My Disbelief in a Certain Media Remedy

One thing that I find interesting about my personality is an occasional characteristic whereby I continually harken back to certain pieces of discussion when I engage with friends and family. On different occasions, I have inspired anger from those I speak with in such a manner. Yet, unlike what is suggested by Ott and Mack in reference to tragedy and comedy, I do not think I would gain advantageous or productive feelings from seeing a media scene bearing similitude to an aspect of my life gaining representation (269). I believe this is because several disadvantageous episodes in relation to my unapologetic and incessantly circular conversations have culminated in being characterized as annoying and personally, I find this to be a powerful affliction. As an example, I recall being infatuated with a story my cousin told me when I was younger and one day, I needed and requested every aspect of the tale and left no stone unturned in my inquiry until my cousin demonstrated her annoyance by screaming "I don't know!" I did not feel right afterwards. Thus, for me, I think that similar media illustrations would have little benefit for me except for the arising of detrimental memories (ibid 269).
                                                                           Works Cited
Ott, Brian L., and Robert L. Mack. “Ecological Analysis." Critical Media Studies:

     an Introduction. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 265-286. Print.

The Changing Operations of Life Evident in the Smart-Phones

iPhone 4s White
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Near the end of my summer vacation three years ago, I was working construction with my father and uncle. The site was in Hamilton and my father and I are from Scarborough, meaning we had no comprehension of any services close to the job. For our morning break, I wanted to get a drink from our truck but my father had locked it while the keys were simultaneously withheld in the vehicle. My uncle, being technologically advanced, utilized his iPhone to find one specializing in the unlocking procedures pertaining to vehicles. I remember asking how he would have gone about contacting the practitioner before phones were designed with internet workings. He explained that if one made a mistake analogous to my father's while away from home's vicinity, we would have had to go stores requesting a phonebook which would give the relevant phone number. This is what I thought about when I read Ott and Mack's suggestion that aspects of media are indeed housing us today (266). As was implicitly acknowledged by my uncle, the media encapsulated by the smart-phone is indeed giving forth a different operation of life for patrons of the technology (ibid 266-267). Thus, there is no ambiguity pertaining to the integral occupation of smart-phones for individuals, constituting a great weight for both our context and operation of life (ibid 266-267).

                                                                             Works Cited
Ott, Brian L., and Robert L. Mack. “Ecological Analysis." Critical Media Studies:

     an Introduction. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 265-286. Print.

“iPhone 4s White.” Web Image. Apple.com. n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2013

Why I Laughed at Fandom... Despite Participating in It

Brian L. Ott and Stephen L. Mack acknowledge that the academic investigation pertaining to fandom was started in the 1980's (249) Fandom denotes a solidified group who have an intense appreciation and feeling for some production emanating from the media (ibid 249). The forms of demonstration encapsulated by fandom are illustrated in certain activities, whether identified as distinct individual expressions pertaining to the championed work, evident in the bringing forth of unofficial


Ghostbusters Remastered Album Cover
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illustrations in connection to the text, while communal gatherings are additionally relevant (ibid 249). The infancy of the fandom investigation was involved in a context of perception whereby non-participants in the media appreciation viewed fans as illustrative of stupidity and the bizarre (ibid 249-250). This section made me remember a convention I went to last year. I went there in the hopes of finding vintage action figures, but one of my favorite instances of the day occurred as my father and I were leaving. We were going to my father's truck and we saw a man getting dressed in a Ghostbuster's ensemble. Arriving home, I told my mother and the two of us laughed at the occurrence. I am interested in this though: who was I to laugh at the impersonator? I attended this event wearing a t-shirt representative of a ninja turtle and if the impersonator was awkward, I was too. I think that I knew my mother found fandom to be ridiculous and I felt no ambiguity that she would find the story amusing. When her reaction was indicative of my expectation, despite being a participant in fandom, I laughed too. This illustrates that the outrageous perception of fandom, discernible in the investigation's infancy, is still forceful (ibid 249-250).
                                                                               Works Cited
Ghostbusters Remastered Album Cover. Arista. HMV.ca. Web. 2 Dec. 2013

Ott, L. Brian and Robert L. Mack. “Erotic Analysis. Critical Media Studies: An

            Introduction. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 240-265. Print.