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Getting Started

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Getting Started

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12/6/15 Blog

While browsing FreePress, I found two interesting points on how “powerful interest” want to censor the internet’s freedom of speech, and block the sharing of information. I have mixed feelings in regards to this topic. Last year I was a victim of identity theft, and it was a nightmare, which made me torn between agreeing…

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November 23

I’d like to start this one strong because I have so much to say on how disappointing it truly is to not only learn about new things in media concerning youth. But the  fact of processing the information, and how we as Communication majors will use our education to make a difference. I agree that today’s youth is…

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Week 13 Readings

Happy Friday! This week we had two readings from Sternheimer as well as animated lectures from Annie Leonard. The first Sternheimer chapter this week focused on consumption and materialism, topics that tie in very well with Leonards lectures. I found it interesting that Sternheimer (2013)  wrote that “Children continue to be the focus of our…

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Children and Materialism

Reading the chapters by Sternheimer I realized what a brat I might have been to my parents. Wanting things because my friends had them and getting that thing and realizing that I don’t really use it as much as I thought. I agree when she stated that “Public schools are going to continue to feel…

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Sternheimer and Videos

One quote that really struck me from Fox’s, Leonard’s, and Sachs’ (2007) video was that “stuff moves through a system from extraction, to production, to distribution, to consumption, to disposal.” I liked this quote because with many things we do not think about the full picture of where it comes from. Take technology for example.…

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November 23ii

Steinheimer talks about children and their influence on consumption with brand names. She goes on to talk about who this could be detrimental and the quote that really caught my eye was, “Could the temptations of an ever-increasing number of gadgets, like smartphones, iPads, and designer brands, be luring young people away from things that…

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A new generation of greed

Chapter 10 and 11 from this week’s readings was quite interesting. Right off the bat in chapter 10 my attention was caught when Sternheimer mentioned “Would you become a living advertisement for the right price?” (Sternheimer, 2013). This automatically directed me to the previous conversations we had in class about individuals being walking advertisements. For…

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