Tricia Rose Interviews
I was very interested in what Tricia Rose, a Professor at Brown University had to say about the "hip hop wars" She stated in the interview i listened to that Roxanne Shonte broke female rap. I agree with when she said women have to do extra work to fit into the rap genre. It is hard for women to be respected when they are seen as such sex symbols in that genre of music. Either way they have to have a relationship to sexuality with female rappers, one either has to be hyper sexual (lil' kim) or hyper tough (missy elliot) to become successfull as a recording mc. The article read was a different focus it was more towards why certian rappers are more famous thatn others and why it is dying out, and why people like jay-z have admited to dumbing down their music for mainstream hip hop. I personally dont understand why that is nessesary for rappers to dumb down their music. I work at a bar that on saturday nights does an underground hip hop thing on saturday nights, The Dj's (roe and al bumz) are amazing and have such a big following and there music is so interesting and intricate. I listen to the crap that is on the radio and wonder why these guys are in a back room at a bar in providence, and people like lil' wayne and 50 cent are rich and famous. The female rappers need to be sexual to be heard and at that i dont even feel like they are respected at all. This reminds me of those ads we were watching for the super bowl. The females were sexual and they got noticed, these female mc's are just as good as the men that are on the radio now, so why must they look like lil' kim? I am not a huge fan of the rap genre, but i do have some respect for the people who dont sell themselves out to the media. gross.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
"Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" By: Marc Prensky
Some things I understand: In the article by Prensky, I pretty much understood most of the article. I think that the article stresses the fact that our generation gap is affecting the way children learn today. The Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants theory is clever in going after the fact that people learn differently when comming from different generations of people. The decline in our education is a direct result in that the students know more about the technology than the teachers that are teching them. It is almost like a lack in power.
Some things I don't understand: I did'nt understand or grasp the fact that the article questioned if students should learn old ways or techers should learn new ways. The digital natives will not go backwards as stated in the article. People are learning new innovations everyday, i think teachers can learn the new digital age. As a country, we have grown so far and i think it is wrong of the digital immigrants to not learn the new digital age. They are teachers, they are constantly learning, they should keep up with then world around them!
Conections to text/ course themes: This connects with out course them in that teens and the media are how students are so digital savy. It is because of the media. Teens come home from school and go straight to the computer, it sad but true, and they are learning new things everyday!
Questions/ Comments: I enjoyed this article and thought that it was a good topic to look at! The digital age is here and in full speed and i think it is nessesary for all ages to learn more and keep up to date with the digital era!
Some things I understand: In the article by Prensky, I pretty much understood most of the article. I think that the article stresses the fact that our generation gap is affecting the way children learn today. The Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants theory is clever in going after the fact that people learn differently when comming from different generations of people. The decline in our education is a direct result in that the students know more about the technology than the teachers that are teching them. It is almost like a lack in power.
Some things I don't understand: I did'nt understand or grasp the fact that the article questioned if students should learn old ways or techers should learn new ways. The digital natives will not go backwards as stated in the article. People are learning new innovations everyday, i think teachers can learn the new digital age. As a country, we have grown so far and i think it is wrong of the digital immigrants to not learn the new digital age. They are teachers, they are constantly learning, they should keep up with then world around them!
Conections to text/ course themes: This connects with out course them in that teens and the media are how students are so digital savy. It is because of the media. Teens come home from school and go straight to the computer, it sad but true, and they are learning new things everyday!
Questions/ Comments: I enjoyed this article and thought that it was a good topic to look at! The digital age is here and in full speed and i think it is nessesary for all ages to learn more and keep up to date with the digital era!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
After reading this article about teenagers, i realized that i was being pretty stereotypical even though i myself was a teenager about 3 years ago. LIke the article said, our belief about teens is contradictory. "They should be free to become themselves. They need many years of training and study. They know more about the future than adults do. They know hardly anything at all. They ought to know the value of a dollar. They should be protected from the world of work. They are frail, vulnerable creatures. They are children. They are sex fiends. They are the death of culture. They are the hope to us all." This section of the text was quite a wake up call as i realized that i do myself think of teens in that manner at times, as does everyone i feel. It is expressed that way through the media and through portals of out lives.
People assume that all teenagers are alike and the same and this article expressed that about our assumtions. "all young people regardless of their class, location, or ethnicity, should have essentially the same experience, spent with people exactly their age, in an environment defined by high school and pop culture."
I didnt quite understand the intro section of the article about if teens were necessary. I mean i understand what he is saying i jsut dont think that he chose the right wording in soem cases in the article.
Overall, i think that the article gave great insight to some questions and expleined some things that i had not otherwise been thinking about at all.
People assume that all teenagers are alike and the same and this article expressed that about our assumtions. "all young people regardless of their class, location, or ethnicity, should have essentially the same experience, spent with people exactly their age, in an environment defined by high school and pop culture."
I didnt quite understand the intro section of the article about if teens were necessary. I mean i understand what he is saying i jsut dont think that he chose the right wording in soem cases in the article.
Overall, i think that the article gave great insight to some questions and expleined some things that i had not otherwise been thinking about at all.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Talking Points #2
MEDIA LITERACY
After spending quite sometime surfing the web on media literacy, i have come to find some things about the topic. First, i didnt have a firm grasp as to what it exactly meant. In turn, i did what most do in that situation. . .wikipedia. Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. So blogging would be a form of media literacy. It is basically understanding the media through discussion of the topics that are being expressed in the media. Media literacy was origanally conceived as an educational tool to protect people from what many perceived to be mass media's ill effects. To this day it is still a way to look at the media nto as a form of entertainment, but taking a "deeper look". For example, when we watched the opening scene of beauty and the beast in class, we tore it apart, and didnt really watch it for the entertainment aspect, but to look at what was the deeper message being expressed by the scene. Found a really great organization called ACME (Action Coalition for Media Education). It was really great for information and seems like a great organization. Its mission is: We live in the most heavily mediated society in world history. Powerful media tools—print, radio, television, the Internet—can bring a rich diversity of information into every home and school. Yet just a few multinational corporations (Big Media) own much of the media that shape our 21st century culture. Independently-funded media literacy education plays a crucial role in challenging Big Media's monopoly over our culture, helping to move the world to a more just, democratic and sustainable future. Maybe check out the site for yourself. http://acmecoalition.org/ . I feel as though it is definitley an important topic to discuss and understand when being influenced by the media! It is fun to watch thesemovies and ads, but one must not let it negetively affect them or influence them throughout their lives. I especially feel as though it is important for children and teens to understand this while growing up!!
After spending quite sometime surfing the web on media literacy, i have come to find some things about the topic. First, i didnt have a firm grasp as to what it exactly meant. In turn, i did what most do in that situation. . .wikipedia. Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. So blogging would be a form of media literacy. It is basically understanding the media through discussion of the topics that are being expressed in the media. Media literacy was origanally conceived as an educational tool to protect people from what many perceived to be mass media's ill effects. To this day it is still a way to look at the media nto as a form of entertainment, but taking a "deeper look". For example, when we watched the opening scene of beauty and the beast in class, we tore it apart, and didnt really watch it for the entertainment aspect, but to look at what was the deeper message being expressed by the scene. Found a really great organization called ACME (Action Coalition for Media Education). It was really great for information and seems like a great organization. Its mission is: We live in the most heavily mediated society in world history. Powerful media tools—print, radio, television, the Internet—can bring a rich diversity of information into every home and school. Yet just a few multinational corporations (Big Media) own much of the media that shape our 21st century culture. Independently-funded media literacy education plays a crucial role in challenging Big Media's monopoly over our culture, helping to move the world to a more just, democratic and sustainable future. Maybe check out the site for yourself. http://acmecoalition.org/ . I feel as though it is definitley an important topic to discuss and understand when being influenced by the media! It is fun to watch thesemovies and ads, but one must not let it negetively affect them or influence them throughout their lives. I especially feel as though it is important for children and teens to understand this while growing up!!
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