Chapter 1 question the media

1. Using music or television, identify a performer or program you once liked but grew away from as you got older and your tastes changed. why do you think this happened? Do you think early interests in popular music or television have had an impact on shaping your identity?
When I was a kid, I used to watch a lot of cartoons everyday, especially the ones on cartoon network. Dragon Ball Z used to be one of my favorite cartoons to come home from school everyday and watch. This program no longer appeals to me because I grew up from my kid stage and no longer have time for shows like that. It was just so unrealistic back then and now I'm into things that are more realistic and relevant to everyday society. This did shape my identity by allowing me to become more mature and professional and by allowing me to live for the opportunities that are out there for me.

4. Make a critical case either defending or condemning Comedy Central's South Park, a TV talk show, professional wrestling, a hip hop group, a soap opera, or TV news coverage of the U.S occupation in Iraq. Use the 5-step process to develop your position.
I will choose to defend South Park by saying that it is a very humorous and outgoing show, even though its only appropriate for older audiences. There are a lot of curse words in the show, but it all ties into the humor of the show. South Park takes everyday events that happen in the world and makes fun of them in a totally non harmful way with no bad intentions. South Park should continue on the air because it engages the more mature audiences and just tries to make people laugh so they don't have to be so serious all the time.


5. Although in some ways postmodern forms of communication, such as email, MTV, and CNN, have helped citizens participate in global life, in what ways might these forms harm more traditional or native cultures?
These postmodern forms of communication can harm traditional or native cultures in many ways such as editing them to forget about or stray away from the older native or traditional cultures. Say theres a native culture that doesn't have all of the electronics that are up to date in one culture, then to another culture they would more then likely be considered boring. TV does not like for their shows to be boring, so if they did a show on cultures, then they wouldn't use the boring ones.