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There is another song related to the theme child soldier. It is “No Bravery” by James Blunt. James Blunt is not an African American who experienced being a child soldier. Instead, he is an English singer-song writer. He traveled many places around the world and had great passion in music. He wrote a song called ‘No bravery’ and this song has a different feel than the songs of Emmanuel Jal and K’naan. Unlike the other singers who focused on the personal experience, James criticized the society and the politics instead. He was involved in the Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic disease. This mainly originated from his earlier experience as an officer in the Life Guards and a reconnaissance regiment of the British Army. He also served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999.
The lyrics of the song serves to send a negative opinion about the U.S. Watching a video from a website, I saw a flash of President Bush whenever the lyrics said ‘he’s been here’. It was pretty evident that the singer was portraying the United States and the cruelty of the nation’s government and the system of theirs.
He uses the words such as ‘tears’, ‘graves’, ‘no bravery’, ‘only sadness’, ‘disgrace’, ‘burnt’, ‘death’, ‘blind’, ‘afraid’, ‘cry’, ‘cut’, ‘raped’, ‘hate’, and ‘despair’ creates a depressing and pathetic emotion to the situation and causes the audience to think more about the issue.
I was listening to the music several times to get more idea about the situation and I felt some kind of anger toward the U.S. government. It was a different feeling than I had before. I usually felt the sadness and the sympathy toward the children, but this time, I felt the resentment toward the society and the system. I think it is mainly because the singer focused on the criticizing about the ignorance and the indifference of the people around the world.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
child soldier music1 alice seo
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Music, unlike other media, has a unique feature of its own. Music is involved in many areas of the media. For example, TV and radio are affected by music more often than not. When attempting to send a message to the audience, simply reading out the facts can be done, yet it does not successfully grab the audience’s attention. Therefore, there are times when music is involved in media use. There are several songs related to the theme ‘child soldiers’. People often think that it is a faraway story that can be seen only in the news and the newspaper. Yet, a Sudanese rapper ‘Emmanuel Jal’ raps out his experience through his music. Singing or rapping about such issues has been done numerous times, but since the story was a true experience, the music approached to the audience’s heart differently than other music that was made before.
There must be some kind of bias behind the lyrics or the emotion that Jal carries out from the song. Emmanuel, a Sudanese rapper who has been forced to be a child soldier when he was young, confesses that he didn’t know why he had to fight. He had no power to resist. Luckily, he survived and had a great chance to travel to America and he then started to send out messaged how serious the situation in the Africa is. He says that there must be a reason why he was able to get to America, obviously privileged than other African children who are forced to fight in the army.
In the lyrics of his songs, Emmanuel claims that he must have survived so he will be able to tell his story. Then, he goes on to tell about his story in Africa. Although Emmanuel was too young to understand the politics, he felt that something was going on due to the tension created between Christians and Muslims. His father was serving the government as a police officer and his mother was in depression. Tragically, because of the conflict that was ongoing in Africa, Emmanuel lost all his family and was forced to hide in the jungle in order to survive.
Listeners, who heard the song, state that the lyrics are extremely personal, thus making it even more powerful. Many African Americans admires his song and cry after becoming emotional by the music. Andrew Natsios, a Special Envoy for Sudan, said that he never listened to hip-hop music but he felt that he wanted to listen to the hip-hop music just because of Emmanuel.
One of the videos about Emmanuel on YouTube says, ‘before Darfur… Civil War raged in Southern Sudan leaving 2 million people dead. 10 thousand children were forced to fight. Emmanuel Jal was one of them. Emmanuel came to America to share his story…’
He wanted to spread out the story about serious issue ongoing in Africa. People in Africa are extremely struggling and that the story should be heard throughout the world.
Since the form of the medium is music, it attracts people’s attention through melody and convinces people’s logic through the lyrics.
Even I was greatly emotional about the fact that people used children to maintain the army; it became more extreme when I listened to the music. The music speaks much more than the fact itself. People surely are greatly influenced by the music they listen to.
Music, unlike other media, has a unique feature of its own. Music is involved in many areas of the media. For example, TV and radio are affected by music more often than not. When attempting to send a message to the audience, simply reading out the facts can be done, yet it does not successfully grab the audience’s attention. Therefore, there are times when music is involved in media use. There are several songs related to the theme ‘child soldiers’. People often think that it is a faraway story that can be seen only in the news and the newspaper. Yet, a Sudanese rapper ‘Emmanuel Jal’ raps out his experience through his music. Singing or rapping about such issues has been done numerous times, but since the story was a true experience, the music approached to the audience’s heart differently than other music that was made before.
There must be some kind of bias behind the lyrics or the emotion that Jal carries out from the song. Emmanuel, a Sudanese rapper who has been forced to be a child soldier when he was young, confesses that he didn’t know why he had to fight. He had no power to resist. Luckily, he survived and had a great chance to travel to America and he then started to send out messaged how serious the situation in the Africa is. He says that there must be a reason why he was able to get to America, obviously privileged than other African children who are forced to fight in the army.
In the lyrics of his songs, Emmanuel claims that he must have survived so he will be able to tell his story. Then, he goes on to tell about his story in Africa. Although Emmanuel was too young to understand the politics, he felt that something was going on due to the tension created between Christians and Muslims. His father was serving the government as a police officer and his mother was in depression. Tragically, because of the conflict that was ongoing in Africa, Emmanuel lost all his family and was forced to hide in the jungle in order to survive.
Listeners, who heard the song, state that the lyrics are extremely personal, thus making it even more powerful. Many African Americans admires his song and cry after becoming emotional by the music. Andrew Natsios, a Special Envoy for Sudan, said that he never listened to hip-hop music but he felt that he wanted to listen to the hip-hop music just because of Emmanuel.
One of the videos about Emmanuel on YouTube says, ‘before Darfur… Civil War raged in Southern Sudan leaving 2 million people dead. 10 thousand children were forced to fight. Emmanuel Jal was one of them. Emmanuel came to America to share his story…’
He wanted to spread out the story about serious issue ongoing in Africa. People in Africa are extremely struggling and that the story should be heard throughout the world.
Since the form of the medium is music, it attracts people’s attention through melody and convinces people’s logic through the lyrics.
Even I was greatly emotional about the fact that people used children to maintain the army; it became more extreme when I listened to the music. The music speaks much more than the fact itself. People surely are greatly influenced by the music they listen to.
step 5 Emily Song -internet (child soldiers) 2
link-http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/facts.htm
The web page I have found through the internet included a list of facts about child soldiers. The facts seem to explain the situation of the cruel lives of child soldiers and support the statement “Stop the use of Child Soldiers”. Also, the picture linked on the right hand corner seemed to describe the tragic reality of the child soldiers. However, although the detailed information was convincing and the focus was clear, I was not sure whether these listed ‘facts’ are reliable sources because no other resources or work cited page was found. Also the unclear time periods were confusing as well. Only one statement about the reporting in every region of the world seemed credible as this single statement had a link to the list of countries where the child soldiers are being used. Therefore other than this single fact, I did not put much validity on this web page for it only listed various statements that are not clearly labeled. Furthermore, because there are hardly any backgrounds or information about this unknown author, this web page I believe lack the credibility. As this is a human rights organization website, I assume various people were engaged in gathering these statements. In other words, it lacked the credibility for there is no proven authority of the authors.
On the other hand, I believe the author’s purpose was to spread the tragedy of the child soldiers and, stop the use of child soldiers through this globalized media as known as internet. However, the impact of the statements was very weak and somewhat biased since it only listed facts in one particular side rather than covering the whole issue. In addition, because this website involves an organization of human rights, I may predict some biased in this website.
To sum up, I believe that this particular website did not really convince me greatly. Even though I was able to learn about the possible incidents that the child soldiers are facing today, the sources to these listed facts were unclear. Therefore, I believe that this somehow represents the disadvantage of the internet source, possibly posting unclear information given from other web pages. Although this webpage seemed much globalized as 12 different languages were available for the people to communicate and associate in this web site, the lack of authorities made me wonder about the possible exaggerations on this issue of child soldiers.
The web page I have found through the internet included a list of facts about child soldiers. The facts seem to explain the situation of the cruel lives of child soldiers and support the statement “Stop the use of Child Soldiers”. Also, the picture linked on the right hand corner seemed to describe the tragic reality of the child soldiers. However, although the detailed information was convincing and the focus was clear, I was not sure whether these listed ‘facts’ are reliable sources because no other resources or work cited page was found. Also the unclear time periods were confusing as well. Only one statement about the reporting in every region of the world seemed credible as this single statement had a link to the list of countries where the child soldiers are being used. Therefore other than this single fact, I did not put much validity on this web page for it only listed various statements that are not clearly labeled. Furthermore, because there are hardly any backgrounds or information about this unknown author, this web page I believe lack the credibility. As this is a human rights organization website, I assume various people were engaged in gathering these statements. In other words, it lacked the credibility for there is no proven authority of the authors.
On the other hand, I believe the author’s purpose was to spread the tragedy of the child soldiers and, stop the use of child soldiers through this globalized media as known as internet. However, the impact of the statements was very weak and somewhat biased since it only listed facts in one particular side rather than covering the whole issue. In addition, because this website involves an organization of human rights, I may predict some biased in this website.
To sum up, I believe that this particular website did not really convince me greatly. Even though I was able to learn about the possible incidents that the child soldiers are facing today, the sources to these listed facts were unclear. Therefore, I believe that this somehow represents the disadvantage of the internet source, possibly posting unclear information given from other web pages. Although this webpage seemed much globalized as 12 different languages were available for the people to communicate and associate in this web site, the lack of authorities made me wonder about the possible exaggerations on this issue of child soldiers.
step 5 Emily Song -internet (child soldiers) 1
link-http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118309.php
The article I have found from the internet website (www.medicalnewstoday.com) was mainly based on the studies and findings mentioned from the article JAMA (Journal of the American Medical association), summarizing the information from the magazine. It talks about the health concerns of the child soldiers in comparison to the children in Nepal who were not forced as child soldiers.
In summary, the researchers set out to determine the mental health effects on two groups, they found out more than half of the child soldiers met the symptom cutoff score and criteria for depression and PTSD. From the statistical information, the research showed that child soldiers may be significantly exposed to depression and PTSD, compared to the children who are never exposed as child soldier. The researchers concluded that the difference in health issues between the two groups is determined by greater exposure to striking events by the child soldiers and mentioned important health implications about the necessity of a focused programming and the importance of screening as a base for intervention.
As I was reading this article, I personally thought this was a quite reliable source because the researchers' names and their status were mentioned clearly below the article. Also, as the author had mentioned the detailed statistics and further descriptions of the studies, I was somehow convinced by the information. Even though this article is a second hand resource and no further background information of the author is given except his name, I concluded his lists of the researchers and their interpretation were quite valid as all of the data and the descriptions were linked right below the article. Also, the recent dates convinced me to think this as the most recent proven facts. Therefore, the article I believe is not a biased source for the conclusions were based on the detailed studies. Furthermore, the fact that this article is from a medical website and other medical texts and information were linked together for further explanation, I believe this meets the level of validity. On the other hand, assume that the author’s purpose in writing this article was to share tragic lives of the child soldiers and how their environment may also affect their health compare to other children. Also, the author might have used this media as various people around the globe are more likely to come in contact with this article through internet than direct from the medical sources.
To sum up I am glad that I had a chance to know more about the child soldiers and what it really meant to be a child soldier. My knowledge and perception about the internet also changed because I oftentimes questioned the reliability of the information on the internet. Although internet is a great source to find various types of information, I always struggled to find a good quality material. As one of the advantages of the internet source, that anyone can post information through the internet was also a disadvantage for people like me to find a credible source, I never enjoyed finding resources from the internet. However, after reading this article, I figured, if I can distinguish what is credible and not from the given texts and resources, internet can be a great source.
The article I have found from the internet website (www.medicalnewstoday.com) was mainly based on the studies and findings mentioned from the article JAMA (Journal of the American Medical association), summarizing the information from the magazine. It talks about the health concerns of the child soldiers in comparison to the children in Nepal who were not forced as child soldiers.
In summary, the researchers set out to determine the mental health effects on two groups, they found out more than half of the child soldiers met the symptom cutoff score and criteria for depression and PTSD. From the statistical information, the research showed that child soldiers may be significantly exposed to depression and PTSD, compared to the children who are never exposed as child soldier. The researchers concluded that the difference in health issues between the two groups is determined by greater exposure to striking events by the child soldiers and mentioned important health implications about the necessity of a focused programming and the importance of screening as a base for intervention.
As I was reading this article, I personally thought this was a quite reliable source because the researchers' names and their status were mentioned clearly below the article. Also, as the author had mentioned the detailed statistics and further descriptions of the studies, I was somehow convinced by the information. Even though this article is a second hand resource and no further background information of the author is given except his name, I concluded his lists of the researchers and their interpretation were quite valid as all of the data and the descriptions were linked right below the article. Also, the recent dates convinced me to think this as the most recent proven facts. Therefore, the article I believe is not a biased source for the conclusions were based on the detailed studies. Furthermore, the fact that this article is from a medical website and other medical texts and information were linked together for further explanation, I believe this meets the level of validity. On the other hand, assume that the author’s purpose in writing this article was to share tragic lives of the child soldiers and how their environment may also affect their health compare to other children. Also, the author might have used this media as various people around the globe are more likely to come in contact with this article through internet than direct from the medical sources.
To sum up I am glad that I had a chance to know more about the child soldiers and what it really meant to be a child soldier. My knowledge and perception about the internet also changed because I oftentimes questioned the reliability of the information on the internet. Although internet is a great source to find various types of information, I always struggled to find a good quality material. As one of the advantages of the internet source, that anyone can post information through the internet was also a disadvantage for people like me to find a credible source, I never enjoyed finding resources from the internet. However, after reading this article, I figured, if I can distinguish what is credible and not from the given texts and resources, internet can be a great source.
Media - book (child soldiers)
“Child Soldiers: The Role of Children in Armed Conflict.” Amazon.com 30 Aug 2008. <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0198259328/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books>
The type of mass media I used is book, and the topic is about child soldiers. The characteristic about book is that it can persuade or convince the readers by interesting and realistic story form. The first novel I found is Child Soldiers: The Role of Children in Armed Conflict written by Ilene Cohn. In her writing, she tried to show the failure of international humanitarian law and the internal conflicts in the most common battlefields. She mainly looks at the consequences for child soldiers and their families. After she finished writing, she also made some suggestions for preventing recruitment, and requesting for a more logical policy of treatment for child soldiers who have participated in the war. The story is based on her study for several years, and through study written, it gives a rich of information about child soldiers. The novel also includes many pictures of child soldiers, which makes the story more realistic and convincing. The story is focused on searching for realistic responses and solutions to their problems. Therefore, her purpose of the writing is to stop the child soldier system in the world and to tell people to recognize the issue and find some solutions. By looking at the author’s purpose of writing, the readers can tell she is biased against child soldiers. She delivers the facts about child soldiers, and also tries to convince the readers that it’s wrong and people should pay more attention in finding solutions to the issue. Therefore, in the novel, she not only disagrees with child soldiers, but also actively suggests solutions and laws that can protect the children’s rights. The detail descriptions of child soldiers and their stories take me into her writing, and make me feel like I am part of the child soldiers. The novel fully describes the situation in Africa, and it strongly persuades me that there should be no child soldier in any part of the world. In addition, I think coherent laws for this issue are urgently needed.
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“Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection.” Amazon.com 30 Aug 2008. <http://www.amazon.com/Child-Soldiers-Protection-Michael-Wessells/dp/0674023595/ref=pd_sim_b_3>
The second novel I chose is Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection written by Michael Wessells. This book is based on researches and interviews with hundreds of formal child soldiers in the world, which includes stories about ex-soldier’s experiences and situations. These interviews and the facts that the author researched provide truthful evidence of the issue and make the story more realistic and interesting. Those child soldiers were kidnapped by the promise of food, protection, or a better life. However, unlike what they have told, they were actually used as a child soldiers, spies, porters, and sexual slaves. Also, the author says the most of girls are in dangers from pregnancy and childbirth complications. The author, Michael Wessells, put the children’s situations and feelings into words. He is an experienced child protection practitioner with Christian Children's Fund. In the novel, he argues about social and moral wounds of war, and a surprising number of child soldiers’ lives. He also leads readers to recognize the problems and develop global solutions to stop this issue. Because of his strong arguments about child soldiers, it shows the author is biased against the issue. By choosing book as a source to write his opinions is very effective way to do it because a book is very efficient in describing the issue with details. Unlike other media such as newspaper, book has more freedom in writing author’s own opinions and voice into the story. Therefore, he describes the horror situations from the children’s point of views, which is his purpose of writing, and he also offers hope to them by providing example of children re-entering their societies as students, citizens, and peacemakers. In addition, something special about this book is that it gives practical guidance to end the children victims in the wars. By reading the summary of this book, it makes me to recognize the problems in child soldiers and how its matter must be settled immediately. Last year, I used to work on this issue in Amnesty International, and now I feel like I have to be more active in finding solutions for them and make the issue to be worldwide known.
The type of mass media I used is book, and the topic is about child soldiers. The characteristic about book is that it can persuade or convince the readers by interesting and realistic story form. The first novel I found is Child Soldiers: The Role of Children in Armed Conflict written by Ilene Cohn. In her writing, she tried to show the failure of international humanitarian law and the internal conflicts in the most common battlefields. She mainly looks at the consequences for child soldiers and their families. After she finished writing, she also made some suggestions for preventing recruitment, and requesting for a more logical policy of treatment for child soldiers who have participated in the war. The story is based on her study for several years, and through study written, it gives a rich of information about child soldiers. The novel also includes many pictures of child soldiers, which makes the story more realistic and convincing. The story is focused on searching for realistic responses and solutions to their problems. Therefore, her purpose of the writing is to stop the child soldier system in the world and to tell people to recognize the issue and find some solutions. By looking at the author’s purpose of writing, the readers can tell she is biased against child soldiers. She delivers the facts about child soldiers, and also tries to convince the readers that it’s wrong and people should pay more attention in finding solutions to the issue. Therefore, in the novel, she not only disagrees with child soldiers, but also actively suggests solutions and laws that can protect the children’s rights. The detail descriptions of child soldiers and their stories take me into her writing, and make me feel like I am part of the child soldiers. The novel fully describes the situation in Africa, and it strongly persuades me that there should be no child soldier in any part of the world. In addition, I think coherent laws for this issue are urgently needed.
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“Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection.” Amazon.com 30 Aug 2008. <http://www.amazon.com/Child-Soldiers-Protection-Michael-Wessells/dp/0674023595/ref=pd_sim_b_3>
The second novel I chose is Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection written by Michael Wessells. This book is based on researches and interviews with hundreds of formal child soldiers in the world, which includes stories about ex-soldier’s experiences and situations. These interviews and the facts that the author researched provide truthful evidence of the issue and make the story more realistic and interesting. Those child soldiers were kidnapped by the promise of food, protection, or a better life. However, unlike what they have told, they were actually used as a child soldiers, spies, porters, and sexual slaves. Also, the author says the most of girls are in dangers from pregnancy and childbirth complications. The author, Michael Wessells, put the children’s situations and feelings into words. He is an experienced child protection practitioner with Christian Children's Fund. In the novel, he argues about social and moral wounds of war, and a surprising number of child soldiers’ lives. He also leads readers to recognize the problems and develop global solutions to stop this issue. Because of his strong arguments about child soldiers, it shows the author is biased against the issue. By choosing book as a source to write his opinions is very effective way to do it because a book is very efficient in describing the issue with details. Unlike other media such as newspaper, book has more freedom in writing author’s own opinions and voice into the story. Therefore, he describes the horror situations from the children’s point of views, which is his purpose of writing, and he also offers hope to them by providing example of children re-entering their societies as students, citizens, and peacemakers. In addition, something special about this book is that it gives practical guidance to end the children victims in the wars. By reading the summary of this book, it makes me to recognize the problems in child soldiers and how its matter must be settled immediately. Last year, I used to work on this issue in Amnesty International, and now I feel like I have to be more active in finding solutions for them and make the issue to be worldwide known.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Media Assignment 2 keiko
Military use of children should be abandon forever in the world, since children are used in roles such as porters, spies, and sexual slave. From this passage, the author works for BBC News. Thus, I don’t think that any bias is included in this specific passage. Moreover, BBC is known worldwide for news. Obviously, the purpose of this passage is to notify the readers about the seriousness of child soldiers in Burma.
The UN is working on soldiers. What I mean is that the UN is working to get child soldiers safely back to their home. Between 2002 and 2007, around 700 children have been returned to their homes. Moreover, public rights groups have been accusing Burma for using child soldiers. Therefore, I think not only the public, but also other countries are doing a well job on the gravity of child soldiers. However, child soldiering is not something that will withdraw in a decade. With all the groups and countries helping, HRW (Human Rights Watch) has estimated the number of child soldier in Burma to still be as high as 70,000. Also, the Burma military was accused last year for using child soldiers. The passage says “…young children were being beaten or threatened to make them enlist. Brokers were also being paid to provide child recruits.” "I learnt from the mothers that this sergeant routinely comes to the market and takes the kids away," he said. “He pays the market security money to get kids for him." (BBC). The media form is a newspaper article on the internet. I personally think that by reading, the audience can imagine and feel the words. The diction used in the article can make the readers understand the topic more clearly. Therefore, reading affects the thoughts of the readers. As for myself, reading about human soldiers, I did not know the gravity of child soldiers until reading these articles. However, I hope to learn more in depth of child soldiers.
"Burma 'acting on child soldiers' ." BCC News 30 January 2008 30 Aug 2008.
The UN is working on soldiers. What I mean is that the UN is working to get child soldiers safely back to their home. Between 2002 and 2007, around 700 children have been returned to their homes. Moreover, public rights groups have been accusing Burma for using child soldiers. Therefore, I think not only the public, but also other countries are doing a well job on the gravity of child soldiers. However, child soldiering is not something that will withdraw in a decade. With all the groups and countries helping, HRW (Human Rights Watch) has estimated the number of child soldier in Burma to still be as high as 70,000. Also, the Burma military was accused last year for using child soldiers. The passage says “…young children were being beaten or threatened to make them enlist. Brokers were also being paid to provide child recruits.” "I learnt from the mothers that this sergeant routinely comes to the market and takes the kids away," he said. “He pays the market security money to get kids for him." (BBC). The media form is a newspaper article on the internet. I personally think that by reading, the audience can imagine and feel the words. The diction used in the article can make the readers understand the topic more clearly. Therefore, reading affects the thoughts of the readers. As for myself, reading about human soldiers, I did not know the gravity of child soldiers until reading these articles. However, I hope to learn more in depth of child soldiers.
"Burma 'acting on child soldiers' ." BCC News 30 January 2008 30 Aug 2008
Media Assignment keiko
Loving child soldiers back into society
In the world, children are direct participants in war. Denied a childhood and often subjected to horrific violence, many thousands of children are serving as soldiers for either rebel groups or government forces in current armed conflicts. Sadly, if the war ends, the children become worthless and toxic themselves by drug, tobacco, and alcohol. Same problem has here in Liberia. The author of this magazine spent three weeks in Liberia in order to associate with former child soldiers who call themselves “Future Guardians of Peace.” His purpose of journey to Liberia was to see how children subsist after the Liberian civil war.
After the Liberian civil war ended in 2003, the children were gaunt physically and mentally. However, they are responsible and trustworthy as they go up into early twenties. For example, they proceeded with their education, escaped themselves from the drug and alcohol, and are diligently working to earn honor of the community. Importantly, children could tell their war stories to relied listeners. Yet, some children are too horrified to remember the incident. Moreover, the children founding their way to a small US Liberian NGO called “ganhis” began construction work in exchange for food. By return, the organization provided not only a house but a promise for their education through university.
As I read through the magazine, I was relieved to see how children reconnect to scattered family members and devoted to community involvement. The author declared that the youths are training in photography. He realized that the children are using the cameras to build relationships in the community. Furthermore, the magazine was organized by the factors that have been important in the transformation. Mysteriously, the name of the author was not written in the passage. Also, this magazine is not well known compared to Time or Forbes Magazine. Yet, the author did not show any bias toward the community or children. He chronologically outlined the messages in order to deliver the facts of the struggle of children toward society.
"Loving child soldiers back into society." Ode Magazine 11 April 2008 30 Aug 2008.
In the world, children are direct participants in war. Denied a childhood and often subjected to horrific violence, many thousands of children are serving as soldiers for either rebel groups or government forces in current armed conflicts. Sadly, if the war ends, the children become worthless and toxic themselves by drug, tobacco, and alcohol. Same problem has here in Liberia. The author of this magazine spent three weeks in Liberia in order to associate with former child soldiers who call themselves “Future Guardians of Peace.” His purpose of journey to Liberia was to see how children subsist after the Liberian civil war.
After the Liberian civil war ended in 2003, the children were gaunt physically and mentally. However, they are responsible and trustworthy as they go up into early twenties. For example, they proceeded with their education, escaped themselves from the drug and alcohol, and are diligently working to earn honor of the community. Importantly, children could tell their war stories to relied listeners. Yet, some children are too horrified to remember the incident. Moreover, the children founding their way to a small US Liberian NGO called “ganhis” began construction work in exchange for food. By return, the organization provided not only a house but a promise for their education through university.
As I read through the magazine, I was relieved to see how children reconnect to scattered family members and devoted to community involvement. The author declared that the youths are training in photography. He realized that the children are using the cameras to build relationships in the community. Furthermore, the magazine was organized by the factors that have been important in the transformation. Mysteriously, the name of the author was not written in the passage. Also, this magazine is not well known compared to Time or Forbes Magazine. Yet, the author did not show any bias toward the community or children. He chronologically outlined the messages in order to deliver the facts of the struggle of children toward society.
"Loving child soldiers back into society." Ode Magazine 11 April 2008 30 Aug 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Keiko Sakai reflection
The type of media that has the most impact on my life is television. Though I believe television is a great tool for learning, communication, and information, it has negative aspects. For instance, television commercials attempts to influence people’s behaviors and beliefs since they have become one of the most effective, persuasive method of selling products of many sorts. In the commercials, most females are young, attractive, thin, and have an ornamental quality. These kinds of features force female teenagers to be one of them by purchasing the product. I once was persuaded by the medicine advertisement that was about model becoming slim and beautiful after taking the pills daily. Moreover, I realized that television programming emphasizes male character’s strength, performance, and skill while for women focuses on attractiveness and desirability. As a result, I have been shown to be stereotyped in the gender role attitudes. When I was young, I thought boys are in more active roles but girls are likely to be passive. Still, nowadays, I see women regarded as sex objects or hopeless individuals.
Even though I know the negative side of television programs, I still watch the television in order to obtain main source of information. Everyday I listen and watch a short news sequence that provides with necessary information. This information allows me to communicate and interactive with other individuals. Besides, television is the way to release my stress, for it offers a variety of possibilities to have fun sitting on the sofa and relaxing.
Even though I know the negative side of television programs, I still watch the television in order to obtain main source of information. Everyday I listen and watch a short news sequence that provides with necessary information. This information allows me to communicate and interactive with other individuals. Besides, television is the way to release my stress, for it offers a variety of possibilities to have fun sitting on the sofa and relaxing.
Emily Song reflection
Among all the mass media, television has influenced me the most in many ways. One of the reasons is that I am a visual person. The transient images in various television programs through broadcasting attract and fascinate me greatly. Even though there are many other media like movies, other performing art, and books that can fulfill the visual effects, I believe that it lacks the variety that the television has.
Movies and books are always somewhat restrained within a specific topic, and require some time to understand and follow the visual effects. Therefore, I believe that the television has a greater impact on people like me in a very short time. For example, when I see the advertisement on the television, I have an impulse to buy something, even though it may not be a useful product to me. I usually become dazzled by the seductive words and the mood that the TV commercials present. Furthermore, the television has been a medium that helps me to release my stress at any time when I face all kinds of hardship. In fact, watching the television helps me to forget about the problems I have and I can enjoy the moment while I watch it. Therefore, the television itself has become a medium that may impact my emotional state as well. I spend most of my free time in watching television. Thus, I believe that the television has become a huge part in my life. Although my mom often calls this mass medium a ‘dumb box’ saying that the television is harmful, I still believe this “dumb box” can contribute to learning of the knowledge in many ways. It is also true that the television may cause some kind of addiction and affect our emotions, but at the same time it delivers useful information to us about the global issues and how other people in the world live and communicate in their own ways. Through the television programs, we can learn more about other people in the world and their culture and lifestyle. Through all the documentaries I watched on the television, I am able to understand the world and how to communicate with other people.
To sum up, I think that the television influenced me the most and eventually make me understand the world and how to communicate with other people. In particular, through the visual impact the television has, I can have an idea about what I am going to do in the future. Therefore, I believe that the television affects me the most among the media.
Movies and books are always somewhat restrained within a specific topic, and require some time to understand and follow the visual effects. Therefore, I believe that the television has a greater impact on people like me in a very short time. For example, when I see the advertisement on the television, I have an impulse to buy something, even though it may not be a useful product to me. I usually become dazzled by the seductive words and the mood that the TV commercials present. Furthermore, the television has been a medium that helps me to release my stress at any time when I face all kinds of hardship. In fact, watching the television helps me to forget about the problems I have and I can enjoy the moment while I watch it. Therefore, the television itself has become a medium that may impact my emotional state as well. I spend most of my free time in watching television. Thus, I believe that the television has become a huge part in my life. Although my mom often calls this mass medium a ‘dumb box’ saying that the television is harmful, I still believe this “dumb box” can contribute to learning of the knowledge in many ways. It is also true that the television may cause some kind of addiction and affect our emotions, but at the same time it delivers useful information to us about the global issues and how other people in the world live and communicate in their own ways. Through the television programs, we can learn more about other people in the world and their culture and lifestyle. Through all the documentaries I watched on the television, I am able to understand the world and how to communicate with other people.
To sum up, I think that the television influenced me the most and eventually make me understand the world and how to communicate with other people. In particular, through the visual impact the television has, I can have an idea about what I am going to do in the future. Therefore, I believe that the television affects me the most among the media.
Reflection- Alice Seo
Reflection
I believe that television influenced my life the most and that it continues to influence my life a lot. Televisions exist everywhere in the world these days: home, dormitory, restaurants, supermarkets, and other places too. Televisions are widely-spread and have an immense influence on people. Since we have a better chance to watch it in many places, it is easy to access and to be affected by it.
Televisions provide numerous kinds of information and second-hand experiences. First of all, we can learn things by watching television. News is what we mainly depend on as a source of information. We can learn what is going on in the world even in foreign countries. There are many genres they cover. Thus, we are informed about the world, certain countries, politics, crime, entertainment, health, technology, travel, living, business, and sports. Through educational broadcasting, we can learn various lectures just by watching television. Secondly, people can be entertained by the gag programs and the talk shows. People not only watch the television for the informational purposes but for stress relief too. There are many gag-men and women who entertain people for a living and so the audience can enjoy art through the television. Often times, people contend to watch music programs and watch the shows such as American Idol for their pursuit of music and entertainment. Also, through dramas or sitcoms, we watch the stories that relate to reality. It reflects our lives and our personal emotions as humans too. Therefore, we can observe other people’s experiences in life without having to go through them. Finally, we have the opportunity of watching commercials and getting inspired or convinced. Advertisement is a powerful source of shopping as it captures many people’s eyes. To think of it in a different perspective, there are chances provided to people to advertise and to design graphically through the media.
There are ways to be engaged and to be influenced by media specifically television. We, as stated above, can have many opportunities to be impacted by the television. I personally watch televisions to view the hilarious programs that help to relieve stress after studying. Also, I have watched educational broadcasting on television since I was in 7th or 8th grade when I had final exams in my Korean school instead of paying for the expensive hag-won fee. Also, I watches dramas and learned about the historical events, reality and learning about friendship or love that are different from my actual experiences. There are many purposes to watch televisions and to be influenced by it. Regarding the negative aspects that many would point out, I still see how effective the televisions can affect my life and others’ lives as well.
I believe that television influenced my life the most and that it continues to influence my life a lot. Televisions exist everywhere in the world these days: home, dormitory, restaurants, supermarkets, and other places too. Televisions are widely-spread and have an immense influence on people. Since we have a better chance to watch it in many places, it is easy to access and to be affected by it.
Televisions provide numerous kinds of information and second-hand experiences. First of all, we can learn things by watching television. News is what we mainly depend on as a source of information. We can learn what is going on in the world even in foreign countries. There are many genres they cover. Thus, we are informed about the world, certain countries, politics, crime, entertainment, health, technology, travel, living, business, and sports. Through educational broadcasting, we can learn various lectures just by watching television. Secondly, people can be entertained by the gag programs and the talk shows. People not only watch the television for the informational purposes but for stress relief too. There are many gag-men and women who entertain people for a living and so the audience can enjoy art through the television. Often times, people contend to watch music programs and watch the shows such as American Idol for their pursuit of music and entertainment. Also, through dramas or sitcoms, we watch the stories that relate to reality. It reflects our lives and our personal emotions as humans too. Therefore, we can observe other people’s experiences in life without having to go through them. Finally, we have the opportunity of watching commercials and getting inspired or convinced. Advertisement is a powerful source of shopping as it captures many people’s eyes. To think of it in a different perspective, there are chances provided to people to advertise and to design graphically through the media.
There are ways to be engaged and to be influenced by media specifically television. We, as stated above, can have many opportunities to be impacted by the television. I personally watch televisions to view the hilarious programs that help to relieve stress after studying. Also, I have watched educational broadcasting on television since I was in 7th or 8th grade when I had final exams in my Korean school instead of paying for the expensive hag-won fee. Also, I watches dramas and learned about the historical events, reality and learning about friendship or love that are different from my actual experiences. There are many purposes to watch televisions and to be influenced by it. Regarding the negative aspects that many would point out, I still see how effective the televisions can affect my life and others’ lives as well.
Jennifer Oh - reflection
Reflection
Among all the mass media, TV has influenced me the most. The reason I chose TV is because I have spent the most time with TV than any other types of media. I still watch TV at least an hour everyday. When I was little, I watched TV programs for children and learned English and Korean. Those programs had many great activities that children can learn languages by playing games. Also, some other TV programs taught me variety of knowledge from many different fields such as science, art, and fashion. Moreover, on these days, TV news gives me useful information and latest news in the world, and it teaches me how the world is going around. Lastly, TV commercials show trends in nowadays, and it helps me to make my decision on buying things.
Different kinds of TV programs have the most impact on my life. TV makes me to keep in touch with the world. It also makes easier for me to gain knowledge in different areas than any other types of mass media. For example, knowledge about science field, I don’t read any books and articles about science because it’s boring, but TV broadcasts these information in interesting ways that people can easily understand. In addition, TV leads my family to sit together and talk. My family is always busy on doing their own things including myself, so we don’t have much time to talk to each other. The only time for us to talk is whenever we are watching news. We sit together on the couch and talk about the day. Because of these reasons, TV influenced me the most and affected the most on my life.
Among all the mass media, TV has influenced me the most. The reason I chose TV is because I have spent the most time with TV than any other types of media. I still watch TV at least an hour everyday. When I was little, I watched TV programs for children and learned English and Korean. Those programs had many great activities that children can learn languages by playing games. Also, some other TV programs taught me variety of knowledge from many different fields such as science, art, and fashion. Moreover, on these days, TV news gives me useful information and latest news in the world, and it teaches me how the world is going around. Lastly, TV commercials show trends in nowadays, and it helps me to make my decision on buying things.
Different kinds of TV programs have the most impact on my life. TV makes me to keep in touch with the world. It also makes easier for me to gain knowledge in different areas than any other types of mass media. For example, knowledge about science field, I don’t read any books and articles about science because it’s boring, but TV broadcasts these information in interesting ways that people can easily understand. In addition, TV leads my family to sit together and talk. My family is always busy on doing their own things including myself, so we don’t have much time to talk to each other. The only time for us to talk is whenever we are watching news. We sit together on the couch and talk about the day. Because of these reasons, TV influenced me the most and affected the most on my life.
Types of Media
Radio
Radio takes many forms these days. There are wireless networks and mobile communications of all types and broadcasting. Before the television was widely spread out, the commercial radio included news, music, dramas, comedies, variety shows, and many other forms of entertainment. Radio is unique since it uses only sound as the method of the dramatic presentation over other mass media.
The percent of population 12 and older of audience decreased from 95.3% to 94.4% from 1998 to 2002. The places where people listen to music are home (40%), car (33%), work (25%), and other (3%). The types of radio formats that people listen to consist to religious (5%), urban (7%), oldies (7%), rock (10%), hit radio (11%), country (13%), Adult Contemporary (14%), News/Talk (15%), other (18%).
To add, these days there is ‘watching television’ that is a new medium from the past. People can watch the broadcasting of radio these days through Internet.
"Radio: Audience." The State of the News Media 2004. journalism.org. 24 Aug 2008 http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2004/narrative_radio_audience.asp?cat=3&media=8.
"Mass Media." Encyclopedia of Public Health. Ed. Lester Breslow. Gale Cengage, 2002. eNotes.com. 2006. 24 Aug, 2008 http://www.enotes.com/public-health-encyclopedia/mass-media
"Radio- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 21 August 2008. Wikipedia. 24 Aug 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio.
Radio takes many forms these days. There are wireless networks and mobile communications of all types and broadcasting. Before the television was widely spread out, the commercial radio included news, music, dramas, comedies, variety shows, and many other forms of entertainment. Radio is unique since it uses only sound as the method of the dramatic presentation over other mass media.
The percent of population 12 and older of audience decreased from 95.3% to 94.4% from 1998 to 2002. The places where people listen to music are home (40%), car (33%), work (25%), and other (3%). The types of radio formats that people listen to consist to religious (5%), urban (7%), oldies (7%), rock (10%), hit radio (11%), country (13%), Adult Contemporary (14%), News/Talk (15%), other (18%).
To add, these days there is ‘watching television’ that is a new medium from the past. People can watch the broadcasting of radio these days through Internet.
"Radio: Audience." The State of the News Media 2004. journalism.org. 24 Aug 2008 http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2004/narrative_radio_audience.asp?cat=3&media=8.
"Mass Media." Encyclopedia of Public Health. Ed. Lester Breslow. Gale Cengage, 2002. eNotes.com. 2006. 24 Aug, 2008 http://www.enotes.com/public-health-encyclopedia/mass-media
"Radio- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 21 August 2008. Wikipedia. 24 Aug 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio.
Types of media
Television
Television is one medium of communication for sending images with sound by electrical waves. This electrical system has become a common communications receiver in homes, works, schools, and other public places as a source of entertainment and news. Also, as the broadcasting television transmits transient images throughout the whole world, this particular type of telecommunication medium is not designed for a specific group. As the broadcasting televisions are usually financed by the government or the advertising, this is a very effective medium for the advertisements. As TV stations sell their on air time to fund their programming, this becomes an effective way for the advertisers to introduce and advertise certain ideas or products through television. One of the strengths that the television has is that the mass entertainments and news can educate and entertain the public with different tastes. However, there are negative effects that may influence the teenagers greatly. As the ratings for TV programs are not restricted well, omany teens and children are exposed to the violence or shocking factors from the television and imitate the violent scenes from the television.
"television." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008.
Merriam-Webster Online. 24 August 2008
<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/television>.
"Newspaper." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Aug 2008, 14:44 UTC. 24 Aug 2008 . 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television>.
Television is one medium of communication for sending images with sound by electrical waves. This electrical system has become a common communications receiver in homes, works, schools, and other public places as a source of entertainment and news. Also, as the broadcasting television transmits transient images throughout the whole world, this particular type of telecommunication medium is not designed for a specific group. As the broadcasting televisions are usually financed by the government or the advertising, this is a very effective medium for the advertisements. As TV stations sell their on air time to fund their programming, this becomes an effective way for the advertisers to introduce and advertise certain ideas or products through television. One of the strengths that the television has is that the mass entertainments and news can educate and entertain the public with different tastes. However, there are negative effects that may influence the teenagers greatly. As the ratings for TV programs are not restricted well, omany teens and children are exposed to the violence or shocking factors from the television and imitate the violent scenes from the television.
"television." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008.
Merriam-Webster Online. 24 August 2008
<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/television>.
"Newspaper." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Aug 2008, 14:44 UTC. 24 Aug 2008 . 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television>.
Types of media
Newspaper
A newspaper is a publication that’s printed on low-cost paper containing news, information and advertising, and advertising makes a majority of newspaper’s income. Newspapers are mostly published on daily or weekly basis with the news about one particular geographic area. Therefore, the audience of newspaper is usually the ones who live in that area or the ones who are interested in the news of that area. Some articles in newspapers also include the personal opinions of writers, and it is divided into five different categories such as daily newspaper, weekly newspapers, national newspapers, local newspaper, and international newspapers. Since newspapers are record of current events, the profession of making newspaper is called journalism.
"Newspaper." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Aug 2008, 14:44 UTC. 24 Aug 2008. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magazine&oldid=233792529>.
A newspaper is a publication that’s printed on low-cost paper containing news, information and advertising, and advertising makes a majority of newspaper’s income. Newspapers are mostly published on daily or weekly basis with the news about one particular geographic area. Therefore, the audience of newspaper is usually the ones who live in that area or the ones who are interested in the news of that area. Some articles in newspapers also include the personal opinions of writers, and it is divided into five different categories such as daily newspaper, weekly newspapers, national newspapers, local newspaper, and international newspapers. Since newspapers are record of current events, the profession of making newspaper is called journalism.
"Newspaper." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Aug 2008, 14:44 UTC. 24 Aug 2008
Types of media
Magazine
Magazines are publications that contain a series of articles, generally financed by advertising. Centre elements such as publishing schedules, formats and objective audiences are seemingly infinitely variable. Typical magazine focus on contemporary events, such as Newsweek, is advertised biweekly. Magazine that focuses on certain interest such as Life positive may be published bimonthly. The magazine is printed in sections that could be black and white or in full color. Magazine has two categories: consumer and business. In consumer magazines, samples might be attached to magazine advertisement, giving extreme promotional effect to the audiences.
"Magazine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 23 Aug 2008, 20:06 UTC. 24 Aug 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magazine&oldid=233792529>.
Magazines are publications that contain a series of articles, generally financed by advertising. Centre elements such as publishing schedules, formats and objective audiences are seemingly infinitely variable. Typical magazine focus on contemporary events, such as Newsweek, is advertised biweekly. Magazine that focuses on certain interest such as Life positive may be published bimonthly. The magazine is printed in sections that could be black and white or in full color. Magazine has two categories: consumer and business. In consumer magazines, samples might be attached to magazine advertisement, giving extreme promotional effect to the audiences.
"Magazine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 23 Aug 2008, 20:06 UTC. 24 Aug 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magazine&oldid=233792529>.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Definition of Mass Media
Mass media is a medium of communication that is used to send and transmit mass communication to the public or market. This mass media includes main industries such as recordings, books, magazines, television, newspapers, movies, internet and radio.
Lane, Beth. "What is Mass Media?." Suite101.com 29 June 2007 24 Aug 2008.
<http://medialiteracy.suite.101.com/article.cfm/what_is_mass_media>
Lane, Beth. "What is Mass Media?." Suite101.com 29 June 2007 24 Aug 2008
<http://medialiteracy.suite.101.com/article.cfm/what_is_mass_media>
Emily Song
Hello, my name is Emily Song, although my close friends call me Milly. I was born in Madison, Wisconsin and lived there for few years even though I barely remember those years. I have lived in many different places during my teenage years due to my dad’s business. Growing up in a strong Christian family, I met God when I was 10. Currently, I live in Taejon with my family and this is my third year at TCIS. I am very excited for this year and hope to learn more about the teachers and the students at TCIS!!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Keiko Sakai
Hi, my name is Keiko Sakai. I was born in Tokyo, Japan and lived there for 7 years before I came to Korea. I have a mother who is Korean and father who is Japanese, so I am familiar with both cultures. I have a small family since I do not have any siblings. I came to TCIS 3 years ago and I am senior now! Even though I get stressed out every day due to IB, I plan on enjoying my senior life.
Jennifer Oh's biography
My name is Jennifer Oh. I am turning eighteen in next month. I was born in Seoul, Korea on September 24, 1990. I lived in Seoul until 4th grade, and starting from 5th grade, I moved to Texas and lived with my grandparents. I went to public schools in Dallas, Texas. I finished 9th grade in there and came back to Korea. After I came back to Korea, I went to Korean school for 5 months, and then I finally came to TCIS in the middle of second semester in 10th grade. Now, I am a senior in TCIS, and I am living with my family; mom, dad, and older brother.
biographical paragraph -Alice Seo
My name is Alice Seo. Since my name is the same as the name of a character of a book called 'Alice in Wnderland', people oftentimes make jokes about my name. Still, I like my name very much.
I lived 2 years in Thompson Dorm and the dorm changed to Loween dorm this year. We all (all the senior girls in L-Dorm) are extremely excited to be together and spend time chatting and doing crazy stuff.
I live in Seoul with my parents but now that we live in a dorm, my sister and I visit them every weekend ever since we became dorm students.
I enjoy life in TCIS even though there are many melancholic and overwhelming moments at times. I feel the joy being a Christian with all my friends and sharing awesome stories together!
Thank you.
I lived 2 years in Thompson Dorm and the dorm changed to Loween dorm this year. We all (all the senior girls in L-Dorm) are extremely excited to be together and spend time chatting and doing crazy stuff.
I live in Seoul with my parents but now that we live in a dorm, my sister and I visit them every weekend ever since we became dorm students.
I enjoy life in TCIS even though there are many melancholic and overwhelming moments at times. I feel the joy being a Christian with all my friends and sharing awesome stories together!
Thank you.
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