Weblog assignment #4

I visited the Website

Lindsay Lohan crashes into paparazzi

According to this Website, the paparazzi rear-ended Lisa Lohan in Los Angeles at about 2 a.m. on this November. Then she pulled over and made sure this accident, but it is not certain that whether she had submitted a police report about this. Also, she was involved in a car accident at least 2 times in 2005. This writer expresses she should not drive and a judicial system take away her drivers license by using the satire of the last sentence. Finally, 29 people posted the comments about this website and her, but most of the comments are so terrible that I can’t understand.

A lot of celebrities are the victim of paparazzi because paparazzi make interesting story on purpose. In Lindsay Lohan’s case, she encountered some car accidents which were caused by paparazzi. Why do paparazzi chase around her? As you know, she is American actress and pop music singer. So, she is popular person. But, on the other hand, there is the rumor about the doubt which she is drug addict and alcoholic. She is the good story to paparazzi. However, by her it is very trouble and annoyance. I think that paparazzi are very cruel. If she is injured seriously by the car accident, she may not active as famous person. I feel pity for her. But, this writer and those who posted the comments don’t feel that she is poor. This writer represents ironic opinion on the last sentence. And some people agree with the writer’s opinion. So, I translated the ironic sentence that she doesn’t have to drive and a judicial system takes away her drivers license. According to the comments, people say some bad and terrible words about her. So, I couldn’t understand some bad slang words. And I asked my roommate the meaning of some words and I could figure out. But I don’t want to know these words because are too terrible. I guess that people don’t like her because of some car accident. Some people think that she must be caused some accidents deliberately to attract. But I think that the cause of the car accident is paparazzi.

Weblog assignment #3

I visited the WebsiteAssociated Meaning of Colors. This expresses the associations and symbolism of colors. Each color has the different meaning. In this website, pink is the feeling of love, friendship and spiritual healings. Then gem of pink is rose quartz, planet is Venus which represents love and day is Friday. Also, colors are used all of things, for example, the label of several product, clothes and awareness of colors. So, the effectiveness of color is extensive.

We have colors, that is to say we recognize colors. This is privilege of human beings. To know colors is fantastic and wonderful because we can enjoy something by colors. So, colors give a different impression to us. When we feel sad, we represent blue of the color. Also, blue has a clean and fresh image. We express colors against something because colors register with us. Some colors have certain cultural associations and meanings. For instance, the flag of Japan has red of the circle and white of the rest. The red expresses the blood of people. The white expresses innocence, clear and pure. There is the reason in the flag of Japan. Japanese did some war in the old days. A lot of people died, the people who killed someone tried to clean the crime. And colors are used by fortunetelling. If you choose orange of color, you are happy feeling now, your character is brightly and highly motivated person because orange is warm and powerful color. Therefore we entertain ourselves by expressing colors. If everything is no color and monochromatic all over the world, we spend our life in boring world. Finally, each color is a lot of meaning. We feel several something from colors. So, colors are important tool for us.

Writing essay#1

The Effect of Political Cartoons

Not one person is untouched by political cartoons. We often see some political cartoons in our daily life. There are a lot of political cartoons in newspapers, magazines and television commercials from the mass media. When people see them, what do you think about them? Sometimes, we may think they are funny and make us laugh. Also, we believe all of their content and we change our minds by getting a different view and some new information that we didn’t know.

Now, why do we change our mind when we see political cartoons? There are some reasons that political cartoons affect people. First, they are very funny and quite simple in meaning, that is to say we can understand difficult politicians easily. This is because we feel politics is difficult and some people avoid it. But we recognize it by seeing political cartoons without hearing deep and troublesome lectures and policy. Second, the influences and impact of political cartoons are very great because they are direct to the eye. The faculty of sight gives us a bigger impression than reading. Then we know the view on ahead and understand the meaning by reading. Finally, we received a strong impression because of the caricature and the irony. It is both inspiration and propaganda. Cartoonists want people to believe something, for example, about an election, a warning, or political activity. We believe the cartoon because of the cartoonist’s skill. I think they may understand people’s mind better than psychologists, because they can change our mind like a magic trick.

Next, a political animated cartoon is more sensitive than a normal comic political cartoon, because we can hear the appeals and can understand them more easily than those of a normal political cartoon. It is very rhythmical and can remain in our memory. Especially, music is very impressive because we can memorize it soon. There are many animated political cartoons in America. For example, the election campaign of George Bush vs. John Kerry in 2004 is known by many people. In a movie called JibJab, each person appealed to good things and also criticized and blamed each other. I think the cartoons like this influenced many people’s ideas because people are favorably impressed by comic rhythm, shocking pictures and foul language. On the other hand, political animated cartoon is not quite popular in Japan. Most of them are political cartoons in newspapers. Of course, they express policy by using ironic language. For instance, there were many political cartoons about the behavior of Koizumi, who is the previous president in Japan. He contributed some important thing, such as the solution to an abduction. He appeared in a lot of cartoons because he said bad words and did bad actions. However, I haven’t seen political animated cartoons like America’s. In my opinion, Japanese may not be able to describe strong policy and behavior in politics. Japanese don’t say things as directly and understand something without direct behaviors and words, because of culture by tacit agreement.

By the way, believing all political cartoons is very dangerous. This is caricature and irony. And cartoonists try to make us believe all of them. Political cartoons are not always true. They often use big words and exaggerate. But people confuse whether they are true or not true. In addition, this gives children bad influence. It is a cruel act, like people killing someone. Children may learn bad words and bad behavior from political cartoons. I think that the adults need to protect children from them. However, many the adults allow them. So, we should evaluate the real true thing from them. And we must have a strong opinion without being dependent upon them. By acting like this, political cartoons may be useful because we have the prerogative of gaining useful information.

Finally, we are susceptible to political cartoons because we try to understand politics with easy methods. But we change our mind because of the influence from them. And we lost our real mind. Sometimes political cartoons are usual. However, I think that they are not a good thing; they are a deceitful thing and don’t inform us of real truth. So, when we see them, we should pay attention to them.

Weblog assignment#2

I visited the Website Online Rumors as a Problem in South Korea. This article is about the issue of cyberviolence. In South Korea, Kim Myong Jae's ex-girlfreind killed herself by taking poison and the rumors which Kim caused her suicide by some abuse expanded on the Internet rapidly. Of course, though these rumors are not true, Kim was as if flee and suffered some damage, cyberviolence like run over his name,address,photograph,telephone number,argue the punishment of him, dismiss from his job and force to drop out his University. Thus like this, a lot of people are harmed by cyberviolence, some web-site critic disscussed and some group contributed to solve the problem. But, the law to solve the problems is still a long way off from perfection because of so many website's harm and the _expression of different language like Yahoo and Google. Finally, this site expresses cyberviolence of the victim and the responsibility of the website and obstruction to communicate on the Internet.

Today, to use the internet is very useful for peopleand essential in our daily life. But, problems like Kim's situation happens very much and a lot of people can't live a normal life. So, I think cyberviolence is too bad and barbarous because the victim had thier life changed and wounded at great expense. But, the assailants which give the victim cyberviolence don't inform people of their background because they are on the Internet. According to this article, so many bad mouth sites exist that we can't count. So, once the site targets you, you can't escape from it. Because the rumors of the Internet are too rapid. Moreover, the rumors happen before you know the rumors. What is worse, almost all the rumors are greatly exaggerated as you can't believe. However, there are some organizations against cyberviolence. They contribute to help the victim. I hope they increase and help a lot of the victims. Actually, the number of bad websites is at most than them. Also, the difference of the _expression by using foreign languages is a big problem. When you use the website Yahoo and Google, you will feel it. Finally, in my opinion, to use the internet is convenient. But, we must not mistake how to use it. To harm people by cyberviolence is the worst, lowest level action. However, it is a fact that a lot of websites like this do exist. Therefore, what do people have to do? We must pay attention to this and we must protect ourselves. To protect is very difficult for the weak who is the victim. So, we must not participate in bad,cyberviolence sites. If you join the site and insist on the bad words against someone, surely you will experience the same situation. I think that the rumors like cyberviolence, speaking evil of someone are not true. We must not believe it. And we must not take it on trust.

Weblog assignment #1

I visited the Web-Site THIS LAND. This is a political animated cartoon
which shows the election campaign of George Bush, Republican, and John
Kerry, Democrat, in 2004 by using sound and action. Bush and Kerry
appear one after the other and make an appeal for each manufacture and
background with the rhythm. They each say a good and a bad thing which
they did so to criticize and belittle, with a song that sounds like
"This is your land. This is my land." After they blame each other,
they sing "this land will surely vote for me." Also, the people who
support them appear to include Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is an actor
and the governor of California, and Clinton, who is the previous
president in the USA. Lastly, Bush and Kerry sing and dance together
in front of the White House "This land belongs to you and me."

I think though this is very ridiculous and funny, but quite plain in
the meaning. This affects people's minds and ideas and gives people a
different view. According to the criticism of each other, they appeal
to their good things, too. For example, Bush expresses that he has big
power which is nuclear and a strong supporting organization by using
the word "great sworder." On the other hand, Kerry expresses that he
has three purple heart medals which he was hurt to help his friends in
the Vietnam War. Also, he shows Bush's approval ratings are down.
Besides, by appearing Indian; Native American, they insist America is
smile-land. Because of this it is a caricature and ironic, people
receive and feel it directly and they are mistaken because they assume
all of it is true, if it is not true. People confuse it whether it is
true or a lie. Moreover, people are favorably impressed by the comic
rhythm, shocking picture and foul language. And I think political
cartoons give children a bad influence. Because there are cruel acts
like people killing someone. Finally, this is not a good thing, it is
a deceitful thing, and doesn't inform the real true thing.