Sunday, January 25, 2009

Possibilities and Problems

In regards to mass media and society there can be multiple problems and possibilities. When massive amounts of media are being produced to entire countries problems can easily arise. If some fact of the media is inaccurate or incomplete it could lead to many problems within the nation. I have heard of newspapers printing obituaries in the paper for people who are currently still living. If you are sitting in a hospital bed, in bad condition, and you read or hear about your own obituary being in the paper do you think that will help or hurt your outlook on survival?
One possibility in mass media and society is being able to project future national events and educate people on them. If a nation knew when a tornado was going to hit or when there was going to be a fire we could take precautions and measure to ensure safety. The house where the fire is going to take place in will be evacuated. The location of where the tornado is supposed to hit will be prepared and boarded up.
The world needs its forms of media and with out them its citizens would be lost. The problems and possibilities level out to make it even. Mass media directly affects its society by informing them on news, events, sports, and anything else anyone could ever ask for.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Kirk's Big Blast

The year is 1988 and the event is the world series. The game featured the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Oakland Athletics. Dodger's big time player, and the National League's player of the year, Kirk Gibson was on the bench with an injury from the previous series against the New York Mets.
In the first game, of the seven game series, the Dodgers trailed 4-3 in the final inning of the game. With Mike Davis on first base head coach Tommy Lasorda called for Gibson to pinch hit for the intended batter. Earlier when he received the news that he'd be pinch hitting Kirk went to the team batting practice area to take a few swings. The rumor has it that he had so much pain in his knee that he winced and nearly collapsed after every swing.
With the stage set and the Dodgers down one in the ninth inning Gibson grabbed a bat and took the field. If his knee wasn't enough adversity to overcome he had to face pitcher Dennis Eckersley who was said to be a top closer in the majors. After battling through a few pitches the count ended up three balls and two strikes. Ignoring all the pain inside his body Kirk exploded on a back door slider and sent it sailing over the fence for a homerun. The Dodgers won game on 5-4 in nine innings, and that was the only at bat of the entire series for Kirk Gibson.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

SeinFeld

The show Seinfeld airs on fox and other channels on multiple nights a week. The show stars actors Jerry Seinfeld, Cozmo Kramer, George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and mailman Newman. The show is based on the comedy of every day life. Each episode is about absolutly nothing. All the characters are the best of friends and frequently eat and the local diner. Every day life has never been so funny. Cozmo's body language is electric and it always seems that there is an electric current flowing through his body. Cozmo lives across the hall, in the apartment complex, from Jerry. When Kramer stops over to Jerry's apartment he throws the door open and slides in shaking his head front to back. All characters make the viewer aware of how funny their everyday lives are. If you have never seen the television show Seinfeld tune into the station fox and enjoy the laughs.