Chapter 12 Question 2

Events where your assumption is wrong and it causes you turmoil are really annoying and inconvenient. In the past I have done things like wake up for class late and I have missed tests because my alarm was set for PM instead of AM at like 6 in the morning and all I do is sleep in for like 5 hours extra. Another instance was when my friends were saying they couldn't hear me until a point where I was border line yelling and then they told me they could hear me the entire time and it was funny afterwards. All it was for was a quick joke and it turned out to  be really funny afterwards. However this can get really serious where you can make a false accusation or something and it has lead to a suicide or something. Like maybe someone joked about cheating on someone somebody truly loved and then the result is them killing themselves.

Chapter 12, Question 1

This is a time of personal beginnings, when you find yourself shot into the limelight and all eyes turn toward you to see what you're going to do next. This may be somewhat startling, as it's rather different than what last month brought, and you will need to step up and display your self-confidence in a way that wasn't called on before. In a volatile situation you will need to have your wits about you as you will have a particularly high profile. The trick is to handle it with grace and not let it go to your head, as this too shall pass and you'll want to look back on a performance that maximized the opportunities dropped into your lap.

In today's horoscope for a zodiac sign Cancer it's pretty much telling me that I am going to be in the spotlight and that all eyes will be on me for a solid amount of time. The horoscope is telling me that I need to handle this attention in a humble manner and not let it get to my head. However, if I let all of this constant attention get to my head and get too self confident or cocky, I'll let the opportunities that fall into my lap slip away. The prediction in my opinion has its correct and incorrect portions. It's right in a sense saying to stay self-confident when I get attention and not let myself fall under pressure, but I don't agree with the fact that it said I will be found in the limelight now. I don't feel like any eyes will be on me anytime in the near future and I think that I'll continue living a normal life. The prediction is definitely falsifiable because I can tell whether I'm getting a lot of attention or not and I can manipulate the outcome of the prediction by becoming more social or antisocial. For example, if I were to just stay on routine, nobody will think any different of me. However, if I become more social or antisocial, then people will begin to notice and then all the eyes will be turned on me.

Chapter 11 Question 3

Social Networking is a topic I found very interesting in Chapter 11. Over the course of the past 10 years or so social networking has really launched and made an immense impact on todays society. Social networking helps build relationships and makes it incredibly easy for someone to contact a friend. This process is extremely convenient for its users and has been proven to make people's lives much easier from a communication standpoint. I believe however the problem with social networking is that people lose a sense of how to communicate in the real world by social networking too much. If we're constantly talking through text on a screen, I feel like over time talking one on one will become more difficult. Another problem of social networking is that nobody really knows who you're really talking to. I could be talking to someone who shares my friends name but I NEVER actually know if it's really him or her. I could be talking to someone who created an account under my friends name. It's a mystery sometimes and it can result very badly.

Chapter 11 Question 2

In the argument about whether or not plagiarizing should be allowed or not, both authors Sadler and Hunt make valid points. Sadler makes good points about why plagiarism is bad and should be avoided at all costs by students. He makes a list of ten reasons why plagiarism is bad. The way he feels about plagiarism is that it's unethical and that students shouldn't do it. On the other hand, Russell Hunt makes good points as to why it should be alright for students to be able to plagiarize. The argument is a curious one especially from a student's standpoint. I obviously would like to see plagiarism be okay just because it would make assignments easier, but I know that it will never happen because it really is essentially stealing ideas from someone else. I've also had bad experiences when I have plagiarized resulting in strict punishments so I know never to do it again.

Chapter 11 Question 1

The media has an incredible impact on the world. The impact the media has has significantly increased over the past 5 years due to things blowing up like facebook and twitter. The fact that people follow individuals' personal lives on twitter makes an incredible impact on the followers' lives. Anything anyone says on twitter can be used against them and can be seen by many and is essentially a 160 character press conference. The poster can say anything they want about any topic in the world and millions of people will have then found out the poster's standpoint on that topic. The election causes a stir especially around the media. When things like the debates happen, twitter is a centerpiece to hosting any discussions about what occurs during the debate and potentially who's winning. Through the use of this simple website, the significance of media in the world changes drastically.

Chapter 10 Question 3

The concept that I found most interesting from Chapter 10 was the concept of marketing strategy. I find it really interesting that companies can find so many different ways of getting consumers to purchase products or join movements or whatever their goals are. They can use anything like humor, guilt, celebrity endorsement, sex, slogans, etc. There are so many different techniques it's nearly uncountable. The ones that tend to work the best I believe are sex and humor. The ones that shine the brightest are definitely during the Super Bowl where they pay millions for the air-time, so they make it count. These commercials are watched by literally millions all at once and have so much power when it comes to marketing advertisement. The fact that millions of people are gathered, watching these commercials and laughing at these commercials and using sex appeal to persuade make it very easy to motivate a consumer to purchase what they're selling.

Chapter 10 Question 2

This argument is one that's difficult to really pick a side. Wootan's claim makes sense because the advertising towards children easily persuades them to want to buy the products being offered which contributes to our unhealthy youth. It is a big problem in today's society. However, Liodice's claim is pretty much that any companies that are trying to advertise have every right to use anything permitted by Freedom of Speech and legal to publish. I have to take Liodice's claim on this subject because the children are not buying the products and it really comes down to parents disciplining their children. They need to learn how to tell their children "no" because if they allow the kids to consume the junk food that's being sold, the nation's youth will suffer. It's perfectly fine to advertise in the manner they're doing now. It's just a matter of whether or not the parents will allow them to watch the commercials or buy the products for their children.

Chapter 10 Question 1

An advertising strategy is a technique used to motivate the consumer to do what's wanted by the seller or one trying to persuade. Different marketing strategies I have experienced this week include an Audi commercial where all of the scenery was black and white and the Audi was colored red. This was not a good marketing strategy because I didn't feel very motivated to buy an Audi afterwards. All it did was show me a 2013 car that's coming out with not very many new features. It's just a car. On the other hand, the new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 features LeBron James in the commercial and it shows how much you can do on the phone all while James is enjoying using it. This makes me want to purchase the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 because it has many new features and they make an effort to point that out.