kristin adamczyk
A1
1. Staying “informed” or being aware of trends, ideas, and current issues.
2. Staying connected to people outside your direct group of peers.
3. A growing business provides new jobs and a general economy boost for the area.
4. Keeps technology fast, products are readily available in a time-based world. Convenience.
5. Corporations are able to make their own decisions on business morals and ethics.
6. Established communities that gather and work together.
7. Media isn’t as corrupt as the Government (in society’s eyes)
8. Media diversity, provides an outlet for the society to be heard. Something for everyone to agree with. Options
9. “quality media” people vote with their eyes. People decide a lot of what they consume.
10. Can be used to influence positive change.
B1
1. Having “tunnel-vision” and only being aware of what the corporation wants you to be aware of.
2. Too much power results in too much control.
3. Corporations can overpower small businesses and eventually variety in product is lost.
4. Price increase based on demand.
5. Rapid consumption of natural resources
6. Neglect to environment/ animal ethics
7. A disconnect between city and suburb resulting in inner city crime, or crime that trickles down into the near by cities.
8. Dumbing down effect on society.
9. Media decides what you consume, this is your culture, this is where you get your morals. Is this really what you want your kids to see? Very animalistic. (Sex, Violence, Greed)
10. Can be too powerful to overthrow if influencing negatively.
A2
1. Fitting in, or standing out.
2. Business and being profitable is all about networking. Humans have a desire to be around other humans.
3. We are in an economic crisis, is it really because of the way we allow the media to influence our consumption?
4. We like the here and now, we don’t like to wait. We are picky and unique and want options.
5. Hopefully make good decisions that would better the world around them. Easy to get caught up in personal desires and selfishness.
6. Support groups
7. We have the right to say what we want. We have the right to pursue the truth.
8. We all have a little something different to say, unique ideas, variety in ideas.
9. I can decide to turn the TV off if you are not keeping my attention.
10. Make a difference, give a little of yourself.
B2
1. I like to know the truth, I don’t like being lied to. I feel I don’t have an accurate idea of the intentions of my government and the media.
2. A power over us: control our thoughts if they could.
3. The lose of local prosperity
4. Monopoly
5. We will run our Earth dry because of a greed and no appreciation for future generations.
6. Our planet dies around us.
7. The world around us isn’t safe anymore.
8. We stop progressing to discover new ideas and stop advancing as a race. We become easy to please and have simplified minds, like animals.
9. We stop appreciating each individual life.
10. We are no longer a Democracy.
http://www.projectcensored.org/censorship/corporate-media-ownership/
http://medialiteracy.suite101.com/article.cfm/media_consolidation_ownership
lans
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
weekly response 10
Levester Williams
ADP III
Reed Esslinger-Payet, GSI
Break Up or Make Up
A1
1. One can find the best price.
2. One can find the location of the products.
3. Corporations provide jobs.
4. Corporations stimulate the cash flow in our country.
5. Corporations provide funds for research for certain materials or medical devices or diseases that pertain to them.
6. Corporations introduce products that elevate our standard of living.
7. Corporations can educate people on certain subject that pertain to their products. For example, Kellogg’s cereal boxes have great health information.
8. Corporations are able to demystify cost, so the 4 billion that has an income of less than $2 a day can afford to buy necessities.
9. Corporations can prevent unethical practices of animals.
10. Corporations can adopt eco-friendly methods to make their products.
11. Corporations can provide significant funds to charity/scholarships.
12. Corporations established efficient productivity of manufactured goods.
13. Corporations can become establish firm bonds with other countries through their trades.
14. Corporations can establish social networking among communities.
B1.
1. Corporations may cause internal conflict within countries with the export of materials.
2. Corporations have power to censor any positive messages that may oppose them.
3. Corporations have much protection from their misdeeds.
4. Corporations are hardly punished from unethical practices.
5. Corporations caused gentrification that forced lower class citizens to move away from their homes. (mainly affecting minorities).
6. Corporations provide negative images to the viewer.
7. Corporations manipulate everyday action with a plethora of advertisements.
8. Corporations are not being forced to be fully liable for misconducts.
9. Corporations can cause conflict among countries.
10. Corporations may infest a city with crime due to urbanization and disparities between suburban and urban life.
11. Corporations may extirpate the natural resources from the environments.
12. Corporations have power to decide several governmental elections for the benefit of them and not for society.
13. Corporations have more power than an individual.
14. Corporations can outcompete small businesses.
15. Corporations raise prices of products to maximize their benefits.
A2.
1. Due to a multitude of corporations in one sector, people are allow to vote for what products is the best with their dollars and able to support a corporation.
2. Due to the widespread of corporations, people now have accessibility to many products where, as the south in the pre-Great Depression, did not have much accessibility.
3. Corporations can contribute to the elevation of the standard living by advancing their products.
4. With the starting of corporations, many jobs become available within the community; thus, it promotes its growth.
5. Corporations can provide funds to many outreach programs, charities, non-profit organization, and scholarship to enhance the lives of the citizens.
6. Corporations may play an educational role when they establish educational program or incorporate information on their products.
7. Corporations’ purpose may to maintain a social value instead of trying to maximize their products.
8. Corporations can become a role model to influence people to be more eco-friendly.
9. Corporations have influential power of creating bonds with other countries through trades; thus, country relations prosper.
10. Corporations are able to meet the demand of the customers with effective productivity.
B2.
1. With corporate leaders being some of the wealthiest people in the world, they have much influence in politics. This may lead them to influence the political leaders to take action. For example, I strongly speculate that the leaders of the oil companies wanted Pres. George Bush to go to the Middle East to control the oil.
2. With media being actually catered to the corporations, many messages are omitted that may oppose the company; thus, there is a limit of what people say on the air without the regards of vulgarity.
3. Due to their alliances with international organizations, corporations have much protection. Therefore, they may be able allowed not to be responsible for some of their unethical acts.
4. When corporations move into a city, they tend to inhabit lands that lower class citizen may live in. Thus, these citizens are moved to live closer together.
5. Since corporate literally runs the media, they can control the material; thus, negative images are having the affect on people’s self-image.
6. Corporations, due to the extraction of certain materials, are causing internal warfare in developing countries.
7. The establishment of a corporation in a community lead to more people moving in suburbs, yet creating a bigger disparities within lower class communities; thus, crime may burgeon.
8. Corporation may rid all resources from an environment; thus, this will disturb the ecological balance within the biota.
9. Corporations have substantial influence on election since they want a candidate that will support their company; thus, they may be the deciding winning vote.
10. I feel sometimes that the prices of products are overpriced. Corporations have the funds to demystify their cost to meet the needs of people.
Most corporations’ goal is to maximize their profit. With this capitalistic idea, they try to create a culture that comes from top-down (Lasn 189). Therefore, there is much limit from what the individual could demonstrate to the corporations. The citizen now is a cult member who has less to contribute to his own lifestyle beyond what is provided for him through corporation (Lasn 53) Our actions seem to support the corporation since we constantly indulge into their advertisement. I have personally been a victim to this since I don’t question any products and the company of it. I simply consume it without knowing it may be connected to some genocide in a developing country. We buy products from corporations not knowing the ultimate price for buying them since corporations will not inform us about the consequences.
Works Cited
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America. New York: Eagle Brook, 1999. Print.
ADP III
Reed Esslinger-Payet, GSI
Break Up or Make Up
A1
1. One can find the best price.
2. One can find the location of the products.
3. Corporations provide jobs.
4. Corporations stimulate the cash flow in our country.
5. Corporations provide funds for research for certain materials or medical devices or diseases that pertain to them.
6. Corporations introduce products that elevate our standard of living.
7. Corporations can educate people on certain subject that pertain to their products. For example, Kellogg’s cereal boxes have great health information.
8. Corporations are able to demystify cost, so the 4 billion that has an income of less than $2 a day can afford to buy necessities.
9. Corporations can prevent unethical practices of animals.
10. Corporations can adopt eco-friendly methods to make their products.
11. Corporations can provide significant funds to charity/scholarships.
12. Corporations established efficient productivity of manufactured goods.
13. Corporations can become establish firm bonds with other countries through their trades.
14. Corporations can establish social networking among communities.
B1.
1. Corporations may cause internal conflict within countries with the export of materials.
2. Corporations have power to censor any positive messages that may oppose them.
3. Corporations have much protection from their misdeeds.
4. Corporations are hardly punished from unethical practices.
5. Corporations caused gentrification that forced lower class citizens to move away from their homes. (mainly affecting minorities).
6. Corporations provide negative images to the viewer.
7. Corporations manipulate everyday action with a plethora of advertisements.
8. Corporations are not being forced to be fully liable for misconducts.
9. Corporations can cause conflict among countries.
10. Corporations may infest a city with crime due to urbanization and disparities between suburban and urban life.
11. Corporations may extirpate the natural resources from the environments.
12. Corporations have power to decide several governmental elections for the benefit of them and not for society.
13. Corporations have more power than an individual.
14. Corporations can outcompete small businesses.
15. Corporations raise prices of products to maximize their benefits.
A2.
1. Due to a multitude of corporations in one sector, people are allow to vote for what products is the best with their dollars and able to support a corporation.
2. Due to the widespread of corporations, people now have accessibility to many products where, as the south in the pre-Great Depression, did not have much accessibility.
3. Corporations can contribute to the elevation of the standard living by advancing their products.
4. With the starting of corporations, many jobs become available within the community; thus, it promotes its growth.
5. Corporations can provide funds to many outreach programs, charities, non-profit organization, and scholarship to enhance the lives of the citizens.
6. Corporations may play an educational role when they establish educational program or incorporate information on their products.
7. Corporations’ purpose may to maintain a social value instead of trying to maximize their products.
8. Corporations can become a role model to influence people to be more eco-friendly.
9. Corporations have influential power of creating bonds with other countries through trades; thus, country relations prosper.
10. Corporations are able to meet the demand of the customers with effective productivity.
B2.
1. With corporate leaders being some of the wealthiest people in the world, they have much influence in politics. This may lead them to influence the political leaders to take action. For example, I strongly speculate that the leaders of the oil companies wanted Pres. George Bush to go to the Middle East to control the oil.
2. With media being actually catered to the corporations, many messages are omitted that may oppose the company; thus, there is a limit of what people say on the air without the regards of vulgarity.
3. Due to their alliances with international organizations, corporations have much protection. Therefore, they may be able allowed not to be responsible for some of their unethical acts.
4. When corporations move into a city, they tend to inhabit lands that lower class citizen may live in. Thus, these citizens are moved to live closer together.
5. Since corporate literally runs the media, they can control the material; thus, negative images are having the affect on people’s self-image.
6. Corporations, due to the extraction of certain materials, are causing internal warfare in developing countries.
7. The establishment of a corporation in a community lead to more people moving in suburbs, yet creating a bigger disparities within lower class communities; thus, crime may burgeon.
8. Corporation may rid all resources from an environment; thus, this will disturb the ecological balance within the biota.
9. Corporations have substantial influence on election since they want a candidate that will support their company; thus, they may be the deciding winning vote.
10. I feel sometimes that the prices of products are overpriced. Corporations have the funds to demystify their cost to meet the needs of people.
Most corporations’ goal is to maximize their profit. With this capitalistic idea, they try to create a culture that comes from top-down (Lasn 189). Therefore, there is much limit from what the individual could demonstrate to the corporations. The citizen now is a cult member who has less to contribute to his own lifestyle beyond what is provided for him through corporation (Lasn 53) Our actions seem to support the corporation since we constantly indulge into their advertisement. I have personally been a victim to this since I don’t question any products and the company of it. I simply consume it without knowing it may be connected to some genocide in a developing country. We buy products from corporations not knowing the ultimate price for buying them since corporations will not inform us about the consequences.
Works Cited
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America. New York: Eagle Brook, 1999. Print.
Monday, November 23, 2009
World Changing #5
With the rise of the Internet, television and computer and video games, the wonderful world of literature is gradually taking a backseat with new generations. People yearn for a full sensory experience now, which is more available through new technologies. With that, however, the use and promotion of imagination and creative processes are lost.
In the highly populated Mexico City, a program has been established where books are being given out for free on the subway. It encourages reading in an area where computers and televisions are as accessible, which allows people to give literature a chance, with no cost to them. The contributing authors were paid approximately $300, and the opportunity to promote their work. “The program gets books into the hands of those Mexicans who can’t normally afford to buy them. And transit officials also hope that crime in the system might decrease if crooks are busy reading rather than picking the pockets of fellow riders” (Steffen 285-286). Essentially, the program provides education, promotion of literature in a time of higher technological entertainment, and safety for citizens.
Steffen, Alex. World Changing: A User's Guide For the 21st
Century. New York, NY: Abrams, 2008. Print.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
WR Prompt 10: break up or make up?
For this post I want you to brainstorm 4 lists:
The first two are simply a honest, contemplative, and thorough list of the advantages and disadvantages of the role of the "corporate media" in our personal lives/ society at large. It's like when you know you have to break up with your boyfriend/ girlfriend but aren't sure why:) Minimum 10 each, maximum ??? This doesn't have to be complete sentences (unless it's necessary to explain nuances) but can be an itemized list.
A1- PROs
B1- CONs
Discuss your associations & the (direct and indirect) ramifications you see in each item of both lists.
This can be a list of various elements: associations (metaphors or more literal connections), emotional responses (rage/ indifference/ satisfaction, etc.), and a full consideration of the consequences (self-image, financial empowerment, exploitation,
A2- Associations & ramifications (direct and indirect) of the PROs
B2- Associations & ramifications (direct and indirect) of the CONs
You have plenty of ammunition supplied by Lasn and our discussions (albeit mostly on the negative side). Watching "The Corporation" will supply you with more. I want you to draw from these sources, (putting Lasn or whatever other source you reference in parentheses next to items that are direct references to his terminology- i.e. if you mention "infotoxins" or "jolts"), but ultimately these lists will reflect your take on the role of the corporate media in your lives. Write a section at the end summing up your conclusions. You might be leaning towards one bias or another, or maybe it's a mixed picture where you're split. Explain what going through this list/association made you think of; how did it solidify or destabilize your opinion of the corporation? Do you need to need to let him go or are you still in love? Or are there serious changes that need to happen to ensure trust and sustainability? enough with the relationship metaphor... go for it!
http://www.thecorporation.com/
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jenny's World Changing Responses 6 + 7
Giving Well
“Before most of us learned to talk, we learned to share.” This is definitely true. One of the first things we were learning is to share with friends or siblings. This principle completely applies to the cycle of global giving. Enabling philanthropy is an action that is extremely important. Small amounts of money given to causes that need them the most, and that they can be put to the best use. A few things are important with giving money. That the money goes directly to the cause you are donating to, that you give enough money to make an impact, and that the gift can expand itself contributing to a cycle. Though everyone believes that you can’t go wrong by giving, that isn’t the case. You can go wrong. If your money is misused, or not given to the cause it was set out to, or if it is not impacting the cause enough, it may not have been the best investment. I think it is important to be aware of the cause you are supporting. For instance, if you are donating to families in developing countries, your money should be going to them, so that they can use it to expand. Not to a foundation who gives a certain percent to them. There are so many causes that desperately need charity that misusing your money could lead to disaster. Philanthropy is extremely important tot making our goals to change the world work. Without donations, it couldn’t happen, but with these donations comes a responsibility to be aware and involved. Writing a blank check is great and all, but it isn’t so great if your money is being given away without any heart. Caring is also a key to donating.
Amplifying your voice
“Change begins when people speak up.” Without the opinions of our generation, progression is not going to occur. “Speaking up” can occur in many different forms. Blogging, Zines, the Internet, text messages. Each bit of action can make a difference. “Bridge blogging” is writing online for an audience beyond the immediate community, making an impact beyond just our community. Our voices need to be heard in larger communities for movements to happen. We may speak out among our peers, but it is important for our peers to spread a message. Examples are Ohmynews.com, which is a compilation of professional and volunteer reporters who cover current events. This way, there is a viewpoint of a professional, but also of someone who speaks for the masses. Though this movement is something that has been worked on by professionals and adults for years, we are the generation that is going to have to carry it on and continue. In order to change our world, we need to come up with a means to speak to our community. These methods are great at doing so. Can we come up with more to speak to a larger community? That’s our current challenge.
Weekly Response #9
Yu-Jen(Chris),Tsai
ADP 3
Discussion 005
Weekly Response #9
One of the acts in the Spring chapter in Culture Jam that I disagree with and at the same time feeling impractical would be the part where Lasn talks about the definition of the word “cool”(113). Even though Lasn’s main point and opinion in this book is obviously somehow warning the society about the huge corporations, which he define as something harmful and evil to the human world; in my point of view, several beliefs of his are still too judgmental. For an instance, in the first paragraph of the section when the author wrote that the marketers or the corporations got hold of it and reverse the word “cool’s” meaning and by the end of the passage, Lasn refer the phenomenon as poison to our society today by calling the word “cool” as opiate. Of course there are some products or any kind of material objects that are overhyped; however, we need to think about why do certain companies have the ability to grab the consumers’ attention–– quality for one. It’s just like the idea of any type of designers in today’s world; the main objective of a good design is “mass produce”. Famous Australian product designer Marc Newson said that a good design should in fact cost less instead of overpricing them during an interview in the famous documentary about design released couple months ago called Objectified. And so it is not the corporation’s fault since they simply want to make their product better. On the other hand, those companies that started off with fairly well designed and manufactured product and ultimately slacking would not have the slim chance of surviving in the competition.
Other Lasn’s revolution idea that I found could be practical enough or at least for the greater good to our world would be the MEME Wars section where Lasn listed out “five of the most potent metamemes currently in the culture jammer’s arsenal.” The last of the five is called Media Carta would be the most efficient out of the five due to the power of communication mediums in terms of today’s technology.
To finish it up, I would just like to bring up the idea of the relationship between the consumers and the corporations or companies. It is natural that people tend to have the urge of owing new things, which is what keep the corporations and designers operating and coming up with new ideas. However, in order to achieve Lasn’s ideal world, we, as consumers, will have to start from the beginning; it’s going to be time consuming. I think that to get to that point we will have to wait for a new generation and start from them to change the wide definition of the word “need” and “cool”. The new designers from our generation would be the only solution to change the relationship.
Work Cited :
Objectified (2009) Documentary-
Director:
Gary Hustwit
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America
ADP 3
Discussion 005
Weekly Response #9
One of the acts in the Spring chapter in Culture Jam that I disagree with and at the same time feeling impractical would be the part where Lasn talks about the definition of the word “cool”(113). Even though Lasn’s main point and opinion in this book is obviously somehow warning the society about the huge corporations, which he define as something harmful and evil to the human world; in my point of view, several beliefs of his are still too judgmental. For an instance, in the first paragraph of the section when the author wrote that the marketers or the corporations got hold of it and reverse the word “cool’s” meaning and by the end of the passage, Lasn refer the phenomenon as poison to our society today by calling the word “cool” as opiate. Of course there are some products or any kind of material objects that are overhyped; however, we need to think about why do certain companies have the ability to grab the consumers’ attention–– quality for one. It’s just like the idea of any type of designers in today’s world; the main objective of a good design is “mass produce”. Famous Australian product designer Marc Newson said that a good design should in fact cost less instead of overpricing them during an interview in the famous documentary about design released couple months ago called Objectified. And so it is not the corporation’s fault since they simply want to make their product better. On the other hand, those companies that started off with fairly well designed and manufactured product and ultimately slacking would not have the slim chance of surviving in the competition.
Other Lasn’s revolution idea that I found could be practical enough or at least for the greater good to our world would be the MEME Wars section where Lasn listed out “five of the most potent metamemes currently in the culture jammer’s arsenal.” The last of the five is called Media Carta would be the most efficient out of the five due to the power of communication mediums in terms of today’s technology.
To finish it up, I would just like to bring up the idea of the relationship between the consumers and the corporations or companies. It is natural that people tend to have the urge of owing new things, which is what keep the corporations and designers operating and coming up with new ideas. However, in order to achieve Lasn’s ideal world, we, as consumers, will have to start from the beginning; it’s going to be time consuming. I think that to get to that point we will have to wait for a new generation and start from them to change the wide definition of the word “need” and “cool”. The new designers from our generation would be the only solution to change the relationship.
Work Cited :
Objectified (2009) Documentary-
Director:
Gary Hustwit
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Weekly Response 9
Levester Williams
Reed Esslinger-Payet, GSI
Art-Design 250
Your Authentic Act
We Americans have become sequacious; our choices are no longer “the products of [our] own will” (Lasn 40). Moreover, we are ultimately being controlled by a corporate state that infiltrate and saturate our lifestyle with capitalist ideals of lethal consumption (Lasn 69). This mindset that has been interwoven in lives has detrimental effects on us individually—such as body image, dietary issues, etc.—as well as collectively via the destruction of our environment. For example, Diamond mentions how China is striding to live the lifestyles of a First World country (Diamond 372). Yet, with such a large population, China’s environmental problems run on a gamut from air pollution to human-induced natural disasters (Diamond 358).
Lasn asserts that we must not tolerate degradation from our consumerist culture, but detourns the American dream (Lasn 168). He states that we do this by creating a “spectacle of modern life” by creating unusual disruptions in our daily routines (Lasn 101). Some actions seem so radical or rude that I question its effectiveness to promote a radical change to our culture while others are quite reasonable.
One of the action Lasn listed to start such revolution to our culture is to have rage toward corporate salesman (and similar careers). Having rage not only creates friction with the person who you are interacting with, but it creates friction with how people view you. For example, to be rude to a salesman because he has a job from a corporation one despises is futile. People will probably characterize you as a pugnacious dogmatist. That person is directing his rage and energy at the wrong individual. Balaguer, the president of Dominican Republic several times, directed his rage towards the ones who was directly responsible for the environmental degradation, such as loggers and politicians (Diamond 343); thus, it was effective. He didn’t direct his rage only to the individual that work at sawmills, but at the corporations and the powerful figures who supported them.
I agree that reframing the debate does start a change. Lasn, in the “Reframe Rebate” section, says one do this by stating and acting as a concerned citizen when one is rallying against a corporation. By shifting yourselves from a protester to a citizen, others in the community are able to become more aroused to support the issue. For example, I remember when I wanted to participate in the cleanup of my hometown. The main message that facilitated me in this decision was a sign that simply said “This Is Your Community.” Knowing that I was part of that community, I had a responsibility to participate in the county-wide cleanup day. Everyone identifies oneselves as a citizen who belong to a community. However, not only would want to be identify as a protester due to it stigma.
I believe that the revolutionary actions are successful at some level. Lasn mentions how a judge, acting as a private citizen, dissolved five tobacco companies since they have broken state child-abuse laws (Lasn 161). This informs us that the individual create a change within their community. With this, I could act spontaneously against cigarettes being smoked in public. One way is to support the smoke-free campus proposal. If people complain that it isn’t fair that they can’t smoke on campus, I will exclaim that it is fair that people can receive lung cancer from someone else’s action.
Works Cited
Diamond, Jared M. Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking, 2005. Print.
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America. New York: Eagle Brook, 1999. Print.
Reed Esslinger-Payet, GSI
Art-Design 250
Your Authentic Act
We Americans have become sequacious; our choices are no longer “the products of [our] own will” (Lasn 40). Moreover, we are ultimately being controlled by a corporate state that infiltrate and saturate our lifestyle with capitalist ideals of lethal consumption (Lasn 69). This mindset that has been interwoven in lives has detrimental effects on us individually—such as body image, dietary issues, etc.—as well as collectively via the destruction of our environment. For example, Diamond mentions how China is striding to live the lifestyles of a First World country (Diamond 372). Yet, with such a large population, China’s environmental problems run on a gamut from air pollution to human-induced natural disasters (Diamond 358).
Lasn asserts that we must not tolerate degradation from our consumerist culture, but detourns the American dream (Lasn 168). He states that we do this by creating a “spectacle of modern life” by creating unusual disruptions in our daily routines (Lasn 101). Some actions seem so radical or rude that I question its effectiveness to promote a radical change to our culture while others are quite reasonable.
One of the action Lasn listed to start such revolution to our culture is to have rage toward corporate salesman (and similar careers). Having rage not only creates friction with the person who you are interacting with, but it creates friction with how people view you. For example, to be rude to a salesman because he has a job from a corporation one despises is futile. People will probably characterize you as a pugnacious dogmatist. That person is directing his rage and energy at the wrong individual. Balaguer, the president of Dominican Republic several times, directed his rage towards the ones who was directly responsible for the environmental degradation, such as loggers and politicians (Diamond 343); thus, it was effective. He didn’t direct his rage only to the individual that work at sawmills, but at the corporations and the powerful figures who supported them.
I agree that reframing the debate does start a change. Lasn, in the “Reframe Rebate” section, says one do this by stating and acting as a concerned citizen when one is rallying against a corporation. By shifting yourselves from a protester to a citizen, others in the community are able to become more aroused to support the issue. For example, I remember when I wanted to participate in the cleanup of my hometown. The main message that facilitated me in this decision was a sign that simply said “This Is Your Community.” Knowing that I was part of that community, I had a responsibility to participate in the county-wide cleanup day. Everyone identifies oneselves as a citizen who belong to a community. However, not only would want to be identify as a protester due to it stigma.
I believe that the revolutionary actions are successful at some level. Lasn mentions how a judge, acting as a private citizen, dissolved five tobacco companies since they have broken state child-abuse laws (Lasn 161). This informs us that the individual create a change within their community. With this, I could act spontaneously against cigarettes being smoked in public. One way is to support the smoke-free campus proposal. If people complain that it isn’t fair that they can’t smoke on campus, I will exclaim that it is fair that people can receive lung cancer from someone else’s action.
Works Cited
Diamond, Jared M. Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking, 2005. Print.
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America. New York: Eagle Brook, 1999. Print.
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