Self-made Celebrities

What are your takes on self-made celebrities who serve no purpose on TV? They fill our lives with the void of drama that we lack in our normal day, but how relevant is that? They aren’t essentially helping the world become a better place; they’re just taking up airtime. I’m not a big fan of reality TV shows but I watch them to keep up certain conversations at school. This week alone I’ve heard more news about Ray J’s song, “I Hit It First”, than I thought I would ever want to hear.  The song is controversially speaks about Kim Kardashian but Ray J denies it saying it all about a concept.  Ray J has made his way into the scene by being singer Brandy’s little brother, and Kim K really has no purpose on TV but gets a lot of attention.  Not only these two self-made celebrities but the Bachelor, all the Housewives shows, Jersey Shore, or whatever else is out there on the TV.  I think of all the money they’re being paid to take up airtime and how that money can contribute to our education system, future of kid’s lives, and everything else the world suffers from.  I don’t want to sound like some pessimist or that I’m salty about them being on TV but I just want to know whatever happen to getting paid for talent, being worth the money you get paid. Most people have to work on a daily and don’t get half the money these self-made celebrities make in an hour.  Do you think the pay rates for all of the self-made celebrities are too high? Do you think there should be a cap on who and how many “useless” celebrities are on TV a year?  What if the time of TV was more competitive?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/ray-j-kim-kardashian-song-i-hit-it-first_n_3037867.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/ashlee-frazier-brad-womack-dating-bachelor_n_3055826.html

-Jaleesa Diggins

 

 

Being a CA: Community Advisor

Interview of Alexus Cosby-Harris on why she wanted to be a Community Advisor and how much she likes it. She is a CA in Rivers Hall at the University of North Alabama.

Interview by: Jay Arriel

To The Window

 

A Soundslides project done in a Media Convergence class.  The pictures are taken from the University of North Alabama,Greensboro, AL, and surrounding areas.  The music is the instrumental to Let’s Go by Trick Daddy ft. Lil Jon.

-Jaleesa Diggins

A Woman After God’s Own Heart

Interview with Snoop Dogg’s mother, Evangelist Beverly Broadus Green. She is a woman after God’s own heart who loves spread the word of Jesus Christ and educate the youth!

By: Jaleesa Diggins

Changing Our Race

After all our ancestors and parents did to help fight for social justice and teach us we should not treat others differently, racism and discrimination is still prevalent in 2013.  It’s not something we think happens on a daily but it does happen.  Even as a Americans we have the we’re better than everyone else mentality.  At the University of Akron a race changing booth was made to bring awareness about discrimination.  In this booth you have the opportunity to sit down and change your race with imaging software.  Instead of imagining you can visually know what you would like as African-American, Caucasian  Indian, Japanese, Arabian, or any other race you may think of.    Below is the link with comments of some of the students of the university. Do you think this booth would actually bring awareness about discrimination or would it only serve as a temporary purpose. Would anyone give it a second thought or forget about it as soon as the booth was removed or after they left the booth?  I think it’s something that would help bring awareness to the surface but I’m not sure its enough to  give people something to think about on a daily.

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/02/07/dnt-photo-booth-changes-your-race.wjw.html

University of Akron hosts a kiosk where students can view their digital selves as different races. Affiliate WJW reports.