The Real Deal with Obama

1. I know that
when Obama speaks my limbic brain is supposed to feel a sense a hope. However, I don’t feel this hope when my Neo cortex realizes that Obama is speaking to a bunch of millionaires, all with jobs, health care, and possibly multiple houses.


2. When considering the eight trends the most obvious one I notice is the technological trend. I am able to see this because for the first time the White house has it’s own YouTube channel. This idea also ties along with the Aesthetic shift because I am able to access and share this video clip using iPods, Myspace/Facebook, blogs and web 2.0.


3. I noticed a couple of the seven principles in the State of the Union. The first would be a number of the different production techniques that consisted of different camera angle shots. For example, mid shot, close up and another thing that I never knew was that the camera people get a copy of the scrip. This allows them to zone in on different people who are affiliated with certain topics that are addressed. The fact that Obama is speaking to senators that are millionaires about being poor can be considered a form of Reality Construction.


4. The first persuasive technique that I observed was group dynamics when Obama would say “My fellow Americans.” The second was plain folks when he would reference different towns that he had visited to discuss how people are losing jobs. For example, Allentown Pennsylvania. The third one was humor when he referenced the bank bail out to a root canal because it was something he hated to do, but he did it in order to prevent a complete economic downfall. The forth one I saw was when he talked about the letters he gets from struggling people, this could be considered warm and fuzzy. The 5th one would be big lie because Obama gives the impression that “all Americans are destined to succeed.” The 6th could be a combination of both strength and maybe, because Obama knows that he isn’t sure about where our country is going, but he knows that he is a strong leader and that Americans can be people that are dedicated to achieve success.


5. Obama came into the office at the worst possible time and the only way to bring America out of this recession is to stimulate the economy by getting jobs back.


6. Ten percent of the American population is unemployed. ""We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families," he said. "We cut taxes for small businesses. We cut taxes for first-time homebuyers."