Hip-Pop discrimination in education!

The essay “The Miseducation of Hip-Pop—Discrimination in Education”, brings some valid points. In my opinion, Hinmon have the right to wear whatever he wishes, however, he should dress appropriately, especially if attending school or going to work. People do stereotype others because of what they are wearing; it is unfortunate but true. I think dress codes should be enforced in every school, that way problems like the ones Hinmom was encountering would be avoided. I don’t think that the comments from Midgette were completely true. A professor should know that what counts is how a student applies themselves, and how well do it. I think he uses poor judgment in blaming Hip-Pop for poor student academic grades.

Newscast bias?

Postman and Powers explain that stationary pictures are pictures that are meant to have one purpose; that is set to have the same meaning to everyone, and it is pretty much a fixated image. The moving pictures are things like videos, when a real motion picture is being presented. Things like and explosion can be extremely vivid to a viewer if presented through a video. As for the language, Powers and Postman stated: “Whatever anyone says something is, it isn’t. This sounds more complex- and maybe more pretentious-than actually is. What it means it that there is a difference between the world of events and the world of words about events.” (Powers and Postman, pg. 482) Language many times can become ambiguities, because often time’s people will interpret words in different ways. The main claim that the authors makes about the newscast is that there are bias. And that viewer should analyze newscast language before agreeing with what is being presented to them.

The Force of a Volkswagen

The Force: Volkswagen commercial was beyond clever, very interesting and engaging. The gender representation of this video would be of a man, or actually a boy. However, the video also shows a men and woman, who actually represent a family (mom, dad, and son).The kid is at home dressed up as Darth Vader, and he is constantly trying to use the “force” to animate things. The woman in the commercial, who is clearly the “mom”, seems to be a stay at home mom, while the dad is a work. It is safe to say that this is a far reality of the 21^st century, in which in many cases a mom also goes to work. But off course that are still many fortunate families that still have this privilege. This video is a commercial for a 2012 Volkswagen Passat, but the main character of the commercial, the kid dressed as “ Darth Vander”, is from the 70’s and yet because of its unforgettable and distinctive role in Star Wars, its character still have a strong presence in today’s culture.

Justin Bieber

This video represents the flirtatious interaction between boys and girls. The typical boy likes girl, girl plays hard to get, but in the end they get together and go about their teenage business. It seems that Justin Bieber approaches his love interest in a traditional way. He sings lovely lyrics to her, and he also try to impress her with his dance moves. The video takes place in a bowling alley, which may indicate the advances of teenage groups towards the 21^st century. A bowling alley much like the movie theathers or arcades is safe and fun at the same time. Throughout this video, you are able to watch a very clean interaction between the teens; however this is a very different story among teenagers now days.  Ludicrous gives this teen-pop song a more grown up feel to Bieber’s music , and it also shows just a hint of the many mixtures of musical genres that’s is been happing in the new millennium .