Faith's Media Blog

Every once in awhile I'll come across a song that stops me in my tracks. "Sober" is definitely one of those songs. I first came across this song in my suggested videos on Youtube a couple of weeks ago, but after the recent tragic news of Demi Lovato relapsing and ending up in the hospital, I've seen the song all over the place. The song itself is very new, and it was released unexpectedly, so that coupled with the fact that Demi Lovato has been in the hospital means that there's only a couple performances of the song, but here's my favorite one: It's clear to see in the video above the amount of emotion that went into the writing of this song, and it's obvious that Demi struggles to sing it without getting overly emotional. The reason that this is my favorite performance of the song has very little to do with the performance itself. Even though the song was brand new at the time of this show (it had been released only three days before this show ),

Topic One: Newspapers have never been a really big part of my life and I think that it's partially because of my location. Events in my immediately local areas aren't generally covered by any of the major newspapers. Because of this I've always used Facebook for community updates and things like that. I think it's a very effective platform especially when you're looking to find information about something that just happened, and you don't want to wait to read about it in the Sunday paper. Recently there was a civil emergency warning that Oregonians got on their cellphones. No details were given and a lot of people were really panicking, because no one knew what the emergency was. After trying to find something on local news websites and coming up empty handed, I went on Facebook and found the answers I was looking for within minutes. When it comes to local politics I'll admit that I could  be much more well informed. Unless there's something reall

Topic One The first amendment is always referred to as "freedom of speech". In my mind the only thing I've ever really associated the first amendment is the right to say what you want and to protest what you want. I think it's incredibly important to have the first amendment, especially in entertainment. It's on the news all the time when people exercise their first amendment in a way that garners attention, whether that's from a speech, a protest, or a release of information. Sometimes, people can get offended by someone else's use of their first amendment right, but isn't that the whole point of the amendment? That it doesn't matter if you offend someone because you're allowed to say whatever you want? This is 'Murica after all, no one can tell people what to do. Or can they? Every example that immediately came to my mind of people overstepping their bounds regarding the first amendment was political. So it got me thinking, were they re

Warning: The following blog post contains spoilers for Stranger Things. Read at your own risk. I just recently started watching Stranger Things on Netflix. Like everyone else I've heard about the show for awhile now, but I never got around to watching it. Then when I did start watching I couldn't stop. I finished the first season in less than two days, and then started on the second season right away. First things first,  here's the imdb page  for anyone who wants the premise of the show and the cast list. If I had to pick one genre for Stranger Things to fall under I would say SciFy/Fantasy would be the best fit. For anyone who needs a season one recap,  here you go The episode that I'm going to be talking about is season two episode six, which is titled: Chapter 6: The Spy. The episode starts with Will being rushed through a hospital on a gurney while he screams. For those that don't know, the previous episode ended with him collapsing and freaking out,

Topic one: The social media PR account that I chose was the Twitter account for Netflix. The reason that I chose this account is because I always here about posts that they make, even though I don't have a Twitter account. From looking at their account it was quickly clear that they're trying to be relatable to the youth and young adults in the world. The first post on their feed is a meme about cants, for example. I think that their target market is definitely those aged 15-30, and I think that they're quite successful. Everyone in that age group that I know uses Netflix. If I were in charge of the marketing for Netflix, I would encourage them to branch out to other social media sites and create the same presence there that they have on Twitter. Topic two: I have to admit it was a little hard for me to find two ads to compare for the second part of the assignment. The reason for that is this: I hate ads. I pay for Spotify premium, so I don't hear any ads on the rad

The internet and technology in general is a double edged sword when it comes to communication and interaction. Growing up, the dinner table has always been a device free zone in my family. When I was younger that meant no TV or gameboys, and as I reached high school it meant no cellphones or tablets. It was always very important to my parents that we interact as a family for an hour or so every night. But then things changed when my sister's long term boyfriend was stationed overseas in Afghanistan. Because of time zones, sometimes the only opportunity for my sister and her boyfriend to talk was around six in the evening, right when we normally would have dinner. When the reality of the situation sunk in that any given evening could be the last time for my sister to talk with her boyfriend, the rule was amended. No devices at the dinner table, unless there's a good reason. Since then things haven't changed much, the majority of dinners are uninterrupted by texting or snap-c