According to Du Bois, the significance of what he calls the “sorrow songs” is that it is a root of all the American Music, and it is also a way to learn about African Americans’ past and how they were treat […]
As Damon Krukowski stated the quote, he is arguing that nowadays even our approaches to art such as music are being controlled by the media, and we may not be able to reach a music or artists that are beautiful […]
I agree with Damon Krukowski about how digital microphone does not provide as much proximity as analog microphone, however I believe that does not mean we don’t experience intimacy over the phone. Krukowski p […]
I think I can relate a lot with Damon Krukkowsi’s idea about how we are privatizing the public. When I used to get on the train everyday to go to school or go to shopping, most people are staring at their phone a […]
In the introduction to his book, seeing through Race, Martin A. Berger argues that photographers and editors, especially white, are more likely to select photographs that portray white to black violence rather […]
According to Berger, “publicity” influences people to believe that buying the products they are offering will make their life better, that they will be more glamorous and wanted by everyone. It is significant bec […]
I agree with you about posting the photos to get them judged by other people. Even though women are less judged compared to the past because of many movements against fat shaming or other types of judgement that […]
In the 1972 BBC television project “Ways of Seeing” John Berger argues that female nude portrayed in Renaissance painting is constructed to please and satisfy men, rather than representing freedom and nature, and […]
I agree with both of your answers, and I especially liked your answer for the second one where you said “It can really be applied to anything from reading a book to watching your favorite tv shows” because while […]
According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein in the book “They Say/ I Say” writers should use the model of “entering the conversation” in their writing because it allows the writers to clearly state the rea […]
My name is Enako Hori, but I go by Maya. You can call me whichever you like:) I was born in Japan and moved to California when I was twelve, and I came to New York about a year and half ago. I’m a new student at […]
