Morgan's IO Journal Period by Morgan Koch https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn en-us 2020-09-22 16:29:35 UTC 2025-11-22 18:55:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Our Age of Propaganda morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/774389163 This section is clearly about highlighting how deeply the culture of advertising is ingrained in our society, and that it is almost inextricable for many citizens who rely on it]]> 2020-09-24 02:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/774389163 A Glut of Influence morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/774393109 This section provides evidence about how much media the average  American consumes, more than half the world combined, and the wide variety the average American can consume.]]> 2020-09-24 02:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/774393109 Question #1 morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/778296469 How are the vectors of peoples' limbs associated with directing their focus at something like a text or an object?]]> 2020-09-25 03:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/778296469 Question #2 morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/778297367 How did the culture of skin whitening creams come about in countries like India, of not from their past as a colony of Britain.]]> 2020-09-25 03:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/778297367 Ad: Sensodyne ProNamel morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/785066616 1) Uses the depiction of a dentist for credibility: ethos
2) Gives info about how the product keeps your teeth healthy: logos 
3) White background is used to associate the whiteness of healthy teeth with the toothpaste]]> 2020-09-28 16:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/785066616 Global Issue Connection morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/786586448 This ad for Sensodyne connects to health, as infections in the mouth can cause disease, cause a variety of symptoms any person would want to prevent.]]> 2020-09-29 03:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/786586448 Response to Noam Chomsky's Five Filters morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/793708733 This is quite an important concept for more people than it might seem to. These five filters might not fit a cliched story of one high status group controlling the media, with some citizens being enlightened and others deceived. This concept of extreme political biases is pushed by both sides of the political spectrum; in my opinion the principle of media influence Chomsky proposes is implemented in the opposite fashion in the modern world. News corporations find it profitable to polarize the nation, giving them much more dedicated supporters and a much better stream of revenue. This causes many politicians to have to either resort to radicalism, or at the very least be more deceitfully charismatic in their approach to their supporters. This is what has led to the situation between the media and government we see today, where people are so desperately connected to politicians or ideologies they feel personally attacked when someone questions their ideology, and resort to shouting matches or violence to reassure themselves their ideology is sound. While the video does have some radical ideas that only apply to a few countries, some of the ideas proposed can describe the ways in which media operates.]]> 2020-10-01 06:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/793708733 IO and Advertisement morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/795364246 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yJmviITuM2poC4Uzk4xEs0xbtFvJBxvBz0TRNotduno/edit]]> 2020-10-01 16:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/795364246 Two Articles morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/796392274 Event: Colin Kaepernick kneels
Article 1: This Time, Colin Kaepernick Takes a Stand by Kneeling, NYT
Article 2: NFL's Kaepernick insults Americans, law enforcement officers everywhere, FOX
Comparison: The first article presents the event as positive, and highlight Kaepernick's choice to kneel as novel and righteous. On the other hand, the second article presents the event as an insult and something that people know as taboo, yet Kaepernick chose to do anyway to insult the fundamental ideas of America.]]> 2020-10-01 21:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/796392274 The Blink of an Eye morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/803909675 The idea that implicit bias is a source of unconscious racism seems far fetched to me. We can all admit we have prejudices, but racism is acting in a way that discriminates against others, and to some extent speak towards others. Unconsciously having biases towards a group of people is certainly not racist. I'm aware the author doesn't say that having these biases make you racist, but in the past many people argued from that position. ]]> 2020-10-05 16:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/803909675 Fact about Brooks morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/942527516 First Black person and woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. ]]> 2020-11-19 17:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/942527516 How does "Kitchenette Building" present a Global Issue? morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/944481711 Kitchenette building describes the poverty of those living in cramped, one bedroom apartments as a constant responsibility, always requiring their focus. Not only is poverty placed under the light of responsibility as opposed to a plague, it takes away from their aspirations and dreams, leaving them unnurtured and forgotten. Another interesting idea presented by the author is that living in such a condition creates a special connection with those around you, as described in the second and third stanza. The experience of being in constant contact with those in your unit and the others nearby creates a sense of both family and comradery, as they are all facing the same struggle.]]> 2020-11-20 07:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/944481711 What is the purpose of the poem "Negro Hero"? Provide evidence to support opinion. morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/974170340 The purpose of the poem "Negro Hero" is not to complain about the fact that Dorie Miller wasn't given an award by the Navy, but highlighting the racial injustices at the time. The last stanza of the poem conveys this well: 
"And I am feeling well and settled in myself because I believe it was a good job,
Despite this possible horror: that they might prefer the
Preservation of their law in all its sick dignity and their knives
To the continuation of their *creed
And their lives."
The idea presented in this stanza is that white people in government were afraid of the idea of supporting a Black man, even though the constitution, "their law," declares all men equal. This goes past the Navy Cross that the Navy was coerced to give Dorie Miller, and makes the reader think about the vast injustice that Black people at the time faced.
]]> 2020-12-01 02:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/974170340 4 Things I Learned morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/984893915 1) Part of a book of poems about an African-American girl
2) One part of this book, "The Anniad," is written in with diction like that of the epic it is named after.
3) Book charts the life of Annie, the protagonist of the book, to a youth of good memories to life in the ghetto.
4) At a deeper level "Annie Allen" looks at racism in society, and how that affects the success of Black people.]]> 2020-12-03 17:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/984893915 What is the purpose of "do not be afraid of no" and how does the poem address a global issue? morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/995198077 The poem "do not be afraid of no" addresses the choices of children and teens in poor neighborhoods, leading them to a life of violence. The speaker, Annie, conveys she is mocked and called weak, but in comparison to those who "said yes" has lived longer and achieved more.]]> 2020-12-07 17:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/995198077 Question about “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon” morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/997364720 Why is the father posed in the light of the stereotypical "wife beater' persona rather than in the light of a racist? It seems as though the victims race is brought up once, and immediately after the author starts talking about the patriarchal grip the father has over the family? Is this more a poem about men being evil than racism being bad?]]> 2020-12-08 08:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/997364720 How does the poem represent a global issue? morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1003340400 This poem presents the global issue of racism, and wants to make us think about how people were demonized and glorified throughout history. Black people were always depicted as the villain, the criminals to be captured, and white people were shown as the people who were keeping the criminals at bay, even if they went out of their way to kill Black people. This poem wants us to recognize the real villains of history, and not look through an obscured lens to decide who was right and wrong.]]> 2020-12-09 18:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1003340400 Vocabulary Question morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1172509107 Can parallel structure be any number of repeating clauses, or specifically 3?]]> 2021-02-07 05:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1172509107 How are the tones in each text different? morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1189930200 The New York Book Review has a more upbeat and aspirational tone about Baldwin and his works, while the Critic's take was from the perspective of Baldwins' struggles, and has less emphasis on what he actually writes.]]> 2021-02-10 22:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1189930200 Dialectical Journal (#1) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1193666951 The first paragraph on page 9 is a commentary on how the white man is complacent in the struggles of black people, and that by pleading innocence we are in fact perpetuating the cycle that hurts black people.]]> 2021-02-11 17:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1193666951 DJ (#2) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1208094982 I thought Baldwin's commentary on the wages of sin was interesting, but places God as a punisher and not as the person who saves sinners. God is there for the sinners, and while the devil does tempt those and torment those on Earth it doesn't stop you from being saved. All those on the street turning to sin, living unhappy lives and not being able to "change their fate"(quoted because fate isn't real, not because of my perspective on whether or not they could change their future), are the people that Jesus was sent for, not those who don't struggle and are brought up with little sin around them.]]> 2021-02-16 18:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1208094982 morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224703757 2021-02-22 04:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224703757 morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224704662 2021-02-22 04:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224704662 morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224764264 2021-02-22 04:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1224764264 DJ (#5) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1232804407 On page 81, the commentary that Baldwin makes on the Nation of Islam is quite interesting because it goes against what he said previously. He says that by banding together, they are releasing their responsibility to think and act for themselves.]]> 2021-02-23 17:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1232804407 DJ (#6) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242225105 On page 94,  Baldwin writes that white people need to realize that there isn't an intrinsic value in white people that they seek for success. While I don't think that black people should work on becoming more white, what does it mean to become "more white."]]> 2021-02-25 17:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242225105 DJ (#3) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242299745 On page 36, I really liked the juxtaposition of the situation of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and what Baldwin perceives as black people being trapped in an inescapable fate of poverty and suffering in America. Just as these three brothers had been sentenced to a fiery punishment, so are black people in America, locked in cages (furnace) with only a miracle to hope for.]]> 2021-02-25 17:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242299745 DJ (#4) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242302056 On page 58, Baldwin points out the hypocrisy of white people when it comes to violence through Malcom X. Malcom X points out that when Israelis fight for control of their land and kill people, Americans accept it, but when black people fight for liberation Americans feel threatened. This double standard exists, for Baldwin, to keep white people in power and not have to acknowledge black people and their civil rights.]]> 2021-02-25 17:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1242302056 HL Write: Culture morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1277553916 Baldwin represents Christianity as a religion that only hurts America because of quotas around our actions. In his opinion, demonizing sexuality has pushed the women and men his community to become prostitutes and pimps. This is a gross misrepresentation of the real problem, which is the despair that the black community faced at this time. If you have no hope for a better life, you are pushed to do things any self respecting person wouldn't do. The fact that Christianity preaches against behavior like promiscuity and prostitution doesn't create some kind of unachievable goal that no human will ever be able to reach. Christianity is about accepting sin and realizing and taking accountability for what you did that was wrong, and not about demonizing sinners. I realize that Baldwin is pointing out merely the corruption of the Church, but the fear the Baptist pastors felt, if they weren't bad people, is understandable. If I saw my community degrading over my lifetime I would be fearful for the future of my people too. These pastors weren't trying to push people away by demonizing them, but were afraid of what would happen to their own children if they weren't strict enough with them. ]]> 2021-03-07 03:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1277553916 Othello Screencast Response morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1462865059 I learned that the notation for citing lines in a play is (Act).(Scene).(Lines). Also, verse and prose can be used to either show the good or bad nature of a character, the latter(prose) pertaining to those who are ruffians/villains. ]]> 2021-04-27 05:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1462865059 Act I Response (DJ #1) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1469925328 I wonder how the people around Desdemona and Othello plan to sabotage their relationship, and what challenges they will meet along the way.]]> 2021-04-28 16:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1469925328 Act II Response (DJ #2) morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1472109084 One part of this act that caught me off guard was 2.1.141-43. I knew this play would observe how race played a role in European society at this time, but the fact that these people so effortlessly equated blackness to ugliness gives me a much better sense of these characters, and their obvious contrast to Desdemona who is ridiculed by many for marrying a black man.]]> 2021-04-29 04:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1472109084 Act II Question morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1472110282 What does "Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze, it plucks out brain and all" mean? I understand it is an analogy for his creativity, but why did the people who wrote "No Fear Shakespeare" rewrite it the way they did?]]> 2021-04-29 04:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1472110282 Act III Response morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1483239965 3.3.329-80
This scene is the start of Othello's downward spiral into despair as he believes his wife, who he knows to be a moral woman, has cheated on him. Iago eggs him on throughout the scene, and even though Othello picks up on his chiding tone he continues to become more and more angry at the image of his cheating wife. Contrary to how this section was titled, I think this is less jealousy and more rage that Othello is feeling. Jealousy is what you feel when someone else has something that you want, but in this case he is feeling anger at the fact such a moral woman could stoop so low and that she could betray his trust, not that another man "has" her. Obviously he despises Cassio for cheating, but the framing  of jealousy is usually in a way that the person feeling it is in the wrong, which in this case is not true. Othello's reaction emotionally to the false fact that he had been cheated on is quite reasonable; and his feelings are not based on greed as those of jealousy usually are.]]> 2021-05-02 22:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1483239965 Act IV Response morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1487595969 4.3.53-93
This section is a discussion between Desdemona and Emilia on cheating. Emilia argues men deserve to be cheated on just as men cheat on women so that they can appreciate their wives more, while Desdemona argues much more reasonably that cheating is always an action to be condemned, and would never do it herself. The irony here is that Emilia herself offers a service to men to help them cheat, as prostitution came about in Europe under that use. People were consistently putting themselves in unhappy relationships, leading the population to resort to prostitution as a way to feel that their desires were being met. This duality shows us that Shakespeare intends to make Emilia seem less educated, matching her "profession" as a prostitute.]]> 2021-05-03 23:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1487595969 Act V Response morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1494699202 5.2.1-37
In this passage, the mood of the play is shifted. Ever since Iago planted the ideas of doubt in Othello's head, the mood of the play has been spiteful and angry, slowly increasing as Othello gets more and more mad. But now the play feels very melancholy, regretful, and   defeated after Othello realizes he was deceived. The atmosphere, if before it was very excited, by the end is almost dead, with the whole cast being so shocked they can only grieve the loss of Othello, Desdemona, and Cassio.]]> 2021-05-05 16:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1494699202 How was this class for you? What did you learn about Lang/Lit and the way media informs, entertains, and persuades? morgankoch3 https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1583037776 The year was fine for me, but I learned about ethos, pathos, and logos in freshman year. There were some interesting texts you gave us about bias in media, but it was nothing super novel. None of the units about media bias were bad, but not great for me either. I think I got the most out of the Shakespeare unit, since its pretty challenging to understand and is a good way to improve my own reading comprehension.]]> 2021-06-03 16:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/morgankoch3/yvgavtc8jydeuizn/wish/1583037776