Alright all you sports fans the big controversy topic that keeps the ESPN announcers talking is, “Can Baylor’s Brittney Griner play in the NBA. Brittney Griner is an American women's college basketball player at Baylor University in Waco, Texas who stands 6 ft 8 in, wears a men's US size 17 or 18 shoe and has an arm span of 86”! Holy shit…can you say beast mode! Grinder has changed the women’s game with 14 career dunks and leaving her mark in the NCAA women’s basketball record book. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban got himself some publicity last week by saying he'd consider drafting Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner in this year's NBA Draft. This then brings me to the meat of this post. I came across an article that was completely bashing the idea of a women playing in the NBA. However, is it bad that I completely agree? But why does there need to be articles articulating people’s opinions comparing men and women. For example Charles Barkley, Basketball Hall of Famer, quotes, “If [Cuban] brought her in, yeah, they'd sell some tickets to the summer league, which I don't understand what type of losers would go to the summer league, anyway. I agree with Geno, 100 percent. A girl can't play against men. Listen, it's just publicity [stunt]. Mark's one of my great friends, but a woman can't play against a man." In the same manner, UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma strongly disagreed with Cuban's idea that the 6-8 post player could play professionally against men. During a conference call, Auriemma called the idea a "sham" and "absolutely ludicrous." Later on in the article it keeps repeating, “Women can’t play in the NBA.”

 

My second concept about Brittney Griner relates to our class discussion about transgender. Many people on twitter and Facebook say that Griner is a man because of how she looks and her freakish basketball abilities. I wonder how she is handling the criticism and rude comments. I mean with a girl of a size 17 or 18 shoe, where the hell would you find that. But you know what it is just like that little girl in the class video, Jazz. She is confident and believes in herself which is why she is very
successful.

Okay, as a female basketball player, I completely agree, but why are there multiple articles and social media about this topic. The men’s game is completely different, more physically, and faster. Lastly, I want to leave on this note. I do wish/hope she gets a chance to try out. I would hate to see her lose this one in a life time opportunity not only for her but for female athletes everyone due to gender related issues!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. In the same manner, social media is quickly taking over the world, each interaction at a time. There is one particular media outlet that I would like to talk about today and that is the new up and rising Snapchat. Snapchat is a photo messaging application developed by four Stanford students. Using the app, users can take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to a controlled list of recipients. Users set a time limit for how long recipients can view their photos, up to 10 seconds, after which it will be deleted from the recipient's device and the company's servers.

 

So, now that you have an idea of what Snapchat does, I recently just came across an article, “Teens' Nude Photos from Snapchat Lead to Investigation.” The article states that, “Students at one New Jersey high school could face child pornography charges if found in possession of nude photos of classmates. Explicit images sent via Snapchat prompted a police investigation after two freshman girls shared pictures on the controversial app and later found them posted on Instagram. The Ridgewood High School students sent photos to at least one male classmate who took screenshots in order to save them to a gallery.” The article then goes into detail pertaining that, “Snapchat has gained a reputation for being a sext-friendly app, allowing users to take racy photos that automatically delete a few seconds after being sent. Under New Jersey law, creating, transmitting or possessing these sexually explicit images falls under child pornography and "Endangering the Welfare of Children." This isn’t the first time kids are taking advantage of social media and it will not be the last.

This particular blogs refers to Chapter 2, “Some Background Debate”, in conclusion to the first paragraph, Media Power Versus People Power. Pg. 22 Personally, I think social medias are being used at too young of age groups. These teens are too young to understand the responsibility of these social media apps. They are too immature and stupid to know how to use them correctly. I wonder what social media will be on the new rise that will get more teens in trouble? Will social media apps come up with a way to limit kids creating crimes? How can social media keep kids safe? Does the media have a significant amount of power over its audience or does the audience ultimately have more power than the media? pg. 22