- A) I found this article, “No one could see the color blue until modern times”, fascinating. It boggles my mind to think that there was no record or concept of the color blue in ancient history. When I first started reading this article, I thought to myself, “how could people not clearly see the color blue.” Being raised to know the difference between the colors of the rainbow was detrimental to my learning as a kid. I have always loved the color blue; whenever I see something in any shade of blue, it makes me happy. I tried to think in the perspective of someone who would have discovered the color blue for the first time. Since there was no name or knowledge of the color, it didn’t exist. Not knowing the name or information of anything, really, means that we don’t believe in it or know that it exists; until its acknowledged. That goes for a lot of things in life. I believe that’s why research and learning is so important to us as humans because there is so much that the world is offering, but we haven’t taken advantage of discovering it yet. There are many factors that get in the way of discovering new things, but with modern technology, we have so much yet to discover about our world.
- B) Journalism, today, comes in many different forms. You can subscribe, rent, and buy articles, newspapers and magazines digitally or tangibly. I get my news from social media websites, whether that be YouTube, Twitter, or even Snapchat. I think covering more parts of the world and sending out more journalists to places that need to be discussed and discovered is important to national and local news since knowing about what is going on in the world, whether that be global warming, politics, crime, or even news about people giving it forward. Educating people about what is taking place in todays society will encourage more people to make a change or promote good habits in the world.
- C) I personally have never heard of the term “discourse community.” As defined in the first article, “it’s a group of people, members of a community, who share a common interest and who use the same language, or discourse, as they talk and write about that interest.” I find this concept to be interesting as it relates to our society. Cultures are a great example of different types of discourse communities. Those who are born in Sweden have different traditions than those who are born in Russia, for example. I never really knew that there was a name to describe different groups of people with common interests or way of communicating. At UCBA, we have tons of different discourse communities within each other. Those who are majoring in psychology will communicate differently and share different interests than those who are majoring in business. Although, within these discourse communities holds more discourse communities, such as gamers, writers, beauty enthusiasts, etc. I don’t truly think UCBA is a discourse community as a whole. Our students are from different states and cities, even countries. We all have different reasons on why we decided to go to college; some students feel forced while others enjoy working towards their degree. We all have a different perspective about the school, not all students are going to show their pride for our Bearcats; some students simply didn’t care what college they were going to end up at, while others have dreamed of going to UCBA or to main campus.
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