Schwegman In Class Writing #9

The audience of the article, "Stay Informed on Facebook's Third-Party Privacy Policies," is any Facebook user or Internet users who are concerned about their privacy. This is shown by the constant reference to our individual actions online. The article is responding to the growing population of Facebook and our decrease in caring about what we choose to show. The author scares us into believing people, a third party, is tuning into our information. The author gives us a sense of paranoria.

The author uses an extreme website to support his view. Although he believes this source is extreme and possibly untrue, he beleives this article gives a provoking thought. The article uses a rhetorical appeal, pathos, to prove his point. He shows that users continue to expose themselves in order to have social interactions. Asusers, we would rather have our personal lives out there, rather than not have a Facebook. Also, that money is more important than our privacy.

If I was writing an essay on online privacy, I would not use this article as an acceptable source. This article is too bias in showing that Facebook's privacy settings are unsafe. It only uses Facebook as an example and no other social media site. Also, the website it sites is very extreme. The author doesn't choose a median argument.

Schwegman In Class Writing #8

My top five:
1. Rugrat's in Paris
2. Britney Spears "Toxic"
3. Matrix
4. Harry Potter
5. Dodgeball

My group's top five with MLA citations:
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: A.A. Levine Books, 1998. Print.

2. The Hangover

The Hangover. Dir. Todd Phillips. Perf.  Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Legendary Pictures, 2009. Film.

3. Lord of the Rings- " The Fellowship of the Ring"

Token, J.R.R. The Fellowship of the Ring. United Kingdom: Geo. Allen & Unwin, 1954. Print.

4. The Matrix

The Matrix. Dir. Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. Perf. Keanu Reeves. Warner Bros. Pictures,        1999. Film.

5. Backstreet Boys "I Want it That Way"

Backstreet Boys. "I Want it That Way." Millenium. Jive Records, 1998. CD.

Schwegman In Class Writing #7

In this video by Glenn Beck, he explains the history of violence through visual stimulation. Beck explains how humans are conditioned not to kill naturally: we are programmed to kill and be prone to violence through advanced video games. The Pentagon created the first "video game" to get soldiers adapted to  killing enemies during WWI. Ever since that creation, killings during war time have increased dramatically. 

Beck argues that our violent tendencies are the results of pop culture's influence on us. He believes that the increasing violence shown in the media are training people to be murders. He also argues that the sex shown in these video games are changing the way we treat the opposite sex. 

This video with Glenn Beck is very informative on video game violence, but the argument Beck creates is very bias. Beck only shows the side of video games that are bad and creating murders. We all know there are two sides to every arguments and Beck failed to reinforce his argument with opposing views. I also believe that he makes a valid point that video games are being too violent, but blaming them on every murder that occurs is going too far. I believe that video games should be censored and be less violent because they are increasing violence in those who do not realize that it should not be taken as reality.

Schwegman In Class Writing #6

Part one:
My experience with online music is far below the experiences my peers hold with online music. I just downloaded my first iTunes song a Monday, while many of my peers have a whole library. I typically only use YouTube as a source of music entertainment.

Music piracy has declined in usage recently due to the shut down of Limewire, a popular music piracy site. Many people are for and against music piracy. As a college student music piracy is a cheap alternative to buying a song for a $1.29 on iTunes. Many artists and average people feel that music piracy is stealing.  I see where people get this idea. I believe music piracy is a form of stealing, but I also feel that it is completely ridiculous that a website charges $1.29 for a song. This issue has many arguments that are all valid points.

Part two:
The article I was assigned to read was, "How to Save the Music Business." The author believed that music piracy is stealing from the music business and artists. The author came up with ideas to fix the problem and also blamed web sites for causing the problem. He supported his ideas by showing how they worked in other countries. His ideas somewhat support my stance of music pirating. His ideas still make users pay for their music, but at a much lower price than sites like iTunes.

Schwegman Blog Post #6

http://www.myfakewall.com/w/Brad+Paisley+


For my "fake wall" I choose country music musician Brad Paisley. For this profile, I choose to do a mix of both advertising and real life status updates. I advertised his nominations, new song releases, and a book release. I also made it that it would be very personal. I had updates about what he did that night and also him giving a prayer to those effected by a tragic event. 

Schwegman In Class Writing #5

Boo the Dog

The dog, Boo, is selling itself as the cutest dog ever.  The dog is perceived to live a “lavish” lifestyle. It has pictures with famous people such as: George Stephanopoulos, Tory Burch, Dan Harris, and Oprah. Its information leads us to believe Boo lives a normal lifestyle as a dog though by liking to run outside and playing with other dogs. Boo’s wall-posts match its information because people post commenting on how cute Boo is and other comments about his adorable looks.

The advertising on the side of the webpage is for boots, which hints at my tendency to online shop. Other advertisements were for acne cream and to “win a Nook.” I am not too sure why I have these advertisements. These advertisements on the side are completely random, except for the ad for women’s boots. This ad definitely matches my web history from previous purchases of boots. These advertisements are mostly explicit. They say “Like this and get a free Nook” or “Stylish boots for $39.99.” All these explicit advertisements have pictures to go along with them to lure in users even more. The targeted audience seems to be younger women from the assortment of advertisements, like shoes and skin care. For me personally, these advertisements do not appeal to me because I have learned to block them out. I would never notice them unless asked to.