Media Meditation #5

how on Earth can we spend so much money on military?! we don't even have any money left. we are literally in debt.
the video uses facts, statistics, and common sense to its advantage. another factor that is used is fear and intimidation.

you are not asked to use your Limbic brain it is all about your Neocortex in this video.

there is a lot of ethos, logos, and pathos used.

"Reality, Reality, Reality" are the trade off worth it?

VALUE Message media contain ideological and value messages.

SYMBOLS: used left and right, the war torn dessert, huge green metal tanks, guns and weapons all over the place.

the wonders of media allow us to know what is going on in our country. we can turn the TV on and hear what is going on. or we can head over to our computers and look for what we want to know. the internet and computers have made the news much more interactive. this is called the web 2.0 we are now interacting with our news.

along with being able to go on to you tube and just pull up some video about how much money the military is over spending, we can just as easily talk to other individuals in a different country.

in my core class i participated in Global Modules. i was able to talk to students from Jordan. we had conversations about politics and how politics are intertwined with the economy. we also talked about poverty in each of our countries.

this was possible because of web convergence.

the world is now flat all thanks to the internet and endless opportunities to communicate with others half way around the world.

due to this we are able to make connections with any one that we feel the need to connect to.

the media and the web bringing the news directly to you, and if you don't get it when you want it you can go looking for it and find it 2.0 zero seconds.

heh,heh; get it 2.0? web 2.0 :)