Extra Credit.

Before taking this RTF 305 course I have never used a blog, as in writing one.  I’ve been addicted to PerezHilton.com for about a year now but creating one was never something I planned on doing.

I enjoyed making this blog because I was able to make sure I understood the material presented in this course.

The only difficulties I encountered was not knowing how to embed a video into on my post, but I decided to insert links so that I could still get my point across.

I liked the blog prompts that let us choose a piece of media and describe it.  For example I really enjoyed the on the 3 different types of shots (My Girl post), 3 Act Film (Hangover post), and the post when I talked about socially learning and ‘Mean Girls’, and Framing (Jersey Shore post).

I didn’t like the post that too specific, like the one I wrote on the Snuggie and the Star System.  They weren’t too exciting to write about because I was given the topic, especially on the Star System, and I didn’t always feel like I was writing on the correct topic.

I would recommend blogs for future courses, I think it’s an good way to get “homework” grades and it helps make sure that the student is understanding the assignment and/or the topic discussed in class.

I wouldn’t have blog that’s really specific, but then again the more specific the more you can tell if someone understands the material.

Yes, you can use my blog in a paper or report.

Globalization.

Globalization is simply connecting many different ideas and various things from all over the world through cultures, genre, people, and even technology.

Hybridization is easily relatable to globalization.  Hybrid is typically known as mixing or crossing 2 products and creating one, so in this case of making it media linked, hybridization is connecting two different ideas and displaying or presenting them together.

An example I can think of is the show ‘Ugly Betty’.  It originally began as a Colombian soap opera or telenovela titled ‘Yo soy Betty, la fea’ and ran in the US for 4 seasons.  ‘Ugly Betty’ follows Betty Suarez, America Ferrera, in her daily life encounters.  We get to meet Betty’s family and then we see her professional life at MODE magazine.   This show crosses a strong Latino family and puts Betty into this professional and predominately Caucasian atmosphere.  This was a twist of bringing a Spanish show to America and having the character in two different environments.

Advertisment: Snuggie.

An advertisement I've seen lately that has been in my mind is the snuggie ad.  We all know what the blanket with sleeves is.  Or as my friends back at home call it, "the backwards robe".  I sadly must admit I have one, it was something I saw at work and HAD to have it.  This ad convinced me I needed a snuggie so I could enjoy TV with arm freedom. 

I realize this sounds ridiculous but the creators of this ad made sure to make the name stick, within the ad I don't know how many times the word snuggie or snug was mentioned.  Repetition was their key.  The style was saying all the advantages of using the snuggie like being able to enjoy everyday life.  They also showed people (of all ages) in the snuggies and the various colors you can purchase them in.

I think my chosen ad shows off the appeal because during the ad, almost everything the narrator said was reinforced with the captions below.  This ad was a good attention grabber, and it also has a semi-catchy tune.  And even better you can get snuggies in more colors and even decorated in your college or sports team oh and they also started making them for dogs :)

Ad: Lookie here!