A blog on blogs

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/riding-the-short-bus-1
Well this first blog that I had found had to do with comedy and it was funny in some ways, the first post that I seen kinda made me think just how odd people can seem to be. What makes this somewhat more humorous is that this person tells a lot about themselves and that they have some problems.

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/atv-blog-utv-quad-news-discussion-at-atv-magazine
This is a blog I found that many of the people around here can enjoy because its all about 4-wheeling. It is actually the official magazine blog of 3 different quad mags. there is a lot of information about the X-games and different trips that they had went on.

Cario Riots.....

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/1233408557/ID=1783434389
With this one article it does many roles including entertain us, accepting ideas, influence what we think and talk about as well as somewhat entertain us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcctWbC8Q0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkp4QF3we8
This video is of a Family Guy episode and is great entertainment.

The image that is shown here is something that us people have now accepted as what men should look like and if they don't then there is something that is wrong with them.

Literacy? Whats that?

Media literacy is learning to read and understand the media and the ways that it is put across to the public. Most of the media is owned by big companies that are exploiting the uses to gain large sums of money. One if the other videos said the media literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, create, and analyze . I was not here for the first day of the class so I don't know what I am to expect or what I am to learn.

The Future Is Nigh

Right now the only thing that I agree with these predictions is that Microsoft will connect with the Kenict because the Xbox is a Microsoft product and the Kenict is made by the Xbox/Microsoft company. I find that this site that is containing this information is very onesided to the apple inc name and thing that include it. The tablet will never overcome the laptop for the simple fact of the laptop having and easier to use everything. also the Television is being trumped out in the people that have cable T.V but for those who have satellite T.V it will never be beaten by the computer's live streaming which is being shut down quite quickly. Apple will most likely not dominate the cellphone market for the simple fact of cost, the IPhone cost more then most other Smart phone that are on the market. Netflix is a streaming site but u need certain things for it to go through, trust me I have Netflix at home on my PS3 (which the Xbox cannot compete with).
For the media section I think that most of these predictions would come true for the simple fact of people have a need to keep up with current events and these predictions are saying that this need will be met and exceeded. As for my own predictions well the only I have are for technology, well Apple can't stay on top for the tablet forever and the blueray discs will start into an incline sooner then we think.

Tranparency? really?

I find that discussion of the Wikileaks is pointless for the governments to try and stop because the people should know what is going on in their country. This "transparency" that they talk about is a good point there should be some transparency but to much and there could be a major problem, there would be things that are unnecessarily leaked to people, thing that we definitely should not know. We have the right to know but not everything should be known by the public what the government does, like the attack by the helicopter pilots on "armed" men was something that we needed to know because that is disgraceful for an armed service man to do something like that without any provoking by the "opposition".
If I had information leaked to me and I was pressured by the government to not leak the information i would give the information out only if it was something that the public should know about and then wait for the repercussions of those actions.

Another type of life....ALIEN!!!

1. What is the story? This story is about these bacterium that uses arsenic to live and as there building blocks
2. What is the establishing shot in the video? The Establishing shot is of the main reporter introducing the story.
3. What is the introduction? The introduction is telling you what is going on which is saying about the life-form.
4. Most likely "sources" are used in the report and they are making comments or being quoted. Name two of them. Many researches that actually were on the show, from NASA
5. Based on what these two sources say, what questions do you think they were asked? Create two questions for each source that you feel they were probably asked. What are some of the things needed for life? Where are these life-forms found?
6. Identify two different types of "B-roll" in the video. One of the Bacterium thats the only one.
7. What are two other types of B-roll footage that you think they could have used (consider what is being said in the voice overs)? Where it was found.
8. Identify two different voice overs and briefly list what facts are in each voice over. During the picture of the bacterium there is a voice over of a scientist.
9. What is the closing to the video? No Closing it just ends.
10. Who is the reporter and what is her/his tag at the end? It does not say her name but the science reporter is Bob McDonald

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/1221258968/ID=1678759787

Soft news Vs Hard news Who Will Be Victorious!?!?

For soft news I have chosen a sports highlight on the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs to complete a sweep of the eastern teams. This is diffidently a human-interest part of soft news because it is part of sports. Look here for the highlights.
For a hard news story I chosen a breaking news story on Kathy Dunderdale being sworn in as 10th premier of Newfoundland. This is hard news due to the fact of it being about politics and an important part of politics at that. Front page of CBC news.
Second soft news article would be of LeBron James of the Miami Heat basketball team takes down the Cleavland Cavaliers, LeBron scored 38 points for a win of 118-90. This is soft news for the fact that it is a sports coverage.Here