The flood that is currently happening in Thailand affected a lot of families. I live in a condominium downtown, so I am really lucky that I am not affected as much as the others. Also, the area that I live in is one of the areas the government chose to protect. Despite of the direct affects such as flooding, my family is also affected. Rice, vegetable, and other groceries have increased price. The price of the groceries right now seriously made my eyes pop out, but we still brought a lot of groceries. The price of groceries are getting higher but my mom's wallet is getting thinner.
During this flood, observing what is happening on the news is a really important thing. In my opinion, the news are making the citizens panic. One certain day, my mom was in the supermarket (She was like a warrior choosing her weapons to defeat the flood ) and there were camera's shooting the situation of the groceries being sold . The camera only chose the selves that were empty. Humans are really easy to be influenced by their media, so when people start to see that most of the groceries are gone, they'll start to panic. I know that being a news reporter you need to have exciting news and news that catch people's attention, but creating more panic between the citizens isn't a really nice idea.
Due to the flood our school has closed for a REALLY LONG TIME, and day by day I feel like my brain is turning into an empty shell. We do have homework assigned online, but learning with your face towards the screen?!!! Are you joking with me?? Our laptops are seducing us to open different type’s entertainment tabs!!! Do, due to all of these reasons I really wish the school can reopen really soon. I prefer to be taught face to face instead of face to screen. Please save my brain before it really turns into an empty shell. The sun, please increase your temperature for the flood water to evaporate as fast as possible.
The Water Prison, another creative and appropriate blog post title from you. I can't wait to see what you come up with next! Thankfully you are safe and relatively unaffected. Like you, I am looking forward to going back to school and being with all of you in person. Enough with the screens! Your analysis of the news and selective use of media images to affect people's emotions is quite sophisticated. You are well on your way to being a critical media consumer. If you were a reporter or a producer of news, what kind of story would create to share about the floods? What images would you include?
ReplyDeleteEven though earlier before I thought the longer breaks was good, it turned out bad later on since of two apparent reasons. One was that I'm slowly getting consumed with more homework that I usually get IN school. Second the school is canceling the holidays for teaching. Isn't that great!! (sarcasm)
ReplyDeleteAs usual your blog is well put together and its gives me a clear picture of what you're trying to say. Also you have great observing skills since you mentioned the camera only shooting empty shelves. I hope your brain doesn't dissolve before break's over.
Kelly, I am so glad you are safe from the flood. Yes, I agree with you. There has been a lot of water shortage in the groceries and a lot of food shortage as well. I also went to the supermarket and I saw that some of the food stalls were empty. I also agree with you to the fullest about the fact that the people are very dependable on the media, or as we call it, the news. The news also makes it much more scary than reality for some people. Once again, I'm so glad that you're safe and I hope that you are continuing to be safe. This blog post was very descriptive and I really liked the fact that you included information about the media, or the news.
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