Week 4

How true is advertising?
I personally cant really stand Taco Bell anymore. It always makes me feel sick when i eat it, and i was always under the impression that the meat at Taco Bell isn't really meat so i am not really surprised that they got sued. Advertising was involved in this debate because the reason Taco Bell got sued is because of false advertising. They claim in their commercials that their meat is real so that's what started this all. At least they can sorta back up they're food on their website. This claim that they have real meat still doesn't make me want to eat there. I used to love Taco Bell but i cant trust their food anymore.

Advertainment
1.) Facebook's "like" button- Everytime you "like" something you get ads relating to that like everytime you log on.
2.) Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle- This whole movie was based around White Castle, all the while promoting their deliscious burgers
3.) Music Videos- Singers in their music and their music videos will have certain products in their songs that they can visual advertise in their music videos.

Week 3

Anticipating Advertising
- All companies need advertisement
- Creates revenue
- Has massively grow in the years of the Internet
- Becoming more creative
- Mostly on television
- Changes with generations
- Great for small companies
- Helps make companies larger
- Very persuasive
- Biggest advertising day of the year is during the Superbowl
- Favorite commercials are all Target commercials

The Impact of the Internet Privacy
The fact that Borders is filling for bankruptcy is really not a surprise to me because there are so many easier and more effective ways to read books now. I have an Amazon Kindle that I absolutely love. I don't have to go out to buy my books and actually they are a lot cheaper. When the guy in that video said that Borders was one of the best business companies but just didn't keep up with the times is so true. Everyone loves Borders but they were just behind in getting their own "e-reader." I feel bad for all those people losing their jobs and I think that article could really help them find new jobs that they could keep for many years to come.

Increasing Threat to Internet Privacy
David Aitel fascinates me. I couldn't imangine having the type of job he had at my age. His advice about our biggest threat from this privacy scare is telling people on the Internet what we did last night is so true. People always think others will really care about what they did the night before, not even thinking about who is really reading that information. Colleges have been know to look at student's Facebooks before allowing them to attend their school. So what David says is absolutely true. Spokeo.com is an insanely creepy website. Its unbelieveable to me all the information that that site can give you. Its even more crazy that this site was  made by 5 random guys that just put together all this information you could of easily found on your own.
When the reporter brought up the fact that it might actually be too late to protect yourself, it made me realize that thats probably true. Once you put out your complete information, how are you supposed to know if someone hasn't already seen it? And how are you supposed to know if it will ever be completely erased from the Internet. Google keeps their search topics from people forever. You could publicly be posting everything about you for everyone to see without you even knowing it.

Week 2

Did the Internet Kill Privacy?
- This article was kind of ashonishing to me because it's just another of how unprivate the internet is. The fact that you can literally find anything on the internet is kind of horrifing. But in the case of this teacher, I feel bad for her. I think that parent who saw the picture is crazy. I can't stand crazy parents like they. That teacher didn't post that picture in the hopes of her students seeing. She didn't know they could see it? So I can't understand why that parent would want to report her? And besides, everyone loves posting of pictures on Facebook. I don't balme her for wanting to put those pictures up. And just because shes a teacher with a Facebook doesn't mean she has to lose her job. I know a lot of my teachers with Facebook's and who actually become friends with their students after they graduate and there are no problems.

Superbowl Commercials
- The only reason I watch the superbowl is because I love the commercials. It's the only time I ever get excited to watch commercials. Though only few companies can afford to make these commercials, they are well worth it. If I were a company and I had to pick one time out of the entire year to make a commercial I would do in on Superbowl sunday. Everyone all over the world watches to Superbowl. Its one of the busiest televison days ever. So when there a commercials, millions and millions of people will see them. Thats why they are so expesive. It's that companies one shot to put a good name out for their business. I feel like the superbowl commercials will never die because so many people all over the world love them so much.

Week 1

1.) For the first quiz I got half of the questions right. I knew that 8-18 year olds spend more than 7 hours on average consuming entertainment media and that more people have died over in Iraq then people that died in the World Trade Center. I did not know that a child in Slovenia has a better chance of survival than a child who is born in the U.S. That suprised me. And I did know that there are less then 50,000 troops still in Iraq. I found it suprising that 61% of the oil from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was disposed in communities heavily populated by people of color. I figured Guantanamo Bay hasn't been closed because thats where they are keeping the people responsible of 9/11. But I didn't know that China has more internet users than the U.S. Thats amazing. This quiz was very interesting.
The second quiz was more difficult than the first quiz. I only got 6 out of 15 right! The results at the end of the page told me that I should learn more about the media because my critical thinking skills and just as everyday knowledge. I agree with my results and I'm interested about learning more about the media!

2.) The first article from The New York Times confused me. I wasn't really sure how his story related to team work except how he used to be a paperboy and shared the work load with his friend. The second article sounded pretty standard to me. The article told me nothing I didn't already know about teamwork. That article was nothing but definitions and quotes and didn't help me understand the importance of being a team member in the work world. I really liked the last article because, to me, it was helpful. It gave me great tips that I can actually use when I get a career.

3.) This whole article is amazing. When I think of Chicago I don't think of that city being a city that's unprepared. But thats exactly what they were. They knew this major snow storm was coming and yet they didn't even consider the dangers of lake effect snow. Lake effect snow is what caused all of those cars to become stranded. I can only imagine how horrified those poor people must have been. I don't think I would of sat in my car though. I think I would have tried to find a building to say instead of being stranded in my car. But then again, how could I possibly know what I would have done? People always say they would have done something different if they were there. But who knows. I'm just glad all those people are okay. As for the class poll, I think the media made the storm to be way bigger then it actually was, as they always do anyways. The attention this snow storm got was amazing. It's winter, nnot spring, Michigan is bound to get in big snow storm. I was glad to see others agreed with me. I understand while some said it was necessary to let people know of the storm because, to a point, I agree with them. But the news was calling this The Blizzard of 2011. Come on.