Blog Evaluation

          I had never used a blog before this RTF class, though I had read them. The positive aspects were definitely that it provided an easy way to have more grades than just test grades. I didn't actually encounter any difficulties in using the blogs except remembering to do them. The prompts where we got to talk about something other than the movies from the course or talk about something we had already seen or experienced. In one of mine, i talked about Fight Club, which is one of my favorite movies, so that definitely provided and extra incentive to do it and do it well. I would say that you should give us a little more freedom in that regard. I would definitely recommend using blogs in this course and others because like i said, when a professor only has tests, it really makes you sort of hate the class and then you spend your time worrying and freaking out because tests are generally hard.. Writing blogs gives you an interesting way to get more grades and be less reliant on the tests. I would suggest you have more prompts that let you draw from your own tastes and experiences.

Yes, you can use my blog in a paper or report.

Globalization

          Globalization is basically the process of ideas and technologies spreading throughout the world and its cultures. Cultural imperialism related to media globalization is the idea that some cultures have more access to the newer technologies than others, representing an inequality of global power structure. 

http://bigthink.com/ideas/21222

This map illustrates the fact that some countries don't have access to the same things as most of the rest of the world. In the information age, access to knowledge is essentially power, and since they don't have access to it, they are significantly less powerful than those that do.

Advertising

          In the UK the series Dexter has had a few very creative ads. They all feature some pop culture horror movie killer with the caption, "Nothing stops a serial killer like a serial killer." This ad is just plain old creative, though a couple are actually a bit morbid. I find it a powerful ad because it connects with anyone who has seen or even heard anything about these movies.
          The appeals of this ad are to satisfy curiosity and I would have to say escape. First, curiosity: everyone, to some degree, had the need to satisfy their curiosity. They see an interesting advertisement that says what the show is, but relates it to iconic movie characters, they would most likely at least check what it was advertising. Next, escape: everyone watches TV to escape the normalcy of every day lives. Even the news can be more exciting than real life. Watching a show about serial killers killing serial killers would definitely be an escape from normalcy.