Gifts from Kenya

As far as Americans are concerned I think that in some way we are ignorant to other cultures and ways of living. The gift of cows from Kenya to America is a special cultural gift which was very tasteful and generous. We as Americans should feel blessed to have such support and encouragement of power from such a far away country.

Chapter 1 Media in Context

I believe that communication (or the media) we always be a crucial aspect of the human race. It is was entertains us and keeps us occupied. With the occasions like September 11 I feel somewhat blessed to have the media. We were able to witness what was happening to our country at that moment (a representation of what was happening). Although it was a gruesome and horrifying event we were able to whiteness and be apart of it because of the media, which makes us a part of history!
The two models talked about in the text were the transmission model-"the process of moving messages from a sender through a medium to a receiver". I think this is where we gain the game of telephone however this game and model can be tricky because of the reliance of the message, people may or may not take things out of context. Which makes you think is this really the true story or message? The second model being the cultural model is one which "sees communication as the construction of a shared space or map of meaning within which people coexist". This means that we already live in a world where messages are be relayed. This could give us the notion to take for granted communication altogether.

Representation

What in incredible way to think of the word representation. A representation in his meaning or definition if you will is to present, to image, or to depict. Their are many things in the media that are a representation (political figures) ones who we elect which we feel share similar views and even stand up for the values which we believe in. In someways they are a representation of us and what we stand for. Anything to the human race could be a representation a mental picture or idea of something that we feel has a designation by some term, symbol or character. His views on representation make you think of all the things that could represent something, what an interesting topic to pick apart!