Reflection Towards the Media

Well it has been a great time writing and researching about the media this past quarter and I have to say that I consume a lot of media every day. It has impacted my life through watching all the different brands try to pull me into buying their products. When I don't have anything to do, I am mostly on my phone or television that increases the media that I consume each day. I have never noticed how much advertising stunts that companies do to get the word out of their new and amazing products.
Being aware of the media's advertising techniques has made myself more cautious and have a better perspective of not jumping to the conclusion that I really want that product just because it's on television or my favorite stars are liking the brand. Before I was always being pulled in and attracted to new products because I would always want to try them because it was something I've never seen before. Another reason is I would use the ad populum fallacy and I would want to go along with the latest food trends. However, my media consumption habits have changed over the semester because I have never been so involved with analyzing the media before, which has raised and increased my media consumption. Another reason is that I wasn't doing any school sports, which increased my free time to watch advertisements on my television screen.
It is important to have media literacy because if we are unaware of the media shaping our perspectives on what to buy, then we would spend our money or follow whatever product was to our liking rather than looking at how good the product/company is.
Through this blog, I was able to look and see a new world around me that I've never experienced before. I was never caught up with the media, so writing articles on this blog helped expand my zone of seeing how the media constructs society and everything that people do or see is altered by the media. Also, I never thought of how many techniques that are used to sell a brand to citizens and the marketing of teens in America.
For the last time, Stay Frosty My Friends and I think this is the end of DT's Frosty blog and I hope you all we will have fantastic day consuming more and more media stunts!

Walmart and its Relationship W/ Customers

 Walmart gets the customers of lower middle class families and uses the effect of trying to bring them together in order to help save families money and time. Walmart's savings will help American families lower the cost of buying goods at stores and making it cost-efficient so families will be able to spend their money on other things besides groceries and snacks. This helps bring families together because the money that is saved could be used for a nice dinner or maybe even a fun activity like going to Disneyland or go-karting. Anyways Walmart uses the techniques of simple folks because most of their advertisements involve simple middle class families that are always trying to find a way to keep their family happy and healthy while spending their money wisely. Since Walmart is key on bringing the community together, this would make them the correct place to go shop at because of their cheap selection of goods. Wrong, I wouldn't spend money at Walmart because the real families that shop at Walmart can get ghetto and actions could happen at any moment at the Walmart near Sacramento. Even though Walmart portrays families being happy with their low prices, their customer service and selection is quite awful. Honestly, I wouldn't mind spending a couple dollars extra to shop at a better working environment store that makes me feel safe and secured from danger. Also, the goods are probably more fresh at other stores like Target and the local grocery stores because Walmart has low prices because most of the goods are closer to being expired then other goods at other stores that make them cheap. Comment down below about your opinion on Walmart and its savings and remember to Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.

Family Guy Treatment against Women

Hello to all of the "frosty" bloggers out there, today I will be discussing the mistreatment against women in the cartoon show, Family Guy. In Family Guy, the character of Meg Griffin is treated like garbage and is always messed with by her family and even by other classmates that are jerks to her. Some actions done by Stewie, Peter, and Chris Griffin are calling Meg ugly and beating her up until she has a black eye or knocks out from all the pain she endures. These actions have caused Meg to feel like she's worthless and unable to have a social life without being bullied for being herself, so she tries so hard to get cool friends at her school that she is mistreated at the school for being a geek. Family Guy portrays women being useless and only for sexual desires or just for men to use them as play toys for their own personal amusement. Peter uses his wife, Lois, to do whatever he wants and Lois obeys his command showing that women are mere puppets to men in the show, which is outrageous. Is Family Guy trying to show their take on this gender segregation or are they showing how they think men should treat their wives or women? Maybe if men stopped being such jerks to women and women understood their role in society, maybe then we could have balanced roles where women can choose to do whatever they would like, as long as the men don't get in the way of them. Comment down below with your own take on the gender segregation shown in Seth Macfarlane cartoon shows and remember to Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.

Women: Objects rather than Educated Girls

This past week, I encountered myself watching a video called MissRepresentation where women are seen as inferior to men and are seen as objects more than people. In our current society, lots of women portray themselves as being beautiful and showing off their body rather than choosing to be educated and smart because men are the most likely candidates to have better jobs. Because men only expect women to act and dress in a certain fashion, it causes women to be more insecure about themselves that make them want to do what others want them to look like rather than wearing and looking like what they want. There are always men and jerks who tease women for being overweight and tell them to lose a few pounds, so they could look like a regular and up-scaled women in society. Since the expectations for women are so high, this causes them to become depressed because some are unable to look like all the reality stars and superstars like Ariana Grande, The Kardashian's, etc. Also no matter hard they try, they will never be able to meet the standards of these stars that makes them feel unwanted and imperfect.

Since men blow off the women and make them feel unwanted because they aren't gorgeous, women feel inferior and frightened of the power that men have over their lives. This is what makes women only focus on their appearance rather than politics or school. Some women see men as the people who hold the family together financially, so the women don't try to achieve and surpass their husband that makes them weaker. Women need to understand that they need to do what they want and how they want to present themselves to the world or else they will never be able to get out of the shell of being inferior to men. Also, men need to appreciate women and not tease and mess with a women's feelings. If men are able to work together with women and not look at a women's image, but see her view on the world, then we would be able to have a balanced world where opposite genders could attract and create a peaceful world together.

Pitch Perfect 2 with Racism???

Last week, I was able to watch the latest movie of Pitch Perfect 2! The movie was a great comedy, but I realized that the plot of the movie was actually pretty awful. The jokes it contained throughout the movie showed a sense of racism and I strongly feel that American movies are beginning to become an extreme for racism because typical Americans find the jokes hilarious. In the movie, the character of Flo played by Chrissie Fit was a user of racism of her own race. Her character always related to being deported after she finished college and hopping the border and getting away from America because of her Latino/ Mexican descent. I found this extremely funny, but at the same time it was really terrible how they depicted the character through this racism. However, the movie was a decent movie and I fully recommend going to watch the movie because of its comedic events, but if your just going for the A Cappella  then the movie won't be as enjoyable because the music played was quite awful. Another actor in the movie was Keegan Key of Key and Peele that made the movie even more enjoyable and an appearance from the Packers Clay Matthews showing off his dance moves and singing ability off the football field. I feel that the racist jokes didn't pay off that much because some people may take offense to the jokes said in the movie, however racist jokes is what makes America thrive and what makes other countries dislike America. Go purchase your own tickets to the movie and witness these racist jokes yourself and remember to "Stay Frosty My Friends" and I'll be back shortly.

Video Games and its Affect on Teenagers.

As a young teenager, playing violent shooting games and high graphic and explicit gaming is what the media shows through the games that brands make. For Example, Call of Duty has affected many teenagers due to its graphic content and real life action with guns and shooting other players. This affects a teenagers mind and causes them to think about how they could do this in real life, or would like to try it some day because, at this young age, teens do not know that life isn't a video game were we can respawn after we die. Once we are shot and bleed out, our lives are ended and sorrows occur in the process of teenagers going on rampages and shooting on campuses and even outside of school. Some messages that are shown through video games is that they create a risk factor for criminal minds and violent terrorist acts. They create a strong aggression and criminal behavior because of the many guns that are used that affect a teenagers mind because they are still growing and this affects them dearly because whatever happens in the game, they aspire to one day do that too. Teenager's actions tend to thrive off of emotional stress and they can't control their emotions because most teenagers are in the learning process and are hot-headed all the time. Most of the video games have adventure and the thrill of destroying other people in hand to hand combat and with all of this use of violence, it is only a matter of time until teenagers begin to also try out these stunts and hurt themselves. I believe that the media is at fault because they are just strengthening the reason for teenagers to act in this way. If violent video games weren't advertised and sold, teenagers would generally act more polite and not as aggressive as they are now. Images are accurate because most of these war games are warlike features and show real-life ways of murdering other human beings. I predict that the media will bring an even stronger hold on teenagers through the video games and this will cause more trouble and maybe even deaths through violence of emotionally hurt teenagers. Comment down below about your own opinion about video games affecting teenagers highly and remember to "Stay Frosty My Friends" and I'll be back shortly.

Gatorade vs. Plain Old Water

As an athlete, most of the professionals drink Gatorade products or other high amounts of sugary drinks with electrolytes to help them recover from a workout. I prefer the nice refreshing taste of water. Since our body is made up of mostly water, why would we put more sugar into our bodies that is bad for our body? Are Gatorade products really working and making our bodies have more energy to do more or does it just give us a spurt of energy and make us burn out from too much sugar? Water helps with dehydration the best and is the best drink to have while playing any sport. Even though Gatorade products might have all of the substances it says it has, it rots the teeth of athletes and again HURTS OUR BODIES. Maybe we all need to think before we drink and water is the best solution for having a great game and feeling relaxed and hydrated right after. I think that Gatorade might be the game fuel for athletes, but water is the game fuel for champions in my opinion. Now we could have a little bit of Gatorade, but we should drink mostly water so our body can process and work its muscles to its fullest potential. Would you viewers drink Gatorade or water? Is it just for the crisp taste and satisfaction or is it to help your body work? Comment down below and remember to Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.

Brady's Blunder of Deflategate or The Media's Persuasion?

In the past week, Tom Brady was accused and found guilty of deflating the game footballs in the AFC Championship. Through Goodell's response with the media, the Patriots were fined and lose first round pick and a fourth round pick.  I thought Brady was a great quarterback before he made the mistake of not following the NFL's set of guidelines for the right amount of air in the footballs. Everyone has lost a little respect for the Patriots organization because everyone thought they were the most skilled team this past year to win the Super Bowl, but now the media has made them an icon of being a fraud and a cheating football team. Why would a team have to cheat to win a game and how come the media has put their story about deflategate right now instead of months ago after the Super Bowl?

Its because the media is a strong tool and is always trying to find a new scoop and drama to add some flavor into the sports world. Every day, blunders and mistakes are made by athletes and the media catches every glimpse, every second that goes by. I think that athletes are not safe from the media and no stars are because the media is too involved with everything that they coverage. The media overexposes problems in the world and over exaggerates all of the excessive problems and make them a bigger deal then it is. Tom Brady wouldn't be on the front page of the news if he wasn't a star quarterback. All the media does is scrounge for new evidence and I think that they are at fault in this case and Brady's case should be checked out more fairly by Goodell. Punish the Patriots as an organization and not suspending a player because the organization is at more fault then Brady. What do all of you viewers think about the situation with the media? Comment down below and remember to Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.

If you love it, Just do it.

There is something about the brand Nike that makes me want to buy all of their products in various encounters in their stores. Maybe I have a love mark for the store and is tied emotionally to the product that will give me the best gear to strive for greatness. It's a mystery of how Nike traps me into buying all of the shoes that come out or the compression gear that they sell for me to use for basketball. The brand experience of Nike is just known all around the world with its symbol of the black swoosh being on billboard and other advertisements. I would say that most of my sporting gear is from the making of Nike because their products are the best out there so athletes can have a need to achieve and dominate in any sport they are willing to put the work in for.
Even as I was growing up, my parents always made me buy anything that was Nike because it has the best support and fabric for athletes. In my opinion, this statement is true because most of their shoes have support that prevent injuries more than Adidas and Underarmour. Maybe the lovemarks have gotten to me, or maybe the brand has been pushed onto me for so long that I can't resist not buying their products. What are your favorite brands or stores and what's your brand experience with the store? Comment down below and remember to Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.  

Is Messi a Soccer God?????

"GOALLLLLL!!! Messi with another brilliant goal as Barcelona leads in the game." Lionel Messi has been in the European league for quite some time now and with his nifty passing and footwork, he is able to make defenders look bad while scoring with grace. A couple days ago, he led Barcelona to a big victory over Bayern Munich as he made Jerome Boateng fall while scoring on one of the top goal keepers, Manuel Neuer. Messi leaves the fans in awe whenever he is on the field and pushing to attack to score as he weaves through defender after defender to score again and again and again. Some say Messi's soccer play is like magic and is a sight to behold. I see Messi as a soccer God who came down to teach these young players how to play the game of soccer the right way. Even though people will hate Messi, they only feel this hatred towards him because he is honestly the best player of our era and maybe in the rankings for the top players in soccer history. Some people would compare the big matchup between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but is there really a matchup at all??? What do you guys think, is Messi the best player on the field or is he overrated and has too much hype around his greatness? Comment down below and remember Stay Frosty My Friends and I'll be back shortly.

Orwell's Thoughts on the Baltimore Brutality

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/us/baltimore-riots.html?_r=0

As people in Baltimore attended a funeral for a fellow citizen named Freddie Gray who suffered a spinal cord injury from police custody. Because of the arsenics have started burning buildings, the police have had no other choice but to use force and enforce a 10 p.m. curfew in Baltimore. Brute "power" is being put upon the Baltimore citizens and has a negative connotation to the word. Police have too much power in society and sometimes abuse their rights and hurt the lives of peaceful protests, which makes people angry and cause chaos in the city. Police think its their down right duty to protect people and if hurting someone gets in the way of that, they abuse the right and overuse the extent of their power. The word power is also somewhat vague because it could have different meanings to the word and could confuse others outside Baltimore looking at old footage of the incidents in the city. The people are losing their rights to freedom of speech due to the lack of patience from the police, who started using the force against helpless citizens. Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said,“Citizens are safe. The city is stable,” he said. “We hope to maintain it that way.” All the words that Batts used like "safe" , "Stable", and "maintain" are meaningless words and show a sense of vagueness to each of them. How could the city be stable if massive riots are being dealt with by police in the streets and how could any citizen be safe if police are using riot shield control and tear gas to stop the havoc? Orwell would see these meaningless and vague words as getting away from the concreteness of the English language and that these words lack meaning. Orwell would complain that the NY Times need to stop using words for their meaning and more use of phrases that will put more impact on the subject at hand. Orwell would see the word "power" being used for its strong meaning and would see it as a fault in language and would see it as a word that is clear in order to state the issues in Baltimore. However, no word choice in this predicament could be used to shadow the racist brutality put on by the police and that the true meaning of words cannot be expressed due to the misuse of words and phrases. The problems in Baltimore could be evaded if the media didn't use poor practice in the English language to show the laws enforced by the police and hopefully the citizens in Baltimore will get this problem straightened out.

Stephen Curry for MVP?

All throughout the regular season in the NBA, two names have stuck out for the running for the MVP award for the 14/15 NBA season. Their names are James Harden and Stephen Curry. Stephen Curry has been phenomenal with his all-time scoring average and assists this season. He is one of the "SPLASH Brothers" and led his team to win after win and through the quarterfinals of the Western Conference Finals. Curry's magnificent play and smooth movements n the court make him one of the hardest players to guard because he can shoot the 3Pt FG and can slash and burn his defender at any time he desires to. He is a big reason why the Golden State Warriors have the number 1 seed in the playoffs and are in the position they are in right now. He is a much more balanced player than James Harden who puts up more shot attempts per game than Curry and doesn't play on both sides on the floor because he lacks defensive instincts. Also, being honored as having the most 3pt FG makes in the whole season and in NBA History at 286. I believe that he is the right recipient for the award. Who do all of you think should win it??? Comment down below and remember to Stay Frosty my Friends and I'll be back shortly.

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MyFrosty Relationship with the Media

Whether I'm on the computer, my mobile device, or watching news, my life is revolving around the media. I'm always hooked on to my phone whenever I do homework or whenever I want to jam out to some nice tunes on Pandora or just the radio.


I use the media to learn and study my favorite players in the sports world and to learn how they do the work and consistent play every time they play. I hear the buzz around the NBA with all the game scores, trades being made, anything that relates to the game of basketball, the media is there for me to hear from. Sportscenter and Sportscience is where I watch a 30 for 30 film, but with my busy athlete schedule playing ball, its hard to get relax time to watch the media. The media is definitely a big deal with its occasional pop ups of events around the globe and without media I'd be a lost cause. A boy trying to find himself in the world. With this being said, hit me a comment or feedback to your relationship with media and technology and remember Stay Frosty my Friends and I'll see you in a flash!