Author Archives: James Conner

Rhetorical Criticism – Final Reflective Blog Post

When I signed up for ENGl 301, I was taking it only taking it to cover my writing intensive and thought nothing more about it. Thinking the class was only going to talk about how pop culture used rhetoric in … Continue reading

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Post #8: Media-Centered Perspectives

Hey Arnold! is a cartoon that was on Nickelodeon. It follows a fourth grader named Arnold, who ends up solving or helping someone with a problem. The show was episodic, so each episode would cover a different problem some being more … Continue reading

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Post #7: Feminist Perspectives

Mulan(1998 film) was made by Disney and was based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. The movie takes place in Han dynasty where the viewer follows Fa Mulan, a daughter of an army veteran. The movie has a masculine … Continue reading

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Post #6: Neo-Marxist Perspective

The Amazing World of Gumball is a children’s cartoon on Cartoon Network where Gumball Waterson, Waterson family, and friends get into weird situations. The show is episodic and only fifthteen minutes long. Each episode normally parodies some form of the moral … Continue reading

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Post #5: Symbolic Convergence

In 2011, FromSoftware and Hidetata Miyazaki, the series creator, created a dark fantasy role-playing game called Dark Souls the spiritual successor to Demon’s Soul. Dark Souls at the time was the only game that allowed players to come up with … Continue reading

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Post #4: Dramatistic Analysis

Batman: The Animated Series is based on the DC Comics of Batman. The Series was known for its film noir aesthetics, darker tone, artistic presentation, and brings a comic superhero to more modern audiences. As a kid, Batman was my … Continue reading

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Post #3: Narrative Analysis

Hey Arnold! is a cartoon that was on Nickelodeon. It follows a fourth grader named Arnold, who ends up solving or helping someone with a problem. The show was episodic, so each episode would cover a different problem some being … Continue reading

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Post #2: Neo-Aristotelian Analysis (Persuasive Strategies/Effects)

Bioshock is a first-person shooter game that came out in 2007. It’s takes the player into the underwater city of Rapture built by Andrew Ryan, who has the dream of creating a utopia away from land that isn’t ruled by … Continue reading

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Post #1 Introducing your Blog

Hello, my name is James Conner, a photography senior at Longwood University. I have been shooting sports and portrait photography for the last 10 years and am now working on the art side of the media. The purpose of this … Continue reading

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