasingly more paranoid, and even begins to push the love of his life away. Soon John is admitted to the hospital and is diagnosed with schizophrenia. From this point on the movie then focuses on John and Alicia's struggle to cope with his diseases as well as remain a happily married couple. Eventually John learns that in order to over come his problem he must ignore the imaginary faces he's become a custom to, such as his good friend Charles and the imaginary government that finds him a threat. At the end of the movie, the audience sees that John finally learns to control his problem and becomes one of the most successful men in history. To make things even better, Alicia remains with John through everything, making this a perfect love story.

With an amazing cast of characters, beautiful script and cinematography this movie is a true masterpiece that keeps me believing that the impossible is nothing.

Mad Men.

             I have never really been a huge television watcher. Occasionally, I will watch a movie on FX or maybe even SpongeBob or Seinfeld while I’m eating dinner, but it has occurred to me that I’ve never really had a specific television show that I looked forward to watching on the regular. With that being said, I went to the nearest movie rental store, and picked out Mad Men season one. So far I have watched the first episode, and I have to admit I am pretty excited to watch the remainder of the season when I find the time.

                From what I understood from the first episode, the show basically describes the ideal life of a businessman working in an advertising business in the 1960s. It shows the lives of a few main characters including some women roles. Not only does it focuses completely on the lives of men, but clearly defines the roles of women in the sixties. With the stereotypical housewife, mass amount of alcohol, tobacco, affaires, and common workplace conflicts I find this show will be beneficial in teaching me the history of the sixties, as well as introducing me to different alcoholic beverages that I’ll be sure to try when I come of age.

                 Seeing that I have only seen one episode it is rather hard for me to choose one character to be my favorite. So far I would have to say I find Pete Campbell ‘s character the most intriguing. He’s young and fresh in the business world, and seems to have no shame when it comes to putting women in their proper place. After being insulted by a co-worker and seeing how work is really done in the office, at the end of the first episode the viewer is introduced to his softer/lower self-esteem side as he confronts a woman he insulted earlier in the day. I am excited to see how their relationship grows as I continue to get farther into the season.