Exercise 2

When I think of the news, I usually like to watch it on TV. Sometimes I read the news paper if I see something that catches my eye on the cover. The only other thing i read is the news on yahoo because it is sometimes interesting. When I watch the news on TV, I normally watch the national news, but sometimes I watch local news. I personally don't really watch the news very much, because right now all people are talking about is how bad the stock market is doing, and the election. I think that this is all very annoying after a long time of listening to it. If i ever need to know what is going on in the news I can ask someone in my family, because they always know whats going on. I sometimes watch MSNBC to see how the stocks are on some days, because I like to see how I would do if i ever put money in the stock market. The other thing about news that bothers me is how everything is opinionated. You always hear what the other people think, but usually I don't care what someone else thinks.
When I think about a good reliable resource for news. My news resource would have sports, because I like to know what is going on with my favorite teams. I would want the news for the different stocks for the day, so I know how the economy is doing. I would need the weather for sure on the news because I need to know what to wear and what to do that day. So overall I don't really like to watch the news, but I would rather read about whatever I would like on Yahoo.

Class Wiki #2

I think that we should have some sort of organization in some way. We should get into groups and each group gets assigned a part of the wiki. If we do not have any organization, then we could have some problems with people writing about the same things. If we all just do our own thing I don't think the wiki would be as informative, because it will lack a lot of good information. The best way is to get the classmates in groups and then just start making that section of the wiki as a group so there is no overlapping.

Question 1 & 2

#1 The ad that I used was an ad by McDonald's. In my ad I had a thin person walking into a McDonald's, then the next part of the picture was a fat person on a scale. On top of the ad it says "I'm lovin' it" then at the bottom it says "Too Much." I said this because if you love McDonald's too much then you could gain a lot of fat from eating their food. I think this ad would be effective because it shows people what happens when they eat a lot of McDonald's. When i moved from concept to design, i had to find pictures online that would work for my ad. It was hard trying to find the right pictures.

#2 I learned that it is very difficult to make an ad that would be seen by everyone. The ad would only work for a select amount of people. Communication just shows how you feel about the product that you did the parody on. If someone is looking at the ad, they may not feel the same way as you do about the product. I learned that advertising is not always true, the product will always appear nicer than in real life.

Social Networking

I think that social networking through Myspace and Facebook really effect politics. I think this is because if one person starts to tell their opinion, then a lot of other people will read about it. If a lot of people read what one person has to say, then their decision could be changed. It mostly just gets people involved and tell how they feel about things. It is a lot easier to tell how you feel online, because more people see what you have to say. I think that Myspace and Facebook would also get more people involved in politics because younger people are into these types of social networking.

As i read online about McCain and Obama using Facebook i learned a lot. I learned that both of them are using Facebook as a way to reach out to the fans and try to get more people on their side. The vice president candidates also have Facebook's. So far Obama is winning in the popularity on Facebook with 1.9 million supporters. McCain has 340,000 supporters. The reason i think this is because Obama has reached to the younger geberation and almost all of the younger generation has a Facebook.

I read an article about Obama and how he has control of the social networking. He is beating McCain on Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube views. Then I read another article about how McCain is now doing a lot better with social networking. It said that his Facebook supporters went up 15% in just one week. While Obamas Facebook supporters only went up 5.2%.

When Professor Troy Murphy came in to talk to our class he really taught me a lot about how the MiVote works. The MiVote is a very good way to get people out there to talk about how they feel about different subjects. People can go online to check out what people have to say, and anyone can make a video of their thoughts.