Author Archives: Alexis Acevedo

The age of simulation thus begins with a liquidation of all referential —worse: by their artificial resurrection in systems of signs, amore ductile material than meaning. The reading used Disneyland as a perfect model of all the entailed orders of simulation. It explains how Disneyland is presented to make us think although it is moreContinue reading “Precession of simulacrae”

Summary:Rules and fiction compete for a players attention once they are in a fictional world. These fictional worlds are always incomplete as ass aspects simply can’t be laid out. It is extremely difficult to decipher between whether these fictional worlds are abstract or representational games. It described Tetris as abstract, however said chess was anContinue reading “Fiction”

The reading stated that ideology is usually defined as a body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture. There term is generally associated with politics and party platforms, but it can also mean given set of values that are implicit in any human enterprise-including filmmaking. It emphasizedContinue reading “Ideology”

Reading Summary: Interesting movies that pose intellectual questions or provoke philosophical thought rarely make money. It is more common for films to be made for popularity as opposed to older films. Older films are observed to ask more deep or meaningful questions. The reading presents the notion that movies are intended to lack concepts inContinue reading “The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise’s Shattered, Troll-like Face 1:51”

Reading Summary: Genre greatly impacts our decision making. In film brands are replaced by actors and or genres, because the simple names of production studios will guarantee that a view will necessarily like a product or not. Instead the genre components are often used to choose preference. Components of a genre include: internally consistent expectationsContinue reading “What media classes really want to discuss.”

The podcast discussed how difficult it is for trans men to find love on the other side. The difficulties of men trying to find women to date without the process ending as soon as they tell them they are trans is likely. They discuss both the scary and sucky parts of going through the transitionalContinue reading “View From the Other Half”

Summary:  The reading discusses how sexual advertisements have been both useful and detrimental in the eyes of consumers. Prior to 1955, it played a key role in getting women to purchase products full of ‘sexual promises’ that often left them with ‘dead enthusiasm’ and low numbers of loyal customers. Therefore, women post 1955 look towardsContinue reading ““The built-in sexual overtone,” “Back to the breast and beyond,” and “Babes in consumerland” in The Hidden Persuaders.”

Summary: Executives working for Subaru during the 1990’s attempted to reinvigorate their sales by marketing their cars to more niche groups as opposed to the common demographic of white individuals ranging from 18-35. They realized their top customers were teachers, educators, healthcare professionals, IT professionals, outdoorsy types and lesbians. This article discussed how the carContinue reading “How Subarus Came to be Seen as Cars for Lesbians”

Summary: This week I read White Space is Not Your Enemy and analyzed chapter six through eight. Chapter 6 discussed how to effectively utilize layouts and text. The chapter emphasized useful tools to help accomplish this including grids, ratios, and graph paper. Beyond this it explained components involved with grids. This includes formats, margins, trimContinue reading “White Space is Not Your Enemy”

Summary: Content analysis, as defined by Kelinger, is a method of studying and analyzing communication in a systematic, objective, and quantitative manner for the purpose of measuring variables. This chapter goes further to explain this definition. To begin Smith explains that systematic can be translated as uniformity in all coding and procedures. Objectivity means thatContinue reading “Content Analysis”