Dr. Karen Dill-Shackleford's How Fantasy Becomes Reality says many important things about the power of mass media and how it affects us. Her primary message is that mass media is powerful, persuasive, and influential (Dill, 2009, pg 226). This is a message that I largely agree with, even if I disagree with some of the …
Continue reading The Importance of Media Literacy in Our World of Information
American mainstream news media is well-known for sensationalizing violence. This seems all too often to result in public panics, scrambling politicians, and intense regulation. Every decade or so sees the reemergence of several controversial public conversations like the gun-control dispute, drug enforcement debate, and possibly the most frequently seen, the media violence controversy. The White …
The second chapter of the short story I am working on. The first chapter was posted previously.
[This is the first several pages of a story I am currently working on. I am not sure if I should call it a 'sample chapter' because I am not sure if it will be long enough to need chapters when it is done. Enjoy.]
Music has existed for nearly as long as humanity itself has existed. It has evolved from the tribal drums of war and celebration into the immense pool of humanity's collective emotions and stories that we have today. It is widely accepted that listening to music can have a wide range of emotional, psychological, and physiological effects …
Continue reading Do You Enjoy The Music Playing At Work? Science Says: Probably Not!
DAY 1: The shuttle just dropped me off, and this satellite is supposed to be my home for the next year. OmegaCorp has provided an AI, called VERA. It isn’t great company, though. I am pretty sure they only installed it for diagnostic scans of the satellite. I’m supposed to be taking notes on the ecological suitability of this planet for colonization, but the corporation also provided an uncapped extranet feed. So I think I foresee quite a few vids in my future.
I have been commanded by my corporate overlords to create this blog. I think I will use it to post subversive materials. First up, a well-researched article about the effects of their brainwashing store music. Then perhaps some good short stories. How fun. "Insert your favorite witty and/or inspirational quote here." — Howard Phillips Lovecraft, …
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