assess the amount of advertising you see? Too much? Too little? Just right? In your view‚ what difference does it make to know that people today see much more advertising in their daily lives than people 20 or 30 years ago? MARKETING CULTURE Douglas Rushkoff asks‚ "What happens when advertisers assume the roles of our writers‚ journalists‚ and entertainers?" How would you answer him? QUESTIONS FOR‚ IS WALMART GOOD FOR AMERICA 1. What did you know about Wal-Mart before viewing the documentary
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Tina Le Professor Brannon English 1301 2S3 08/03/14 How The Media Affect Teens And Young Adults? The media is inescapable given that everywhere we go. We are surrounded by magazines‚ newspapers‚ computers‚ and televisions. Being we are massively exposed to the media‚ it is sculpting our society as it controls the structure of our civilization. Granting everybody is being affected; teenagers are more vulnerable to the media and suffer the highest impact. This is because; they are exposed to the
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what they view‚ which is why violence on television negatively affects the way children behave. All too often today‚ we hear about children committing some heinous crime which is frequently media-related. Take for instance this excerpt from Douglas Rushkoff ’s essay "Hating What Sucks": In October of 1993‚ a five-year-old named Austin Messner set a fire that cost his baby sister Jessica her life. The local fire chief blamed Beavis and Butt-head ’s antics for having inspired the child ’s pyromania
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Documentary The documentary entitled Generation Like tries to convince the audience that all teenagers are obsessed with social media and are sucked in to the depths of multiple forms of social media. Throughout the documentary the narrator‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores the many kinds of social media and how they influence the lives of teens all around the country. He portrays kids to be obsessed with social media and almost makes them look stupid. The argument the film is trying to make it that all
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Programmed: Ten Commandments for a Digital New Age Rushkoff argues that in order for humanity to have control of future digital technology and maintain the forward development of humankind‚ we need to become active participants in the ways that this technology is created: “In the emerging‚ highly programmed landscape ahead‚ you will either create the software or you will be the software. It’s really that simple: Program‚ or be programmed” (Rushkoff 8). Essentially‚ we need to understand the functions
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In Debating Democracy’s "The Media: Vast Wasteland or New Frontier?" Jarol Manheim and Douglas Rushkoff present opposing views of the media. Both authors raise the questions of what the media represents and what messages the media tries to send to the public. Is the media’s coverage of events just for entertainment value or do the reports have political content and value? Are the viewers capable of distinguishing between the media’s glitz and the real facts? Do different sources of the media system
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The internet has become a safe haven for many teens and young adults to escape the realities in the real world. The world has become dependent on technology‚ computers‚ internet‚ video games etc In the PBS documentary Digital Nation by Douglas Rushkoff states that multitasking is one of the biggest problems children face today‚ many believe it is an attribute to learn but studies say it is less effective than focusing on an assignment one a time‚ people who multitask tend to take longer and
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“The technology wasn’t isolating them; it was giving them a new chance to be intimate.” (Dretzin and Rushkoff). The quote is meaning that the technology is not cutting teenagers off from society‚ but it was actually bringing them closer and allowing them to connect. Teenagers can be more open when they are behind a screen‚ it is almost like false sense
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good grammar. According to the article Good Applicants with Bad Grammar “We cannot help associating “bad” grammar with low intelligence‚ sloppiness‚ and lack of refinement.” In other words‚ you are constantly being judged by the way you write. Douglas Rushkoff‚the author of "Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age"‚ states “An employee who can write properly is far more valuable than ones whose text is likely to create confusion.” Employers judge you by the effectiveness of your writing
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ENGLISH 101—Essay #6 Argumentation LENGTH: 1000 words DUE DATE: For your argumentative essay‚ you will use the readings in They Say‚ I Say‚ Chapter 14 entitled “Are 24‚ Family Guy‚ and Grand Theft Auto Actually Good for You?” We have already used some of the readings in this chapter for the Annotated Bibliography‚ and we will discuss the remaining essays in class. You will be required to use a minimum of four of the essays listed below for your chosen topic‚ meaning that you have quoted
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