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Reading Summary This chapter of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman talks about the unattainable love seen in media. This fake love has created a standard in society which has made each individual expect more from their significant other in order to meet the demands established by a character in a certain movieContinue reading “This Is Emo”

Reading Summary Chapter 8 of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss by Greg Smith goes in depth about Interactivity which is what makes “new ” media actually “new”. There is passive media which is considered old media such as television where the viewer doesn’t have to do much apart from staying awake. Interactive mediaContinue reading “What Is Interactivity?”

Reading Summary Chapter 7 of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss talks about how technology has changed the medium throughout the years. It also talks about how society decides how we should be using each type of medium such as television is for viewing tv shows and movies at home with family and eachContinue reading “What difference does a medium make?”

Reading Summary In the article “Space, Time and DVR Mechanics”, Klosterman talks about how he feels there is a big difference when he watches live sports games vs prerecorded games. The author believes that it has to do with 5 reasons broken down into two categories the rational explanations and the irrational explanations. For theContinue reading “Space, Time and DVR Mechanics”

I decided to come to Mexico instead of California because my dad lives here and I thought it would be safer at the moment. My set up is my laptop in the living room. I am worried about my internet connection since I am far away and also I am not the only one usingContinue reading “Activity 3/23”

Reading Summary The excerpt starts by describing what a shot in a film is and then explains the different types of shots that can be seen in movies such as close-ups, longshots, two-shot, medium shots. The reading also states many movies where these different shots can be seen to make it easier for the viewerContinue reading “Film, Space, and Image”

Reading Summary The first part of this podcast talks about two comedians Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler who did a skit in front of an audience. At first, the audience finds it funny but the comedians keep doing the same thing over and over again and the audience begins to get tired of it andContinue reading “On Repeat”

Reading Summary As pop culture begins to be a topic studied to find the real meaning of signs in higher education, there was a need to develop a method that would be able to separate personal opinions from real evidence to support a claim. Semiotics is a method developed to study pop culture signs andContinue reading “Blog Post #5 for 2/17/20”

Reading Summary The video “Creating visual hierarchy with type” is a step-by-step example of how using visual hierarchy can help creating an organized and easy to follow layout. At the beginning of the video we see a lot of text with the same font and size. As the video progresses we see changes done inContinue reading “Blog Post #4 for 2/10/20”

Reading Summary Chapter four of White Space Is Not Your Enemy by Hagen and Golombisky focuses on layout errors known to be made by amateurs. Some of the layout errors mentioned are centering everything, too many fonts,busy backgrounds, and stairstepping. The authors also use good and bad layout designs to explain to the reader whatContinue reading “Blog Post #2 Ch 4-5”