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Advertising in Harry Potter

            For my last journal, I looked at Phillip Nel’s article “Is There a Text in This Advertising Campaign Literature.” I do believe and agree that advertising is key within our culture. Growing up, every movie or show that came out had at least some kind of toy or game that came out as well. Now that I think of it, it would be weird if merchandise like that was not around, as a culture we are so accustomed to mass production and mass marketing. We obsess over these series and manage to produce more and more of these marketing ploys. Our society is full of consumers and we keep getting further and further into this lifestyle. It is true that corporate influences have taken over things such as children’s literature and turned it into a multi-million-dollar business. Continue reading →

Remix Idea

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For my remix idea, I was originally thinking of writing a fan fiction story but decided on something a little more exciting (because my fanfic was pretty basic). I am going to make a potions book. I was thinking of calling it “Potions for the everyday muggle” or something along those lines. I thought it would be cool to do something interactive with the class so I came up with a few ideas. I could make polyjuice potion in front of the class and then pass it out so everyone could have some, Or I found this neat idea on Pinterest about a fortune telling potion in the picture attached. What do you guys think? Should I do something like this? and if so, what would be a cool thing to involve the class?

Reading Journal 3

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We have all heard the stories surrounding big foot, the loch Ness monster or the Jersey Devil and the people who chase after them. While they are all mostly myths thee are still a select few who believe in these magical creatures. Those people are called Cryptozoologists. Cryptozoology is the pseudoscience in proving that entities such as Loch Ness and big foot actually do exist. In Peter Dendle’s “Cryptozoology and the Paranormal in Harry Potter – Truth and Belief at the Borders of Census,” these myths, the creatures and paranormal in the Wizarding World, are discussed. Continue reading →