Wakeboarding is an up and coming sport. It's defined by ones love for the water, nature, and devotion to the outdoors. We will begin with some history on wakeboarding and what we know about wakeboarding in the west coast verses elsewhere. The goal is to find out how much is know about the sport and why. With collected data we anticipate to find the best ways to promote the sport and one day bring it to the Olympics.
I believe that the survey composed of 10 questions will help us better identify how we may better understand the public’s ideas on wakeboarding. The questions are as follow:
1. What is your gender?
2. What is your age?
3. Have you ever heard of wakeboarding?
4. Have you personally every wake boarded?
5. Have you seen a publication of Wakeboarding (Magazine, Media of any type, Advertising, Video, TV, Poster)?
6. Do you know of any water-ski or wake boat brands? Please list
7. Have you ever been on a boat? If yes, what kind, where, would you do it again?
8. Do you enjoy the outdoors? (Ex. Camping, Rafting, Skiing, Motocross, Snowboarding....) If Yes, Please specify.
9. How many people do you have to have on the boat in order to properly water-ski or wakeboard?
10. Would you be interested in learning or trying wakeboarding?
This questioner was build in a format to find links between what people like to do and wakeboarding. It seems that the art is under promoted, especially in the west coast, specifically California. California has an estimate 37 million people according to the Census bureau of 2009. What this means, is that there is a ridiculous amount of opportunity to make the Golden State one of the top places to wakeboard.
I believe that the survey will show that individuals know about the sport and want to learn about it. They find the means to do the sport difficult but would be willing to do it if they way an easier then actually owning your own boat.
Lets go over what wakeboarding is. By definition it is a sport of jumping boat's wake: a water sport in which somebody riding a single board is pulled behind a motor boat and performs jumps while crisscrossing the wake of the boat
Anyone who is athletic can successfully wakeboard. You must have cordination, strength, and durance to perform successfully...I stress the world successfully because anyone can wakeboard, but the idea of jumping the wake and learning tricks is an aquired skill you learn over practice, not necessarily time.
Let's analyze the results.
72.7% where women who responded to the survey
24 was the average age group of responces (21-54)
90.9% have heard wakeboarded
54.5% have never wakeboarded
77.3% have hear of some type of advertisment
2% could name a brand of waterski or wakeboarding boat
100% have been on a boat
100% enjoy the outdoors
36% knew the right number of people it takes to properly ski or wakeboard (3)
77.3% are interested in learing about or trying wakeboarding and the rest said maybe
What this means is that there is a vast opportunity for the sport to grow. The general public enjoys the outdoors and there are different levels of wakeboarding that is fun for all ages. I would have to set up a different survey to see how we can get people to enjoy the sport. But my hypothesis was correct, that people know what it is and would like to do it.
Why do we care? For many reasons. This is either a completitive sport, a group activity that excercises your mind and body, a family sport, a hobby...ect. Anything that requires you to get out, get some fresh air, and enjoy mother nature is good for you. The more people know about wakeboarding the healthier an individual can be!
Thank you
http://wakeboardingmag.com/boats/
http://www.bing.com/Dictionary/searchq=define+wakeboarding&FORM=DTPDIA&qpvt=what+is+wakeboarding
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/29LG9CS
www.mastercraft.com
http://www.nautique.com/models/super-air-nautique-230/
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Boston Police Officer Suspended then Fired
07-29-09
Boston police officer was suspended for calling Gates a "Jungle Monkey".
He used racial slurs in reference to the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett, a 36-year-old who has been on the job for two years, was stripped of his gun and badge and faced a termination hearing in the following week of the incident.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/justin-barrett-boston-pol_n_247405.html
Monday, February 8, 2010
OFFICER FIRED!
"The Boston Police Department is committed to a standard of excellence," and ex-Officer Barrett's actions were of such an "egregious nature,"
http://www.thesecondageblog.com/2010/02/boston-police-officer-justin-barrett.html
Boston police officer was suspended for calling Gates a "Jungle Monkey".
He used racial slurs in reference to the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Barrett, a 36-year-old who has been on the job for two years, was stripped of his gun and badge and faced a termination hearing in the following week of the incident.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/justin-barrett-boston-pol_n_247405.html
Monday, February 8, 2010
OFFICER FIRED!
"The Boston Police Department is committed to a standard of excellence," and ex-Officer Barrett's actions were of such an "egregious nature,"
http://www.thesecondageblog.com/2010/02/boston-police-officer-justin-barrett.html
Hate Speech
Obama has been compared as a Antichrist. Why we may think? Well you have to examine the religions that do not believe that the leader of the United States should be anything but an American, but specifically "white man". Would they think the same if we had a woman elected? Guess we'll have to find out.
There are TV personalities, pastors (Steven Anderson, the pastor of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, preached a sermon last month entitled "Why I hate Barack Obama", in which he declared, "I'm going to pray he dies and goes to hell".
), and other speakers are slandering Obama and using their freedom of speach to boarder line the assertions to create a possible action by someone to create damage. Damage towards Obama or his family, however that may be.
Example quote given, "I'd take a gun to Washington if enough of you would go with me."
This could potentially cause damage if and when there really are follwers to the statement.
Our tax money donates to the secret service that is provided to the President. Because of these potentially damaging coments, Obama has the most money banked for use of secret service, in his defence. Protecting our president of the United States.
As society changes, we need to change with it. We can keep our beliefs but in the end we must accept the change, for change can be good.
There are TV personalities, pastors (Steven Anderson, the pastor of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, preached a sermon last month entitled "Why I hate Barack Obama", in which he declared, "I'm going to pray he dies and goes to hell".
), and other speakers are slandering Obama and using their freedom of speach to boarder line the assertions to create a possible action by someone to create damage. Damage towards Obama or his family, however that may be.
Example quote given, "I'd take a gun to Washington if enough of you would go with me."
This could potentially cause damage if and when there really are follwers to the statement.
Our tax money donates to the secret service that is provided to the President. Because of these potentially damaging coments, Obama has the most money banked for use of secret service, in his defence. Protecting our president of the United States.
As society changes, we need to change with it. We can keep our beliefs but in the end we must accept the change, for change can be good.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Is Hate Speech in the Media DIretly Affecting Our Culture?
Issue 12
In this issue the authors Henry A. Giroux and Georgie Ann Weatherby & Brian Scoggins quarrel over the way "hate speechs" are masked in media today. This is done by entertainment, humor, and manipulate beliefs. This masked hate is what makes extremist groups successful. In the First Amendment their is a freedom of speach, but the internet leaves our freedom far behond what the consitution states.
First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Yes: Henry A. Giroux - Living in a Culture of Cruelty: Democracy as Spectacle
The issue of day to day life can be seen to have shifted to a society that measures the worth of human life in terms of cost-benefit analyses. With the economy today it is not only as working to get ahead but its a daily stuggle to survive. There is a growing dominance of the right-wing.
right wing
1. conservative: those members of a group or political party who hold more conservative views than the others
The masked hate is also evident in video games such as "Grand Theft Auto", television shows such as "24". There are also pornographic glorification of glamorized violence, fantasy, and escapism, this can be seen on "Dexter" which is on HBO and portrays serial killers. On YouTuve in July 2009 the author presents that over 85K videos with 'bum' in the title and over 5K of 'bum fighting'.
In this issue the authors Henry A. Giroux and Georgie Ann Weatherby & Brian Scoggins quarrel over the way "hate speechs" are masked in media today. This is done by entertainment, humor, and manipulate beliefs. This masked hate is what makes extremist groups successful. In the First Amendment their is a freedom of speach, but the internet leaves our freedom far behond what the consitution states.
First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Yes: Henry A. Giroux - Living in a Culture of Cruelty: Democracy as Spectacle
The issue of day to day life can be seen to have shifted to a society that measures the worth of human life in terms of cost-benefit analyses. With the economy today it is not only as working to get ahead but its a daily stuggle to survive. There is a growing dominance of the right-wing.
right wing
1. conservative: those members of a group or political party who hold more conservative views than the others
The masked hate is also evident in video games such as "Grand Theft Auto", television shows such as "24". There are also pornographic glorification of glamorized violence, fantasy, and escapism, this can be seen on "Dexter" which is on HBO and portrays serial killers. On YouTuve in July 2009 the author presents that over 85K videos with 'bum' in the title and over 5K of 'bum fighting'.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Collecting Information for the Final Research Project
Campaign 1994: California Governor
Kathleen Brown (Democrat) 40.6%: 3,519,766 Votes
Pete Wilson (Republican) 55.2%: 4,781,766 Votes –Incumbent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beO5FYIGDVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLIzzs2HHgY&NR=1 Pete Wilson 1994 campaign ad on illegal immigration
Campaign 2002: California Governor
Gray Davis (Democrat) 47.3%: 3,533,490 Votes -Incumbent
Bill Simon (Republican) 42.4%: 3,169,801 Votes
Campaign 2010: California Governor
Jerry Brown (Democrat) 53.6%: 4,987,007 Votes -Incumbent
Meg Whitman (Republican) 41.3%: 3,835,400 Votes
List of different types of advertisements:
Attack ads
Bumper stickers
Campaign buttons
Canvassing: Door to door, telephoning (telephone canvassing) it is to view how the voter will vote and not necessarily to argue or persuade them.
Direct marketing: advertising techniques such as fliers, catalogue distribution, promotional letters, and street advertising
Election promise
Get out the vote: Provide means and support to ensure as many votes overall (no matter what candidate) as possible
Lawn/ Building signs
Negative campaigning
Opposition research: researching your opponents background and history either ethically or non.
PIG: Persuade, Identify, Get out the vote
Posters
Push poll: Viewed as a form of negative campaigning. Influencing/ altering the views of the voter. This could use rumor mongering, may rely on innuendo or by using opposition research to down talk an opponent. This is condemned by the American Association of Political Consultants.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_November_2010
November 18, 2010 Draft 2
Analysis #3: Proposal for Research Project
Claudia Ayerdis
Media, Politics & Science 2010
Are U.S. candidates more or less aggressive in advertisement when it comes to running for office in regards to elections in 1994, 2002, and 2010?
I am an advertisement consultant studying the campaigning for candidates.
When it comes to each of those years does the popular group (Republican or Democrat) have any influence on the way candidates advertise their campaign.
I will create a slide show with Power Point in order to display the graphs properly. I will show bar graphs to display the difference in each year. The object is to first see if advertisement has grown in any of these campaign years and how. In my research I have comprised a list of what types of advertisements there are:
Attack ads
Bumper stickers
Campaign buttons
Canvassing: Door to door, telephoning (telephone canvassing) it is to view how the voter will vote and not necessarily to argue or persuade them.
Direct marketing: advertising techniques such as fliers, catalogue distribution, promotional letters, and street advertising
Election promise
Get out the vote: Provide means and support to ensure as many votes overall (no matter what candidate) as possible
Lawn/ Building signs
Negative campaigning
Opposition research: researching your opponents background and history either ethically or non- ethically.
PIG: Persuade, Identify, Get out the vote
Posters
Push poll: Viewed as a form of negative campaigning. Influencing/ altering the views of the voter. This could use rumor mongering, may rely on innuendo or by using opposition research to down talk an opponent. This is condemned by the American Association of Political Consultants.
I need to find out how it has changed over time, for example the World Wide Web. I have chosen to study the elections of governors of California.
1994: Kathleen Brown (Democrat) & Pete Wilson (Republican)
2002: Gray Davis (Democrat) & Bill Simon (Republican)
2010: Jerry Brown (Democrat) & Meg Whitman (Republican)
Is their any particular way that each party prefers to campaign?
Kathleen Brown (Democrat) 40.6%: 3,519,766 Votes
Pete Wilson (Republican) 55.2%: 4,781,766 Votes –Incumbent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beO5FYIGDVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLIzzs2HHgY&NR=1 Pete Wilson 1994 campaign ad on illegal immigration
Campaign 2002: California Governor
Gray Davis (Democrat) 47.3%: 3,533,490 Votes -Incumbent
Bill Simon (Republican) 42.4%: 3,169,801 Votes
Campaign 2010: California Governor
Jerry Brown (Democrat) 53.6%: 4,987,007 Votes -Incumbent
Meg Whitman (Republican) 41.3%: 3,835,400 Votes
List of different types of advertisements:
Attack ads
Bumper stickers
Campaign buttons
Canvassing: Door to door, telephoning (telephone canvassing) it is to view how the voter will vote and not necessarily to argue or persuade them.
Direct marketing: advertising techniques such as fliers, catalogue distribution, promotional letters, and street advertising
Election promise
Get out the vote: Provide means and support to ensure as many votes overall (no matter what candidate) as possible
Lawn/ Building signs
Negative campaigning
Opposition research: researching your opponents background and history either ethically or non.
PIG: Persuade, Identify, Get out the vote
Posters
Push poll: Viewed as a form of negative campaigning. Influencing/ altering the views of the voter. This could use rumor mongering, may rely on innuendo or by using opposition research to down talk an opponent. This is condemned by the American Association of Political Consultants.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_state_elections,_November_2010
November 18, 2010 Draft 2
Analysis #3: Proposal for Research Project
Claudia Ayerdis
Media, Politics & Science 2010
Are U.S. candidates more or less aggressive in advertisement when it comes to running for office in regards to elections in 1994, 2002, and 2010?
I am an advertisement consultant studying the campaigning for candidates.
When it comes to each of those years does the popular group (Republican or Democrat) have any influence on the way candidates advertise their campaign.
I will create a slide show with Power Point in order to display the graphs properly. I will show bar graphs to display the difference in each year. The object is to first see if advertisement has grown in any of these campaign years and how. In my research I have comprised a list of what types of advertisements there are:
Attack ads
Bumper stickers
Campaign buttons
Canvassing: Door to door, telephoning (telephone canvassing) it is to view how the voter will vote and not necessarily to argue or persuade them.
Direct marketing: advertising techniques such as fliers, catalogue distribution, promotional letters, and street advertising
Election promise
Get out the vote: Provide means and support to ensure as many votes overall (no matter what candidate) as possible
Lawn/ Building signs
Negative campaigning
Opposition research: researching your opponents background and history either ethically or non- ethically.
PIG: Persuade, Identify, Get out the vote
Posters
Push poll: Viewed as a form of negative campaigning. Influencing/ altering the views of the voter. This could use rumor mongering, may rely on innuendo or by using opposition research to down talk an opponent. This is condemned by the American Association of Political Consultants.
I need to find out how it has changed over time, for example the World Wide Web. I have chosen to study the elections of governors of California.
1994: Kathleen Brown (Democrat) & Pete Wilson (Republican)
2002: Gray Davis (Democrat) & Bill Simon (Republican)
2010: Jerry Brown (Democrat) & Meg Whitman (Republican)
Is their any particular way that each party prefers to campaign?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Do Media Dause Individuals to Develop Negative Body Images?
Issue 4
Is a healthy body attainable? Yes it is...but what is the cost? Women and Men both the same when it comes to attaining their ideal body image...more like what the body image should be. So buying products, services, and pampering yourself is the way to do it. Is it? "Fat becomes someting to be reared, and grooming practices and fashion are "sold" as imperatives for both men and women." Socially, behaviorally, and culturally, we all have issues, is it okay to blame media, is it their fault? Lets look further into body images and see if media causes individuals to develop negative body images.
Lets look specifically into magazines...
YES: Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
Until recently the the male appearance was less important and their link was towards status, societal position, or power. The womens in turn was a desire to attaract an object. She is also an object linked to emotion and nature. Today women in social power, sports, and fitness have grown. Now the focus on both men and women is in line.
Fat is problematic. The diet industry is now worth some $58.7 billion. For men the focus is on striations and cuts underneath such as the famous 6-pack moving its way to the "even healthier" 8-pack. For women it is the decrease of fat for a "cellulite-free" form. There are so many types of fat loosing programs and regime that promise that you will loose it. The fat free fit look is can also be refered to as a status symbol. In order to maintain the ideal physique it requires significant time and money. For both men and women it is a continuous fight to attain the image that is in the magazine. We will prepare the foods, do the work outs, buy the products, go to the spa, do that sport, just so we can "fit in" and not look like FAT is taking over our lives and we can not live it to its potential.
NO: Michael P. Levine and Sarah K. Murnen
Body dissatisfaction, the drive to be thin, and eating disorders can't all be the mass media. Mass media is a mean to provide informaition, motivation, and provide products that can help you attain a goal.
1.) Women are naturally invested in their beauty assets and thus beauty is a woman's principal project in life
2.) A slender, youthful attractive "image" is really someting substantiv, because it is pleasing to males and it demonstrates to females that one is in control of one's life
3.) Leaning to perceive, monitor, and indeed experience yourself as the object of an essentially masculine gaze is an important part of being feminine and beutiful.
There is slim to non when it comes to correlating image related health issues with media. The most vulnerable girls may be subject to this.
With that being said there are still questions that remain.
Is a healthy body attainable? Yes it is...but what is the cost? Women and Men both the same when it comes to attaining their ideal body image...more like what the body image should be. So buying products, services, and pampering yourself is the way to do it. Is it? "Fat becomes someting to be reared, and grooming practices and fashion are "sold" as imperatives for both men and women." Socially, behaviorally, and culturally, we all have issues, is it okay to blame media, is it their fault? Lets look further into body images and see if media causes individuals to develop negative body images.
Lets look specifically into magazines...
YES: Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
Until recently the the male appearance was less important and their link was towards status, societal position, or power. The womens in turn was a desire to attaract an object. She is also an object linked to emotion and nature. Today women in social power, sports, and fitness have grown. Now the focus on both men and women is in line.
Fat is problematic. The diet industry is now worth some $58.7 billion. For men the focus is on striations and cuts underneath such as the famous 6-pack moving its way to the "even healthier" 8-pack. For women it is the decrease of fat for a "cellulite-free" form. There are so many types of fat loosing programs and regime that promise that you will loose it. The fat free fit look is can also be refered to as a status symbol. In order to maintain the ideal physique it requires significant time and money. For both men and women it is a continuous fight to attain the image that is in the magazine. We will prepare the foods, do the work outs, buy the products, go to the spa, do that sport, just so we can "fit in" and not look like FAT is taking over our lives and we can not live it to its potential.
NO: Michael P. Levine and Sarah K. Murnen
Body dissatisfaction, the drive to be thin, and eating disorders can't all be the mass media. Mass media is a mean to provide informaition, motivation, and provide products that can help you attain a goal.
1.) Women are naturally invested in their beauty assets and thus beauty is a woman's principal project in life
2.) A slender, youthful attractive "image" is really someting substantiv, because it is pleasing to males and it demonstrates to females that one is in control of one's life
3.) Leaning to perceive, monitor, and indeed experience yourself as the object of an essentially masculine gaze is an important part of being feminine and beutiful.
There is slim to non when it comes to correlating image related health issues with media. The most vulnerable girls may be subject to this.
With that being said there are still questions that remain.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Analysis #3: Proposal for Research Project
Claudia Ayerdis
Media, Politics & Science 2010
Reading Analysis #3: Proposal for Research Project
Are U.S. candidates more or less aggressive in advertisement when it comes to running for office in regards to 2010 elections verses the elections in 2000 and 1990s? In comparison to those three time frames, does the popular group (Republican or Democrat) have any influence on the way candidates advertise their campaign.
In order to gather a quantitative answer, I will use a graph and create a system of points to compare the 3 years chosen: 1990, 2000, and 2010.
The object is to first see if advertisement has grown in any of these campaign years and how. Secondly, I will select specific position, for example governor, and choose a state, to find out how advertisement has changed over time. Thirdly I will then take the prior information gathered to see if there is a correlation between the advertisement styles and the leading party. The leading party is determined by how many seats in the house either Republicans or Democrats have.
My hypothesis is that advertisement for candidates have become more aggressive over time. By being more aggressive, I mean that they choose to no use facts to bring down their opponent, but instead use satire, emotions, false-truths, and quantity of times the advertisement is shown. I believe the new technology such as the use of tweeter has enabled more confrontational candidates. As to whether or not the leading party plays a role in this, I’m not quite sure. I would presume that a larger Democratic party would be the invitation for a liberal expressions and ideals rather than if Republicans were the larger group.
Method for investigation will be online. This is the easiest way to gather data, watch old commercials and ads, and find statistics and numbers with credible sources quickly. By finding out if there is a correlation, we may better understand the direction that politicians will be taking in the future to gain votes and how they get lazy voters to hit the poles every November 2nd.
Steps:
1.) Find 3 positions that were most controversial as area of focus.
Use the 3 positions selected to link them to a state of focus.
How many Republicans/Democrats voted (within the criteria selected)?
1990? 2000? 2010?
(This means that for each year selected there will be 3 chosen candidates and their respective location (state/ national))
2.) Watch 5 advertisement segments from each of the positions selected.
Take notes on how many times they use Substantive Coverage, Hype, and Humor.
Create a 5 scale system for each to determine the usage and numerical data.
3.) For each year selected, what is the leading party of the state?
4.) Is there a correlation between any of the data collected?
Media, Politics & Science 2010
Reading Analysis #3: Proposal for Research Project
Are U.S. candidates more or less aggressive in advertisement when it comes to running for office in regards to 2010 elections verses the elections in 2000 and 1990s? In comparison to those three time frames, does the popular group (Republican or Democrat) have any influence on the way candidates advertise their campaign.
In order to gather a quantitative answer, I will use a graph and create a system of points to compare the 3 years chosen: 1990, 2000, and 2010.
The object is to first see if advertisement has grown in any of these campaign years and how. Secondly, I will select specific position, for example governor, and choose a state, to find out how advertisement has changed over time. Thirdly I will then take the prior information gathered to see if there is a correlation between the advertisement styles and the leading party. The leading party is determined by how many seats in the house either Republicans or Democrats have.
My hypothesis is that advertisement for candidates have become more aggressive over time. By being more aggressive, I mean that they choose to no use facts to bring down their opponent, but instead use satire, emotions, false-truths, and quantity of times the advertisement is shown. I believe the new technology such as the use of tweeter has enabled more confrontational candidates. As to whether or not the leading party plays a role in this, I’m not quite sure. I would presume that a larger Democratic party would be the invitation for a liberal expressions and ideals rather than if Republicans were the larger group.
Method for investigation will be online. This is the easiest way to gather data, watch old commercials and ads, and find statistics and numbers with credible sources quickly. By finding out if there is a correlation, we may better understand the direction that politicians will be taking in the future to gain votes and how they get lazy voters to hit the poles every November 2nd.
Steps:
1.) Find 3 positions that were most controversial as area of focus.
Use the 3 positions selected to link them to a state of focus.
How many Republicans/Democrats voted (within the criteria selected)?
1990? 2000? 2010?
(This means that for each year selected there will be 3 chosen candidates and their respective location (state/ national))
2.) Watch 5 advertisement segments from each of the positions selected.
Take notes on how many times they use Substantive Coverage, Hype, and Humor.
Create a 5 scale system for each to determine the usage and numerical data.
3.) For each year selected, what is the leading party of the state?
4.) Is there a correlation between any of the data collected?
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