tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77453612952957993702024-03-18T23:50:12.164-04:00T&T BloggerzinET&T BloggerzinE is about how various things are portrayed by the media. whether it be crime, fashion, politics or even sports.
Designed by students of COSTAATT enrolled in the Bachelors of Mass Communication Evening Programme (Hiliare, Kevon, Selma, Keishelle and Choy).
Created September 28th 2010.BloggerzinEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13275233079933321485noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745361295295799370.post-90404259250651951842010-12-05T23:33:00.005-04:002010-12-06T17:40:20.149-04:00Is there a lack of local sporting coverage in the local media?<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By K. Wilson</span></b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.singaporeathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ato-boldon.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.singaporeathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ato-boldon.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The people of Trinidad and Tobago have been described as 'banwagonists', especially when dealing with sports and I believe that a big reason for this is the lack of sporting coverage by the media. This, in my opinion, has resulted in an ‘out of sight, out of mind syndrome’ where we only become interested when a national team does well on an international stage or a big international event is on the horizon such as the Olympics, FiFa World Cup and the Cricket World Cup. It’s like this because this is the period when the media become interested and in our society we tend to follow the hype.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Yeah, sure we get highlights in the sportscasts, but, who really knows what’s going on with swimming, what about athletics? What’s the latest with Mark Burns? Can Devon Joslin produce the kind of form for T&T that helped the Defence Force capture the Pro League title this season? These are all questions that the average person cannot answer because they are not well informed. As a matter of fact people know more about Digicel Rising Stars and the next T&T Top Model than they do about any local sporting league or events.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/79/images/cb79-2-38_img3_fs.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/79/images/cb79-2-38_img3_fs.jpg" width="200" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">I admire the Americans, the British, South Americans and the Europeans because they understand the importance of sports in a society. To them it’s a big deal and they treat it as such. This is probably why they are always at the top of the game in many different disciplines. There are numerous sporting TV and Radio stations </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">such as Sky Sports, ESPN, Fox Soccer Report</span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> and Fox Sports that are entirely about the different sports that are engaged in their countries. Most of our local ‘sports journalists’ are a waste of time, in my opinion. You can tell by listening to them that they are unfamiliar and do not have a sporting background or even a broad handle on sporting jargon. Maybe it’s the media’s fault we’re 'banwagonists 'and maybe it's time the media give sports its due justice.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">New sport on the rise in Trinidad and Tobago, Extreme Cycling </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> This dude got skills </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upozqJGpwac">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upozqJGpwac</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>BloggerzinEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13275233079933321485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745361295295799370.post-58803931461176274912010-11-21T21:07:00.003-04:002010-11-21T21:10:32.560-04:00Is the media killing Trinidad and Tobago's folklore?<i><b>By C. Felix</b></i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPUFtLK_ABzbCFCYHszHLxxwAldJNdL4h8-n0pSPgtAXIyTBjab63faVegDys9RJYV9OnfM1SfG3AO1gBdJ3uG5sulU7y6_aux3AeYnAZE2KqFGPJE96r0yyQ7Ehl6OSAN_mfRuHdtpM/s1600/So.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPUFtLK_ABzbCFCYHszHLxxwAldJNdL4h8-n0pSPgtAXIyTBjab63faVegDys9RJYV9OnfM1SfG3AO1gBdJ3uG5sulU7y6_aux3AeYnAZE2KqFGPJE96r0yyQ7Ehl6OSAN_mfRuHdtpM/s400/So.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Gone are the days of old when granny used to put us to sit in front of her while in her old creaking rocking chair, with either a pipe or a whip in her hand, to tell stories of old tradition to life. <br />
What ever happened to </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Papa Bois, La Diablesse, Mama Dlo, the Soucouyant with her fiery flamboyant skin, Ligahoo and </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Douens? Miserable little tricky back footed, faceless bastards who used to lead children into the bushes till they were lost. <br />
Many of the young people who may be reading this would be lost as to who or what I am referring to. However, before the advent of reality shows, internet, play station 2, I pods, cell phones, social media etc, this is how we ‘old folks’ used to intrigue our imagination. <br />
It’s a shame that the dominant media have taken over our culture to such a huge extent that our valuable old time stories are being swept under the carpet with very little hope of return. In addition to the imagination, fascination and scariness those stories brought. They also brought a sense of togetherness amongst friends and family alike who would listen attentively to granny speak while a bake roasted on an opened fire.<br />
This was how families used to interact no so long ago. Even though people might complain about the alleged demonic influences accompanied with our local folklore, the fact of the matter is, these stories opened the door way for discussions and conversations amongst family members. I dear you to have an intellectually bonding conversation with someone chatting on Facebook, Twitter or BBM. <span id="goog_80035805"></span><span id="goog_80035806"></span></span> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
What is the local media doing to keep the flames of folklore burning? Definitely not enough, because the media hardly ever bother to do a feature story on Trinbagonian tales from long ago by interviewing the last remaining elderly souls that actually remember a good local <span id="goog_80035809"></span><span id="goog_80035810"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Soucouyant story. No one even bothers to do docu-series on proposed titles like “The search for Papa Bois” or “I think my neighbor is a La Diablesse” to cement some sort of culture and imagination in the minds of our youth. Coincidentally, thanks to the media, our Trini youngsters can clearly identify a Zombie, Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy and the Boogieman to name a few; all of which by the way are conjured from foreign folklores brought to us by the media. <span id="goog_1828262549"></span><span id="goog_1828262550"></span> <br />
Sad to say Uncle Papa Bois and Aunty Mama Dlo that your time has unfortunately passed and you are hardly remembered in the fragile fading minds of those like me. </span></span><br />
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</div>BloggerzinEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13275233079933321485noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745361295295799370.post-18980230450525220822010-11-14T23:46:00.006-04:002010-11-15T01:23:58.926-04:00Is the media condoning lawlessness?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>By K. Johnson</i></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The topic of Lesbians, Bisexuals, Gays, and Transgenders (LGBT) has been a very sore topic in Trinidad and Tobago for a number of years. People are afraid to discuss the issues that surround LGBT’s in our society mainly because they are afraid that they are going to offend some people. The ones who are more on the fearful side are the LGBTs. The reason for that, aside from blatant discrimination from the general public, is that the law is not on their side. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnWaMneeAH5b4lxjxMkhDfvMr71TEG4fwOXilo87EBm0zj3-u_NIDuGulhbvR8nKy9y1fU6CqslZjsFY0tukjMSsCPI3bMq4yN4C5sU8Q14of0U97QiQCN4b-lvOHPgUd7_yAcXek8b4/s1600/portrait-two-gay_%257Egwp105062%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; height: 183px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 189px;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEnWaMneeAH5b4lxjxMkhDfvMr71TEG4fwOXilo87EBm0zj3-u_NIDuGulhbvR8nKy9y1fU6CqslZjsFY0tukjMSsCPI3bMq4yN4C5sU8Q14of0U97QiQCN4b-lvOHPgUd7_yAcXek8b4/s200/portrait-two-gay_%257Egwp105062%255B1%255D.jpg" width="125" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The laws of Trinidad and Tobago view Lesbianism, Bisexuality, Homosexuality and Transgenderism as criminal acts punishable by imprisonment. “Trinidadian criminal code prohibits sex between two people of the same sex, as is the case in much of the English-speaking Caribbean<b>. Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986</b>[1] criminalises "buggery". This section, strengthened in 2000,[2] states: (1) A person who commits buggery is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">a. If committed by an adult on a minor, for life;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">b. If committed by an adult on another adult, for twenty five years;</span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">c. If committed by a minor, for five years."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqO6raArfT9AGDbtY3kEkZ6Zemw7w3lOqQn0dR25FE7zPGCpw2ZM_VyiC8MbcfNwxu75gikWAIDU0-v7xZLc7dJQcZSr2_JMjR1TL-DTQ89c0eBHvMyJzZ1bbuOWcD4FSnvV-1ZReQzE/s1600/images%255B9%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqO6raArfT9AGDbtY3kEkZ6Zemw7w3lOqQn0dR25FE7zPGCpw2ZM_VyiC8MbcfNwxu75gikWAIDU0-v7xZLc7dJQcZSr2_JMjR1TL-DTQ89c0eBHvMyJzZ1bbuOWcD4FSnvV-1ZReQzE/s1600/images%255B9%255D.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Even as the law is expected to be common knowledge to all, some of our local T.V. Stations and Newspapers broadcast and publish content that are not in accordance with our laws. The Ellen Degeneres Show, Will and Grace and even America’s Next Top Model, are just a few of the shows that encourage what our law is against. I personally have no issue with LGBT’s, they are human beings just like the rest of us and should be treated as such. The question here is whether or not media houses have a responsibility to broadcast content that upholds the law of the land? Or is it okay to adopt the copycat syndrome even if it goes against what we as a nation are supposed to abide by?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60O_mKxZF1JN3N8T-TNhnBTFhGZbKp-9K2EfqFBPTXg4boZHc_esPmazbNybfJhNEy_lq_sk-SOCPE1ekM79yLyLkKMZOAXwV7BmBVG6-NXPWr9an-PLj8JozhgFVUhSWa_9jJ5pqGI8/s1600/k1317987%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60O_mKxZF1JN3N8T-TNhnBTFhGZbKp-9K2EfqFBPTXg4boZHc_esPmazbNybfJhNEy_lq_sk-SOCPE1ekM79yLyLkKMZOAXwV7BmBVG6-NXPWr9an-PLj8JozhgFVUhSWa_9jJ5pqGI8/s1600/k1317987%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>BloggerzinEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13275233079933321485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745361295295799370.post-89411902609889856832010-11-07T19:01:00.002-04:002010-12-06T14:32:34.760-04:00WTF…Halloween Party! Is the media aware of what they are promoting? <style>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphxYFA5KmXmbCv4n_d96VggFgAXWq0kFx_rA-HY5pHNPxtGKv02GHHSAP6uxRAXbTd-qDhD6T2wjDK31WzF0MC-hVCFBcQWwmhkCCwAg-XTGka_RysZozGv9NPaOOUyUEOhFuJyPRlGY/s1600/Pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphxYFA5KmXmbCv4n_d96VggFgAXWq0kFx_rA-HY5pHNPxtGKv02GHHSAP6uxRAXbTd-qDhD6T2wjDK31WzF0MC-hVCFBcQWwmhkCCwAg-XTGka_RysZozGv9NPaOOUyUEOhFuJyPRlGY/s200/Pumpkin.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">All last week I heard ads on the radio and saw several on the television pushing Halloween parties and movies. Since when do we celebrate Halloween? Where did we get it from?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">Yes the media is to inform and entertain us, but can they change our traditions? What happened to All Souls or All Saints when we pray for those who have departed? We have thrown this away for Halloween. Do we know the origins of the festival? Why do they wear masks? What is the purpose of the “trick or treat”? But we have people counting down the week … <b>W</b>ednesday, <b>T</b>hursday, <b>F</b>riday… Halloween Party!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4daDiqNCOcOmZwyJQBuGw9l4NnrRXPwxxgf7Af3L_nbgGypi07rsE-dNp2HC_t8L-BTdvvfktncyWbidt0SxXUt6rD2uzNZrrUQR6Kovf9k2ENCwBll-EAqn27VbEWRaMeq5LrFiEoA/s1600/halloween+clothes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4daDiqNCOcOmZwyJQBuGw9l4NnrRXPwxxgf7Af3L_nbgGypi07rsE-dNp2HC_t8L-BTdvvfktncyWbidt0SxXUt6rD2uzNZrrUQR6Kovf9k2ENCwBll-EAqn27VbEWRaMeq5LrFiEoA/s200/halloween+clothes.jpg" width="150" /></a>What is going on with our media houses? Our television stations advertise and air Halloween shows during the final October weekend, our radio stations play and endorse Halloween party ads. It’s one thing to look at running the ads as a business venture but how come our media houses do not endorse All Souls or All Saints (which is originally celebrated November 1<sup>st</sup>) so that we light candles and pray for the souls of those who have passed - the persons who were killed on our roads, on the job, the victims of crime. Instead we have Halloween stories and Halloween sales. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqMDQ_GzZfIY9bbjr9lUBxcNg_EKGuK_uiVBw_QIwWO7iWE8GixTqwOTwnvRtXp2I_05qJ706va_Hph8EMMu34R4ZOCQvTE0VNOzWiFeVYb_ZRXSq0WCohxBJnWbxqkfRz4AxEUz4oeQ/s1600/Halloween+children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqMDQ_GzZfIY9bbjr9lUBxcNg_EKGuK_uiVBw_QIwWO7iWE8GixTqwOTwnvRtXp2I_05qJ706va_Hph8EMMu34R4ZOCQvTE0VNOzWiFeVYb_ZRXSq0WCohxBJnWbxqkfRz4AxEUz4oeQ/s200/Halloween+children.jpg" width="200" /></a>Let’s look at the facts – according to the Colombian Encyclopedia, <i>Halloween, Oct. 31, the eve of <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AllStsDa.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">All Saints' Day</span></a> , observed with traditional games and customs. The word comes from medieval <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/England.aspx"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">England</span></a>'s All Hallows' eve (Old Eng. hallow = "saint”). However, many of these customs predate <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christianity.aspx"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Christianity</span></a>, going back to Celtic practices associated with Nov. 1, which was Samhain, the beginning of winter and the Celtic New Year. Witches and other evil spirits were believed to roam the earth on this evening, playing tricks on human beings to mark the season of diminishing sunlight. Bonfires were lit, offerings were made of dainty foods and sweets, and people would disguise themselves as one of the roaming spirits, to avoid demonic persecution. Survivals of these early practices can be found in countries of Celtic influence today, such as the <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/United_States.aspx"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">United States</span></a> where children go from door to door in costumes demanding "trick or treat." </i>To read more<b>… <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Halloween.aspx">http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Halloween.aspx</a> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp_XXxakTaUn6FdH0Y8_4ftQA9hgp1SMJUHnpWNds43jfWaXSjWdJ_o9ocYHBM3842d4RF7Dw5IhhFcBVfQzuvmU6hnkOVe0YNGwT3p9-806CtjMGOn2GjqbCgnpqFNGiDdvKiqVWeBc/s1600/AllSaintsDayNecklace_Lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVp_XXxakTaUn6FdH0Y8_4ftQA9hgp1SMJUHnpWNds43jfWaXSjWdJ_o9ocYHBM3842d4RF7Dw5IhhFcBVfQzuvmU6hnkOVe0YNGwT3p9-806CtjMGOn2GjqbCgnpqFNGiDdvKiqVWeBc/s200/AllSaintsDayNecklace_Lg.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">The media does not tell us what to think but what to think about. But, they should not promote things because everyone else (country) is doing it. Is the profit from advertising more important than the messages being fed to citizens? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">On behalf of T&T Bloggerzine, to all the families and friends of those who have passed away, accept our condolences.<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face"; line-height: 115%;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">and let perpetual light shine upon them</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">May they rest in peace. Amen. 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever turned on your television set onto one of the local stations to watch the news and left it on past an hour only to wonder if you were still on the same channel, as the programming was from one of those American networks?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are about 13 television stations in Trinidad and Tobago, most of which are on Cable, with only about four that operate nationally.<span id="goog_1580638420"></span><span id="goog_1580638421"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsBwpiAIhyRJRT1BZgHztDcUElR9-M1PW_AoWiafyEDTtW7wjdRybEv-_CcodIHQSIGfNgSwKUJLCVM0BNr4_zntk9Wtg0iN4HYDcEO2IQlh6kkBZe30nPHTA2jjTP3ypHzXy-3qvsdk/s1600/NCIS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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Several of these shows follow closely behind the new episodes from the American Networks and one can imagine the cost for such popular, foreign shows. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that some of the popular shows or movies cannot form part of the local programming, but at a minimal, to perhaps accommodate people who live in rural areas and do not have access to Cable. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some may say that there isn’t a lot of local content to broadcast, but I beg to differ. There are a couple of stations that broadcast all local or even Caribbean content. Local does not have to be restricted to Trinidad and Tobago, we are part of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and we share some of their culture. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJniguYh1Yj4kKxuamMYvzgA4T1PUg54yLbCXvcRou6MBEndQNQjVXf0orB61ob1Ml6ObJ4fOWJY4-IZApMya1mzwDCrUc2mJq-lhOwvRtyhrWoGiEbdGe8UhSgB8Dq1JCOFkZGHzpW8U/s1600/Local+film.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJniguYh1Yj4kKxuamMYvzgA4T1PUg54yLbCXvcRou6MBEndQNQjVXf0orB61ob1Ml6ObJ4fOWJY4-IZApMya1mzwDCrUc2mJq-lhOwvRtyhrWoGiEbdGe8UhSgB8Dq1JCOFkZGHzpW8U/s320/Local+film.jpg" width="210" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Yet how many local or Caribbean movies, films, documentaries or even sitcoms do we see on our local stations? And there are numerous materials. You only hear about or see them during the annual Film Festivals we host here. Someone very close to me is in his last year of a BA in Film at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. After his class graduates, what’s next? Students have graduated before them and have made films and documentaries. Has anyone of you seen any? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="goog_959573125"></span><span id="goog_959573126"></span>The Fourth Estate (the media) is supposed to be the voice of the people, not only when they are in trouble but also when they are trying to get their messages, in this case creations, across. I think it’s time they approach the Film students at UWI and try to give them a platform where they can create and have their films/documentaries aired.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t think for one second that the Media Companies may not be aware of the Film Degree at UWI, because some of their employees are enrolled in the programme. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">As it relates to Caribbean films, if you do some checking you would see that the directors of some of these films are Trinbagonians. We need to give them the encouragement to produce local/Caribbean content or they will simply migrate to where their skills are needed and appreciated. </span><span style="font-size: small;">To the local stations that do air predominately local content, hats off to you, but to the others I think it’s time you guys get on the local bandwagon. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxI8dThpY7P324tTIkikye2hLnryxXzVgDDnrpmmV_YzZsHMstJwMQoaCn-ZsnMGLA-zabqdXaZJK-H8DSe-N6Jgr7eXbfBq7Bk77nLukDCsmNAsjN7Wo-CTEuulZo5XVTEr4YAMbyfo/s1600/Local+Film+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxI8dThpY7P324tTIkikye2hLnryxXzVgDDnrpmmV_YzZsHMstJwMQoaCn-ZsnMGLA-zabqdXaZJK-H8DSe-N6Jgr7eXbfBq7Bk77nLukDCsmNAsjN7Wo-CTEuulZo5XVTEr4YAMbyfo/s320/Local+Film+2.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0pB8lzxgb71oKYUiF9Kx0xAyTxR8cAgHyHxi1HBwKlXZHF8nQJYSB1PjN7V0jycPEhlGkMckCP3Z9pbQMEhUqbkUoL7s8V7sPDI7NsiMjuRk41GOOdSWr35uFnFqrq3YaupMhygaRpk/s1600/Front+Page.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0pB8lzxgb71oKYUiF9Kx0xAyTxR8cAgHyHxi1HBwKlXZHF8nQJYSB1PjN7V0jycPEhlGkMckCP3Z9pbQMEhUqbkUoL7s8V7sPDI7NsiMjuRk41GOOdSWr35uFnFqrq3YaupMhygaRpk/s200/Front+Page.JPG" width="156" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">How often do you open the newspaper or watch the 7 o'clock news and see the scenes of horrific accidents with the bodies of the victims sprawled out uncovered on the highway, a street or in a drain. What effect does this have on the mother, father, children and other relatives of these victims who would be scarred for life? </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SKX3VDxq1z3ICmoufPO3ZOsulWu7jlexgZuoXeIHyre4-jGMuIt1YC4wBwKSuKQAHgThrKLYFiILS88zWfBlJNMAWhAtkILI40WwREhzpM9FEQ3oJbz9_XvkSCFSJmcy4zGI_E7TPsI/s1600/Front+Page+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SKX3VDxq1z3ICmoufPO3ZOsulWu7jlexgZuoXeIHyre4-jGMuIt1YC4wBwKSuKQAHgThrKLYFiILS88zWfBlJNMAWhAtkILI40WwREhzpM9FEQ3oJbz9_XvkSCFSJmcy4zGI_E7TPsI/s200/Front+Page+2.JPG" width="156" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">For example, a couple of months ago a municipal police officer was shot and killed in an attempted carjacking by bandits along the Uriah Butler Highway near the Grand Bazaar traffic lights. The picture of him lying dead on the road, still holding his car keys, was on the front page of all the major newspapers and shown on prime time newscasts on different TV stations. This was one of the most insensitive coverage of a story that I’ve seen in recent times with reporters going so far as to visit the family at their home in such an obvious time of grief and place a camera and microphone in their faces, asking them asinine questions, such as, how they felt about what has happened. </span><br />
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In other words, Trinbagonians could 'reallll' cook. </span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, with fast food influences from abroad being magnified by the dominating media, Trinbagonians are quickly loosing the ‘sweet hand’ we could have proudly boasted of just a few years ago. </span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmalYBql6o3lunTVc38hAt8e6fx_r8BEd6gnOjNVeXkYANdyUB0ZP_S93Qe2EKiLxLHt3ufSFd2ZheX8u8KOgJWGQ0RWLeh0XBOse59oAF3lk9QbPN32mVxebyl7U2TAvEzPnMLvENyj8/s1600/crab+and+dumpling.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmalYBql6o3lunTVc38hAt8e6fx_r8BEd6gnOjNVeXkYANdyUB0ZP_S93Qe2EKiLxLHt3ufSFd2ZheX8u8KOgJWGQ0RWLeh0XBOse59oAF3lk9QbPN32mVxebyl7U2TAvEzPnMLvENyj8/s200/crab+and+dumpling.jpg" width="200" /></a>Instead of one spending 40 minutes over a pot to make a healthy tasty beef pelau or dhal, rice and curry fish, we prefer to spend $60 on a medium pizza or $40 on a 4-piece chicken and fries daily, which by the way research has proven are filled with so much unhealthy trans-fats that it slowly clogs your arteries, killing you while you eat. </span></div></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">It cannot be that these fast food are so popular in Trinidad and Tobago because of the ‘fastness’ because if you have ever been to a local fast food outlet, you would definitely see that the lines are extremely long, notice the very unsanitary conditions (particularly in the bathrooms) and the service is unbearably slow which is also accompanied with hoggish customer service representatives. </span></div><div style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUQkbhZ5P0UPBmYA8RyX14BnJJwSTmb3yBpSNQIQtMf2_anPL4f-M4UQNKn9EScS3WeXzP_tNOp2_pD4JkBLBBNiQ_CLFCg6F5M8ZJ_BN9UBfRVuP9Kl_YY2lqfmQ9blsu-VPH1WhiZg/s1600/match-analysis-restaurants.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUQkbhZ5P0UPBmYA8RyX14BnJJwSTmb3yBpSNQIQtMf2_anPL4f-M4UQNKn9EScS3WeXzP_tNOp2_pD4JkBLBBNiQ_CLFCg6F5M8ZJ_BN9UBfRVuP9Kl_YY2lqfmQ9blsu-VPH1WhiZg/s200/match-analysis-restaurants.jpg" width="170" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's simply because the media have pushed the convenience of fast food so extensively throughout the world that we now wonder how the hell can we live without fast food, which companies spend millions of dollars on monthly advertising to ensure the messages are delivered and registered.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">The speed, the luxury of not cooking, the yummy taste; all these messages and thousands more like it are being fed to us in all 'forms and fashion' - Internet, billboards, television, posters, banners, etc. All this effort to ensure that you the public are hooked on fast food. </span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">As for me, the fast food brainwash of the dominant media can take a back burner because nothing beats my great-grand-mama's curry crab and dumplings washed down by some sweet homemade passion-fruit punch. </span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yeah! </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">It was Friday evening, the rain was pouring in Port of Spain. I had one goal that evening and that was to get out of the capital city before it started to flood. As I made my way down </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Frederick Street</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><street w:st="on"></street> I was forced to stop to shelter the rain in front of one of the stores that lined the street. Standing next to me, one of the students shouted “Deuces b***es!!!” Apparently Chris Brown’s song <i>Deuces </i>has finally started to serve its purpose. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqTuqRwWrXKZUf6WIGC7ktC_VRKfZPpG4Vuab6wQ3sSx5GN0VRWDVrHa1_6YZayeL8vxbipIy8fZOA8Ozf7TkMCClGQCe1j6lCQrFF03sBByhyMOl7oW1RiqXhurvDgp66vCzOK_iNLI/s1600/Keishelle+Pic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqTuqRwWrXKZUf6WIGC7ktC_VRKfZPpG4Vuab6wQ3sSx5GN0VRWDVrHa1_6YZayeL8vxbipIy8fZOA8Ozf7TkMCClGQCe1j6lCQrFF03sBByhyMOl7oW1RiqXhurvDgp66vCzOK_iNLI/s320/Keishelle+Pic+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">That incident made me wonder how many of us 'closed-mindedly' absorb what the media feed us and regurgitate some of the nonsense as though its “We ting”. If we look around in our society now we see that the media have started to fold new cultures into our already fading culture. We see evidence of this when we hear Trinbagonians (young people in particular) speak, when we look at their attitudes - just looking at them communicate reeks of international influences through the media. Since when we as Trinbagonians use the term “bumbaclot” – which in Jamaica means </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">"king of curse words”…or phrases like “me afi go pon d bed” which means “ I have to go on the bed.” And there are numerous other phrases that sometimes makes me feel like I am in ‘little Jamaica’.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes it’s even hard to distinguish some of our local artistes from the Jamaican artistes. Language is supposed to be one of the tools that help to define our identity as a society. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The question here is, are we not satisfied with the way we speak? Or do we just copy and speak what we are frequently exposed to and bombarded with by the media?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">So for now I am just waiting to see what new slang we are going to adopt…But even with that said I hope we just stick to just the slang and not behaviour such as this…</span></div></div><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIbUlZNSvbesr0H8EwreYeJl0-NbWGRWwzere2LHzGXNchuPjyFDpWCH9slXgYfCo-eF5McwD8o9aa7uLChZinf4mOVhliAvSIYttRF7WsNFsvBE1aPlfWVF7xTQ3Ayy3o8XmNmpsoYg/s200/0219_rihanna_photo_beating.jpg" width="140" /><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIbUlZNSvbesr0H8EwreYeJl0-NbWGRWwzere2LHzGXNchuPjyFDpWCH9slXgYfCo-eF5McwD8o9aa7uLChZinf4mOVhliAvSIYttRF7WsNFsvBE1aPlfWVF7xTQ3Ayy3o8XmNmpsoYg/s1600/0219_rihanna_photo_beating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>BloggerzinEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13275233079933321485noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745361295295799370.post-32705209859591958772010-10-03T20:57:00.001-04:002010-10-04T13:43:11.214-04:00Fashion and Styles - Do we or the media determine what we wear?<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By S. Elie</b></i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For generations, the media has shaped our fashion sense through music, videos, advertising and television shows. From pictures of Prince with "jerry curls" to Kartel’s song, Straight Jeans.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiimBVtjdB9iPCAcl68rDP_NSxZQZFqmHm3CKVxI20Kqd_fjr8lrVhVLAXbTlusdeod3USRHU_K62iPvjfDw1wXrLZATvQeF7sKf80-q0dC3ZbX-8Sr3izGQ2h9a7UM99-_kmMIQGCEXo/s1600/straight+jeans.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiimBVtjdB9iPCAcl68rDP_NSxZQZFqmHm3CKVxI20Kqd_fjr8lrVhVLAXbTlusdeod3USRHU_K62iPvjfDw1wXrLZATvQeF7sKf80-q0dC3ZbX-8Sr3izGQ2h9a7UM99-_kmMIQGCEXo/s320/straight+jeans.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">My question is, has the media gone too far? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I recently went out with a guy, and like a typical female, I took quite sometime choosing what to wear, making sure that everything was right; hair, make up, shoes and jeans. That night I saw at least 20 girls in my jeans and this was just outside of the club. Then inside, though the club was packed and the DJ on par, I couldn’t help but wonder between my date and I, whose jeans were tighter. This bothered me, mainly because I took such a long time looking for those jeans, settling for nothing less. I wanted the jeans that I saw Beyonce, Tyra and Faye Ann wearing, and I guess he wanted the jeans that he saw Chris Brown, Kartel and T.C. wearing.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfBDb840hNe_GpruQtws-ADJAYPJO0B1nR64X-CqFyHKttL2eAAQRYl78AQdZH-IbYf7Leb23wdR9Ke79U95h2t2xsJRccaudNcdaGhFxZsM7yQ7-d4R0MnX-9xCWeahMxslLbyFeCfU/s1600/dance-hall%2520zone2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfBDb840hNe_GpruQtws-ADJAYPJO0B1nR64X-CqFyHKttL2eAAQRYl78AQdZH-IbYf7Leb23wdR9Ke79U95h2t2xsJRccaudNcdaGhFxZsM7yQ7-d4R0MnX-9xCWeahMxslLbyFeCfU/s1600/dance-hall%2520zone2.jpg" /></a>After the date I couldn’t help but wonder why I had to have those jeans, then it dawned on me, the media. Through music played on the radio, music videos, ads and pictures in print and the electronic media, I learnt that I needed to dress a particular way. I had to get those jeans. I bought into everything I saw and heard, buying “their” concept of fashion hook, line and sinker. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am sure that you can finish these songs - Straight jeans and fitted..., or, Ah way yuh get dat new Clarks dey daddy…, maybe this one, wey them blackers at wey them blackers at …, or a song that was my anthem for a while, Auda Marva Kay Watch, dimples in your neck tie, Hermez briefcase, Cartier top clips, silk line blazers, diamond cream facials, vvs cuff links, six star pimp suites... </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Kartel brought back skinny jeans and Clarks for men, Rihanna ushered back black and after Beyonce wore a shirt as a dress in her Upgrade You video, men’s shirts became fashionable to women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="border: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are surrounded by media influence everyday, whether it be radio, television, </span><span style="font-size: small;">pictures and ads in newspapers, magazines and on billboards, videos on television and the internet, even our local presenters dress in the new trends. We are bombarded with this concept of fashion by the media. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I like this guy, but I can't help but think that if we took our jeans off we might have difficulty deciding whose is whose.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plain talk; bad manners</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwke-oMhwjZiI6CxLTy4YVRyNmTxvtC6qTwYc2rV-DD47pHfjGyDhD1m1N1CPWh5PgrIDApT1Gidoc5HGPV' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><div style="border: medium none;"><br />
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