Key Concepts

I have seen all my life all kinds of different products that used logos to become more well known and can say first hand that even just a form of font can help you recognize a certain logo or product. I think that logos are one of the most important things in advertising more than commercials even because logos are seen so much more.

What I Learned from the Super Bowl...

I didnt really learn anything new about the media or advertising from watching the Super Bowl this year. Of course they showed previews for upcoming hit movies to excite people and used funny commercials to get people to buy chips and car insurance but there wasnt really anything new and exciting this year with advertising. They just basically did what they do every year with commercials but they do get your attention because there was a lot of action and comedy in the commercials, like movies and food franchises but it is just the normal stuff you see on tv.

"Hip-Hop": Negative Stereotypes in Rap

When I hear the statement "Many rappers are just reinforcing negative stereotypes about urban youth and young people of color" many things come to mind. First off I do believe the statement is true but it all depends on who { rapper } your listening to. Some rappers do just reinforce the negative stereotypes by putting out things like selling drugs for money and killing others because of fights and other incidents but not all rappers do. There are rappers who strictly use this message of violence and drug use and some that dont use the messages at all, but there are those who both use these negative messages but at the same time try to stop all of the violence and drug use in the streets. As a matter of fact, my favorite rapper T.I. is one of these what you may call " Hipocritical Rappers ". For example, in his latest album, Papertrail, he has a song that depicts how violence may be cool in a song called " I'm Illy ", but tries to show how he is against the violence in his new hit " Dead and Gone ". As I said before, T.I. is my favorite rapper so I am definately not going to try and stop him from making his music or be against his messages, but he is in fact one of these hit rappers that has many fans and creates mixed messages on what is cool and what isn't. Is it cool to sell drugs, make money doing it, and fighting others for retaliation? Or is it cool to get a proper education, learn how to read and write, and finish high school so you can get a college education? That is one thing that T.I. and many other rappers need to decide on because there are too many confused teens in the streets that need help doing the right things.

View on class films

I thought that the film with the woman was just a big rip on what men supposedly do. In other words, I thought it was very sexist and stereotypical. The woman just talked about how men think women should look and the way they should act which does not apply to all men. I just think that she had something against men or something because she didnt show how women expect men to look or anything besides what the men assume or think of women and how their behavior is at times.