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The Brain Freeze: Deja Vu

This podcast focuses on what Deja Vu is. It was created by Laura, Ben, and me. The podcast tries to give both an everyday definition of Deja Vu and a more sophisticated definition by professionals. It was very fun recording this podcast, but I believe that the revisions and editing of the podcast was the best part. I enjoyed mixing different sounds to make it sound as great as possible.

Our research topic question is "What causes Deja Vu?"

We plan to research in the internet about Deja Vu,
 and we are going interviews scholars RAs and
others to support our main question.
The format of our Podcast is that
of a radio talk show. My partners
 are Bean and Laura.

My poster’s aim is to help people get more knowledge about getting scholarships for college. Many people are not aware that they can get free money for college, and if they do, they don’t know were to find them. I showed the image of a hand with money to draw the attention of the audience. After looking at the picture, their eyes should be drawn to the words “Sign up for a scholarship today!”. If they want more information, they will be drawn to the rest of the poster. I went through four different posters before deciding on this one.

Why do we want those new Nike shoes? Why do we want to have that new game? Why do we say these slang words, act the way we do, and have these opinions on the new movie that came out? Why do we need any of these? Because they are everywhere. We all know that we are strongly influenced by the media that we see in the TV, internet, and all over the place.

The main topic most people talk about involving the influence of the Mass media is the portrayal ofideal female/male image. Many young women and teen girls face the dilemma “I am too fat”, or “I am not popular because I don’t have the right cloths”. These dilemmas can lead teenage girls to bulimia, a symptom in which people end up throwing up their food after eating, as to loose weight and be as skinny as the models. For teenage boys, the “ideal image” is a buffed up, clean-cut, tanned man. Because of this image, teenage boys are influenced to always hit the weights to gain all of that muscle.

The media has not only affected our culture, it has also affected and influenced many other cultures of the world. Young people in many countries face the dilemma, ”should I follow the ways of my people, or what I see in my TV.” Many of these young people are influenced in the way they should act, the way they should speak , and the way they should dress by both the media and their family. Unfortunately, these two influential parties do not always agree on the same thing. One such event would be Westernization, were western ideas are strongly enforced on other countries. The media has had a great part in westernization ever since it started; from newspapers to the Internet.

The following are articles written about Westernization on other cultures:

According to Michael G. Elasmar, the “US media … export[s] programming with a ‘deliberate intent to corrode traditional culture.’”

Angelina M. Campbell, from Salve Regina University “was able to witness firsthand how young Kenyan children act out scenes from American movies.”

In Zimbabwe, “western ideas and values … clashed with the Zimbabwean way of life. Such ideas include dressing, life style and in particular the theme of love contradicted with the traditional way of courting among youths.”

Fortunetly, the media helps bring a culture to better itself. According to Uttara Manohar, “The media has played a major role in positive developments like fight against racism, fight against gender bias, world poverty and spreading awareness about the world peace.”

Overall, the media has impacted almost every country that has access to it, from Zimbabwe to the U.S. The media is a big part of American culture, but it is rapidly becoming part of the cultures of the other countries. Through the media we decide on our dress code, wants, needs, and values.