Blog #2

When reading Culture Jam one thing that caught my attention is Kalle Lasn’s use of fear mongering. While he tries to convey the message that corporations are evil and that advertisers manipulate us from an early age, Lasn himself uses these same tactics on us. He compares our sense of security regarding the brands we wear to “The way prostitutes derive a sense of security from their pimps”(76). While I don’t have any knowledge of a prostitute’s relationship with their pimp, I do know that the use fear is becoming a main way of getting someone's attention. Everyday the news starts of with the same stories: murders, robberies, and recently violent protests. Even in watching Second Skin, I feel that the typical viewer sees these gamers and thinks “I play video games but I don’t want to play for 12-18 hours daily because that would make me a loser”. No I’m not a gamer, but whose to say that their video game playing is out of the ordinary, all their doing is taking an activity that is widely popular and "consuming" it in massive quantities. In our society the use of fear, for some reason, is becoming the primary way of getting a person to actually listen to what we have to say.

Introduction

My name is Aaron Matamoros and I am a sophomore here at ship. I am a management major and plan on having an emphasis in international management. I live in Reading, which is fourty minutes away from Philly, though I am originally from Coney Island. I am an overall New York sports fan and I enjoy both watching and playing soccer. My favorite genre of movies is comedy, some of my favorites include: Walk Hard, Get Him to the Greek, and Money Talks. As far as music goes, the music I listen to really depends on the mood that I am in.

The reason I chose this class is to learn how to analyze literature in ways that I have never done before. Perhaps if I know what to look for in a novel or even poetry I can take up a genuine interest in literature.