Project 3 Reflection: Sentence Fluency

My project 3 was on the Tiki Luau and how the social event could help students deal with people inside and outside of ASU. The part of the project that I did well in it was connecting the how the benefits to ASU fit in the real world. A single event is difficult to connect it to how it influences the outside world, but I worked my way through it and found a connection between the two. Another part that I did well was mixing the audio together when I had it all recorded. I separated everyone’s audio so there was no way the two audio interviews could have mixed together. I put it on one audio track and decided that was too confusing so I separated each track to form a well organized way incase my recording goes past the interviews when I had them in Garageband. One of the challenging aspects of the project was writing a script for me to say. I probably went over my script six times before it was easy to read it to my microphone. Fixing the grammar mistakes and making it flow was a difficult process because my sentence fluency is not the greatest part of my writing. Another part that was hard for me to do was finding interviews because they were really what impacted and supported the argument in my recording. I learned a lot because I fixed my own writing and noticed how many mistakes I had. Fixing my grammar was the hardest part of the piece and required a ton of concentration because I read it out loud and slowly a couple times to make sure the grammar was good enough and flowed when I spoke it out loud. The way I can alter my writing and recording process is by reading out loud my script when I’m typing it. It has to have a flowing sound and not appear to be choppy. The sentence fluency was definitely the hardest part of my writing and it is the most important part when someone tries to record. I feel like my argument was strong because I connected it to the outside world pretty well. The whole point of the essay was to prove how the event could be beneficial to Arizona State University and the outside world. I felt like my argument was strong enough to prove how the Tiki Luau benefitted students even when they were out of school working for tough bosses or people that they disliked. The way I can apply this work out of university is go to more social events so I can learn to deal with different people. The project made me realize the benefits with huge school sponsored events, and how it can really help you in the long run of your career. 

Scirpt Draft: Tiki Luau

Arizona State University freshmen come into a giant school not knowing anyone, with a school this big there should be events for freshmen to get to know the campus and different people around. The freshmen will first talk with the people around them on the floor but with 50,000 other people in this school, it would be difficult to find your friends you truly enjoy being with. The Tiki Luau was one of the first events for the incoming Arizona State University freshmen. It helps the new freshmen on campus to meet more people, and provide a fun environment for students before they attend classes. Since none of the students have anything to do on the campus, the attendance record is sure to be big. The Tiki Luau was well organized with a variety of events and free offers from companies. One of the main reason students would go to the Tiki Luau would be about the free offers and items they get from all of the companies.   They were offering free pizza and coupons for the ASU students, and those are a huge success for college students. It helps the students get to know their surroundings around campus and find out the different eating places for them. We can interview Will Lessard to explain how the Tiki Luau helped him when he first came to ASU from New York, “The Tiki Luau provided me with so many resources to pick from. The different restaurants created so many different choices for me to choose when I get hungry. I was already getting tired from the dorm food so I needed to find more places. The Tiki Luau showed so many places for me to eat from. The events there were a lot of fun too. I enjoyed the Tiki Luau and suggest that incoming freshmen definitely go to it.” The Tiki Luau is perfect for helping the students be more familiar with the new campus that they will be living in for the next semester or year. 

Another part of the Tiki Luau that helps the ASU students meet more people is by the events that are in the Tiki Luau. They had a zip line but the line for it was incredibly long. It probably would have taken 1 hour to zip line. Waiting in the zip line did provide a great way for students to meet and that is how I met John Kluepfel. We talked for a bit in the line and connected and became friends for the rest of the semester. Another event in the Tiki Luau that helped connect people was the DJ playing songs and having a crowd in front of him. There were volleyball games being played on the field where the Tiki Luau was at. A volleyball game is a great way to meet more people and it provides a fun environment for the new students. Lets ask another student about the Tiki Luau events, “I was into the volleyball because the people around me seemed to be having so much fun. I met with them and got to hang out with them for a bit afterwards. Even though I didn’t become best friends with them, I did have a great moment meeting people, and that is what college is about. I met with so many people and they helped me choose what type of friends I wanted. The amount of people in ASU you can’t be friends with everyone because there are too many different kinds of people around here.” The amount of people that attended the Tiki Luau was immerse I remember seeing hundreds of people walking around the field. There were people who were alone and people who were together, but I felt like Arizona State University helped create a good first step for freshmen. When they do not know what to expect at all. The college life provides so many memories that we will remember because being in college is the peak of your youth. Having a good start in college is what drives an individual towards studying harder and enjoying their time in college. The Tiki Luau was a good way for the incoming freshmen to get a taste of a social event that were school sponsored events in Arizona State University. 

ASU Reacts: Illegal Downloading

Welcome to Karl’s Podcast and today we will talk about illegally downloading songs.

Ever since the internet was created downloading songs illegally have become a giant problem with artists. Music artists now are concerned that their music isn’t being paid for when they release an album. Digital sales are high right now, but unauthorized music file sharing is still going strong. Americans have downloaded 660 million songs using the software Bittorrent,   is a software that does not authorize and  pays for the music sale. What kind of songs are usually downloaded illegally well John Klupefel explains. “The songs that people usually download are the top 50 hits off of iTunes. The songs usually cost around a dollar or two and that is where people tend to illegally download the songs. First, they cost money to buy a single song that will die off after a couple weeks. Secondly, the songs are the most popular out there and people urgently want them.” These songs can be easily downloaded and that’s why so many people do it. The police do nothing to enforce the law on the millions of people who download illegally. Is torrenting the only way to download illegal songs. There are many other ways to illegally download, for example, people can find the music video on Youtube. Then only download the audio from the video. Many other sites provide the top 50 songs for free downloads because the internet is filled illegal music websites. There has been evidence that once Limewire was shut down, the digital sales for music went up and stayed up. So once one of these sites gets shut down it does help digital sales. The law has been slowly but surely working its way to help digital sales overcome illegal downloads.

Genre Analysis: Studying How, And What, We Download

The article I picked to analyze is on National Public Radio and it is named “Studying How, And What, We Download.” The article focuses on how illegally downloading music has become a huge part of the fans. People no longer buy music, but they just torrent it. Limewire was a huge program for music but it got shut down a couple years ago. Artists complain about their fans not giving them credit, but they have to realize that they don’t come out with albums. They give away a song at a time, and the reason fans don’t pay 1$ for one song is because it’s overpriced. An album is different because you get an extra 20 songs for a 15$ album. A huge band right now is The Black Keys and their album contains 11 songs. The album costs 9$ so it is cheaper than the 1$ a song that itunes offers. Another artist is Calvin Harris, his album consists of 15 songs and it costs 10$. When the artists release a single and expect the audience to pay a dollar for it, they are ripping their fans off. 

The way NPR did their talk show was to do a quick overview at the start. Briefly talk about the topic so people know the overall subject that you will be talking about. They talked about it for around a minute, and then they moved on to talk about the companies involved with music piracy. While they were talking about the different artists who get illegally downloaded they would play a snippet of their songs on the radio. For my audio essay I will be using a sample of music in it, because it changes up the style. Someone talking for hours and hours would make it extremely boring so adding things to the audio essay will definitely help. Also adding a guest speaker will add another perspective to the topic. This audio essay from NPR had 2 guest speakers and they both added more substance to the podcast. The thing NPR did was they talked about the past companies involving music piracy and how they were shut down a couple years ago. NPR also talked about how there are alternative ways to listen to the music legally and illegally. When I do my audio essay I can look at an alternative perspective to add more detail. NPR has short audio essays but they get to the central point right away, and provide a lot of information quickly. They rarely pause for more than 5 seconds to play a song and then right after that they just discuss about the song that was played or move onto another topic. 

Topic I’d like to talk about in my audio essay: DJ’s taking over the music scene, Disney buying LucasArts. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/11/08/164656743/studying-how-and-what-we-download

Project 2 Reflection: Connection

Project 2 was a great success for me and my final draft was completely different from my first draft. What I did well in Project 2 was finding places to support my thesis statement. The diverse places around Arizona State University provided perfect evaluation for my thesis statement. The Hayden Library lawn was a more open area compared to the underground of the Memorial Union. Another part of the project that I did pretty well in was establishing criteria to judge the places in Arizona State University. I felt like my criteria was a good basis and it was not based on music taste. Music is a risky thing to judge because there are so many genres. It is really based on your own taste for picking out the best music. My project focused on interacting with people rather than the picking out which music is the best. The parts of the project that I struggled with was incorporating the sources into the synopsis. The sources were related to my paper, but they were hard to connect it with the material when I was writing it. Another thing I struggled with when I was writing the paper was trying to not say “I” during the paper because when I was evaluating the different places I wanted to add my input into it. What I learned from writing in this paper is how to evaluate different places and not add your input into the paper, I struggled with it at first but I eventually did it.The way I can alter my writing process is when I get my thesis statement I need to put it in the first paragraph because my first draft of this project I wrote it near the end of the synopsis. I feel like I did craft a strong evaluation and that my thesis statement was solid. The criteria in my project was strong but it could have more points. The problem with having criteria for music is that there is a fine line between judging genres of music compared to the instruments being played. I feel like when I was evaluating the points in the paper I had to be careful to not judge the genre of the music. The three points in my paper for evaluating music was perfect because it did not try to judge the genre of the music. It was evaluating the place of the music, the instrument of the music, and whether the people in the group were interacting with each other. The way I can apply my work to outside the university is by learning how to evaluate more places around me. I could notice how different the area’s are and how similar they are. 

Bibliography for Project 2

Bibliography:

Fonder, Mark. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

Ziegel, Aaron. One Person, One Music. N.p.: American Music, n.d. JSTOR. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.

Kavner, Lucas. "Classical Music Aims To Evolve, Build Audiences Without Alienating Old Guard." The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post, 10 Aug. 2012. Web. Oct.-Nov. 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/classical-music-audiences_n_1761738.html>.

Hedding, Judy. "Tempe Attractions." About.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2012. <http://phoenix.about.com/od/govtcity/ss/tempe_3.htm>.

Memorial Union

One situation that can be evaluated are when the DJ’s play for events next to the Memorial Union. Some days a group will want to promote itself so they hire a DJ to play live music in front of the Memorial Union. The first thing to evaluate and determine if the event is bringing the community together would be if the music is relaxing or loud. The music usually being played is techno so it would not be prime for discussion considering the lyrics for techno are absent or not deep. Techno is produced for the sound rather than the singing which means the audience members never talk about the lyrics in the song. The second part to evaluate is whether the audience is discussing about the music and the audience in the Memorial Union usually walk right by the music without even paying attention to it. There is never a crowd listening to the music outside the Memorial Union, the music being played there is for commercial use to promote a club while playing music. The third detail to notice the setting of where the live music is being played. The music being played from the DJ is at the Memorial Union is probably one of the worst places to talk about to people. If people were in a group it would be one of the worst places considering how loud the music is, and everyone is usually busy on their way from or to a class during that time in front of the Memorial Union. The place where DJ’s usually play in front of the Memorial Union would not be good to interact with people. They rarely play guitar music so this would not be an example of how people interact with each other through live guitar music. 

Hayden Library

The second situation is outside of the Hayden Library there was a guitar player with some people sitting around him conversing to each other. There was no commotion and the audience members were quietly talking to the guitar player and with themselves. The first detail to evaluate is if the music is relaxing or loud, and the music coming from the guitar was soothing. Guitar music can be loud, but it was an acoustic guitar playing some calm music. The second aspect would be to see how the audience is around the music. The audience during this time were conversing with each other, some were talking to the guitar player. This is perfect example of how Arizona State University can bring the community together because of live music. It also shows how many people interact with each other during live guitar music. The third detail we can use to grade this situation is the setting of where the music was being played. The guitar player and the audience members were outside the Hayden Library on the lawn, that is a perfect place with no distractions and it would not be busy at all. The area is completely isolated for groups to sit on the lawn and talk with each other. This is a prime example to show how interaction between people happens when someone is playing a live acoustic guitar. The guitar was playing soothing music and the crowd around the guitar player were talking to each other and it seemed like they were having a good time. This situation was perfect for each of the grading points and is a prime example to show how people interact during live guitar music.

Arizona State University Stadium

Another setting would be the music live coming from the Arizona State University stadium, the music is loud over the people sitting in the stands waiting for the game to play. The music does not completely drown over the people’s voices, but it does make it tough for a conversation to happen. There is absolutely no acoustic guitar being played, but there is an electric guitar to pump up the crowd. The stadium creates a game environment, which makes people become excited to watch the game that is about to start. The first detail is that the music coming from the speakers are blaring out over the giant stadium. Loud music usually means that there is no way for someone to have a conversation with another person. The second aspect to notice is whether or not the audience is talking to each other. Before a football game, the crowd is usually conversing with each other, talking about the upcoming game or various other topics at the time. The third detail to grade is to see if this situation helps the setting of where the music is being played. It is in a stadium and the stadium does offer time to talk with the person next to you. The music is not fairly loud during football games and friends do have conversations if the game is really that boring. The purpose of this event is to watch the football game and not talk with the surrounding people. This situation is not ideal to interact with other people, and the audience is usually focused on the football game rather than discussing with each other about a variety of topics. 

Underground in the Memorial Union

The fourth setting would be the music played over the speakers at the underground level of the Memorial Union. The music is being played while people are bowling, playing pool, or even playing ping pong. The first thing to notice is if the music is relaxing and the music coming from the speakers are pop songs. The songs are not being played loudly where people can not talk over them. It is more background music rather than speakers blaring out music for the people there. The music was not exactly a relaxing genre of music, but it was not annoying for people around there. It did contain guitar music, but it had a poppy feel to it. The second aspect to see is whether or not the audience is talking and the people there were talking to each other. They were having conversations about the local sports team and other various topics. It is good that they were talking to each other, but the music was not influencing them. The music was just in the distance being played. The third detail to notice about the underground in the Memorial Union is the setting of the underground in the Memorial Union. The groups of people who gather in the Memorial Union downstairs do converse with each other about everything. This fourth setting underground in the Memorial Union is a good place for people at Arizona State University to discuss while music is being played. Even though it is not guitar music, the area is does have people talking to each other.

Evaluating Places Project 2

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Project 2 

          Arizona State University provides a diverse cultural setting for the students attending. The live guitar music in ASU is a good place to interact with people. Good criteria to grade whether it is a good group of people to converse is if there is relaxing music being played. Usually there is someone with a guitar playing music with a circle of people talking with each other and listening to the music. The second criterion would be to notice if the audience is jamming out to the music or if they are actually talking to each other. The third aspect would be where the music is being played. 

        The first part of the criteria is important because people can not speak to each other if there is hard techno blasting from the speakers of a stage. The quiet music from an acoustic guitar soothes people around them. The acoustic guitar music compared to an electric guitar has people relax to the sound rather than rocking out to it. There are times when an acoustic guitar can excite a crowd, but the criteria is focused on calming guitar music. The guitar is a very important part of the criteria because it is the only instrument that people use regularly to group people together to listen to music. A piano would be a great instrument to listen, but its a gigantic instrument to have. It is not as portable as a guitar. Even the electric guitar is hard to carry around because it needs electricity for the amplifier to make the noise. An acoustic guitar is universal to people around the world. Many people know about how an acoustic guitar is used for musicians on the road. It only requires one person to play the guitar. The one person can have an immense impact by bringing different people just by playing the guitar (One Person, One Music). There have been many instances where one person starts playing music for a group of friends. Later on in the day, tons more people come to listen to the music. It shows how people are attracted to groups. Once the group starts to increase in size, more people interact with each other. The interaction will definitely create a better community for Arizona State University. Different cultures listen to the music, and it brings them together to listen to the music.

         Noticing if the audience is talking with each other is extremely important, because many people sit there to just listen to the music. The criteria is to see if the people are discussing with each other about different topics and it does not have to be only about the music. The discussion between the audience makes people talk about a general topic. Discussing about something that they can all relate to, has the audience talk to people from different cultures. People connect with each other when they are talking about a similar subject. There is a book used here that is generally known to different colleges other than Arizona State University (Journal of Historical Research in Music Education). It was written by a professor in Ithaca, New York and if it reached ASU then it must be a well known book to college students (Journal of Historical). This indicates that many musical college students, no matter where they are from, have probably read this book and can talk to each other about the historical side of music (Journal of Historical). This similarity has them talk about a topic and effects the community because more people meet different types of people from around the world. 

         The last aspect of the criteria is where the music is being played. Many places would be perfect but they are not made for an audience to listen to music. If the area is bigger it does not mean more interaction will happen within the group. Smaller groups might be better if the people are talking to each other. The area is not a big factor in the criteria because anyone can play a guitar or sing anywhere they want. 

     Concerts definitely bring people together, they bring the community together with relaxing music playing in the background. Music is evolving as well, and even though it is turning into rave concerts. It still brings them together to be able to talk about the music. It’s just harder to converse during the concert compared to an acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar is not noisy compared to another concert, but music is evolving (Classical Music Aims to Evolve, Build Audiences Without Alienating Old Guard). Acoustic guitar music could be something entirely different as more years pass. The lyrics in songs nowadays are mostly about clubs, compared to the lyrics 30 years ago where it was not all about clubbing.  No matter what the lyrics are, people in groups interact with each other. 

Research Sources: Music Around ASU

My proposed topic for the second project in English 101 is the music around the Arizona State University campus. The music around the campus brings the community together to be able to converse about music, relax, and listen to the different artists on campus here. This topic interested me because I am into a variety genres of music, especially live music, it appeals to me for the atmosphere that is created when a group of people listen to an artist playing their music live for them. Music coming from speakers is another form of live music even though the artist is not playing for the crowd. The music coming from the speakers, do turn the crowd into a whole dancing and singing to the tune. The way I can evaluate this my topic for how music brings the community together to discuss with each other is by whether or not the music is soothing, if the audience is discussing with each other, and the setting where the artists performing. I am going to use sources for Project 2 and my first source will be a book called Journal of Historical Research in Music Education written by Mark Fonder, the source deals with the historical side of the music education that is taught in Arizona State University. The ideas the book has are how music has evolved and needs to be changed every year in order to be taught, they have a new edition come out every year since 1999. The source interests me how music is changing so much and even though what I consider soothing music could be something completely different a couple years from now. Thats exactly what i learned from it, how music is changing every year and the professors who teach have the choice to change the book because the publishers have a different version for every year. Another source I will be using is called One Person, One Music this source containing 345 pages written by Aaron Ziegel shows how one person when playing or making music gets so involved with the music it transforms people. This source could help me out by proving the point of becoming a different person when you are involved with the music and how other people could be captivated by it. The third source I am going to use is Classical Music Aims To Evolve, Build Audiences Without Alienating Old Guard written by Lucas Kavner containing 15 paragraphs, this article deals with how classical music is too proper and no one comes anymore because of the rules to be part of a concert. They want organizations to change it up so it is more friendly towards normal people, it shows how music is evolving for everyone around the world even if the genre is old. 

Evaluation: Shooter

Bob Lee Swagger played by Mark Wahlberg is a retired sniper from the US military, is told that an assassination on the US president might happen and this turns out to be a setup, where the rest of the movie is about Swagger trying to figure out why he was setup and who did this to him. The movie is an incredible thriller with the usual explosions and car chases. The one thing I really appreciated in the movie was the plot was not normal with a happy ending. Even though some parts of the movie were predictable the overall plot was not predictable at all and the ending will surprise some of the viewers. That is what I enjoy in a movie, the plot has to be surprising to the viewers because if we can guess the ending then what’s the point of watching the movie. The plot in this movie was spectacular and I throughly enjoyed it. The acting is another part to evaluate when watching a movie, Mark Wahlberg did an impressive job portraying an ex-military soldier being chased, he was a perfect match to play Bob Lee Swagger in this movie. The other actors that had notable roles in this movie were Michael Peña, and Danny Glover. Michael Peña did an extraordinary job with his role playing as Nick Memphis. I easily could tell he put work into this role just like he had with the movie Crash where he did a splendid job acting. In Shooter, Michael Peña played an FBI agent who has the drive to find out why Bob Lee Swagger told him “I didn’t shoot the president.” This sparks him to go on several adventures with Swagger adding more action to the movie. Danny Glover’s acting was excellent as well, he played a great bad guy in this movie, his character develops throughout the whole movie and from the first scene to the last scene you can tell how he became a different person. The plot of the movie shows the audience how he is not what we thought of him and his character becomes a totally different person. The directing done in this film was very well done, it was not anything mind blowing, but the scenery and effects were great. The action scenes were spectacular because of the explosions and the way Mark Wahlberg acted throughout the action scenes. Overall, the movie Shooter was done well, and I was surprised at how good the movie was with plot and the acting. I was expecting a movie with a normal ending, mediocre acting, and a million explosions. The movie surpassed my expectations and it was a movie that I would definitely watch again.

Project 1 Reflection

Project 1 Reflection: Project 1 was based off the Hayden Library Entrance, and some of the challenges writing this paper was having to observe every little detail and find a way to write about it. Having to immerse yourself in the detail and write paragraphs I found it to be quite tough because I haven’t written an essay in quite a while. Adapting an authors style was  difficult because I had to analyze how the author wrote in order to try to be like him when he’s writing. The strengths I had when writing this essay was being able to flow from one idea to another. I felt like it was easy to go from one part of the Hayden Library entrance to another because they were all connected to each other. Analyzing the places was another easy part for me because I enjoy looking for the deeper meaning. Having to find out what more there is than rather looking at the surface was enjoyable and meaningful for me. There were plenty of opportunities to analyze something in the area I was sitting at, the people next to me, and the area surrounding me had a ton of information for me to analyze. I learned that I need to know more vocabulary words to show my description of the area and the extra vocabulary could help me when I am trying to explain my viewpoint in an essay. I did not get to the depth of analysis that I wanted to, I found myself to be blocked because I couldn’t find the perfect words to describe what I was trying to explain. I want to improve my sentence structure for my next essays. The sentence structure helps a lot with the flow of the paper, and having a paper that is easy to read will definitely help with the grade. When people have abrupt endings or ideas that pop up out of nowhere in an essay are very hard to follow along. When someone knows how to explain their viewpoint in an essay without having any sudden changes will definitely get a better grade. This assignment taught me to analyze things around you more and learn to not look at the surface of people or your surroundings because you will definitely miss something. The use of adapting an authors style is going to help me in more writing assignments because I can learn to see how they write and add it to my paper so I can write clearer and better for the next essays that I have to write.

Notes on Project 1

Karl Ulbrich

September 16, 2012

At the Underground Entrance of Hayden Library

Smells:

• Cigarette smoke from the surrounding people
• Baked food from the nearby Cafe 

Sound:

• Shoe steps from the main stairs descending to the library
• Music from the Cafe making it a relaxing environment outside to study
• Doors constantly opening/closing
• People constantly chattering about everything loudly on the phone
• Faint music sound from people’s headphones 
• Different languages being spoken around
• the church bell ringing
• noise of longboards or skateboards riding up to the staircase then flipping them up to carry them into the library
• distant sound of people yelling above 
• chairs moving
• opening bags of chips or snacks
• munching on food

Visual:

• People sitting and smoking cigarettes
• Traffic of people entering and leaving the library
• Employees at the library hauling in books
• Feel smaller because you’re below the ground level and people are looking down at you
• Once finished smoking they enter the library
• People in rush to leave the library as if they are happy to finally finish their studying
• Satisfied look after leaving the library
• The giant structure above me that is on ground level revealing where the other part of Hayden Library is.
• Different kinds of people entering the library, business men attire, casual clothing, sorority girls,
• Numerous cafe chairs outside that numerous people sit on to smoke a cigarette or listen to music while they’re outside
• Umbrellas to cover the sun and help people stay cool while they are outside relaxing
• To the right, a giant room for studying, some people are chattering while others are concentrated in a book or writing equations on the whiteboard provided for them
• To the left, mirrored windows that send a mysterious vibe not knowing what is beyond them
• Architecture of the outside entrance of the library make you feel like you’re in a studious environment solely for your studies
• the smaller pillars that make up the fence on the outside
• the giant illuminated staircase descending to the library 
• the lights on the edge lighting up the entrance
• the ash filled trays
• cigarette stubs all over the floor of the cafe outside
• calm environment but it is used just for smoking 
• The palm trees above us
• study groups walking in and meeting outside before entering the library
• the trees in the underground entrance don’t look as healthy as the trees above
• people tripping up the staircase
• skyping outside then entering the library
• constant flow of people walking in and out of the library
• people eating snacks outside
• bringing in food to study

An Analysis of Rolling Stone Cover

Rolling Stone has always been a major magazine for music, they have been reviewing, and interviewing music artists since 1967. The September issue of 2007 shows rapper 50 Cent and Kanye West staring at each other as if they are about to battle. The title on the bottom says “SHOWDOWN! 50 CENT VS KANYE WEST WHO WILL BE THE KING OF HIP HOP?” The bottom title tells the readers that the rappers are in an ongoing feud between the better songs in the music industry during that time. The magazine cover shows Kanye West and 50 Cent hating each other, but through the picture you can’t tell the truth because this could just be an act for the media. The Rolling Stone has to make a dramatic cover to make a profit, the picture showing 50 Cent and Kanye West staring at each other will make audience want to open the magazine and find the article hoping it would explain more about the rivalry between these two rap celebrities. They are both known for being hot-heads so this rivalry is perfect for the media to blow up and cover while this fight is going on. On top of the page of the magazine cover they show a fall album preview for Springsteen, Kid Rock, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Neil Young, and Lil Wayne. That top section adds more detail to the music magazine, and exhibits to the readers about album previews covering a lot of genres so it appeals to different music taste. The Rolling Stone magazine seems to appeal to everyone even if they have a unique taste in music. Another part of the Rolling Stone cover I noticed was the box over the main title, it’s an article about the presidential campaign in 2008. The Rolling Stone magazine is definitely appealing to all audiences even people who don’t listen to music could read the magazine for the political section. The magazine is ambitious to gain more readers and it shows through the articles that they write. On the cover page, the wide variety of articles are for selling purposes. 

Analysis of a Writing Situation

The article I chose to analyze is an NPR article called "How 'Government' Became A Dirty Word" the subject of the article is about how Republicans altered the word 'Government' into a hated word by the citizens of the United States. The author seems to be leaning toward the Democratic side, there is a lot of evidence against the Republicans in the news article, for example, the last section has Daniel McCarthy addressing the problems with the Republican's logic. The writer's purpose seemed to show how the Republican's were wrong in their views about the government, the purpose from the writer definitely changed the article's content. Even though the Republicans are against government, they are making a form of government between themselves. The writer of the article shows it in the last section from a quote said by Daniel McCarthy. ""I think there's a bit of disconnect where the Republican Party is able to cash in on the fears that Americans have about big government, even though the Republican Party actually is practicing a form of big government itself," he says."" The quote from the article summarizes how the writer is against the Republican views throughout the article. The author might have hoped to give insight on the argument against the Republicans to make someone support the Democrats during election. The authors views did change the article, which was overall criticizing the Republicans so a lot of the information about the Republicans was negative while reading it. The intended readers were everyone, because the author was trying to change people to support the Democrats. The readers would have thought about the Republican's viewpoints because this article makes it sound like their views make no sense. The author gives many examples opposed to the Republican's view and depending on the reader it will make them consider their view on politics. The sources used in the document were Zelizer who spoke to the author saying, "They had New York Republicans, they had a lot of Midwestern progressives, who still said government is good for a lot of things." The quote was in the first section of the paragraph stating how Republican's views have always been against the government, but there are views supporting the government as well. The second piece of evidence in the second section is about Zelizer showing the readers that hostile views toward the government have always existed. "...President Ronald Reagan said "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem."" The context is perfect for this article considering the election that is coming up, the article will definitely shape the reader's viewpoints if they actually reflect on the article's contents provided by the author.