Author Archives: Hunter Houser

Reading Summary Klosterman talks about fake love. It is impossible to compare fiction characters such as actors on a screen to a real relationship. Klosterman uses John Cusack as an example of an actor that women love because of his fictional characters. It creates an unfair advantage. The same can be said for musicians, suchContinue reading “Blog post #11 for Monday’s reading on April 27, 2020”

Reading Summary In Chapter 8 of Greg Smith’s book “What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss”, the existence of interactivity within media is discussed. Smith argues that there is no such thing as passive media. That all viewers are active viewers and that this is shown through how people react to things such as televisionContinue reading “Blog post #10 for Monday’s reading on April 20, 2020”

Reading Summary Greg Smith poses the question of, “what difference does the definition of a medium make?”. The answer he gives is that the definition of a medium is big. People have different experiences with each medium. TV is something someone would watch at home and have the distractions of that, while Movies are somethingContinue reading “Blog post #9 for Monday’s reading on April 6, 2019”

Reading Summary The technology now exist to watch live events after they happened. Klosterman discusses in his article why “watching a prerecorded sporting event less pleasurable than watching the same game live?” If he knows the game is finished, it is hard for him to stay interested in it. He instead skips ahead to watchContinue reading “Blog post #8 for Monday’s reading on March 30, 2020”

Reading Summary Every movie is made based on decisions. Shots are one of these decision. The director chose what type of shot is used for a scene which creates a meaning and reasoning of its own. Contrasting shots can mean contrasting things. An example is a high angle shows less power of the character itContinue reading “Blog post #7 for Monday’s reading on March 16, 2020”

Reading Summary Kristen Schall and Kurt Braunohler do a comedy bit where Kurt say’s “Oh Kristen Schall is a horse, Kristen Shall is a horse, look at her dance, oh look at her dance, oh look at her dance like a horse” as Kristen dances like she is riding a horse. They continue to doContinue reading “Blog post #6 for Monday’s reading on March 2, 2020”

Reading Summary The study of pop culture is finally starting to become more common. The study of pop culture grows as we move away from entertainment being available to only the upper class. A sign is something that carries meaning. Anything in pop culture or entertainment is a sign because of this Shows and moviesContinue reading “Blog post #5 for Monday’s reading on February 17, 2020”

Reading Summary In the video titled “Creating visual hierarchy with type”, the main principal that is taught is visual hierarchy. By using typography and appropriate amounts of space, a designer can share what is most to least important visually on a page. Typesetting is a way to establish where to begin, where to go next,Continue reading “Blog Post #4 for Monday’s reading on February 10, 2019”

Reading Summary In chapter 4 of White Space is Not Your Enemy, the 13 layout sins are discussed. These sins are things that hurt your layouts. Things that blink, warped photos, photos needing borders, bad borders, cheated margins, centering everything, and clutter are the first seven of the layout sins. Trapped negative space, busy backgrounds,Continue reading “Blog Post #3 for Monday’s reading on February 3, 2019”

Reading Summary Glenn Sparks poses the question, “how would one ever go about discovering the effects of media content?” She states that it is through three scientific approaches, content analysis, surveys, and experiments. Content analysis are rigorous analysis of the media content, but do not allow someone to understand the effects. Content analysis allow forContinue reading “Blog Post #2 for Monday’s reading on January 27, 2020”