Sunday, March 29, 2009
Module # 5- Learning the Persuasive Language of Media
This advertisement appeals to my Reptilian brain in the beginning with the loud attention-grabbing harmonica playing. It appeals to my Limbic brain because, I see right after the harmonica playing an adorable puppy swinging on a tire, singing a song. It also appeals to my Neocortex brain because, when the compare the two different flea medications, and throw the statistics at you I start to think about which ones I would buy for my dog.
The Persuasive techiniques that are used are:
Symbols: With the Advantix Logo
Humor: This is because the puppy is singing, "There ain't no bugs on me" which brings comedy to the commercial persuading you to keep listening
Plain Folks: This is due to all the dogs, at an everyday camp, dressed as people. This makes the dogs more real to us.
Bandwagan: This suggests that all the dogs, that are happy (and singing) don't have fleas because they use Canine Advantix.
Testimonial: A good majority of the world, love an adorable Puppy.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
My Trip to Guatemala
Recently, I've been missing the warmth and knowledge that I gained from the wonderful people of Tamahu, Guatemala. From this I decided, to write a blog about the experience and encourage others to take this trip or similar ones to it. 
I went to Tamahu, Guatemala last April for ten days with a group of about 12-15 students. I went through a non-profit organization called Mir Pace (www.mirpace.org) Our first night in Guatemala, we stayed in the extradinary Guatemala City. The following morning, we were up early to head to our bus that would take us to the village of Tamahu, seven hours away in the mountains. The drive was long, and hot but with the little spanish I knew from school and my handy spanish dictionary and phrase book I attempted to have conversations with a couple village people from Tamahu, who took the time out of thier day to get us in Guatemala City.
It was small talk, but it made me that much more excited to arrive in Tamahu.
Later in the afternoon, we arrived in the village of Tamahu. Since the catholic church in Tamahu, was who was organizing our stay we spent alot of time there. This helped us to better understand the culture, since religion deeply influences it. The hyms were lovely, they were in Spanish obviously, but played with different instruments we aren't used to in America.
The next day, the work began for the week. We split up into two different groups and we went to two different sites to build houses for two of the many unfortunate families in Tamahu. Here we worked with some local carpenters and began to build simple houses. We made our own form of cement by grinding the sand (which I will say is VERY tedious work) then, we mixed it with buckets of water and we had to constantly keep it moist. Previously, before we arrived with the same cement mixture then molded into blocks. These blocks we used to build the house, with the cement, and our hands.
<----Here is the Crew I worked with and the house (Still a working progress in the picture!)
We spent a total of five days working on the houses, from about eight in the morning till dinner at five. We had a break at noon, to go back to Marta Lana's home. Marta Lana made all our meals. The children of the family we were building the house for, loved to help us. They made the tedious work so worth it, and much more enjoyable.
When we werent working on the houses, we were either attending church, play futbol (soccer) with the kids, or exploring the exotic village. One afternoon, we took a hike up one of the mountains in Tamahu. Here we met, some people from the tribes in Guatemala. We brought them soap, water, bubbles, and food. They were extremly welcoming, however even with my little spanish it would not get be far for the tibes in Guatemala didnt speak english. They spoke pacum, instead.
One day we went to youth group service in the city of Coban. It was our third day in Guatemala, and since it was Sunday we couldnt start working on the houses. Instead, we got to know the culture a little better by interacting with Guatemalan teens, and listening to thier performances. It was a very fun and productive day.
We didnt just build houses, to help the people of Tamahu. We brought, basic english books, food, water and money for the church (which would go to the people.) One afternoon, after lunch we went up to the schools. Here we talked to the elementary age children.
All the children were so wonderful. It was one of my favorite parts about Tamahu. All the kids were all so curious! It just made me very excited to be there, and help them. I especially loved, when they asked what words were in english. Such as gato=cat, perro=dog and so on. It just made me smile. I also brought bubbles, and the children were SO entertained by them. They absoultly loved them! It was wonderful!
However, the all trip wasnt as cheery as the kids smiles. We were slamed with reality, as these children lived with close to nothing. The families struggles to sruvive, food was rare, and water was scarce (it was the dry season.)
This trip, helped me, personally, to decided what I wanted to pursue after college. I plan to be in the Peace Corp for several years, helping whoever and what I can do. It was a life changing experience, and it is something I will NEVER forget.
I went to Tamahu, Guatemala last April for ten days with a group of about 12-15 students. I went through a non-profit organization called Mir Pace (www.mirpace.org) Our first night in Guatemala, we stayed in the extradinary Guatemala City. The following morning, we were up early to head to our bus that would take us to the village of Tamahu, seven hours away in the mountains. The drive was long, and hot but with the little spanish I knew from school and my handy spanish dictionary and phrase book I attempted to have conversations with a couple village people from Tamahu, who took the time out of thier day to get us in Guatemala City.
It was small talk, but it made me that much more excited to arrive in Tamahu.
Later in the afternoon, we arrived in the village of Tamahu. Since the catholic church in Tamahu, was who was organizing our stay we spent alot of time there. This helped us to better understand the culture, since religion deeply influences it. The hyms were lovely, they were in Spanish obviously, but played with different instruments we aren't used to in America.
The next day, the work began for the week. We split up into two different groups and we went to two different sites to build houses for two of the many unfortunate families in Tamahu. Here we worked with some local carpenters and began to build simple houses. We made our own form of cement by grinding the sand (which I will say is VERY tedious work) then, we mixed it with buckets of water and we had to constantly keep it moist. Previously, before we arrived with the same cement mixture then molded into blocks. These blocks we used to build the house, with the cement, and our hands.
<----Here is the Crew I worked with and the house (Still a working progress in the picture!)We spent a total of five days working on the houses, from about eight in the morning till dinner at five. We had a break at noon, to go back to Marta Lana's home. Marta Lana made all our meals. The children of the family we were building the house for, loved to help us. They made the tedious work so worth it, and much more enjoyable.
When we werent working on the houses, we were either attending church, play futbol (soccer) with the kids, or exploring the exotic village. One afternoon, we took a hike up one of the mountains in Tamahu. Here we met, some people from the tribes in Guatemala. We brought them soap, water, bubbles, and food. They were extremly welcoming, however even with my little spanish it would not get be far for the tibes in Guatemala didnt speak english. They spoke pacum, instead.
One day we went to youth group service in the city of Coban. It was our third day in Guatemala, and since it was Sunday we couldnt start working on the houses. Instead, we got to know the culture a little better by interacting with Guatemalan teens, and listening to thier performances. It was a very fun and productive day.
We didnt just build houses, to help the people of Tamahu. We brought, basic english books, food, water and money for the church (which would go to the people.) One afternoon, after lunch we went up to the schools. Here we talked to the elementary age children.
All the children were so wonderful. It was one of my favorite parts about Tamahu. All the kids were all so curious! It just made me very excited to be there, and help them. I especially loved, when they asked what words were in english. Such as gato=cat, perro=dog and so on. It just made me smile. I also brought bubbles, and the children were SO entertained by them. They absoultly loved them! It was wonderful!
However, the all trip wasnt as cheery as the kids smiles. We were slamed with reality, as these children lived with close to nothing. The families struggles to sruvive, food was rare, and water was scarce (it was the dry season.)
This trip, helped me, personally, to decided what I wanted to pursue after college. I plan to be in the Peace Corp for several years, helping whoever and what I can do. It was a life changing experience, and it is something I will NEVER forget.
TRIUNE BRAIN
I chose this Commercial for as my choice because i think it influences all three brains. In the first few seconds of the commercial you are using your Limbic brain because the music is opera and calming. Then when he stops short because he is looking at the girl walking you use your Reptillian brain because it startles you and you instinctively react with a jump, because it wasn't expected. Although the Neocortex isnt used as much as the other two parts in the ad, it is a little bit because there are captions that come up that you need to read (typography) which is processed in this part of your brain.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Media I enjoy :)
Music- Music to me, is one of my favorite pieces of media. I feel like the expression in music is much more broad then many other pieces of media. My personal favorite type of music is, alternative rock and classic rock. They are my favorite types of music, because I feel like I can get into the beat more, and I can relate to the music much more then other music such as hip-hop.
Television- My favorite television show is The Office. I'm a person who really enjoys to laugh, and i laugh easily. The office does this for me. Television however, is not my favorite piece of media, just because it does the thinking for you which, don't get me wrong is really nice at times, but sometimes I want to analyze or precive something the way I want too.
Books- I love books! Here you can, depending on the book, can put your analytical skills to use. In books you also use your imagination much more, and you can create it the way you want too. Books are defiantly one of my favorite pieces of media, for this reason.
Internet- The internet has music, television, games, books even all in itself. I find the internet to be one of the most useful pieces. I personally use the internet everyday, usually several times in one day. To write a paper, to check my email, and even visit band sites. The internet is defiantly every useful, helpful, and fun because you can play games or chat with friends.
Magazines and Newspapers- I find both of these items to be very useful sources for various different things. I personally read the newspaper, because I don't watch the news at night and it is how I find out global and local events. Magazines, I personally enjoy to read because I love to look at the photography. Magazines though, can also be useful with current events.
Video Games- I'm not a big gamer, at all. I play guitar hero on easy though, and Mario Kart and thats it. I personally just can't get into them at all.
Here are just a couple of my favorite photos taken from National Geographic:
Dancers in Delhi:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/places-delhi-gallery-2/delhi-bharati-shivaji.html
Greece!
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/greece_thera-church.html
Two girls in Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
More Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
MUSIC! In Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
Those are just a FEW of my many favorite pictures from National Geographic.
Television- My favorite television show is The Office. I'm a person who really enjoys to laugh, and i laugh easily. The office does this for me. Television however, is not my favorite piece of media, just because it does the thinking for you which, don't get me wrong is really nice at times, but sometimes I want to analyze or precive something the way I want too.
Books- I love books! Here you can, depending on the book, can put your analytical skills to use. In books you also use your imagination much more, and you can create it the way you want too. Books are defiantly one of my favorite pieces of media, for this reason.
Internet- The internet has music, television, games, books even all in itself. I find the internet to be one of the most useful pieces. I personally use the internet everyday, usually several times in one day. To write a paper, to check my email, and even visit band sites. The internet is defiantly every useful, helpful, and fun because you can play games or chat with friends.
Magazines and Newspapers- I find both of these items to be very useful sources for various different things. I personally read the newspaper, because I don't watch the news at night and it is how I find out global and local events. Magazines, I personally enjoy to read because I love to look at the photography. Magazines though, can also be useful with current events.
Video Games- I'm not a big gamer, at all. I play guitar hero on easy though, and Mario Kart and thats it. I personally just can't get into them at all.
Here are just a couple of my favorite photos taken from National Geographic:
Dancers in Delhi:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/places-delhi-gallery-2/delhi-bharati-shivaji.html
Greece!
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/greece_thera-church.html
Two girls in Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
More Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
MUSIC! In Guatemala:
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/guatemala-photography
Those are just a FEW of my many favorite pictures from National Geographic.
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