Reflective Essay, Media Analysis

Whilst on shift one day I needed to ask my key resident Mr H what clothes he wanted to wear for that day. Mr H is very hard of hearing but refuses to wear a hearing aid as he states they make his ears sore. Mr H has no speech difficulties.

English Composition I has developed my style of writing and my skills analyzing and researching topics to write a piece about a topic. Throughout the course, I got better at analyzing articles and pieces to get the meaning of the topic. With that improved skill I was more able to use the information given from the text and install it into my essays, with proper citation if needed. Before taking the English Composition course, I was not one to organize my essays in an ordeal order to clearly state the point of the work. Now with taking the course, I have learned to organize my essays, examine research for a topic, and develop an essay with proper mechanics, and revising skills. In writing my personal, review, analytical, and cultural

Media Analysis ‘Media’ is the plural of the word ‘medium’, which often refers to different ways of communicating with other people; if the target is a large number of people, then it is called ‘mass media’. There are many types of media, such as TV, radio, films, newspaper, Internet etc. The main purpose of media is to entertain; however they can also be used to persuade, inform, explain and advice. Media can be very powerful; therefore people are influenced and affected by them.

In conclusion, I recommend taking a composition class because it gave me confidence in my writing skills. I really dislike writing but this class has helped me improve. After taking this class you’ll think that writing papers are a piece of

mid-twentieth century marked and evolution in the field of communication. It was an era when televisions were introduced. They formed a major source of entertainment, news and advertising. Advancements have been made in the field of communication and have resulted to varying and significant changes that have brought magnificent impacts that are witnessed today. Mass media and communication entails diversified media technologies. The technologies are purposed to reach large audience who are the mass. There are various types of technologies through which communication takes place. There are those technologies that transmit their information electronically such as radio, recorded music, film, and television. There is also the print media which involves the use of objects such as newspaper, book, comics and pamphlet to communicate. The other type of media is the outdoor media; such media comprises of the billboards, placards, and signs. In the cases of the public speaking and events, they are also termed as social media. In the recent years, the new digital technologies have caused significant changes in information communication and distribution. The digital media is the most current form of social media; it comprises the internet and the mobile mass communication. The internet media consist of services such as email, websites, and blogs, and there are also television and radio internet-based services. There are also many mass media outlets that have a presence on the web. For

An essay is a great way to express your knowledge in a topic and also learn new skills involving reading and writing. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses when it comes to writing. To turn those weaknesses into strengths, I have practiced my writing and took the advice given by my peers and professor. Throughout this course, I have overcome many of my writing weaknesses such as citations, thesis statements, and transitions. Although there are still skills to improve upon, I have improved these skills by taking my time with each essay, proofreading them thoroughly, and reflecting on my work when finished.

Have you ever have had challenges while writing a paper for your teachers. Well throughout my first semester I was looking forward to learning how to write a paper without using incorrect grammar and run on sentences. In Composition I there were easy times and difficult times when I was going to give up. But I was consistence went to the teacher getting help when I did not understand the instructions. Also then there was times when the teacher was busy; so I received assistance from the other classmates.

Writing is something everyone has to do. It is needed in every field, no matter what job you end up with. It can be simple emails to complex lab research papers. Therefore, learning to write correctly is important. It is important to know based on the audience that it will change the way you write and what type of writing you will need to do. In English composition, this semester we worked on this quite a bit. Although, there are some areas in which I improved; there are still other areas in which I need to continue to improve in and have trouble writing as well. Therefore, I will cover some aspects of writing and what I need to improve in my own writing.

Going into Composition 1, I was quite intimidated. I do not consider myself as an advanced writer. Growing up spelling was my worst subject therefore English was always hard for me. This resulted in my lack of skills in writing. Sentence structure is also a weak point for me. Even with not having the skills to be a great writer, I do believe I have some strong points. I can read something and evaluate it. Also I have been able to do my research for a proficient research paper. When it comes to writing a paper I am exceptionally good at format. After making it through Composition 1 I have to say I have learned a great amount of information on how to be a better writer. I am now able to have more of a sentence variety in my writing and my punctuation has improved. Even after spending the last 15 weeks in my Composition class, I still have some areas I need to work on. I am the world’s worst at not re-reading my papers enough. This leads to not catching all the minor errors such as run-ons, fragments, and mechanics. Run-ons are still a major problem for me. Having a good teacher that can explain in simple terms on what I needed to improve on helped. I know feel confident when I turn in a paper and do not dread writing them.

Throughout composition 1 I learned numerous things that I never thought about before. You never consider yourself a decent writer until a teacher tells you your papers have improved. I never was a fan of writing as much so I believe if I wanted to write papers I would do better. I have improved my writing skills this semester for writing papers extremely. My papers used have several problems with them, but as I went through the class it became easier to write papers a lot better.

All things detrimental to our health should carry warning labels, including pictures. Media images manipulated with photoshop are permitted to create the ideal person by setting unattainable goals which leads to the debate of, should photoshopped images be marked with a label? This controversy is causing impossible standards of beauty to be set because people do not realize they are being manipulated by digitally altered images in the media. Companies obviously want to make their products as appealing as they possibly can by retouching ads and pictures but this leads to unreal expectations. Individuals already greatly influenced by society, start to develop unhealthy eating patterns, esteem issues, and false hopes.

Life has changed dramatically over the last century because of the progression of media technology. The ones that I will be talking about is radio, television, computers, and the internet.

The opening keynote address at the 2015 Reformation Project Conference was given by Nicole Garcia, a transgender Latina Lutheran pastor who is also a nationally certified counselor specializing in gender identity. In her talk she shared some of her background, including her position as a former law enforcement officer, her decision to quit law enforcement and pursue counseling, and her journey to the ELCA seminary to become ordained in the Lutheran church. In order to bring attention to the violence displayed towards transgender people, calling the audience to compassion, she presented throughout her address photographs of 23 transgender people who had been killed that year, explaining that one of those pictures was taken by a surveillance camera of a 66 year old newly uncloseted transgender woman only moments before she was killed. Garcia posited that this picture was likely the only picture of this transgender woman being her true self.

     In the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape, mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in attempts to explain the motivational factors behind his murderous escapades. However, the strongest and most feasible of these theories came not from the psychologists, but from the man himself, "as a teenager, my buddies and I would all sneak around and watch porn. As I grew

JL MC 477 has influenced my thoughts and perspectives of how the media represents diverse cultures, ethnicities, social classes, and even gender. This course has helped me clarify how and why the media identifies each group with their own stereotype or portrayal. Before the course, I had a general idea of what the media portrayed specific groups as, but now I am able to understand deeper because this course enhanced my thinking and analysis of each one. I have become aware that many of the portrayals of these groups from the media reflect reality.