Olivia's Output

SONG LYRICS/MUSIC VIDEOS: Lorde, ‘Writer in the Dark’ “Stood on my chest and kept me down” “But in my darkest hours, I stumble on a secret power, I'll find a way to be without you babe” This is the most empowering song I have ever heard. Lorde is telling a story about herself, a woman who was a great writer before a toxic man entered her life and an even greater writer when he left. She shouts a message that I will forever try my hardest to live up to, ‘you can't change me’. Hundred Waters, ‘Show Me Love’ “Don't let me show ugliness, Though I know I can hate” “Aliens hanging on, Release me” Everyone in this world can learn a little from these lyrics. Love is what our world needs right now, love can overcome anything. It overcomes evil and unkindness, negative feelings and unhappiness within a population, it can change any wrong our world contains right now. I listen to this song every morning and it helps me put a more positive outlook on my day. TV SHOWS: Frien

     PBS’s documentary, The Persuaders, shows how brands persuade our consciences into thinking we NEED their product. Brands depict themselves as lifestyles and their products as identities. They pull you into the ads, tempting you with an image portraying how much “better” your life would be with their manufactured article in your world.  A great example of this was Apple’s commercial for iPod/earbuds that came out in 2003. The ad portrayed black silhouettes dancing and singing with white earbuds in that were connected to their white iPods.  Audiences all across America were able to identify with these faceless figures, pasting their own image upon the dancing people.  They craved Apple’s product and the look it came with, a look that promised happiness through style. This false solution was bought by millions over the US, ultimately becoming a social construct. If you had the iconic white earbuds, you were cool, and if you didn't...you weren't.      Today, brands blur the l

     Recently Sacramento had an awful incident take place involving the Sacramento police department and the unnecessary murder of a young black man named Stephon Clark. Stephon Clark was killed on March 18, 2018, unarmed with no known intentions of causing the officers any harm. He was fired at 20 times and hit 7 times in the back. The officer who had shot him was previously on leave, but is now working once again.      ABC news covers this by using the world the “police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old African-American man in Sacramento, California, last month have returned to work”.  While CBS states the “officers who shot a man to death in the backyard of a home are back on the job”.  ABC softens the terror in the act the officers have commited, specifically with the use of “fatal shooting” while CBS clearly and explicitly states what they did “shot a man to death”.  ABC news uses negative connotations to refer to to Sephons murder. Unlike ABC news, CBS uses

            I have been born into a generation where media plays a parent role in my daily life. I grew up watching television shows that taught me my abcs and 123s and made my Christmas list based off of the advertisement that played during the commercials. My relationship with media is like a circle, without a specific beginning point and never ending.              As I have grown older the role I allow media to play in my life has grown too. Everyday, I spend hours on end scrolling through different types of media. Social media is now the media type that I give most of my time up too, specifically the apps Snapchat and Instagram. I can't concentrate on my homework without deleting the two from my phone because I unconsciously pick it up and stare at the screen, wasting precious time. Social media is my main source of communication with my friends, another factor playing into my almost abuse relationship with media.              Media has had a huge influence on how I view m