Response to Cultural Jamming

Response to Cultural Jamming

Different governments in this and other countries have been using the media to manipulate images and the news to manipulate voters. Lately, I have been noticing, more than ever, governments are using obvious and crude methods to "sell" themselves to the public. It's interesting how in the article the author mentions Ronald Regan and defines this situation as a tv democracy in the use and manipulation of the media.

I feel threatened knowing that the people that are filtering the news are the same people that are creating the news. For example, CNN/General Electric transmitted the war in Iraq which they (GE) were profiting from. This is sad.

This commercialization of information is a product of profit motives, not civic good. TV is used primarily to sell commercial products to the viewers. The programming is only there to fill space and to bring viewers to the set.

It's funny that our news is created, released and delivered by corporations. We should be demanding our news to come from a source that is not driven by money, but the truth, and as objectively as it possibly can be. News these days is made to be "sold" not to inform. We should not accept this.

The media complex mirrors of the corporate/government power structures.

Reality is not what it used to be . . . the engines of industrial complexes are now producing images, theatre and media events, rather than goods or products.

Actions of intervention against the media are intriguing - in many ways, jamming has become illegal because there is no other way to be subversive against this giant complex.

The Chance Project

The Chance

The Grant Project From: Patricia To: Brenden

Using the White Pages (phone book), look for the last name of Grant in the area code (415).
Find a row with the last name of Grant.
Select 10 people, at random, with the name Grant. Avoid businesses.
Call these 10 people on the telephone and ask them for their favorite song or piece of music. Write down their responses.
Search the songs for the music (score) and write down the first measure or phrase of each song.
Then, using Audacity (- download it for free @ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac), record into the program each (first) measure/phrase of each song, either by humming or by playing an instrument.
Edit these first measures/phrases, using effects, and create a piece of music.
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The French Food Shuffle

Write the first 10 kinds of restaurant (Chinese, Italian, Mexican, you get the idea)that come to mind on piece of paper, numbered 0 to 9.
Open a phone book and note the first number that you see.
Look up the names and numbers of 12 different restaurants of that type.
Call each restaurant and ask the first person you speak to for a letter out of A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.
Write all the letters on the paper. If the person is more than friendly, write "major". If the person is mean, write "minor." If the person does not give you an answer (or there is no answer), write nothing, but circle it.
Cut each letter/circle out along with whatever notes there are on the answer.
Choose 4 without looking and arrange them in a straight line. Write this down and underline this part, "1".
Choose another 4 without looking and arrange them as "2". Arrange and label the last as "3".
Now write a song by copying the 4 note sequences, "1-1-2-1 2-2-1-1 3-3-2-2 1-1-2-1"

Title it, "_ __ Food Shuffle" and leave it on or near the next piano you see.

Predictions

Predictions

-I think we are going to be able to use a computer with one central device, and we are going to be able to move around in our houses or offices and use it with a small remote control and this is going to open in front of us as a projection. With our voices, we are going to be able to consult and interact with it.

-We are going to be able to scan all the body for disease without using special dyes or special preparation for these studies. We are not going to have the horrible discomfort in tests like mammography.

- If we are smart enough, we are going to change the way we deal with physical disabilities. For example for blind people we are going to create mini computers connected with the brain, and using the principle of the sonar, the user is going to receive signals and is going to be able to "feel" their surroundings.

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Google Earth is, without a doubt, a great tool.

This is the first time I used Google Earth, and I was really surprised. In fact, I spent eight hours searching and exploring on it. During the tour, I discovered and played with different resources, however, not always with success. I worked my photos in Panoramio and during the preparation of the tour it was working fine, but as soon as I recorded the tour, I couldn't see the photos on the tour itself. The other tool I used was the sound, which after two minutes cut itself off, and I didn't understand why. Otherwise, this was a great assignment, and I learned a lot.