Chapter 15 "Globalization"

Chapter 15 was very interesting and kind of hard to understand. I think that it can be be big debate about coming up with the definition of "globalization." One of the main things that were talked about in this chapter was McDonalds. The textbook talked about McDonalds dominance globally. A man name George River wrote an article about McDonalds and he seems to be against McDonalds plan in dominating. He feels that it is a plan for them to be the best. McDonalds went to China and opened a restaurant. The McDonalds there sell food that can adapt to the people in China meaning that food that are eating in China are sold at McDonalds. Mr. River doesn't like that fact that people are not able to start their own food business because McDonalds have all of the customers in every area. He feel that McDonalds should stick to the food they originally started with and not implement other types and styles of food into their menu to gain customers. He talked about how other business has started their restaurant and McDonalds came alone and put their restaurant out of business. He is mad that the system allows that type of dominance to happen.
Do I agree with him? I am not sure. By reading and viewing a video in class, it almost makes me feel like McDonalds is greedy for money. On the other hand, they are doing what it take to be known as the best fast food restaurant in the world. I agree with him, but I really would have looked at the situation in manners as such. I believe that anyone can have the power to start a restaurant with more heather food, bigger quantity, and cheaper prices. Yes, the company may struggle for a little while, but it should be known that things are down before they come up!
There was an interview in the reading also. This interview was conducted about the real meaning of globalization. In the textbook, the images have a lot of messages in them. In the image where a lot of labels (like; Coco-Cola, CNN, McDonalds, Mobile, etc) are in a line around the world, it expressed to me that these businesses are the things that make the world go around. It cam mean that without these businesses, the world would not turn. Or it can be looked at as, no matter where a person goes in this world, one of these label will be seen. It is allowing the viewers to know that these labels are globalized.
After reading and gaining a better understanding of the readings in class, I can feed off of the intake and express different opinions of my own about globalization. If I had the define "Globalization" it would be, "the dominance in your field of work through communication and adaptation." I am not well rounded but from my reading and hearing, this is my understanding.


Leland Chandler II October 27, 2009

Chapter 14: Representing Reality

October 22, 2009

Chapter 14 was an interesting chapter. It talked basically about whether it is good to open people's eyes up to reality. It expressed issues dealing with the media and the thing they produce of reality. There is an image on page 531 of the Envision in Depth text book and the image contain a woman cutting yard. She is pushing a push lawn moor with two infants; both in a carrier, one on her back and the other one in the front of her. That is reality! That is what some people have to do to make ends meet. Men in today's world will leave a woman/family to do things in life to keep them happy instead of handling responsibility. On page 560 of the same book contains a picture of 2 young boys holding a sign to advertise the fact that they want money to help the 2004 tsunami victims. This image can help the people that is raising money if it went through the media. Taking this picture can be a good source for them to reach their goal. The pictures on page 565 can effect some people. The people may only be the family. Science has advance so much that some of the family members may feel that he was still alive and by the firefighter "cradling" the infant, it could of possibly cause his death. This image alone could of started a big case! There are two different ways to look at media representing reality. It is very hard to choose what side to be on between the media representing reality and not representing reality.
If I had to choose, I would be for it! I don't believe in people not informing others of what is really going on. I would not want everything to be "Sugar Coded" to me about what is really going on. If things are happening, they are happen! By not showing it on the media, it will not cause things to stop happening; it may in fact, make them worst. Showing reality through the media may slow down the process of things happening. Good chapter! I didn't gain much from it, but through class procedures, things are better understood.


Leland Chandler II

Note Taking Readings

The readings about note taking were very useful. I am almost afraid to write a research paper because of the guidelines. I have already done research on the Cold War and read a lot of information. From reading those information, I have develop thoughts. From those thoughts, I am not sure if they are my thoughts or thoughts I have read from the research conducted. In the article, the lady was doing research on an topic in history. She did some things that she did not mean to do in her research. She found out that she wrote things in her research that she didn't write or come up with. She suggested note taking skills like creating a reference log. She informed me to write down everything about the information gained. Where it came from? When did you access it? And other things of that nature. A person must write down everything when they are conducting a research to avoid plagiarism. It seems impossible to redeem my grade if I forget to put down everything inside of my work cited. These guidelines are making me feel bad about writing my research. I hope that my research of my research paper is good and I will do my best!