Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Carrie Prejean and John Edwards - Psychology of Communication

Carrie Prejean is an American model, author, former Miss California USA 2009 and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up. Prejean received national attention in 2009 stemming from her answer to a question about same-sex marriage in the 2009 Miss USA Pageant. Prejean was later ousted of her Miss California crown for alleged breaches of contract.

John Edwards is an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for VicePresident in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.

When Carrie Prejean mentioned about same-sex marrigae, what immediately followed was a rash of media venom and character assassination.

John Edwards infidelity scandal has shown members of the mainstream media (MSM). He had an affair, the National Enquirer reported it, the story was ignored by the MSM, the Enquirer followed up, provided enough proof and detail to finally get noticed, and Edwards was forced to admit the truth.
Media irresponsibility is being acknowledged from some unlikely quarters..... the media themselves in their opinion sections.

Here are the sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Prejean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2009/05/05/carrie-prejean-s-miss-calfornia-triple-scandal-nude-photos-boob-jobs-and-gay-marriage.aspx
http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Carrie-Prejean-Cries-Foul-over-Treatment-521729.html
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258416?tp=1

The Little Drummer Girl - Psychology of communication

Karen Russell is a woman who won her local pageant, Miss Belize.
Amina Lawal is a Nigerian woman who was accused of adultery and sentenced to be stoned to death under Nigeria's Sharia Law. She has her little baby called Washila.
After Karen heard the news, she and the other contestants left Nigeria just before Christmas that year in an expression of solidarity with Lawal and baby Wasila.
I was impressed because Karen left the pageant all for the sake of two strangers named Amina Lawal and her little baby, Wasila.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Cosmos and Steroids - Psychology of Communication

Cosmos
For a long time, people had dreamed about going to cosmos. However, it takes long time to reach the moon and cosmos. By radio contact, people tried to sent messages to the cosmos, but it didn't come true. I think that in the future, scientists can discover how to reach the cosmos fast, so we can explore the space.

Steroids
Nowadays, we can easily see many athletes who take steroids to win the games. Although people's opinion about plastic surgery become more positive, they can't accept the steroids as positive things. But, people expect athletes to be more excellent than ordinary people in the performance-enhanced society. I think that taking steroids is not good, but it's difficult for athletes to avoid taking the steroids in this society.