Independent Post #1: Kamicon

Not this weekend, but next weekend, I will be setting sail toward Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Is it because of my love of the Crimson Tide? Heck no! (GO DAWGS) It is because of the 4th Annual Kamicon convention. What is Kamicon, you ask? It is the equivalent of Comic-con in San Diego, except it isn't limited to only comic books. You are encouraged to come to Kamicon and chat and hang out with fellow lovers of...well anything nerdy. (comic books, animes, video games, exec.) A good friend of mine is going to be selling her art at the convention, so I am going to support her. This is my first time and I am really excited about it...I didn't even know it existed until about a month ago. Why did I bring this up? The answer is simple, every that this event is celebrating is about...that's right, MASS MEDIA! Even though this is a celebration of nerdism, it all comes from some source of media: books, television, movies, games...and that's why it's so cool to me! Everyone who lays eyes on this post has seen something from some sort of media and said, "Man, I wish I could (do / be like) that" but you where too afraid to because of what people might say. Well, this is the chance, dress how you wanna and act how you wanna without the fear of prying judging eyes. I'm am gonna let my inner nerd out as you can see at the bottom, my friend is even going as the pyramid head from the silent hill games...(I hope he can pull it off). But in any case, I am very excited about next weekend, and I thought it would make a good example of how Mass Media plays a role in my life. Thank you for reading! :-)

My definition of Mass Media

Mass Media is a difficult concept to explain. However, my idea of Mass Media is anything made by someone or a group of people to either persuade or entertain the public. Examples of this can be seen everywhere, when you turn on the television you find tv programs meant to entertain you mixed in with commercials meant to persuade you to buy their product. Radios have radio shows and music to help us get through our day, but they still have commercials as well. It is not as black and white as I am making out to be. In one way or another, everything in the media is meant to persuade and change us. For example, while we watch our television programs, we fall victim to product placement and other types of sneeky advertising. Companies do this because they know the population wants to be like what they see on tv. In the end Mass Media can be a good thing, it can help us relax after a hard day at work or make us laugh when we are feeling down. We just have to remember to be independent and not copy everything we see in the media...because not all of it is good.

Self introduction

My name is Johnathan Best. I am a sophmore at Itawamba Community College. This is going to be my favorite semester of classes by far. I enjoy meeting people and doing things out of the ordinary. I just started a vlog the week before this class started. It is totally random, but it helps me pass the time. I find it kind of funny that I have a blog and a vlog now. Anyways, if anyone wants to see it, it's at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETvkxGnDdI. I look forward to being in intro to mass comm because I love to make movies (espicialy comedies), and I want to be a radio dj someday...so this class is right up my alley. Lastly if anyone wants to see any of the movies I've made they are on youtube under the channel the300strip. Thank you for reading.