Assignment 2-2 (Icon Analysis)

A cartoon is a humorous or satirical drawing to evoke emotions usually with a caption (cartoon network studios, 2007). It is typically a simple-lined drawing and tells a story or continues a story. It can consist of one or more pictures or frames. Some advantages of cartoons are he fact that, cartoons are naturally attention getters and hold viewer’s attention long enough to deliever short messages. They liven up dreary subjects. They also emphasize security and safety, add interest to training and briefing materials and promote recruiting and retention. One other use of a cartoon is that, it could be used to subdue real tragedies that would normally frighten or repulse.

Below is an image of a cartoon;

A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person (Statue of limitations 2007) Statues are mostly representational. For example, they are built on commission to commemorate a historical event or the life of an influential person. Many statues are intended as public art exhibited outdoors or in public buildings for the edification of passers-by with a larger magnitude than normal words could ever have for the common man.

Below is an image of a statue;

A trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays pranks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behavior (Trickster god, 2007). As a figure, a trickster or a human character of a folktale who constantly tries to outsmart or outwit other characters but does not always succeed and is sometimes the loser and not the winner.

Below is image of a trickster

References

Cartoon network Studios (2007). Retrieved, January 13, 2007, from

http://www.worldimages.com/art_glossary.php.

Statue of limitations (2007). Retrieved, January 13, 2007, from

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/statue.

Trickster god (2007). Retrieved, January 14, 2007, from

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster.

Assignment 1-4 (Weekly Written Analysis 1)

Rules and Regulations about the flag of United States.

A current pop culture that interests me, is the flag of the United States.
The flag that stands as a unique symbol representing the whole nation consist of 13 equal horizontal strips of red at both top and bottom, alternate with white with a blue rectangle at the top left corner with 50 small stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars that alternates with rows of five stars.
The flag has specific rules and regulations that should always be adhered to on how to display the flag(U.S. History 2007). These are the fact that
1. When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it is always necessary for it to be
suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east
in a north and south street.
2. When the United States flag is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed
staffs it should be on the right and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
3. When the flag is flown at half-staff, it should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant
and then lowered to the half-staff position. Again, it should be raised to the peak before it
is lowered for the day.
4. When the flag of states, cities or localities or pennants of societies are flown on the same
halyard with the flag of the United States the latter should always be at the peak.
5. When the flag is suspended over a side walk from a rope extending from a house to a pole
at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out from the building.
6. When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the
window sill, front of a building or balcony, the union of the flag should be placed at the
peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.
7. When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be 50 placed in that they union is at the
head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be allowed to touch the ground.
8. When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should
be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or
vertically against a wall the union should be uppermost and to the flag’s own right.
9. When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or
clamped to the right fender.


References

US History (2007). Retrieved, January 9, 2008 from http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

Francis Asare, Pop Culture, Assignment 1-2

Popular culture is defined as the widespread cultural elements in any given society that are perpetuated through that society’s vernacular language. Popular culture is also deemed simply as what is popular within the social context, which is most strongly represented by what is perceived to be popularly accepted among society.
Popular culture is relevant for me in a business environment in that, firms with sustained superior financial performance typically are characterized by a strong set of core managerial values that define the ways they conduct business. It is this core value, such as how to treat customers, employees, suppliers and others that foster innovativeness and flexibility in firms. When they are linked with management control, they are though to lead to sustained superior financial performance. In the business environment, firms with strong cultures are pointed out as examples of excellent management. Population culture serves as an important element towards my moral as an employee in a company or firm in which I would work.
An artifact must be some action, event or object that is perceived as a unified whole. Hence the perception of a whole “thing” or “happening” that has some identity or character in itself is what makes an artifact. One good example of a population culture artifact is the flag of the United States. I chose the flag as an artifact because, the whole flag is perceived as a unity. It is made up of a combination of different parts to from a whole. The bottom strip of the United States flag for example is not an artifact. This is because, although one can perceive it all by itself if he or she makes an effort, it is not usually seen as a thing in itself, with its own separate meaning. Neither is the field of stars in the flag’s upper left corner. Rather the whole flag is perceived as a unity which makes the flag itself an artifact