Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Media Globilization



With the emergence of transnational media conglomerates the dominance of these global media industries cause an uneven flow of information. The use of these new technologies from the conglomerate companies cause a deregulation in society. This raises concern for the new changes in technology. One change will be how the old and new media merge together to form one consistent form of information. Another concern is how and where media will be taken in. With all this new technology the consumption of media is very easy to come by. "Media globalization has been made possible by the ongoing changes and developments in information and communications technology." Examples of this are Cable, DSL, and Broadband each of these new communication technologies are speeding up the way we can access media. One concern is for poor societies who don't have these advances in mass media. How will they get these advancements and keep up with more information rich societies. The "digital divide" between these societies needs to be taken into account. Some other worries the book explains about media globalization is media imperialism, cultural homogenization, and general fears about the rise of global capitalism. These criticisms are valid and need to be addressed immediately. We need to restructure media ownership so these media conglomerates don't cause these concerns and worries we have.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

ENTOURAGE


Entourage is a show on the HBO network that is in its fifth season. It is about 4 guys from Queens that make it big in Hollywood with their asshole agent. Entourage has always been a big show since it came out. I think it appeals to so many people because it is everyone's dream to make it big in hollywood. The fans want to see what they are like off the movie screen or tv. The show makes alot of money through mechandise like t-shirts, dvd sales, posters, ect. There is alot of nudity, drinking, and cursing in this show so the fans that it appeals to are older.

Beyonce Knowles

1. What kinds of demographic factors such as age, ethnicity, or class shape their fan base?
- Beyonce has mostly young to middle aged fans.
She appeals to allraces. She first became big with the music group Destiny's Child. As the group became bigger she wanted to break a way from that and start a solo career. She has recently been in movies such as Austin Powers and Dreamgirls. This has broadened her fan base hugely.

2) Do Beyonce fans constitute a specific subculture?
No I don't think so, she has so many different types of fans.
Whether its from her movies or her songs.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The medium I have chosen is On Star. The content is always being connected to someone while your in your car. That's where the middle picture comes in. If you have seen the On Star commercials it's always someone getting into a car crash and someone saying, "This is Amy from On Star i see you have been in a crash do you need assistance?" They then call the police for you and send them to your location. This tool is great to have in your car just for this purpose.