Summary of one new text (New)

Culture

Test link: https://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/meaning-culture

Summary of “The Meaning of Culture”

                 

3 Unique Pop Culture Website (New)

1. https://geektyrant.com/
a fantastic mix of movie/TV news, geek culture, short films and artwork

2. http://mashable.com/
a constant stream of the very latest in technology, social media trends and entertainment

3. https://heroichollywood.com/
home to one of the web’s most visible ‘scoopers’ Umberto Gonzalez

Special Events Report (Other)

The HWC Choir & HWC Jazz/Pop Ensemble

A Summary of what happened

Special event: HWC Music Program.
Name: "The HWC Choir & HWC Jazz/Pop Ensemble"
Place: Concert which is in Room 103
Time: At 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday on Dec.5 in fall 2017

An explanation of why I choose this event

1. Enjoy music

2. No other special events for me

3. Want to know more Choir & Jazz/Pop and their ensemble effect

Feelings and opinions 

Soft and Loud Voice, Neat Rhythm and Wonderful Music

Excited and Nice Music, Loud Voice

The Related Aspects of the Event

Other Video of the Event:

New Visual Project (New)

Billboard

The billboard shows a city- Jiangmen. It is publicized for applying domestic beautiful city.

A Cool Pop Culture App（New）

Wechat

History

Begin：At Tencent Guanzhou Research and Project center in Oct. 2010

Number of Users: 2012, 100 million (Start to enter into international market)

                             2016,  889 million, 90% Chinese

Revenues from value added service: 5.5 billion dollars

Functions (7)

Messaging- Main function
Test Messaging, hold- to- talk voice messaging, broadcase messaging, video conferencing, video games, sharping of photographs andvideos, location sharing
Send previously saved or live pictures and videos
GPS locations with friends or a group
Automatic translate service is avilable

Friend Seek- to add friends 

Search by username, phone number, phone or email contacts, playing a " message in abottle" game, viewing nearby people who are using the same eservice and friend radar 

Moments- Band Name

Update social information flow

Allow to post images, test, comments and share music articles with "like"

Can link to Facebook and Twitter accounts and post content directly to these platforms

Privacy- worked by groups of friends

Offical accounts- service account, subscription account, enteripise account (only choose one)(platforms for service)
Interact with subscribers
Provide services
Push feeds to subscribers
2014, 8 million accounts

WeChat Pay- Payment Services
Customers for RAM payment- WeChat Pay for settlement of foreign exchange with cooperative bank- Overseas Merchants for foreign currency decominated goods- Customers 

City services (Wechat- Me- Purse)
Foundation: The people's livelihood services provided by goverment departments and public utillities on WeChat.

Advantages: Service query, reservation, urban service entrance
Influences: 1.Make people fully enjoy the convience of city life 
                   2."Internet plus" in the filed of public services landing

News Feed and Search

Reflection Unit4 （Music）

Reflection Unit4

       These classes were enjoyable because we learned about music. There are various styles of music, I knew a little music styles before class. Also, I listen many songs in  these days. I was interested in the history of songs such as Blues and Rap especially African songs.I study their past. My aha moment is that I present the genre of songs because I search more other songs. From the African songs, I think Africans are not easy to life but always they relax thenselves. I will use the African songs to  make more friends who come from Africa with my warm heart.

 

Pop Culture in my Culture (Other)

Action Movie- Pop Culture in My Country

https://prezi.com/p/d1n2ueyfamqf/

Wolf Warrior II

Actor and Show Time

Wujing, Beijing, 1974

An strength actor and director 

Played in the movie:Lengfeng

Introduction

Lengfeng, a soldier who took off his uniform, was involved in an insurgency in an African country. He could have safely forgotten the duties of the soldier and returned to the battlefield to rescue.

Reasons of pop culture in China

Military Dream
Realistic
Evacuation operations

Review

Combine with patriotism and action play
Wonderful boxing and advanced weapons
Large-scale war scenes
Plot of saving exotic countrymen and refugee

Summary of Blue text (Music)

Summary of Blue Text

Review (Movies)

Song (Music)

A Song that Moved Me

This song that is called Seasons In the Sun moved me. It is very sentimental.It is a work that a French singer Jacques Brel published in 1961. It moved me because it described a cancer and dying man clinging to his father, his wife and friends in the face of death

Pinboard (Music)

Pinboard

From My Parents Generation

Punk that is New to Me

From My Culture

A Belief of My Generation

French songs

Genre (Music)

Glam Rock

Other Name : Glitter ROCK
Origin: Britain in the early 1970s
Peak: The mid-1970s
Famous groups or singers-
(UK) David Bowie, Queen(70's), Rex Band, Rossi music
(U.S.) Lewis Alen Reed, New York Dolls, Jobriath

 

Features :
1) vague gender dress in leader singer and musicaian
2) Gorgeous dranatic style

Reflection Unit 3 (Movies)

Reflection Unit 3

          In Unit 3, we learned about movies. All of us like movies and we can be easy to talk about them. We know the movies have many gence. They are action film, comedy film, horror film, ramance and so on. Of course, we know more details about them from mini-genre presentation. Next, we finished the movie industry that is an interest hunt. We looked through some webs about movies. They are Hollywood, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, and Tyler Perry Studios. We also answered some questions about them. Tyler Perry is the most important in them so that we read an article“Tyler Perry's Money Machine”. It talks about the typical characteristics of Parry's films and the difference between his characters and mainstream Hollywood depictions of African Americans. Also, it explains the reason why his films sp successful and earn lots of money. We studied many terms about movies such as plot, setting, acting, scence, indie, box office and so on. In addition, we also read“Why We Crave Horror Movies”and studied horror movies. I was interested in crossword puzzle of movie and it was an Aha moment for me. Also, I studied history of cinema. I have seen Rotten Tomatoes that has many movie reviews, but I don't know how to analyze and write reviews. I think it is important and interesting. In a word, I think it is necessary for us to learn movies.

Movie Poster (Movies)

Goosechase

https://www.goosechase.com/game/98518/start-stop/

Genre (Movies)

Science Fiction

Characteristics:

• Scientific,imaginative,comic-strip-like
• Heros,distant planets,impossible quests,fantastic places,great dark and shadowy villains,unknown and inexplicable forces
• Time travel,fantastic journeys on Earth or into other space

Examples and famous directors:  

1.Event Horizon（1997）-Paul W.S. Anderson (3/4,1965), British, film director, producer, and screenwriter

 

2.Gattaca- Andrew Niccol(6/10,1964), New Zealand,Simone(2002), Lord of Ward(2005), In Time(2011), The Host(2013), Good Kill(2014)

Stars of Fads

Stars of Fads

Micheal Jackson

Buffett

Reflection Unit2 (Pop Culture)

Reflection Unit2

In Unit2, it talks about pop culture and stars. I have completed 2 projects about the pop star presentation and team presentation and read something about what is pop culture. We had discussed 4 elements and forms of pop culture. Also, we have known the time of pop culture and why we study pop culture. Of course,how to study pop culture is also important in it. We have known more and more stars by the research and the presentation from other classmates. I didn't know that why the pop culture is low. I will use these new information to show that I  like pop cuture very much. When I saw the star presentation, the Aha moment was I knew more stars' lives and careers.

Fad (Pop Culture)

One of Fads in 2010s

Anger Birds

One of Fads in 2000s

Bratz

 One of Fads in 1990s

Beanie Babies

 One of Fads in 1980s

Boom Boxes

 One of Fads in 1970s 

Daisy Dukes

 

 One of Fads in 1960s 

 Balsa Wood Airplanes

 

 One of Fads in 1950s 

3D Movies

 

 

Pop Star (Pop Culture)

Warren Buffett

Biographical sketch
born in Omaha， Nebraska
grew up with a lot of investment consciousness
US investor, entrepreneur and prominent philanthropist
love stocks and numbers far more than anyone in his family

Berkshire hathaway's largest shareholder，chairman and chief executive
1951-1954，Buffett - Falk & Co. investment company，salesman
1954-1956，Graham - Newman Corp， securities analyst
1956-1969，Buffett Partnership, Ltd company ，partner
Since 1970，Berkshire hathaway, chairman and CEO of the company

Achievements
March 2000, became the honorary President of RCA registered chartered analyst guild
2007,became one of the 100 most influential people in the world
The most successful and greatest investor of all time in the world
2008,became the wealthiest man in the world by investing stocks and foreign exchange markets
December 14, 2016,be honored as the most influential CEO

2000-2017,keep top 5 in the richest man

Anecdote
5, he sold gum at a grocery store owned by his grandfather.
A little later, he and his friend went to the field to pick up the golf balls and then resold them to the court or the guest
In the middle school, in addition to the use of spare time as a newspaper boy，he and his partner in the partnership with the billiard ball game machines to the barbershop owners, earning the extra cash
11, spent $38 to buy Cities Services preferred shares for the first time but in the share price of $40 shall be sold, then share prices rise, after a few years on 200 dollars, let him clear investment blue-chip companies and the importance of long-term stake

Reflection Unit1 (Culture)

Unit1 Reflection

Through the texts I read, the things I researched, the discussions I had, and the project I completed, I learned the importance of the culture that around us. Because of the culture shock, we must studymore cultures to communicate easily. I have compared with the Chinese culture and western culture after the culture iceberg that I had never touched before. Also, I know all kinds of folk culture from different countries by other students. Actually, my Aha moment was pop culture. I just knew iphone is pop culture. I didn't know that what the subculture is. I have learned the different cultures and I use it to communicate with other people and make more friends. From this unit, I think the essence of the culture makes people that come from other countries can understand each other. In a word, culture has become important in my life.

CIP as a picture+Explanation (Culture)

Explanation:
This is my CIP，Welcome to come in here.
I will introduce my city from a video first.Then,I will introduce some important festivals in my city to you.After that, I will bring you to see 2 famous views in my city by some pictures and simple introduction. Finally, you will see real me.

Avatar

Hello everyone,
My name is Wenyao Jiang.You can call me"Wenyao".This is my new blogger.I am honor to meet you in the future here.