My favorite novels and movies

My favorite novels are given below;

The Old Man and the Sea

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Genre: Tragedy, Novella

Language: English

Putul Nacher Itikatha (The last word of the puppet show)

Author: Manik Bondopaddhay

Genre: Drama, Romance

Language: Bengali

Charitroheen (Characterless)

Author: Sharatchandra Chatterjee.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Language: Bengali

My favorite movies are given below;

Pather Pachali (A song of the little road)

Director: Satyajit Ray

Genre: Drama

Language: Bengali

Battleship Potemkin (Silent)

Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein

Genre: Drama | History | War

Language: Russian

Lalsalu (A tree without roots)

Director: Tanvir Mokammel

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Language: Bengali

Stereotypes of Bangladeshi men and women

1. What are the stereotypes of ideal Bangladeshi men?

The stereotypes of ideal Bangladeshi men are given below:

1. Honest
2. Friendly
3. Independent
4. Smart
5. Rich
6. Confident
7. Intelligent
8. Sensible
9. Leader
10. Family oriented
    
11. Truthful
12. Charming
13. Responsible
14. Punctual
15. Successful
16. Ambitious
17. Active
18. Strong
19. Strong mentality
20. Organizer
21. Take diction

2. What are the stereotypes of ideal Bangladeshi women?

The stereotypes of ideal Bangladeshi women are given below;

1. Soft mind
2. Honest
3. Friendly
4. Lovely
5. Bright
6. Sweet
7. Sexy
8. Truthful
9. Beautiful face
10. Responsible
11. Punctual
12. Successful
13. Discipline
14. Take diction
15. Caring
16. Independent
17. Polite
18. Confident
19. Intelligent
20. Active
21. Family oriented
22. Motherly
23. Religious
24. Obedient

Identify all types of power in your community

Identify all types of power in your community.

There are lots of power in our community what we see.

1. Political power

2.Religious power

3.Social power

4.Trade Union power

5.Constitutional power

6.Institutional power

7.

Power over others:

It is the most common thing what we see in everywhere in the world and it is also available in our community. Basically in our family we see that our parents always impose their power over us.

the power to realize desires or needs:

This is a kind of a power what the advertisement agency do in our community by using mass media. They make us understand what we need.

Cooperative power:

It means that two groups get agreed when they need or they will get benefits. For example,

teacher and student make a cooperation becuase its good for both of them especially foe student.

Impersonal power:

Impersonal power means that is related to wasa bill and electric bill etc.

Institutional power:

This power is related to institution which means what are the rules and regulation for running institution. For example, ULAB has few power to run the institution.

Wag the Dog

1. How does Wag the Dog reflect the idea of mass media constructing of reality?

Mass Media is so powerful that mass people are influenced by the mass media. Mass people don't investigate what is true or false though it becomes impossible.
Movie is the one of the most impotant mass media nowadays because movie has its own language by which mass people can understand what they see in the movie. The movie " Wag the Dog" reflects the idea of mass media constructing in a way that the movie has the greatest idea how media can dominate or influence the peolpe. We see in the movie how the present president of the U. S. A get rid of sex scandal before election by hiring a film producer to make a movie as a news about fake war against Albenia then we also see peole become so concerned in the news. Then people forget about president's sex scandal and poeple like his contribution in the war. I think people get more important issue than before what they were concerning about. People dont get the right or wrong information but people get biosed. The president understand that what people's psychology. So it is how mass media construct reality and influence people.

Denotation and Connotation

1. What is the denotative and connotative meaning of ULAB's Logo?

Denotation: It refers the common meaning of a sign.

Connotation: It refers the meaning which comes from cultural values, emotional attachment and ideologies.

Denotative and connotative meaning of ULAB's Logo

Denotative meaning of the logo is that the logo is the symbol of ULAB. There is an anchoring which ensures the logo. This logo is identity of ULAB.
Connotative meaning of ULAB's logo can indicate many things. The name of “UNIVERSITY OF LIBERAL ARTS BANGLADESH” is written in two languages 1. English and 2. Bengali. As English is the medium of study in ULAB and Bengali is our mother tongue and in dark black color which ensures the strength. White colored pen nib indicates that peaceful environment of education, world wide knowledge and empowering the students. Yellow circle around the pen is indicating bright future of student and liberal education. Light blue color indicates vast area of knowledge. The text is above yellow bordering indicates faith, power and dedication. ULAB’s logo indicates that we will be the powerful competitors in the job sector and such a human being.

Color meaning has taken from a book named "Rong by Dhiman Dasgupta" page 39-40

Assignment

1. What do I think this course is about?

I think that this course is about the different media language, texts and semiotics.
This course has few great things, for which I will be able to know myself better and what is happening in the rest of the world. I also think this course is about learning new thing like blogging and my learning and engagement style. I was informed at the very first class of the course we will watch few movies and I hope that we will be informed about the reality of world and mass media through watching movies. This course is also about many contemporary issues like media and reality, knowledge and power, hegemony, colonialism and post-colonialism. I can understand another thing is that we will learn how to behave in different place with different people. I think that this course will make me learn that think independently and read texts critically.

2. What do I want to get from this course?

I have already learned few things like how to make blog and publish it. I want to get more new things what I have never learned before. I want to know about new technologies and media portals from this course. This course will give me the right way to prepare myself for the future as a contestant in the comparative world.

Definitions

Objectivity: It expresses everything in concrete form. There will be no personal opinion.

Subjectivity: It expresses everything in personal form.

Source: knowledge from English for the media course

Consensus: General agreement or opinion.

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/consensus

Status Quotation: a position of status in the community.

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/status

Most interesting blog I found

http://lovestoryblog.com