1. writing vs visual
a)
It is going to be hard not to write too much because the paper is so much longer. It will be hard to figure out what parts of my argument that I will want to use. Also using the pictures will be hard to get the point across wihtout making the argument less clear (Blog 24)
b)
2. social protocols
a) video games
Without even thinking about what I was doing I was trying to figure out how to win this game. I was pushing every point and “probing” the area for new and different actions. Every time a man died in the game I was full of anger because I wanted to win. The sense of gratification was gone because I would not defeat the game, I was defeated. I had done all this “work” but one move erased all of it. I then made a list of what were the right actions and Johnson describes this as telescoping. I did many of the actions Johnson spoke of without trying to and this Johnson also describes in his book. There is a “natural reward circuitry” (34) which people act according to this (Blog 12).
b) willing to cheat
People are hedonistic, pleasure seeking, and Johnson says that people play these games to receive rewards thus receiving pleasure. I even went so far as saying “I do not like to figure games by myself. I was frustrated but then I was trying to beat the game…I feel like if I had a cheat book in front of me I would have used it. I was so desperate to beat it that I would have kept on trying.” Johnson talks about how the games become addictive and when rereading what I wrote after playing the game I can see that I was addicted. Once I leave this class, I will go back to my room and with the answers win the game. I feel once I do that I will have beaten it, even though I did not do it on my own. I really do not care as along as I did it (blog 12).
3. skills to survive!
a) being careful and wise
“A quote that I actually enjoyed was, “Surely media have effects on behaviors and ideas, not so much because of any single exposure is powerful but because they repeat. And repeat. And repeat.” I do not agree with Todd Gitlin in many cases but I do agree with him in this instance. Marketing is one of the mediums that Todd Gitlin is talking about. I do feel that different mediums broadcast their opinions so many times that it is like subliminial messaging. I see commercials for a Diet Coke three times in one sitting I begin to think about having a Diet Coke. Companies use different mediums like television, the internet and newspaper ads so people are overwhelmed with their company or product. I feel that the more times I see something the more i will probaly will buy it. This is because i know i am easily influenced by marketing. I always want to try the newest products due to smart advertising I see on television or internet ads” (Blog 4)
b) dont become obsessed!
“If the men in charge have a hard time remebering these little chidlren are little children then they will treat them like adults. These children are not getting play time like children should get. These kids are playing war games and video games that they have to kill in. I think the author put this passage in the book to stress that these little “warriors” were not being treated as children anymore. I think that book has many of the same opinions that i feel, that these poor children are not having a childhood and there will be serious consequencse in their mental state. The children are absorbed by this game and this becomes their lives (Blog 6).
c)seriously dont come obsessed!!!
The squid greatly effeected Max. Max becauses addicted to the squid and he is hooked in almost at all times. He feels like he needs to record all of his life with the squid (Blog 8 )
