4/15 hw

Netflix

hw 4/9

Coke-Cola is working on a project to encourage world peace through their vending machines. The idea is to place Coke vending machines in countries that are maybe not so friendly to one another. In the article it gave the example of India and Pakistan. What will be done is with the help of a webcam and a large screen; people will be able to interact with one another thousands of miles away. You can be able to see and play games with the other person with the touch screen on the vending machine. With this idea, Coke has put themselves in a good spot.

This is not Cokes first interactive vending machine idea. The article gives two other examples of how they reach their audience through their vending machines. Coke says that their idea is even bigger than what the short promo suggests.  Coke-Cola is trying to convey the idea that you can get happiness and a sense of coming together through their soda. When people see this message, the company is hoping that it makes the buyer feel like Coke soda is good and that there is nothing to fear. What they do not say is how bad soda is for you, especially Coke-Cola with its higher amounts of sugar then most soda brands. 

Project World Peace 

Interactive Machine  

hw for 4/4 11.1

11.1

Name: Nike Shoe
Advertisement: Buying shoes from Nike.

1. If you buy this shoe then you will have something that is comfortable for your feet. With this shoe you will get a shoe that cant be compared to others.

2. The picture shows a shoe but not all of it. The message is that the shoe is almost too much to handle and that there is not enough room on the page to show you all of its greatness.

3. The picture makes the shoe look really big and by doing that it convinces the buyer that this product is big and comfortable. There is little wording trying to make it seem that there is no room to show all the details that this shoe supposedly has to offer.

4. To buy the shoe if you want something comfortable for your feet. The shoe is almost too big to handle and it has everything you want in a shoe.

Nike Shoe

The Persuaders hw

After watching “The Persuaders” I have seen advertisements in a different light. I did not realize that they pretty much everywhere in our world. I believe that because they are seen everywhere they have become a part of our lives and mesh into our daily routine. We see them but forget the add quickly until later in our lives when we might actually need what is trying to be sold. Other times we might see an ad and immediately think they we need the product as soon as possible or we cannot function normally. I have seen videos like the one shown in class but not at such a level where it shows that advertisements control our lives.

One of points from the video that I found amazing and also a little scary is that websites will remember your searches and will put up ads of what you might like. The idea that my hobbies and other information is saved somewhere makes me feel a little uneasy. It’s as if someone is always watching me and saving my updates and I cannot control it. Another point that was mentioned that I found neat was when the advertising researcher said that there are words that sound appealing to people. There was a part in the video when a group of people with different political views was put into a room. When certain words would be said they would have the same kinds of emotions and I thought that was interesting. What surprised me was when it showed all of the research that goes into advertisements.  The amount of money that a company would pay to know the best way to get their product known is something that I had no idea on. Something that I have not thought of is when I watch t.v., companies will actually pay for the shows to make their product apart of the storyline. After thinking about it there are more companies that do this then I have realized.

After watching the presentation I can say that the way I consume media is the same. I am not one to look for a particular company when buying a product. I do research on what companies are better for particular products but that is to know if I am getting what I pay for mostly. I couldn’t tell you the brand of my jeans and I don’t have an iPhone. I will say that because of ads I can know about a product better but I feel that most ads will not persuade me to them.

Since the video I have seen a few examples of techniques that companies use. The first one is product placement where I saw subway on a t.v. show I was watching. I also noticed that the brand name was perfectly in frame so you could read it easy. Another ad that I saw used the technique making you feel like a part of a group if you buy it. The windows surface is a new aged laptop and the ad had a bunch of people having one while at school. I felt like the ad was saying that this laptop is a great product to have at school and it is popular too.

Web Journalism Project

Liberty Wins with Walk-off Home Run.

Liberty Catcher Trey Wimmer 

With hopes running low, Liberty wins in the bottom of the ninth inning after a walk-off home run. The game was not looking good as the Liberty Flames were down by three runs in the ninth inning. The game was held at the new Liberty baseball stadium against the South Carolina Gamecocks Sunday afternoon. After beating South Carolina for the third consecutive time over the weekend, the 2013 Liberty Flames are now in the record book for most consecutive wins.

With this victory, Liberty is now at a record high 25 game win streak. The previous record of 24 games won was held by the 1990 team.

South Carolina was ranked fifth in the nation before playing Liberty. Over the past eight seasons South Carolina has never lost a weekend series to the Flames.

Liberty moves up to 30-2 for the season while South Carolina goes down to 27-5. The Flames have a close lead for first in the Big South Conference.

North Division	W	L
Liberty	30	2
Cambell	29	3
Radford	25	7
Longwood	23	7
VMI	20	12
High Point	15	18

After seven perfect innings by freshman pitcher Andrew Mauldin the Gamecocks got their bats started in the eighth inning. Five hits were given up between Nick Grant and Patrick Bankemper, ending up with two runs scored. In the top of the ninth, South Carolinas’ right fielder hit a solo home run making the score 3-0.

With two consecutive strike-outs for Liberty in the bottom of the ninth inning, things were not looking good for the Flames. The team was not going down without a fight though, as leadoff batter Nick Paxton was hit by a pitch. Next up was outfielder Ryan Cordell who lined a single to right moving Paxton to third base. A walk by second baseman Brian Aanderud would load up the bases. Up to the plate came the heavy hitter Trey Wimmer who had been hot the whole weekend. Wimmer fouled off two pitches making a 0-2 count. The Liberty senior crushed the third pitch over the left field fence to win the game 4-3. As Flames fans cheered in the new stadium, Wimmer’s teammates met him at home plate to surround him in triumph.

With a big win under their belt, the Liberty Flames are confident that they can compete with any team. Liberty is known for their power hitting, solid defense and, although inexperienced, a deep bullpen of pitchers.

Liberty will be traveling on the road next weekend to face Georgia. GameTracker will be available for fans who are watching online .                                 

hw 8.1, 8.2

8.1
Basketball Death

A 15 year old student died this morning after collapsing during his school’s basketball practice. Todd White was a freshman at Central High School where he suddenly fell to the ground after running in a morning practice game. White was taken to Central Valley Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead after efforts to revive him had failed. The schools trainer says that White had no known illness and the reasoning to him collapsing is unclear. Today the county coroner will perform an autopsy to find reasoning to his death.       

Energy Plan

An 800 million dollar energy plan was announced by the Secretary of the Interior Grace Green. Green was in Salt Lake City at a Western Governor’s Conference when she had made her announcement. The plan will be efforts to have America rely less on foreign oil and to also become greener. It is suspected to take five years and will reduce strip mining, but will also ease licensing of new nuclear power plants.

8.2

Faculty Death

A woman died today after 10 years of battling cancer. Elizabeth Billson was 58 years old and was an education professor for 36 of those years. She was estimated to have taught 10,000 future teachers throughout her career. Last year Elizabeth received the Outstanding Professor awarded from her university.

Wreck

Two Truck drivers walk away unharmed after they collided head-on last night on I-59. The wreck caused a 45 minute traffic jam both ways on I-59 in a location that was undergoing repairs. Fuel leaked from both trucks causing an oil slick on the highway. One of the trucks ended up losing roughly 10,000 dollars in goods after the contents were destroyed. The two will both be cited for speeding and reckless driving.                  

hw 2/26

A website that I enjoy to visit often is Reddit.com. This website is unique to others because all of the information and content comes from its users. You can search any topic that you want and get articles, videos or pictures. Using the site is very easy and I have found myself going through just the front page most of the time because it is updated in real time. One of my good friends introduced me to Reddit by showing me funny comics that people post. I soon found myself getting most of my information from the site and now have a user name.

What I like about this site is how easy it is to get information. There are tons of memes that go onto the site and they can be creative because anyone has the power to submit one. If something significant happened in the real world you can bet that people will be talking about it on reddit very quickly. Something that is special with this site is the upvote system. If someone were to like what you posted they have the power to give you an upvote making it more popular. While having the option to upvote, people also can downvote post making it less likely that another user will view the content.
There are two main things that I do not like and one of them could use some improvement. The first is that atheism is very popular on this site and many posts about this topic get upvotes. People have a right to post what they wish but it is upsetting to see the support that atheism gets. The second is how easy it is to see content that is titled NSFW ‘Not Safe for Work’. With these posts you can see some shocking things and I wish that it was not so easy to view some of this content. They can pop up on the front page due to popularity and some post have little to no descriptions. Other than that I feel Reddit is a great way for people to share ideas and can express one’s self.