Sunday, May 10, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Journal 11- Money as debt
The first opening of the video, " Money as Debt", caught my eye from the very start. The beginning was a series of facts and quotes from important economist and leading people in the economic world. The video had commentary by a man, which for me as the view, has a strong affect. It starts of talking about, Where does money come from?, which is a good question. It comes from the government. We all know that banks have the ability to give out loans to people, but in the long run, this process actually hurt our country today and has put us in the situation we are in right now. The banks state that they can give people money, because the borrowers statement that they sign, stating that they can pay them back in a certain amount of time. This is not the case though, this is why were are in the place we are know, because people cant pay the banks back. The banks were giving out to much money, to people who couldn't find away to pay they back.
Then the video goes to inform about the money system today. The basic idea of money has changed over the years. Today money is represented as debt. If both the government and also the banks can create money, than how much money is really being passed around in the economy and how much money does exist? Its weird to think about these ideas because a person wonders, where is my money actually going? The movie states that banks don't lend money, they are the ones who are creating debt. If there were no debt, than there would be no money. The great depression is equivalent to the time were are in now. We are depending on big bank corporation to help get us out of this mess, but for us to function as a stable society, more debt needs to be created. The difference between money loaned and money created is growing more and more every day. The money being loaned was sky rocked compared to the money being made.
From an Advertising perspective, I believe that this business can never really fail. Right now I think it is important for business to come out unique and intelligent ads and commercial to help sell products. I don't think that there will be a downfall for Ad. companies. There is always a need for advertisements so products sell. Its important to send money on products, that will do well and exceed expectation.
To help turn our economy around, we need a different concept of money. We need to think differently than we did before. From a personal point of view, I think that we put ourselves in the economic state that we are in right now. The bank also contributed to this, but at the same time, people couldn't pay the banks back. My father is a business man, who runs a small company and he said this was one of the hard times in his career. We need to be careful with what we spend and try and help the situation we are in.
Then the video goes to inform about the money system today. The basic idea of money has changed over the years. Today money is represented as debt. If both the government and also the banks can create money, than how much money is really being passed around in the economy and how much money does exist? Its weird to think about these ideas because a person wonders, where is my money actually going? The movie states that banks don't lend money, they are the ones who are creating debt. If there were no debt, than there would be no money. The great depression is equivalent to the time were are in now. We are depending on big bank corporation to help get us out of this mess, but for us to function as a stable society, more debt needs to be created. The difference between money loaned and money created is growing more and more every day. The money being loaned was sky rocked compared to the money being made.
From an Advertising perspective, I believe that this business can never really fail. Right now I think it is important for business to come out unique and intelligent ads and commercial to help sell products. I don't think that there will be a downfall for Ad. companies. There is always a need for advertisements so products sell. Its important to send money on products, that will do well and exceed expectation.
To help turn our economy around, we need a different concept of money. We need to think differently than we did before. From a personal point of view, I think that we put ourselves in the economic state that we are in right now. The bank also contributed to this, but at the same time, people couldn't pay the banks back. My father is a business man, who runs a small company and he said this was one of the hard times in his career. We need to be careful with what we spend and try and help the situation we are in.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Journal # 10 - Century of Self
The Century of self by Adam Curtris, is series, which talks about how power has used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy. He believed that people had a dangerous and instinctive drives in side myselves. He created a method called phsycoanylasis, which analyzes dreams. These dreams have the ability to connect people with their animal past. He formed this idea of expressing the uncousious mind. Its being able to realize that people have hidden ideas or uncousious thoughts.
America has become a mass society. The ability to try and get into the minds of Americans thoughts and feelings was an important task. Freud believed that there is much more to an audiovisual mind than we think. The idea that information drives behavior. Then the thought of trying to come up with ideas that would play to peoples irrational emotions. The idea which was brought up about women smoking because more men do it, was an idea that I didn't understand. I thought that it was an irrational idea to believe. But the idea of women smoking because to create a epidemic of women beginning this new tired to believe that smoking was cool. The video goes into the idea that if a person links emotion appeal to a product more people would be open to purchase the product. The way to sell a product was to make a person feel like they absolutely need the product. Products were being seld as necessicties. Coprotations had to transform the way indiuviausl thought about buying products. The movie stated,"we must shift amercian from a needs to a desire, people must be trained to desire,we a must shape a new maintaillity. Companies are ready to understand Freud's idea, of what motiavated the human mind.
The video, shows how women percieve themselves as an object to look at. I feel like this is a case right now in our society.Women think that there bodies are something for people to look at. Society puts this message in our heads that, women need to look and act a certain way to be liked. From a personal point of view, I believe that the media does put a stress on women to be a certain way. It is stressful, and can break a person phsycail and emotoinal feeling down. Its draining to constaintly think that you must look perfect, so you wont be judged.
Freud's idea about the ideas of the unconcious mind becoming more aware, I beleive is fact. His ideas are true. This was an intresting video and it has opened my eyes to how the mind works and how it can be manipulated.
America has become a mass society. The ability to try and get into the minds of Americans thoughts and feelings was an important task. Freud believed that there is much more to an audiovisual mind than we think. The idea that information drives behavior. Then the thought of trying to come up with ideas that would play to peoples irrational emotions. The idea which was brought up about women smoking because more men do it, was an idea that I didn't understand. I thought that it was an irrational idea to believe. But the idea of women smoking because to create a epidemic of women beginning this new tired to believe that smoking was cool. The video goes into the idea that if a person links emotion appeal to a product more people would be open to purchase the product. The way to sell a product was to make a person feel like they absolutely need the product. Products were being seld as necessicties. Coprotations had to transform the way indiuviausl thought about buying products. The movie stated,"we must shift amercian from a needs to a desire, people must be trained to desire,we a must shape a new maintaillity. Companies are ready to understand Freud's idea, of what motiavated the human mind.
The video, shows how women percieve themselves as an object to look at. I feel like this is a case right now in our society.Women think that there bodies are something for people to look at. Society puts this message in our heads that, women need to look and act a certain way to be liked. From a personal point of view, I believe that the media does put a stress on women to be a certain way. It is stressful, and can break a person phsycail and emotoinal feeling down. Its draining to constaintly think that you must look perfect, so you wont be judged.
Freud's idea about the ideas of the unconcious mind becoming more aware, I beleive is fact. His ideas are true. This was an intresting video and it has opened my eyes to how the mind works and how it can be manipulated.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Journal # 7 - Pick the Perp
As I began to look at the website- Pick the Perp, I was wonder what does the message that this is trying to give to the viewer. It was strange and in way kind of entertaining to say the least. At the same time ,I was taken back at how I was being to quick to judge the people that I was choosing. I only pick the right person for the crime they did about a total of about 5 times out of over 10 minutes that I was picking and choosing. As time went on, I realized how the website related to the last chapter we analyzed, Scientific Looking, Looking at Science because there was a part of the chapter that dealt with using cameras for the criminal justice system.
It become a popular and common practice in the 19th century for people in hospitals and also people with medical conditions. In prisons and in hospitals, images were used to create a visual for workers and doctors to distiguies between each person. Using these types of mug shot photographs were to document their facial expressions. This became a project to see the human expressions and the varieties of physically types. The camera was able to catch spontaneous motion and facial expression escpcailly in situation such as taking mug shots. Taking a photograph has can show true emotions and can show a person feelings, but a simple expression.
Today, photographs are a crucial part of our society and media. We capture pictures everyday to show emotion and personality. In the website, it was important to show the view the emotion of the people at that time in which their mug shot was being take. Photography is a great and useful tool. In the website, I wasn't able to clearly to distinguish who had done which crime. We make judgements about peoples appearance, when we shouldn't. This is something that our society has drilled into our heads. We make perceived judgements about people by the way they talk and look. I enjoyed this journal, I thought it was an interesting twist on how people look at photographs of someone and feel as if they can judge someone by their appearance in a photo.
It become a popular and common practice in the 19th century for people in hospitals and also people with medical conditions. In prisons and in hospitals, images were used to create a visual for workers and doctors to distiguies between each person. Using these types of mug shot photographs were to document their facial expressions. This became a project to see the human expressions and the varieties of physically types. The camera was able to catch spontaneous motion and facial expression escpcailly in situation such as taking mug shots. Taking a photograph has can show true emotions and can show a person feelings, but a simple expression.
Today, photographs are a crucial part of our society and media. We capture pictures everyday to show emotion and personality. In the website, it was important to show the view the emotion of the people at that time in which their mug shot was being take. Photography is a great and useful tool. In the website, I wasn't able to clearly to distinguish who had done which crime. We make judgements about peoples appearance, when we shouldn't. This is something that our society has drilled into our heads. We make perceived judgements about people by the way they talk and look. I enjoyed this journal, I thought it was an interesting twist on how people look at photographs of someone and feel as if they can judge someone by their appearance in a photo.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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