A part of my sunday ritual other then me going to work is that I get the Sunday newspaper. I've been a diligent reader of the comics every since I can remember. One of the comics that always tickled me was the "Zits" comic. This comic is about a teenage boy and his life as a teenager. His parents is in just about every comic strip and/or one of his ditzy friends. In this one strip, The parents are in the car driving and he is in the back on his cellular phone directing them to the resturant, parking space, and even told them what they were going to order. The father's response was that "smart phones are getting a little too smart, if you ask me". I am an owner of a smart phone (android) and I know exactly how it feels and I can relate to everything. The link to the comic is below.
http://www.nj.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Zits&feature_date=2010-02-21
I thought it was treat to get a comic with such a good association to something that is being talked about in class but I found another comic with an even better understanding to New Media and the idea of association. The "Lockhorns" comic strip is about a old married couple that is always getting on each other nerves but, they are so funny in going about it. In this strip there are different occasions where one is talking crap about the other and in the last box, the couple is in a Pharmacy. The Pharmacist is holding a bag of medication and saying "People who bought this prescription also bought these other popular medications". When I read this comic, I thought about when I would make a purchase from target or walmart online, there would be other items associated with the item of choice to get a person to buy more. I thought about how everything has sometype of association attached and how based on that causes us to be irrational and cause us to make more impulse purchases.
Here is the " Lockhorns" comic
http://www.nj.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Lockhorns&feature_date=2010-02-21
http://www.nj.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Zits&feature_date=2010-02-21
I thought it was treat to get a comic with such a good association to something that is being talked about in class but I found another comic with an even better understanding to New Media and the idea of association. The "Lockhorns" comic strip is about a old married couple that is always getting on each other nerves but, they are so funny in going about it. In this strip there are different occasions where one is talking crap about the other and in the last box, the couple is in a Pharmacy. The Pharmacist is holding a bag of medication and saying "People who bought this prescription also bought these other popular medications". When I read this comic, I thought about when I would make a purchase from target or walmart online, there would be other items associated with the item of choice to get a person to buy more. I thought about how everything has sometype of association attached and how based on that causes us to be irrational and cause us to make more impulse purchases.
Here is the " Lockhorns" comic
http://www.nj.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Lockhorns&feature_date=2010-02-21
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