ch.11 q.2

         

 Advertising has always been a form of manipulation that's "ok". In the end, advertising has not always been the most ethical way to get the word out. All the random blinking pictures during the movies, the army trying to recruit soldiers by displaying untrue promises. There are so many things that are wrong with advertising. However,  like the advertising professor said, if you blame advertising for the bad things, you have to blame them for the good things. So, I do. I love advertisements and there entertainment value. Even the late night infomercials I enjoy to watch. They can reach the confines of your home, get into my mind, and make me honestly think I want what they have to offer. For the longest time I thought cingular had the least amount of dropped calls, so I bought a cingular phone. Then I read an article saying the company would have to quit airing there commercials beca

use facts were proved that the information was incorrect. I was lied to! And yet I believed! Oh well, but what I am saying is it can deceive and perhaps stop kids from doing drugs, either way,they are effective and should be allowed. 

ch.11 q.1

          The two ad campaigns that I think are good are the Itunes and Geico series. My definition of good is entertaining and convincing. I have seen them so much that I can think to myself of what I want the next one to be like. When I start wanting to think of my own commercials, thats when I know they got me. The ads that I could never see again are the low budget ones such as United Cash and CARR Chevrolet. Yeah I can remember all the different lines and plugs of each commercial, but it was only to make fun of it. Commercials should be reminisced, not completely made fun of. The Itunes and Geico commercials have reoccurring themes, the car place and cash advance are just perfect for muting or getting a beverage. They have to stun me, they have to blow me away. After watching the sony commercials, I am ready to get a Sony HD television. 

ch.14 q.1

Well there are somethings that are absolutely not ok for any audience. These include

                - nudity

                - the "F" word

                - religious attacks

The other two are not so cut and dry. If it was a personal thing, I would say no mention of any sexual behaviors outside of basic sex. 

                - anul, masterbation, gay marriage

The last would be to not have anyone have sex that is in high school

                - high school sex

Although I am cutting this out, it is sad to make me think that it would still be ok for there to be sex at all before marriage to be represented. If I had my way, I would ask for it not to be promoted, perhaps mentioned, but rarely any visual showing of sex. I think I could keep a respectable audience with all these parts. Sex sells but content earns followers. 

ch.13 q.1

          I have a problem with a lot of the music artists displaying there bodies all over the place. There album covers are becoming less and less clothed. That display of public expression prevents me from purchasing the CD. I can't let any of my friends or family see what kind of CD I'm listening too. I can't imagine my mom finding a cover of a practically nude woman on the cover of my favorite band CD

          The most apparent example I can think of is Janet Jackson, displaying her bust for over 140 million people. While Janet's fame was dampened, Justin, who was a part of the planning for the whole incident. His career just took off! All because of the strip tease? Are you serious? This is a problem, should I rip off a co-workers clothing just to get well known in a company. No of course not, as soon as extreme behavior brings fame, thats when I stop listening. 

Ch.12 Q.2

          Promotion is my dads middle name. He is a marketing engineer and he know how to promote products like nobody's business. Methods that are exaggerated and blown out of proportion are commonly used and it's really difficult to find any litigation against them. There was a string of Cingular ads that consisted of the phrase "the service with the least amount of calls." This was researched by an independent firm and actually found out to be not true. We just simply can't trust all the promotions that we hear. They all have half truths associated with them, and when they are found to be fake, little retaliation is made by those that are deceived. While there are way less of the extreme cases, there are still promotional problems that plague our media. 

Ch.12 Q.1

Are public relations activities like image consulting ethical? Explain.

Put by the PR specialist at BYU image consulting is ethical, but I think I have a little different view on the matter. I think if people are going to be in the limelight than they need to be ready to accept the consequences for there actions. However, there are some instances where public figures are so valuable they need to be protected to keep our lives safe and our children isolated from the problems in the media. I wish the president had better PR. There are just different people that need different protection. Other than those political people, anyone can help coach or teach public figures how to speak and approach the public, but as soon as publicists are doing the interviews and running the shows, thats when I have a problem. I remember watching Michael Jackson's PR guy on the late show talking about how great he was and how much he just loves children. What a joke, I want to see him say it. Honestly, as if he said those word to the PR guy. 

Ch.9 Q.3

          Television has made the largest impact on society for many different reasons. The most hours spent out of all the different media outlets, at least for all those that I know, is spent watching TV. My grandma watches TV for hours every night. My father comes home from work and watches his favorite shows. I look forward every season for my own TV shows. It runs our lives! News, weather, entertainment, we can get everything from the television set. Movies come and go, the radio is music, and books are for studies, even the internet hasn't reached the top quite yet. The idea of live broadcasting appearing on a television set has revolutionized the modern world. From watching political campaigns to Planet Earth, there has never been such an eye opening experience such as the television.     

Ch.9 Q.2

The Office is probably the most obvious LCD show out there. They are just trying to hit the largest audience and make it entertaining to them, not worried about the affects of those that don't watch. However, Pushing Daisies is one of my favorite shows because it is on it's own level. It suits no audience, it is what it is and may not have as big of a following, but it offers an interesting outlet for those who get sick and tired of the everyday television show. Trying to "offend no one" is more of "offend everyone as to offend everyone". I am not saying it isn't o.k., because I love The Office, but if every show was as such, it would get extremely boring.

Ch. 9 Q.1

          I learned that television does not mean the same that it did when I was back home and going to high school. It takes up my priceless time. I just can't watch it mindlessly like I used to. In fact, I have decided to save up all my TV time for when LOST comes out so that I can indulge in every minute of it. I watched the late show every night for this whole week. I learned I prefer Letterman and Conan, which will soon be a problem when Conan takes over Leno's job. I also learned I can never catch shows that I casually watch. I saw The Office, Samantha Who, and Pushing Daisies all at random times during the week on the internet. It's easy and really the most effective way to get my entertainment as well as stay on track with my work. Television is wonderful!

Ch.8 Q.2

I have plenty ideas for making a box office hit. The question is not what I would make, but how much I would make.
My film would be about a young boy, growing up with loving parents and living a very sheltered life. Early on in his life he loses his family. He makes it out alive only because he feels that someone is watching over him, like he has a purpose in the near future. This boy begins to grow up in different homes and learns different skills at each location. For some strange reason, each foster home is a family specialized in some ability. He continues to live life until he is presented with a challenge at school. His friend and a bully are fighting, rather than breaking them up he watches as the pulp is blasted out of his face. Just before the knockout blow, he jumps in, punches the bully right in the nose and lays him down.
The boy would continue with his life not thinking much of his skills. Until one fateful day he meets a man that mysteriously seems familiar. This man saved his life, and has a message for him. "Prepare yourself, one day you will save the world." the man said, then he leaves yelling "I will be with you every step of the way."
The boy who has become a man stands up and proceeds with life. He marries and has children. The trials come at his most trying times in life. These are not epic trials, but the results of his work ripple effect to saving the world. he's not a superhero, all he is the little guy that does the little things to make sure everything works out. This wouldn't be revealed until the end, but how epic will it be for a little guy to save the day! My interpretation will be the most interesting effect of the film. I just want people to understand that everything they do can and will effect the world in one way or another.

Ch.8 Q. 1

The amount of sex and violence in movies is rarely used to determine the caliber of a movie. Citizen Kane is one of the most historic films of all time and yet there is little violence and sex in it compared to recent films. The problem in society today is how audiences don't stand up for the parts they don't like in films. Even though someone was completely repulsed by a chapter in a movie, the rest of it was pretty good so that warrants a good appraisal for the film. When friends ask him how the movie was, he tells them it was great, there was some bad parts, but it's still really funny. As soon as we allowing movies to be o.k., the next wave will be borderline, until again we o.k. them, and the process continues. An example is how Hollywood doesn't understand how the film 300 really didn't need that sex scene to be epic, or a nude oracle dancing to bring fortune. The edited movie was fantastic as well!
When Cleanflix was running I was getting really excited. I thought we had reached a new level of separating ourselves from streamline, then they were immediately shut down. My hopes were lost, but my dreams still remain that someday Hollywood will learn to produce exemplary films with less sex and violence. Until then I may just be the reason it may never come, because I will probably be watching the movies anyway.