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Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 18, 2008
i think think this study is cool just because i’d never thought about culture spies before. but at the same time i disagree with a lot of the ideas other kids had. i think media, pr, and culture spies are entirely nessisary and should not be “stopped”, which is honestly, not even possible. my favorite part of the class was our discussions, because i love group dicussions. (:
and no, i will not think about things differently when i’m shopping, i’ll buy what i want, i could care less if the media influenced my purchases.
Posted in Day 10 | Tagged: cool, discussions, ideas, media, shopping | No Comments »
Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 18, 2008
www.myspace.com/culturespyemo
^^
this is the myspace we made for “Samantha”, which basically has a lot of pictures and videos of or about “emos”.
this page kind of depicts culture spying in that there are a whole bunch of “deffinations” and “newscasts” of “emo” and a lot of them have false info. which is the same for a lot of things. because the media displays nothing truthfully.
we made this website because it’s annoying how people pretend they know what they’re talking about when they do not. at all. but i guess the site failed at displaying that because the website only shows videos and deffinations from other people. so we’re only showing other peoples point of views, even when they’re wrong. but i think it’s hard to correct these stereotypes because it’s hard to define such a vast subject and easy to simpily point out that they’re wrong. which they are lol.
Posted in Artwork, Day 10 | Tagged: "definitions", emo, false info, media, MySpace, Samantha, stereotypes | 5 Comments »
Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 17, 2008
we mainly looked up videos concerning “emos”, which basically all mentioned emo being “unsafe”. that’s honesty rediculous considering that suicide and cutting has to do with depression, not being “emo” which deals more with a certain style of music and the clothing that accompanies it. it’s also really dumb since only a portion of the “emo” subculture cuts/commits suicide. i mean, really, i’ve never seen a newscast on how unsafe gangs are, the only difference there is that they’re hurting other people, not themselves, and it’s much more common.
also, if your kid is cutting or wanting to kill themselves, there is a lot more wrong with them than being “emo”.
Posted in Day 9 | Tagged: clothing, emo, music, style, subculture, videos | No Comments »
Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 15, 2008
today we were talking about culture spying. i think a lot of kids are against it but to be honest, i think it’s entirely nessisary. everything in our sociaty is taken further and further and it’s the reason we’re so advanced. our entire culture has been pushed to extremes. which is entirely good. styles should change constantly, just like people do. media spying on us is not a bad thing, it’s just how things are.
Posted in Day 7 | Tagged: change, culture, extremes, media, society, spying, styles | No Comments »
Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 14, 2008
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Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 11, 2008
MALL GOTHS & NICK FILTH/NICHOLAS R.
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Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 10, 2008
Today we talked a lot about media. In the end our discussion had swayed to how “perfect” media makes celebs seen. I think some people were against this, but I personally think it’s good that media does so. I would not watch a tv show with fat/ugly people in it. By putting “perfect” people on tv, people are influenced to want to portray the same image. Which is good. If you’re fat, you should feel bad; being fat is not okay, really, stop shoving McDonalds down your throat and drving everywhere. When you look at skinny and pretty people, you should want that for yourself. And everyone can achieve that. Buy some makeup, cut your hair, and lose a lot of wieght. It looks better and it feels better. Anyone can look good it just takes effort.
Also, off topic but… if you’re fat do not go to shows and attempt to get close to the stage or mosh. You take up too much room and cause injurys.
Posted in Day 4 | Tagged: celebs, image, perfect, teen media | No Comments »
Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 9, 2008
Today we went to Water Tower Place to interview strangers. It was a little awkward and plain out difficult because no one my age was awake / outside yet.
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Posted by sarasarcasticx on July 8, 2008
Today we mapped out our ideas of “cool”. However, since we worked in a group, I disagreed with almost everything written down. It’s intresting what some children found “cool”.
Posted in Day 2 | Tagged: cool | No Comments »
