A Little Diversion: Blogs By My Classmates

In order not to be so full of myself, I visited several blogs created by my classmates, which in fact proved to be a rather enriching and inspiring experience. With one exception - the "Humor vs. Annoyance in Advertisement" - I mostly stuck with themes more or less related to the topic of my blog. Here are the links:


CommUNblock - UNblocking media's secrets: http://comm-unblock.blogspot.com/
Portrayal of Minorities: http://kamilka-blog.blogspot.com/
Stereotypes About Russians: Truth or Lie: http://den-den-den-denis.blogspot.com/
Hate Sites: http://hatesites-tamta.blogspot.com/
Humor vs. Annoyance in Advertisement: http://humorvsannoyanceinads.blogspot.com/

I decided to include the last one for personal reasons - annoying ads are one of my all-time pet peeves...
Overall, with the possible exception of the blog on stereotypes about Russians, which I find to be mostly the author's emotional response to the problem, the blogs are informative and some are rather insightful. Each of them, I believe, would serve as a good basis for a discussion.The names of the blogs are self-explanatory, so there is no need for me to go into the content of each. I would, however, like to draw your attention to a few concepts and/or issues discussed on these sites:

- "cyber-polarization" is a very relevant contemporary phenomenon Lucy touches on in her blog, as are the increasingly more sophisticated ways the media influence our perceptions of a reality, also discussed here
- the double-edged sword of political correctness that is one of the subjects of Kamila's blog
- the controversy surrounding the question of a free speech in relation to hate sites and their use as a vehicle to spread anti-social messages is something Tamta looks into

These are just a few things I found of particular interest, but please go visit these blogs to see for yourself what insights you find interesting, leave a comment if you feel like it, and then come back here to tell me what you found, and we can start a discussion...