Thursday, November 19, 2015
Sustainability Group Project
The two cities that my group were given were Amsterdam and Miami. I decided to cover the section on reducing or eliminating carbon-based fuel consumption. I found quite a bit of information about Amsterdam when I was researching. Miami, on the other hand, was a different story. Amsterdam is Europe's top city for cycling and wants to maintain that position. Bicycles contribute to a healthier city that is less reliant on fossil fuels and bikes require less space than motor vehicles. By 2025. Amsterdam aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40 percent compared to 1990. Amsterdam has been and is still dedicated to remain a front runner in electric transport and strives to ensure that as much traffic in the city as possible is emission free by 2025. Miami offers more than 100 different bus routes and 22 miles of rapid transport. Still nothing compared to what Amsterdam has to offer.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
OTM: Automatic Attitudinal Response Assessment
As I look back at my seven On the Media assignments I can definitely see that I resorted to default responses. I went with what the majority of people were saying about the issue. It's crazy how we default to our own automatic attitudinal responses.
OTM: The Little Pink Pill
In this short interview Brooke Gladstone talks about the effects on a new pill called Phlobantorin, or Viagra for women. I talked quite a bit about the facts, but not a whole lot on how it was affecting people. The advertising company makes the pill seem so much better than it actually is. I never thought about it in my own opinion because I had facts in front of me that already said it was great.
OTM: The Iranian Deal
This story talks about Obama wanting to help the Iranian government pass a nuclear deal. As I was reading through my past post I knew right away that my response to this was going to be negative. I read how everybody else was saying how negative the deal was going to be and how it was going to have negative effects on people. So I instantly concluded that it must be bad and my response was again a default response.
OTM: The Mexican Repatriation
Donald Trump wants to deport around 11 million Mexicans back to Mexico. Findings from the 1930's show that some Mexicans were born as American Patriots and therefore can't be deported. At the beginning I was all for sending them back because that's what everybody else was saying. As I look back on what I wrote I was impressed that in the end I wrote that even though some people think that it was a sham, I believe it needs to be taken more seriously.
OTM: Debunking Migration Memes
Over in Europe there are people who are saying that all Refugees are poor people and only want to be taken in. A meme was created showing a man walking into a town because they had "certain items" that peaked his interest. I was throwing out a lot of opinions that were mentioned in the interview. I needed to focus more on the facts for this article because it is important to make sure the facts are correct and not false. All human life is important and we shouldn't judge somebody based on their current living situation.
OTM: Rejecting Mainstream Climate Science
Seth Barnstein, a writer for the associated press, talks about all the doubters in the world rejecting mainstream climate science. I said it was hard for me to imagine why people would reject something like this when in all reality it affects all of us. I definitely think that is a default attitudinal response because everybody knows that if something happens to our environment it will affect all of us. Another thing I said which was obviously a default response was, "there are people who will agree and disagree with an idea."
OTM: Darkode
Most of my information I wrote about were stories of somebody who got hacked. I also put down the obvious about how hackers get away with what they do. I didn't really think too critically because I don't really know a lot about hacking. I felt really bad for the people who were affected by a hacker because it has also happened to me once before not too long ago actually.
OTM: Playboy covers up
This was an all around interesting on the media. I listed a few facts about where playboy came from and who started it. My response to this article was a little different from what some would say about it. Others were not too thrilled to hear that their favorite magazine was getting a new image, but I myself like what they are doing to the magazine. I can't say much about it though since I have never really looked at the magazine. I grew up being told not to look at magazines like this one.
It really surprised me just how much I have learned from doing these on the media assignments. It has made me look into the news of the world which I will do occasionally, but don't really like doing. Some of the information I found and talked about I enjoyed doing so, while on the other hand, there was an article or two that I thought to myself this is really weird and doesn't really apply to me. It was funny to look back and see how I responded to the articles. Most of my conclusions were based off what I learned as a kid growing up. My responses were definitely automatic.
OTM: The Little Pink Pill
In this short interview Brooke Gladstone talks about the effects on a new pill called Phlobantorin, or Viagra for women. I talked quite a bit about the facts, but not a whole lot on how it was affecting people. The advertising company makes the pill seem so much better than it actually is. I never thought about it in my own opinion because I had facts in front of me that already said it was great.
OTM: The Iranian Deal
This story talks about Obama wanting to help the Iranian government pass a nuclear deal. As I was reading through my past post I knew right away that my response to this was going to be negative. I read how everybody else was saying how negative the deal was going to be and how it was going to have negative effects on people. So I instantly concluded that it must be bad and my response was again a default response.
OTM: The Mexican Repatriation
Donald Trump wants to deport around 11 million Mexicans back to Mexico. Findings from the 1930's show that some Mexicans were born as American Patriots and therefore can't be deported. At the beginning I was all for sending them back because that's what everybody else was saying. As I look back on what I wrote I was impressed that in the end I wrote that even though some people think that it was a sham, I believe it needs to be taken more seriously.
OTM: Debunking Migration Memes
Over in Europe there are people who are saying that all Refugees are poor people and only want to be taken in. A meme was created showing a man walking into a town because they had "certain items" that peaked his interest. I was throwing out a lot of opinions that were mentioned in the interview. I needed to focus more on the facts for this article because it is important to make sure the facts are correct and not false. All human life is important and we shouldn't judge somebody based on their current living situation.
OTM: Rejecting Mainstream Climate Science
Seth Barnstein, a writer for the associated press, talks about all the doubters in the world rejecting mainstream climate science. I said it was hard for me to imagine why people would reject something like this when in all reality it affects all of us. I definitely think that is a default attitudinal response because everybody knows that if something happens to our environment it will affect all of us. Another thing I said which was obviously a default response was, "there are people who will agree and disagree with an idea."
OTM: Darkode
Most of my information I wrote about were stories of somebody who got hacked. I also put down the obvious about how hackers get away with what they do. I didn't really think too critically because I don't really know a lot about hacking. I felt really bad for the people who were affected by a hacker because it has also happened to me once before not too long ago actually.
OTM: Playboy covers up
This was an all around interesting on the media. I listed a few facts about where playboy came from and who started it. My response to this article was a little different from what some would say about it. Others were not too thrilled to hear that their favorite magazine was getting a new image, but I myself like what they are doing to the magazine. I can't say much about it though since I have never really looked at the magazine. I grew up being told not to look at magazines like this one.
It really surprised me just how much I have learned from doing these on the media assignments. It has made me look into the news of the world which I will do occasionally, but don't really like doing. Some of the information I found and talked about I enjoyed doing so, while on the other hand, there was an article or two that I thought to myself this is really weird and doesn't really apply to me. It was funny to look back and see how I responded to the articles. Most of my conclusions were based off what I learned as a kid growing up. My responses were definitely automatic.
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