Blog Entry # 5.5 - Issue Research

1. Are you working alone or in a group? If you are working in a group, who are your group member(s)?

I am working alone.

2. What social issue have you been assigned?

Hunger Prevention

3. In order to develop an effective PSA you must feel a personal connection to the social issue that you are addressing. What does this social issue mean to you?

I feel it's not fair that some people are starving while others are just throwing away or wasting the food they have.

4. What group(s) is/are affected by your assigned social issue?

People in third world countries and homeless people all over the world.

5. What potential negative impact can this issue have?

People may steal from others so they can afford to buy food. This can also be a reason we have so many drug dealers trying to make money for their families.

6. What research (statistics) can you use to support your argument that this is a social issue that needs to be addressed?

Number of children who are starving or died or starvation. 15,000,000

Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger

Children who weigh less than they should for their age. 183 million

7. Agency/Organization

a. List the name of an agency/organization that has been established to address your assigned social issue. United Way of New York City

b. What is their complete contact information? (Include web address, phone number and street and/or email address.) http://www.unitedwaynyc.org. 2 park avanue - New York, NY 10016. Tel: 212-251-2500

c. Describe how this organization is connected to your social issue. They help supply to emergency food relief preograms which help people who are starving in the world.

8. What steps can be taken to address this issue? (List at least three steps that can be taken.)

a. Donate money to the hunger relief programs

b. Stop wasting and buying unnecessary food.

c. Donate food to the poor who are living on the street

Blog Entry # 5.1 - Definitions

1. What is a public service announcement (PSA)?
   A public service announcement is an ad or commercial directed towards the public.
   
   
2. Describe an example of a PSA you have seen before.
   An example of a PSA I saw before was Living under the influence.
   
   
3. What social benefit is promoted by the PSA you selected in question 2?
   The PSA helps prevent teens and adults from smoking by showing them some of the lifestyle effects of smoking.
   
   
4. Nike's tagline is "Just Do It." In your own words, what is a tagline?
   A tag line is a phrase commonly used by a company or person.
   
   
5. Name another famous product or company and its tagline.
   McDonald's - I'm loving it
   
   
6. What social issues do you feel strongly about? I feel strongly about smoking.
   

Blog Entry # 4.9 - Final Design

To make sure I met the Design Specification, I checked off everything my poster needed in order to be complete. I chose the font because it seems to fit with the culture and name of the country. This design is better than the others because it is more creative with the placement of the letters and the overlapping text and picture. I chose this layout because it fits nicely on the poster and the pictures are neatly lined up. I want tourist to know what the flag looks like. That's the reason for it being in the middle. I also did the same for the leader. My teacher thought the poster would look a lot more interesting if i rotated and rearranged the name of the country, so did I.

Blog Entry # 4.7 - Final Poster

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