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After turing in my essay arguing that inequality in sports is because of the media. The next step was to make a multimodal presentation of my argument. My video was something that I have wanted to do for a while. I love to motivate people to push them to believe in themselves and most of all overcome adversity. I made this a motivational video because when you look on YouTube most of the inspirational videos or motivational videos are made by men or are about male athletes. My point here is many female athletes do not get the recognition they deserve through media.

The United States celebrates after winning the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 5-2 against Japan at BC Place Stadium on July 5, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

I made a video full of female highlights of all types of women’s sports just to show people that these are athletes you don’t get to see in media.  I made the decision to show women’s lacrosse, rowing, wrestling, and cross country because these are sports that not many talk about let alone ever get a chance to showcase through the media. I captured many audiences by putting mostly Santa Clara University athletes and putting many different sports to peek many who have interest in that sport.I designed the video to be upbeat and motivational with great clips to show how great these female athletes are inspiring but also make those aware that women are not in the media as often as men. I placed the quotes in the middle to keep many people locked into what the point of the video was and make my point clear.

Aug. 20, 2008; Beijing, CHINA; USA players surround homeplate as they wait to celebrate with Crystl Bustos (not pictured) after she hit a three run home run in extra innings against Japan during the softball semi finals at the Fengtai Softball Field during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

The hard part is making it state my argument within the video itself. I couldn’t think of how to address it or make people aware of it so I just added quotes and points. This also made it a little realistic for others to really think about how much they really don’t see female athletes on television. Another part that was difficult was finding a song that went with my video. I picked the song “Girl On fire” by Alicia Keys because the lyrics are so moving to me. As a girl and an athlete I know how the song makes me feel and figured that the song would motivate other women to keep playing sports. Adding the music was most difficult because I had to align a specific sound to the action and make it on beat. Once I made all these decisions it was exciting to make the video because I was able to find highlights and awesome plays to show.

In the end, I was happy it turned out to be easy, relaxed, and so much fun and I learned a lot about the power of media.

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Reflection fo

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Blog writing academic writing and multi-modal writing for this class have been very different things for me. I found different ways that I can  express myself and become a better writer.

Blog Writing 

The blog writing was probably my most favorite part of this course this quarter. I found myself having passionate writing and getting through the true meaning of things without having to write A7 page paper on it. It was quick and to-the-point and I got my point across almost like the way I was talking. As I talk like I write this became more of a challenge to me to write a very formal but informal blog. I was really happy with my blog writing because it transferred into my academic writing.

Academic writing 

By doing so many blogs allowed  my academic writing kind of came to life. I found myself being more clear and direct about my conclusions. I was clarifying more instead of rambling on like I used to. I just felt confident in my writing overall because I think I had more experience writing.

Multimodal writing 

My multimodal writing for this class was a way that I can express my creativity through media. I had to persuade and do things for a reason to make my audience notice what I wanted them to notice. It was a way that I can inform the public about my argument and also express my argument in a different way.

All together now

I believe that they all inform one another because it all transfers to becoming a better writer. I believe that my blog writing influenced my academic writing in my academic writing influence my multi-level writing. The real way is that I can talk and be myself around my bra while grading that I couldn’t with my academic writing but through my academic writing I could State the facts and then Express them to a multi-modal way. The only reason that this transfers between them if I have it set up in the way that it was set up in this class. For instance we had blogs whole year around that helped us with our academic writing and then having an academic argument and then being able to transfer that into multimodal writing for this class and then back around to a blog. I don’t think that I could do a multi-modal writing and then an academic writing and then a Blog writing it has to be in the order of blog academic a multi-modal for a reason.

Effective compositions

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Some effective compositions when dealing with a multi-modal video you want to try to capture the audience’s attention have some relation to your argument, make it clear message, and point across through your video.
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To capture audience’s attention usually want to connect with them on emotional level. You want to connect through their happiness their pleasure their excitement their Madness anything that you can relate to some audiences. To capture audiences attention usually want to connect with them on emotional level. You want to connect through their happiness there pleasure there excitement there madness anything that you can relate to some audiences. My video has connected through audiences 3 Sports. I have added many different types of Sports basketball soccer tennis lacrosse softball wrestling to get people to connect with any of those parts. I also tried to make a connection through the song Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. Because the song is so inspiring and about a girl I feel like that I can get a message across and connect with people through an emotional level love being so strong.
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The whole purpose to relating your multimodal video to your argument is to express it your argument through media and get it out to the public.While making this video relate to my argument. I had highlighted many girls playing sports to get the point across that usually you just see men on Sports Networks. In between my highlights I had written quotes or messages making those aware that women are not in the agenda plan of Networks. Then I argued at the very end that women deserve to be shown on TV.
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In the end I felt like my video was very clear and it got to the point that women deserve to be on TV. It was very concise and appealed to many people that were old young boy girl athletic non-athletic. I felt like I captured the audience’s attention and felt like I was very creative throughout this video. I really enjoyed it

Role of Multimodal Composition in Classroom

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THE ROLE

The role of a multimodal composition in a classroom is animations, to posters, to videos, to a Blog , to a website, you can express and make point visible to the public. In many ways many people like to express themselves through media that gives them a whole wide range of what they are allowed to express themselves with. When I when I first thought of multimodal composition I thought of multiple media devices or Media Services that could get the point across.

MY TEACHERS

Many teachers use multimodal compositions in classrooms. Many of my teachers have used videos to bring connections to actual class material or they use power points that Express what is being taught throughout the class period being in Communications the role of multi-modal compositions in a classroom is huge. Almost in every classroom there’s a multimodal composition whether it’s a photo over analyzing a video or understanding or interpreting a TV show series. Sometimes my homework is even multimodal.

IT HELPS KIDS

Even when kids learn different ways. I feel like no matter what multi-modal can give children a way of learning that is the future. Technology is so Advanced these days has it’s easier to make a multi-modal then it is to speak and have the students listen to you hands on. I know personally that if there is a multi-modal composition in the classroom I will learn more because I’m a visual person. I’m sure if I’m a visual person then a lot other students are visual person so through multimodal composition in a classroom is highly recommended.

My Motivational video

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How how did that just make you feel?

My Video

For my end of the year project I want to make a motivational video. As I was looking for a motivational video to show of girls  as an example it was hard to find one that wasn’t a Nike commercial. But the reason why i went to use this type of media is because motivational videos have a way of making you smile. It has a way of lighting a fire deep within you to want to push to be something more. Motivational videos have a purpose with everything that they show and say. The early morning wake up workouts to the evening practices to the ice bath at night to encourage people to do whatever it takes to follow their dreams.

What do you see?

When I was a athlete just starting out I was always watching videos to help my self motivation. Whether it was learning through a video in Courage by a video or trying to light the fire in there myself motivation videos were always great to look up. What I would like to address is to make a motivation for women to break through the inequality even more than they have right now. I would like to acknowledge not just for women but for men the highlights of women that aren’t seen on TV. Championships, plays, and overcoming adversity is what I want to show because nobody else wants to take the chance and show.

Someone is always watching 

To show and motivate women to keep doing what they’re doing by being professional athletes and potential professional athletes. Above all to give hope where hope it’s been lost. To give hope that there will be a quality one day. To give hope that men will not be the only thing showing on TV. To give hope that equal pay will rise. To give hope that the economy will benefit from this as a whole. In to give hope that they are recognized and appreciated and looked up to as women.

Making the Argument

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Making the argument 

With all of the inequality and gender that I have been writing about it was time to put all of my knowledge through an argument. I would be stating an argument why the reason women are facing inequality is because they’re not getting equal media coverage that they deserve.

Where to start

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As I started this process buy a nationally talking about media and the gender gap in arguing that the media was a big influence I reared my direction into the core reason women are facing inequality and that media is an influence. Yes I will discuss the gender gap but is more focused on the media. I found many examples of inequality within sports but I decided to address one big case. The US Women’s National Team won their third world cup against Japan and was awarded a total of 2 million dollars. The fact that men got paid more than that just for losing was degrading. I found that I could write a lot about that. Going into professional athletes with in soccer I found that they don’t just struggle with inequality if they also struggled for opportunity. There are many differences dealing with professional women’s and men’s soccer. For instance women play on artificial turf where men play on real grass. When men stay in hotel rooms they stay at the opposite luxury hotel where women stay at the same hotel as their opponent.

Problems

What I initially had problems with his my introduction. I knew what I wanted to talk about the how did I get in to address it and introduce it. Because I was talking about inequality how was I going to get a good hook to get people in instead of just all this is just another inequality argument.

What helped

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What really helped me was the annotated bibliography that I had done a couple weeks ago on this argument. It was a good thing to be able to go back and find things that related to beer my argument in the right direction. Although I did do some further research it was very light and I had most of my sources already in place. All I seem to do is make the official argument. 

David Bowie- America

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Within my communication class we were asked to watch a video and analyze it without not knowing any background behind it. We were asked to state the connotation and denotation of the film and what i came up with was what i got from watching the film.

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The title” America” and “Heroes” led me to believe this was a tribute to 9/11 because America was devastated and those who helped and lived through it are all heroes. This video has flashbacks from America then and now showing the vintage look and the of the color video of New York. What seems to be going on is a look at the New York Twin Towers and the view of a bunch of workers throughout New York. The look of tons of people that come through and work every single day indicated that many people want to be in America. As you look at the distance of people standing by water it shows that they are looking from where they came.There are a bunch of people getting off of this ship and coming to New York which leads me to believe immigrants are coming to America. When it shows many  immigrants waving the American flag it is showing that people are happy to come to America. The Statue of Liberty comes in with the fading of the American flag. The symbol for America is the Statue of Liberty because that resembles the path to Enlightenment. It is said the Statue of Liberty’s torch lights the way to Freedom and that is what they seem to be looking for. He keeps repeating “America” to make this dramatic approach to make America sound great . As David Bowie resembles and references many trends in different states across America that is why many come to “ They all come to look for, America” because of the great trends throughout the country.  “Let us be lovers, we’ll barry our fortunes together” resembles the immigrants that come in and Americans becoming one.The dark background and spotlight on David Bowie resembles that is an important message for all to hear. I think him sitting on the ground means that he is in the middle watching everything and singing what he sees. David Bowie is from the UK and it seems that because he himself was an immigrant coming to america he can relate. Maybe he is singing this song to acknowledge all that he loves america for.

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Race Inequality in Sports

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Within my multicultural identities class we have been assigned projects that have to do with certain themes . As I was quick to choose the sports theme I decided to come up with the research question of multi-racial America and sports athletes being stereotyped by their race. Now in the class that I am in dealing with inequality in gender I thought it was really cool to think about inequality and race.

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Inequality within Sports has been going around for years not only with gender but really big and race. Stereotypes with athletes are the main reason people are biased about sports. Serena and Venus Williams who played professional tennis do not seem to look the part for the average white tennis player. Tiger Woods a professional golfer is also black and Asian gets identified as a black man because he plays a white Sport. And Stephan Curry a professional basketball player that is half white and half black but since he plays basketball he’s considered more black than white. These are examples of stereotypes within Sports.

81% of quarter backs are white.

90% of running backs, defensive backs, and wide receivers are black.

Another thing that had came across my mind is  stacking professional athletes. Stacking can be defined as placing athletes in certain position based on racial stereotypes. For example blacks can  are not known for their athleticism so they will play more positions dealing with running compared to a white man known for intelligence open position with more thought and strategy. This can affect their success it can lead to coaches acknowledging the stereotype and could lead to inequality. This can prevent any success leadership wise position wise coaching or management within further jobs.
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To look at how media uses stereotypes they tend to use a strategy called convergence. Convergence is used with cultural expectations with the group to get the point across to audiences. So commentating quotes  like “Springs off the floor” compared to things “quick on his feet”. To use commentating strategies to describe a race using words like “he is much taller than”Or “he is one of the hardest workers”can be a part of how the media uses stereotypes.
Being an athlete is overcoming adversity in any sport you play. Multi culture identities can affect athletes and their performances multi racial athletes with in sports cannot fight the stereotypes made by Society just out beat the stereotype. All of the examples of multiracial athletes they all have one thing in common. They be out the stereotype and many of these athletes do not go unnoticed.

Approach to a survey

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How to conduct a survey

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    Well being asked to conduct the survey I thought it was very fun to be able to go out into the world and ask questions and find out what others think without interviewing them. i am pretty excited to be doing my own research on a topic I find interesting. Although I do have some diffulcities throughout the process I keep pushing through using tools on the internet. 

My approach

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My approach to the survey was to write a draft of 5 or 6 questions and then ask people if they were considered good questions. As I fix and rewrite rewrite my questions I consider him I’m asking and if I am learning anything from the survey. After reading the survey questions I’ll put a box and athletic team room so that any volunteers you want to make the survey can take the survey. I thought I would ask what gender and what support throughout the survey and ask questions about inequalities throughout college sports. I thought that by putting multiple choice answers for my service would be a lot easier than asking direct questions and getting correct answers. That way I find a better understanding of their feelings instead of judging based on the way I think that they feel. As this is not an interview I like to think that it sort of is without the talking. 
Through my archival research based on Santa Clara women’s Athletics the research on and equality in sports and my own questions. I found that I could make really good survey questions. There are lots of things that had crossed my mind. In  the end  this process is fun but difficult at the same time

The Double Standard

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Through a few of the presentations that were discussed what really stood out was the double standard of women. It was explained that a girl who attended SCU had be asked to leave the gym because of her apparel. As she wore work out shorts(mid thigh), a tank top(Belly showing) she ended up being asked to leave because she was showing to much skin. But what i find interesting is that a male can wear the same skimpy ripped shirt or no shirt at all with shorts and they are not asked to leave. This double standard in within gender is everywhere. 

The workforce consists of many  double standards. While working in a certain field should be based off of ability and skill, many determine how hard the work is based on the population of men. That a higher population of women in a work force is considered a soft one. Even men get paid more then women do even if they are at the same job. Another thought that is a main argument between this generation is many girls are considered “sluts” when they have been with a lot of guys. But when guys have been with a lot of girls they don’t get called any names at all. But one thing I would like to point out with the double standard and men is that guys are not allowed to hit girls but girls can hit guys. As a women can lay her hands on a man and the man has to sit there and take the criticism, girls that would get hit by men would have them arrested in a flat second.

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This double standard exists because of the appeal to the opposite sex. Don’t get me wrong I think a women should be allowed to wear anything a man can but women do not like looking at guys in bras and bikinis. I had come across this article “If men posed like women” that was a photo shoot of girls posing with motorcycles and half way through they dressed guys in the same thing. Just like if girls posed for a Copenhagen tobacco can, that would be unattractive for a women to be scruffy in the country with a big lip.