My experience on writing an article

My experiences on making my very first magazine article was pretty interesting, I also thought I did well on the assignment. Some of the things I thought was interesting was how we got to create our own advertisement, I also liked how we got to choose our own topic. I learned new things on it, and overall it was a fun assignment, you got to learn more about the topic you chose.

Changing Cultures

 Is it important for cultures to protect themselves from outside media influence?

Well I think that different culture's can be similar in a way, trying to always protect a different culture from your own can be bad, but that is just my hypothesis. I think that we should allow ourselves to be different, even if it means changing cultures, even if you think that picking up someone else's culture, you may think that we are no longer Canadian. But what I think is that we are born in Canada, and we were raised in Canada therefore we are Canadian, but if we pick up another's culture we are still Canadian, just with different beliefs. I find this topic interesting, but also hard to present and fully express our thoughts on this idea.

Celebrities Today

In the past couple of years there have been a few celebrities with extensive coverage with the media, some examples would have to be Kim Kardashian, Sidney Crosby, Tiger Woods etc. Most of these celebrities have gotten in the media because of gossip, and drama.. Well how else would you be on the news? Anyways, Sidney Crosby is probly already considered an icon to all of Canada, he is on the news because of he is not gonna be able to play for however long he is out, I find it very interesting on how one sports player getting injured, then most of Canada knows about this event. I find it interesting how big media got! I have alot more examples on current celebrities in the news, but there is another question I have to do today!

My last encounters with pop culture

The last encounter's I have had with pop culture, would be watching a movie two days ago called abduction, I always the show TSN everyday.  Yesterday, I watched an NHL Game Pittsburgh vs. Toronto, and I noticed all the ads on the side of the boards. There were so many ads for Tim Hortans, Sony, Bell, Coors, etc. Me and my dad were talking about the investments in the ads on the boards, and its about  $1200 just to put an ad on the boards. I find it crazy about how much money they put in for just ads. I also listen to music a lot, these are the past encounter's I have had with Pop Culture. What I have learned was that Popular Culture is in everything, it's gonna keep growing and growing. But that is just my thoughts :).

Trends:  Skinny Jeans, Facebook, Twitter, Yoga pants, Nike, Adidas, Snowmobiling, Call of Duty, Cigarettes, Kanye West Glasses, Red Bull crash Ice, Video Games.

Fads: Nickleback, Twilight, Planking, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rubber Bands on your wrists.

Icons: Wayne Gretzky, Don Cherry, Maple Leafs, Beaver, Beer etc.

I think that Trends are the newest style in the world, it's what people want to wear, show off, trends are "In". Trends can be clothing brands, companies, games, sports, also websites. I think that Fads are something that was once popular but dies because of reasons like something better came out. it just becomes old, or it becomes too boring. Examples of Fads would be hairstyles, the way you wear your clothes, also old used up celebrities. I think Icons are when everyone knows about them, it would maybe be something they did, if they were a celebrity and they died, or if they started a new trend or made something very popular.

Mass Media

Question: Why are mass media important to you?

I think mass media is important to not only me, but for everyone. It's important to everyone because it gives infromation and it keeps everyone "up to date", it feels like you can connect with the famous people, also media can connect you to the world! News, magazines, internet, etc. there is no stopping media, it will keep growing and growing. (: