Extra Credit Blog

What difficulties did you encounter in using the blogs? (both technical and conceptual)


At first there were a few difficulties when starting up the blog. I guess the reason why there were a few difficulties was because of a mixture of the whole "blog" idea being very new to me and the website used to blog, Blogger, is not very user friendly itself. The first difficulty was I had no idea how to do a blog and the instructions during the startup of the blog page was a tad confusing and not in as in depth as it needed to be. Maybe a video tutorial would have worked out really nice, allowing us to visually see how to do one, making it easier to accomplish.


One other thing that was confusing was placing pictures within the blog. I guess this is more of a website difficulty more than anything. I have heard of better blog websites other than blogger than people I have talked to have said that it is easier to use other than blogger. 


Overall I felt blogger was not user friendly at all and a bit difficult to use. As far as conceptual problems goes, I don't have many just that maybe there should have been more blog prompts related to the screenings and how they are related to the lectures and readings alike.

Globalization

Globalization in Hybridization

Globalization is the process of making connections between nations, cultures, and people in general stronger.

For instance hybridization, the interaction between two distant cultures in different times, brings together two cultures or two types of people in some way or fashion. It binds together cultures that find a significant holding place in each other. One example is with television shows throughout the world today, specifically The Office. 

Originally starting in the UK, the “British” verision of The Office was a huge hit in England. Mainly anchored by headlining funny man Ricky Gervais, the show maintained a steady dose of funny that producers thought would transcend in America. Sure enough, they were right, the American “Office” proved to be even funnier to American audiences than the British version. Although the American version was slightly different to make it more relatable, this situation proves that there was a connection between tow different cultures based on the basis of what each culture thought was funny.

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http://images.dvdsetshop.com/upload/uploadfiles/the-office-cast-full-photo-smaller.jpg

http://davidwalsh.name/dw-content/phptvdb-office.jpg

Old Spice Commercial

There are a lot of great, funny commercials out there that are very affective towards their audience. But, lately the Old Spice "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" commercials have been a bit hit with people of all ages all across the country, and the world. As of Friday November the 5th it already has nearly 23 million views on YouTube. Basically all it is is a man who describes himself as a very good smelling man, the tall, dark, handsome type that all women seem to love, and saying to women that their men could smell like him and be as awesome as him if they used Old Spice body soap.

It is a continuous shot and follows the man from the bathroom to a boat and suddenly on a horse. It's actually ridiculous but also quite funny. I think this commercial is very persuasive mainly because it is very funny. Its ridiculousness grabs the attention of the viewer and draws the viewer to the conclusion that "Hey, maybe I should get some old spice body wash, its the "cool" body wash."Usually ads gain the attention of the viewer by giving the viewer something to see that it hasn't seen before, or displays it in a different way, which is actually what this commercial does. It uses style, by claiming that old spice soap is the soap that can guarantee the smell of the guy in the commercial. This is a claim used by many ads to give the viewer a reason to go out and buy something. It also uses ubiquity by catching the readers attention by placing the man in odd and random circumstances.

Pics from: http://www.zootpatrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/oldspice.jpg
http://cdn.indyposted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Isaiah-Mustafa-Old-Spice-Commercial.jpg
http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/old-spice-commercial-ad.jpg