God and Devil Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5SrGLjjC6Q

YouTube, God and Devil Show, December 20, 2006

We chose this clip because we felt that it drew immediate attention to the viewer because of who is being interviewed. It informs the audience of its historical background most likely persuading the audience to their own views and opinions of the topics being discussed. This clip entertains the audience with its format by using humor, language, and visual art. In this particular clip it demonstrates the different political issues that arise with George Bush. For instance, drug use, racism, and corruption, just to name a few.

This particular series is targeted towards the adult audience. This show puts cartoons in a different perspective because it is very straight forward and discusses real life issues that have been known to be controversial. We can compare this show to a program such as South Park which also depicts cartoons on societal issues on a different scale. However, this show is not accessible to main stream media such as tv.

Leanne Meador
Timothy Green
Deborah Reyes

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!!

Greeting Media & Society Bloggers,

It has come to my attention that you all might run into some setbacks posting from YouTube to Blogger. Here's what you need to do:

Be sure you've registered as an author on Blogger (following the link from the email you got).

Set up an account on YouTube. This means you sign in on YouTube, and it saves your settings, knowing where you want to post things.

Once you are signed in to YouTube, click on "My Account." Go to "Blog Posting Settings." On the page that appears, you can add your blogger account by entering your blogger sign in name and password.

Then, when you are ready to post, the blog will be available on the you tube page under "share".

Get cracking! Remember this is due before class on Monday!

ET

Family Guy - Democracy Kicks In

Family Guy
Saving Private Brian
Original Air Date:5 November 2006 (Season 5, Episode 4)

We chose this particular clip because we felt it reflected policies that we have in our nation like the do not ask do not tell gay policy in the army and how it was so controversial at the time. For example, it shows how homophobic the military appeared to be at the time but also exploited the fact that the people who were saying “don’t ask do not tell” were homosexuals themselves.
Stewie and Brian shot themselves in the foot to try to get out of serving their term. However, being injured is not enough to leave. We see two dead people watching the ammunition. In the segment, they hint at the fact that we cannot afford to send people home because we do not have enough that want to go over there to serve. We also thought that serving as a function of the media, Family Guy was opposite of how the news portrays our troops being over there, they portray it as a patriotic act as opposed to having no choice, and they want to come home.
In addition, towards the end of the clip when “democracy kicks in” we see how our presence in the Middle East is really to try to Americanize them more than it is about weapons of mass destruction. It criticizes the “American way” and the government by showing us that they had faulty reasoning to go over there. Therefore, by showing the women in traditional Muslim dress versus American girls kissing in a car wash it is criticizing American culture by portraying us as being wild and not as fundamental as the women in traditional religious dress.
Looking at this clip altogether we see how Family Guy gives us a different perspective than the more realistic media and we can draw the connection between the segments that the overall theme is not only are we trying to say we’re better, but our troops do not really want to be there.
When we compare Family Guy to The Simpsons, we see that The Simpsons more often states their views as just jokes while as Family Guy gives off a more sarcastic view. In addition, to watch Family Guy you have to be more up on current events because they do not explain the news, they just make a joke about it, whereas The Simpsons give you more background on the news and then makes the joke, as if trying to explain it first.

No End In Sight - Iraq War - Documentary Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MdU09oD-OU

We selected this clip because it makes you reflect on the war and the measures that were taken during the War. Before watching the documentary the war was portrayed in the media as a necessity to the American people and our cause to end terrorism. After watching the documentary, No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson, it completes the pipeline of information that was not broadcasted on major US television networks. The information makes you take a step back to reanalyze the logic for the War in Iraq. The men and women that were interviewed were not paid or reporting on topics they were unfamiliar with; in fact they were the people and officials involved with the first invasion into Iraq. The documentary has entertainment value, with footage coming from behind the scenes of what it is truly like in Iraq, but it also has the power of informing and persuading the people who watch it. It does in fact offer the other side of the Iraq War story as well asinform and persuade people to be against the war or at least have all the facts. While you are watching you are bombarded with facts and information that was never released to the public before and about the ways in which the government covered up things that went wrong overseas.

A documentary tends to get to the gut of the subject to inform viewers and get them persuaded to form an opinion about a particular subject. News is covered in a quick and to the point manner. Also at times the news is based on chosen events the media wants to portray in their news story in an effort to get ratings. A documentary will attempt to gain support for particular causes by showing detailed facts. Documentaries are also used to educated viewers about important issues and really get to the heart of the subject no matter what it may be. Some may tend to be entertaining, while some may tend to be of a more graphic nature. The point about documentaries is that the viewer gets the right to decide for themselves whether or not to become involved in a movement or subject. As with the Gulf War, in the beginning there was a lot of public support because of the events of 911; as time went on a lot of public support really dissipated because of the reporting in the news and all of the controversy with President Bush. Insider views like those shown in this documentary show viewers another side they would not be able to witness with the news media.

Ashley Bridges Bianca Morin Becky Sanchez Kim McComas

SNL OBAMA CLINTON

This is the usual SNL gentle political satire.

This parodies NBA playoff ads, and instead has the leading Democratic candidates take gentle swipes at one another.

Group: Me, Myself, I