One concept, or ethics concern, I came across during this class (Intro to Media JMC-1013-020) was that of small-town pastoralism. The concept of small-town pastoralism is that people who live in lower-population towns are nicer than people who live in big cities, or that people who live in middle America are truer Americans. Basically, those …
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Why I chose Advertising
I chose to go into advertising, without being fully committed, because of the creativity aspect and broad range of job options. In High School, I completed multiple graphic design classes, as well as marketing and business classes as well. I feel like advertising gives a good platform to work in the business world but allows …
Top 10 Halloween Candies for Trick-Or-Treaters
10. Hersheys Bar While many would consider the Hersheys Bar a Halloween staple and a classic candy, it is boring. Just plain chocolate is a necessity for any Trick-or-Treater, but the plain bar does not deserve to be any higher. 9. Hershey Kisses Hershey Kisses, although just plain chocolate like the bar, deserve a spot …
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Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer is a story about the fascinating life of Chris McCandless. A young man, fresh off of receiving a college degree, decides to abandon ordinary society and try a life on the road and in the Alaskan wilderness. Although I would have never read this story if not assigned to …
OU Campus Issue
A reoccurring problem I run into on campus is with the dining hours. As someone who lives in Headington Hall, I have Wagner Dining Hall on the first level of my building. While this is easy access for me, dining hours close for lunch at 2pm, and reopen 4:30-8pm for dinner hours. While these are …
Inspirational Film Director – Quentin Tarantino
cover image from: Westbrook, Caroline. “Quentin Tarantino Has Been Massively Snubbed at the Oscars.” Metro, 14 Jan. 2016, metro.co.uk/2016/01/14/quentin-tarantino-massively-snubbed-at-the-oscars-as-the-hateful-eight-misses-out-on-major-categories-5623166/. As the world continues to become more and more digital, the number of media content our societies intake of media becomes more and more electronic than print. In a 2023 article from statista.com titled “Media usage in …
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