Week 5: Politics

Why "America First" is a dangerous doctrine:
In this article, the political community is the anti-Trump administration, or in simpler words, those who do not support Trump. This could be a very unhealthy community, because they are focusing their energy on pushing negativity onto a group of supporters instead of trying to make the world a better place. Altogether, an unhealthy community such as this could possibly lead to threatening events such as a riot. Healthy communities could be affected by this in a negative way as well, because the anti-Trump administration could forcibly ruin their day to day routines. 

Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement:
In this article, the political community is the anti-egalitarians. This could be a very unhealthy community because they only care about their own views, not the views of other people. This could also lead to threatening events and heated arguments that could affect people in negative ways.

Week 5: Free Writing

My deep belly laugh, my partner in crime, basically my sister, Deborah. Her name is not really Deborah, but for safety reasons it this is what I'll call her. When I first met Deborah, I did not think we'd get along very well, but now we're inseparable. We both find humor in the same things, and can communicate with simply giving each other "the look." Not only do we both have passion for the same sport, but we're both the coolest people around. Obviously, I'm a tad cooler than Deborah though. At the end of the day, no matter what I'm going through, I know that I can go to Deborah and she'll give me the best advice she has. All in all, I'm glad I met Deborah, she's exactly what I needed here at college, and I couldn't thank God enough for putting this goofball in my life.

Week 3: Free Writing

As a child, I remember spending almost all of my free time outside, or with my family playing some sort of game. Now, when I see children, they have their noses buried in an iPhone, or an electronic tablet of some sort. It's sad to think that this is what our society has come to, to where parents have to beg their children to put their electronics down just to go outside and enjoy some fresh air. What's even worse than that, is seeing a child reach out to their parent, and seeing the parent push them away so that they can answer a phone call or reply to a text message. In a society such as this, you rarely see people spending quality time with each other, and if you do, there always seems to be a cell phone near by. This is why when I have children, I am making sure that they do not grow up this way. I will make sure that they are more infatuated with living their life, than with seeing how many likes they can get on their social media post. That they will actually make memories with the ones that they love, instead of tweeting about it. Altogether, I just want to make sure that they enjoy life as much as I have, without having a phone by them 24/7.

Week 3: Audience Awareness

This week I am supposed to write about the importance of audience awareness, which may seem rather dull to some people, but in reality it is actually very important. We should be critical of the audience and the information provided in these advertisements so that we do not get the wrong impressions and so that we clearly understand what the company is promoting and who they are promoting it to. For example, in the first commercial I was required to watch, a father build a trampoline for his daughter's Christmas gift. While she was sleeping, a few forest animals found the trampoline and decided to enjoy it. After watching this, it is clear that the intended audience for this commercial could be trampoline buyers and parents with young children. I think this was the intended audience, because is shows that no matter who you are, you can have fun on a trampoline. I was also required to watcha commercial that showed a young boy who was supposedly "lost" and asked a police officer for a ride home in his Mercedes-Benz police car. It is clear that the Mercedes-Benz company is reaching out to an audience interesting in cars and even more specifically, Mercedes-Benz. This is evident, because the commercial shows that anyone will go out of their way just to get on ride in a smooth car such as a Mercedes-Benz. The last advertisement I was required to watch was aimed towards the beer-drinking audience. I say this, because it was a commercial about people having a good time throughout many decades, and in each decade people were seen enjoying a Budweiser beer. Therefore, they're trying to reach out to the beer-drinking audience and promote the fact that whenever you're drinking on of their drinks, you're most likely having a good time.