Thursday, January 14, 2010

What Will Internet Bring??


I believe that in 2020 everything will be linked to the internet. Our vehicles will be ran by the internet. I also think everyone will be doing school online. I think newspapers will be going out of business because their will be a website for every town to access town news. I don't think anyone will leave their house because they will be doing everything they need to do online except for maybe some work. I think jobs are going to harder to find than they are now because a lot of businesses will be going out of business due to the internet taking over everything. I think we will be able to set an alarm clock on the internet. I believe almost everything that people do daily will be accessible on the internet so no one will ever be going out.. scary idea!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

NCIS Deconstuction

I watch NCIS a lot and I have noticed that the males are the majority of the cast with 4 guys which are Leroy Jethro Gibbs,Dr.Donald Mallard(Ducky), Tony DiNozzo, and Timothy McGee. There are two girls who are Abby Sciuto and Caitlin Todd. Kate dies in an eposide so they replace her with a different girl named Ziva David.Mark Harmon(Gibbs) is 58 years old, Micheal Weatherly(DiNozzo) is 41, David McCallum(Ducky) is 76, Sean Murry(McGee) is 32, Pauley Perrette(Abby) is 40, Sasha Alexander(Kate) is 34, and Cote De Pablo(Ziva) is 30.
Mark, Micheal, and David are all over 40 and Pauly is 40 exactly. None of the actors are overweight or even chubby in anyway. The leading role is held by a man which is Gibbs.
Abby is dressed as a goth. Kate is usually dressed well sometimes shows a little cleavage. Ziva also shows a little cleavage once in awhile. Ziva is portrayed as tough woman and the type to not mess with. She doesn't have a boyfriend on the show. Kate was portrayed a little prudish but won a wet t-shirt contest before. Abby is portrayed as a smart goth who is interested in death and very loyal to her team. Ziva is the only women who is a minority which she is Mossad. The intended audience for NCIS is for all ages of people mostly middle-aged adults. Also for people who like crime/ mystery types of TV shows that aren't so serious and is funny at the same time as the professionalism.
Over all I think it NCIS accurately portrays women because some women are just as smart as men and just as capable to have a job like NCIS as anyone else does. They dress normally most of the time and many women have their own style which Abby does as well. Abby's interests aren't exactly normal but I am sure that there are many other women in the world who are interested in death like Abby. Women can be strong as well. Men are not the only one who has muscles which Ziva proves as she beats up quite a few of people who don't listen to things she says. As for Kate, she is well portrayed too. Women like to have fun just like guys do too so as far as the wet t-shirt contest goes, well she was just having fun and everyone makes mistakes and females shouldn't be judged because of something stupid like that because if it was a male it would be no big deal.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Michael Jackson Pepsi Ad deconstructed

I remember as a kid I would see ads on TV that made me believe I could meet someone if I did something that they did. For example I would see ads about celebrities I liked showing up where a kid would be because of something they were doing whether it be drinking a Pepsi or eating a certain type of food. Well this ad makes me feel that way. Micheal Jackson used to be very popular due to his dancing and his type of singing so watching this and seeing a kid meet him because of drinking Pepsi, it would persuade other kids to drink Pepsi as well thinking they could meet someone they idolize.

I chose this Ad to deconstruct due to the fact of me growing up and liking Michael as a child. I think about the persuasions I fell for when I was a child and I think to myself that if I saw this ad when I was younger I would probably drink Pepsi just so I could feel cool or feel as if I fit in with him. I wanted to realize for myself what really makes people want to do things like drink Pepsi just because of an ad.

Bribery- If you drink Pepsi you could be just like Micheal Jackson like dance like him or even meet him.

Association- Kids are dancing like Micheal Jackson and drinking Pepsi and having fun when they meet him so other kids are going to want to drink Pepsi as well with their friends because they will think that if they can have fun then so can they.

Celebrities- Michael Jackson shows up in the ad singing and drinking a Pepsi as well so people who like Michael will want to drink Pepsi as well because they will think it is the cool thing to do.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Super Bowl

The super bowl is popular because of the ads. People like to watch the ads because they are funny. Not only that but people may also watch the super bowl to try and fit in with others who watch the super bowl. Mostly it is because of the ads because people can laugh and joke around about the ads with friends. People find the ads quite entertaining.