CPCF 1F25- Blog Response 4

For this response we were to take a look at our classmates blogs and see what they had to say in regards to satirical news shows and whether or not they can be viewed as a legitimate source of culture jamming or not. Upon reading what my classmates had to say it in regards to satirical news shows being a source of culture jamming, I could see that many of them had agreed that shows such as “The Daily Show” or “The Colbert Report” were legitimate sources of culture jamming. Some even agreed with my opinion on them using sarcasm as a means of conveying their message without being serious, one student even stated “I liken it to a more professional and adult way of being sarcastic in order to make a point: the message is there!”(http://veronicatmeow.blogspot.ca/) I feel this is very important because some people don’t think that these shows are trying to accomplish something but in reality they do have a message they’re trying to convey it’s just masked by the sarcasm that they use when addressing the issue.

There were also fellow classmates who believed that these news shows could also be considered as legitimate news sources as well and not just a means of entertainment. One classmate even states “Programs like these make the news interesting while not always true they get us hooked and when something happens in the world we look to these shows to cut the tension. They are useful to the public because it provides information in a comical way.” (http://weskewley.blogspot.ca/) I can agree with this statement here, while not everything that is shown on these ‘news’ shows is true when it comes to political news they definitely have the right idea by providing the important information while also making it seem a lot less serious and much easier to get handle on as opposed to traditional news pieces.

It was nice to see the many opinions my classmates had about the whether or not these shows could be considered mainstream sources of culture jamming or not, or whether or not these shows could even be considered as a legitimate sources of news.  One-student sums it up pretty well I find and he goes to say, “Despite how silly they can be sometimes, that silliness is derived from truth. I would argue that they can be quite effective in challenging our perceptions and even the current state of the world.” (http://mikereidyes.blogspot.ca/) . I feel like this thought here is very true, these news shows can get you thinking and digging for more answers pushing you to go look for more information to further your knowledge on the topic in question.

1F25- Is the fake news the real news?

In this weeks post we were asked to look at satirical news shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and whether or not these shows could be considered forms of culture jamming.  The concept of culture jamming was completely foreign to me until reading chapter 14 where I learned what it was, with the knowledge that I have gained in order to prep for this post I feel like I can agree with saying that satirical news shows are a legitimate form of culture jamming.

These types of shows use satire as main method of delivering a message to their viewers.  This is generally done in regards to political issues that are presently relevant ranging anywhere from same-sex marriage laws, healthcare discussion, elections etc.  They approach each situation in a professional matter while still using sarcasm to get their point and message across. O’Shaughnessy and Sadler state “It is the form of communication, as well as the content of individual messages, that makes culture jamming subversive.” (O’Shaughnessy, M., & Stadler, J.,

p.216). 

I personally feel that satirical news shows such as The Daily Show are legitimate forms of culture jamming.  They take the news provide by major media sources such as FOX or CNN and then twist it around to make their point using satire. Doing this keeps the viewing audience entertained and interested, and as stated in the text using sarcasm and satire can “be used simply to be clever or funny, without a political or critical motive.” (O’Shaughnessy, M., & Stadler, J., p.214) . These shows mainly aim to keep people entertained while also providing them news coverage that they otherwise may not get from any other source, especially with younger viewers who may not be interested in following mainstream news as they find it boring.

Overall I feel like satirical news shows hold their own in terms of culture jamming as well as providing news coverage.  They use their satire in order to get a point across to their viewers isn’t just for entertainment, they do have a motive behind what it is that they are putting out.

CPCF1F25 Blog Response #3

In this weeks blog response I will be going over what my fellow classmates wrote in their blogs in regards to advertising and being interpellated or hailed by those who create these advertisements. Now as it obvious to see I of course did not submit an entry for this topic in question which makes it somewhat awkward to do but nonetheless I will be doing it. In reading many of the blog entries that my fellow classmates had done I felt that many missed a major part of the question for the entry, this made a little more difficult to do as I really didn't have much information to pool from on how people felt in regards to the advertisements representing them or if they even felt that they did.


While reading of the entries I noticed that many of my classmates were able to easily recognize what exactly the advertisements were trying to suggest to them just by looking at them especially many of the young women that I read who had chosen advertisements which surrounded beauty and the idea of it. One classmate even acknowledged the use of a famous actress that many people our age grew up with, Emma Watson. "This ad is targeted at girls around my age group because immediately when you look at this picture you think Hermione Granger." In looking at another blog of a fellow classmate I feel like their interpretation of the advertisement they selected was a little over the top, of course this is all up to opinion but the ad that he had chose was group of people in about say their early twenties completely decked out in denim. My classmate seemed to feel like this was an attempt to portray young people are rebellious in which he says It echoes the counter culture and social revolution of the 1960’s." While he sees 60's rebellion I myself see country concert.


One classmate managed to grab my attention with his entry as he did discuss how he felt the advertisement for the playstation 4 that he has chosen really spoke to him and definitely represented him in the way that they chose, stating that their use of people being in a real world version of their games speaks to many gamers as it's a fantasy among many of them to be able to just dive into their favourite game world. He states "I believe that a realistic game is the best kind of game and the closest way to it is to experience it in real life. The advertisement grabbed my attention by putting the actors in scenes of a game and it made me think how fun it would be experience that." Overall I think everyone was able to collectively recognize targets of an advertisement  but weren't able to directly relate it to themselves.

Classmates' blogs in order of quotes:

http://shelbylafreniere.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/blog-entry-3-what-the-hail/ - Shelby Lafreniere

http://mikereidyes.blogspot.ca/ - Mike Reidyes

http://kevinshen94.wordpress.com/ - Kevin Shen