Media Blogs with Kai

Yo, what's up guys, It's Kai, coming at you again with another media blog. This week I was reading an article about the New Hallmark Channel Hanukkah movies, when I came across a term I hadn't seen in nearly a year. "The War on Christmas." The article was written by a Jewish woman and she was talking about a tree that was put up in her town being called a holiday tree. She, and many of her Jewish counterparts, did not actually like this new name. Are you surprised? Im not. Recently I also saw a CGP Grey video showing that the people native to the continental United States preferred being called American Indian, or just Indian, over Native American. The reason that they don't like Native American? Over-inclusivity. It is the same situation here. The Jewish population felt that the renaming of the Christmas Tree to Holiday Tree was pandering to them, and they don't want to be pandered to. When I spoke with some Jewish people in downtown on Saturday, they sa...

Yo, what's up guys, its Kai, back again with another media blog. In this one I'm gonna be talking about things that I like in certain media. One of my favorite channels on Youtube is Oversimplified . He makes videos about historical events, such as the Three Kingdoms period in China, and you guessed it, oversimplifies it so that a normal youtube browsing person like me can enjoy it. In that video on the Three Kingdoms he did some things that I really liked. First of all, in his introductory segment he uses a narrator to show the beautification of the time period, and then gives a realist perspective, grounding the video in a realistic narrative. I also liked when he was listing the names of the warlords in China, and he said "... and many other names I am definitely pronouncing wrong." That made me laugh out loud, and it gave him a more personal feel, because mispronouncing names is something we can all relate to. Overall I think I like him simply because I love histo...

Yo, what's up guys, its Kai, back again with another media blog. This time, Im gonna be talking about product placement in movies. This goes back to what we learned about Madison and Vine in critical thinking. Over the Weekend I watched the movie, Jurassic World . I was expecting the Jeeps that we saw in the original Jurassic Park , and while there were a few shots of those jeeps, there were soooo many shots that started with that Mercedes Benz logo that we all know. In some shots the camera kept the logo on screen when it had nothing tho do with the actual scene. I can understand seeing the logo when the car is being driven, but I don't understand why the logo would stay in the shot 20 seconds after they leave the car. Also, while the kids are in the armored vehicle, every time the shot has Claire in it, we see the logo on the steering wheel. The first time I watched this movie was in theaters and I didn't notice this, but now that I was looking for it I only saw the Merc...

What's up guys, It's Kai back again with another media blog. This one is gonna be about politics, the English language, Politics and the English Language . In Politics and the English Language, George Orwell states that when politicians use fancy words they do it to sound smart, and not necessarily convey meaning. This week Donal Trump has elected not participate in Wednesdays hearing. I've picked out two sources, one from CNN, a very left leaning news source, and FOX news, a very right leaning news source. First, lets go to CNN.  https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-12-02-2019/index.html  CNN reports that Adam Schiff said that "The minority's rebuttal... integrity of our elections. While this does use some pretty flowery language, which Orwell would disapprove of, he odes manage to get his point across quite well. Schiff is able to get his point across thoroughly, while also using some words that are not generally heard from a normal perso...

Yo, what's up guys, it's Kai back again with another media blog. This week I saw a video on Youtube by Sam O'Nella Academy, one of my favorite youtubers. It was about the Popes who did some not very pope like things while at the head of the Catholic church. The first thing I saw when I opened the video was an ad for the new Google Pixel 4 phone, and that was before the second ad, one for sprint. Those were both before I even got into the video. The first thing that he says is "This video is sponsored by Skillshare." Thats an advertisement for three commercials before I even got to start watching the video. The video itself was entertaining enough, but he ended the video with some seemingly prewritten words to say about how great of a website Skillshare is. He did morph them into his own by adding a personal touch, but it was all in the name of getting people to apply to Skillshare. He uses a certain form of advertising that I see a lot in commercials and adver...