This week I'm going to give you a quick look at a current even in American media law. Lets take a look at the Obsidian Fin. Grp. v. Cox (2014) a case in which, a blogger was sued for publishing posts that accused Obsidian Financial Group of many illegal activities. Since the bloggers statements were posted as a source of media they were dismissed as constitutionally protected opinions. I'll add a link that provides much more detail below.
http://www.medialawmonitor.com/2014/04/blurred-lines-9th-circuit-applies-same-first-amendment-protections-to-bloggers-as-traditional-media/
I believe any source where a type of language is used should be protected by the first amendment. It's unfortunate that people have to learn that one media at a time.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
7- Annotated References
Korpi,
Michael F. & Kyong Liong Kim (1986) The Uses and Effects of Televangelism: A Factorial Model of
Support and Contribution. Journal
for the Scientific Study of Religion, 25(4), 410-423. Database:
Academic Search Premier. The first source I chose is pretty straight forward,
it explains a model that televangelists used to basically be compensated for
their work and how they get and hold their viewership. I chose this journal
because it has a broad history on how televangelists have and still continue to
persuade people to give them top dollar for a service that quite frankly may
not even exist.
Howley,
K. (2001). PREY TV TELEVANGELISM AND INTERPELLATION. Journal Of Film &
Video, 53(2/3), 23. This is a journal stating how televangelists
target their viewership by misleading fear and anxiety into them. This journal
will be great research because it shares how and why televangelists help you by
helping themselves.
Meng,
V. (2009). Everyday a miracle: History according to trinity broadcasting
network (TBN). Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 21(3), 1-29.
Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/232425451?accountid=38235.
This journal is a history and study of Trinity Broadcasting Network, one of
Americas largest and longest airing televangelists programs. This journal holds
statistics, analysis and other quality information for this specific program to
give me a little more in-depth detail to how these televangelists successfully
cornered the American market for television religion.
Monday, November 10, 2014
6- Propaganda Ads
http://youtu.be/uQB7QRyF4p4
Budweiser "Puppy Love"
I'll start off with one of Budweiser's most famous super bowl commercials called "Puppy Love" I chose this because even when I first saw it my thought was, what the hell does this have to do with beer, which then left me puzzled. Now I can clearly see that it is an act of propaganda on several levels. The first being obfuscation, I say this because they're clearly trying to get you to think of anything but beer, the more vague they were the deeper they could sink into your thoughts. I also believe some transfer was used in this ad, by using puppies, horses, a family, a nice scenery & so on, they were attempting to lay a cover over the drunken, violent, alcohol abusive & other harmful aspects of what Budweiser actually brings to the table. I didn't see the name for it but I'd like to add appeal to emotions because they were very presently trying to make people "feel" something from this ad.
http://youtu.be/OkdPfbOp_8g
Army "Recruiting Ad"
I mean, really.. I barely need to explain how this is propaganda. Lets see, we've got repetition because they're implying that apparently you'll be all kinds of "strong", let alone a type of "strong" you absolutely under no circumstances could find elsewhere. Then we have black & white because you can either be "army strong" or just that lame regular strong. Bandwagon plays a factor because they love showing how theres hundreds of people already doing it, so it must work right? I absolutely love how vague they are though, leaving out the most crucial factors like, oh ya, you now must do what your told and nothing else, you'll be spending several years in a dessert ditch where you can speak to your family once a week, and most of all that you're about as expendable as a pencil with no eraser.
Budweiser "Puppy Love"
I'll start off with one of Budweiser's most famous super bowl commercials called "Puppy Love" I chose this because even when I first saw it my thought was, what the hell does this have to do with beer, which then left me puzzled. Now I can clearly see that it is an act of propaganda on several levels. The first being obfuscation, I say this because they're clearly trying to get you to think of anything but beer, the more vague they were the deeper they could sink into your thoughts. I also believe some transfer was used in this ad, by using puppies, horses, a family, a nice scenery & so on, they were attempting to lay a cover over the drunken, violent, alcohol abusive & other harmful aspects of what Budweiser actually brings to the table. I didn't see the name for it but I'd like to add appeal to emotions because they were very presently trying to make people "feel" something from this ad.
http://youtu.be/OkdPfbOp_8g
Army "Recruiting Ad"
I mean, really.. I barely need to explain how this is propaganda. Lets see, we've got repetition because they're implying that apparently you'll be all kinds of "strong", let alone a type of "strong" you absolutely under no circumstances could find elsewhere. Then we have black & white because you can either be "army strong" or just that lame regular strong. Bandwagon plays a factor because they love showing how theres hundreds of people already doing it, so it must work right? I absolutely love how vague they are though, leaving out the most crucial factors like, oh ya, you now must do what your told and nothing else, you'll be spending several years in a dessert ditch where you can speak to your family once a week, and most of all that you're about as expendable as a pencil with no eraser.
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