revised journal

   Why should we care about press freedom?

In this video, there are some people who talk about the pressure which is put on the journalists. They all are with the opinion that there should not be pressure on the journalists and there should be no censorship on TV programmes, magazines, newspapers etc. That’s because they think that this situation causes the society not to know everything that is happening around them.  Therefore , people are manipulated and they become indecisive when deciding which one is right.

I agree with the people in this video because I also think that there should not be any restriction on the people who are with the different opinions. Also, we all should learn how tol ive with the people who are looking at the life from different perspective than ours. That’s why the World we live in requires this.

All in all, we should all be respectful to each other and we should learn how to get on well with different people

revised journal

FREEDOM : TO WHAT EXTENT ?

In today’s world, there is almost no-one who has never heard the word ‘FREEDOM’. Freedom, when we look up for its meaning in dictionary, is “the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”,yet its actual meaning -what we call ‘connotative meaning’ in linguistics- varies from person to person. That’s because freedom is one of the main concerns of all human lives, and its meaning is a very controversial issue.

The controversions over the extent of freedom changes from person to person. While some people think freedom means being free to share their ideas,some people perceive it as being able to do whatever they want. Also,some people think that being tolerant to other people’s ideas means being free. For example;when I was at high school,one of my favourite teachers told us in the lesson a saying that “I do not agree with you,but I will defend your right of sharing your ideas all the time.” Since then,I began to realize that we all need to respect to each other, and in order for us to learn to do this,we should learn how to look at the life from different perspectives, no matter how hard it is to do so. It is hard because people have the feeling of devoting themselves to one opinion, idea, belief .. etc. and defending their ideas all the time. This is a qualification that everyone in this world has. This is the reason why we always see people having argument, sometimes compromises, yet most of the time fights with each other. The reason why people have fights with each other is that they have the tendency to make the people around them look at the life from the same perspective as theirs. Therefore, when they are not able to make people accept their ideas,they start to have an argument,disagreements,conflicts,frictions and then fights..

 Then,what if we pay attention not to hurt each other or try compromising instead of fighting? We have to do this immediately because the world is becoming more unbearable each passing day. Also,the biggest impact is on us and we can save ourselves only by looking for ways of compromises. All in all, freedom –for me- is being tolerant to each other;therefore,being able to share all ideas anywhere and at any time. Thus, people should look for the ways of extending the restrictions that prevent people from sharing their ideas.

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JOURNAL ENTRY 2: FREEDOM (MULTI MEDIA)

   Why should we care about press freedom?

In this video, there are some people who talk about the pressure which is put on the journalists. They all are with the opinion that there should not be pressure on the journalists and there should be no censorship on TV programmes, magazines, newspapers etc. That’s because they think that this situation causes the society not to know everything that is happening around them.  Therefore , people are manipulated and they become indecisive when deciding which one is right.

I agree with the people in this video because I also think that there should not be any restriction on the people who are with the different opinions. Also, we all should learn how tol ive with the people who are looking at the life from different perspective than ours. That’s why the World we live in requires this.

All in all, we should all be respectful to each other and we should learn how to get on well with different people.

REFLECTION JOURNAL 4 (MULTI MEDIA)

     

 DO I SEE THE COLORS THE SAME WAY YOU DO?

                In this video, the speaker talks about colors and its effects on not only humanbeings but also animals. I foud this video very interesting because it is a little bit related to linguistics and I like linguistics. That's why  I chose this video.

 In addition, the speaker talks about some species of animals which are able to see only 2 different colors. He also briefly mentions about the effects of colors on humans. He indicates 12 boxes all of which are red, yet one of them is a little bit green. He also says that most people are not able to distinguish the different one. He also mentions about the ability of human race to distinguish different colors.  That’s why we can reach to the conclusion that our eyes are so well-designed to see the differences between even very much related colors.

All in all, there are a number of colors and human beings are able to see the differences between them because we are so well-designed creatures.

REFLECTION ARTICLE 3

papa-the philosopher

It is the power of the differences us that make us better. If we all looked the same, were feeling the same or if we got angry to the same situations, there would be no taste of life. That is, when we look at the environment, we can see a number of types of people. These different types are actually the mainstains of our lives because we gain most of our knowledge from different opinions. I mean, we cannot improve ourselves by talking only to the people who are with the same opinions as ours. That’s because these people can only make make us feel ourselves better, yet the people who are not like us are able to make us compare different things and decide which one(s)  are right. This is the way how we can reach to the top especially in today’s World because everyone tries to insist on the opinion they are with and they want to convert the people who are with different opinions from theirs. In addition, the most qualified people in today’s world are the ones who are able to get on well with the ones in different races, ethnic groups, or religions from theirs. For this reason, our ability to manage such a thing in such an inequal world is also making us different from each other., accepting the differences, or whatever you may call, the situation is the same and it makes our World much more bearable. That is, fighting with someone just because of his/her ethnicity or religion or color etc. is not a solution to get rid of feeling bad. Thus, at first, we all should focus on the most peaceful solutions to maket his World and our lives better. All in all, life is too short to manipulate the use of our differences. So, we should always love and respevt to the differences between us which make us actual humanbeings.

REFLECTION ARTICLE 2

FRIENDS, GOOD FRIENDS, AND SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

The writer asserts that there are some different varieties of friendships such as convenience friends and special –interest friends etc. The writer’s perspective is nice because he is able to classify the friendships. In other words, he looks at the relationships between people  from a different perspective. Therefore, from the writing we can reach to the conclusion that although each of us think his/her relationship is ‘unique’ ,actually it is not so. We all are human and ; therefore, our relationships are similar. Thus, wemay classify them as types of relationships.

In addition, historical friends attracted me the most because we all have some kind of backgrounds and anything may always remind us our past. So, may a friend. That’s because a friend means everything to me. Also, we share our secrets, dreams and everything with our friends. In this case, it is very normal to have a historical friend.

Despite these things, there may some people who are with the opinion that they have a very different kind of a relationship from others and ;therefore, they may not find such a classification logical. They might be right and it is very normal for them to think so because everyone has the instinction to feel theirselves and whatever they have are unique. Yet, I do not think so because we all feel the same. That is, our relationships are the same, yet the way we feel is -of course- different from each other. Therefore, we may reach to the conclusion that as humanbeings, our perception of this world are different from each other.

REFLECTION ARTICLE 1

                                    SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME

Traditions that most people do not have in their lives in these days were some key factors to a better life when they were applied. To exemplify, in Turkish culture, family as a phenomenon used to be seen as a little version of the government. Therefore, families were very important. Also, they used to be bigger when compared to today. For example, two cousins used to live in the same house, so did the siblings and grandmother etc. Therefore, houses in the past were much bigger than those of today. In this way, there used not to be such questions like “I want my and my sister’s room to be separated.” That means the problems and cases were different than today. In addition, when we compare this tradition with the other cultures, we can see a lot of differences between our traditions. To exemplify, in Turkey, parents are more likely to save their children from the hardships of the World. In contrast, in most of the European countries , parents tend to be much more relaxed when it comes to growing their kids up. This situation leads to some situations. For example,  in the United States of America, kids’ tendency to be a member of a gangster is more likely when compared to Turkey. Therefore, the rate of crimes in the United States of America are much more than that of Turkey. This situation may not be the same in some ways. For example, in a country, the children of a family may miss their parents and siblings or home in the same way as the other country.  That’s because missing the parents is a common sense between all the cultures in the world. All in all, despite the differences between the cultures, there are some common senses, so we cannot generalize some feelings in different traditions.

JOURNAL ENTRY 4

                                             THE EFFECT OF COLORS ON HUMANS

            Have you ever thought the reason why you chose the color of the cloth that you are now wearing? Actually, the reason of this situation lies behind your mood. To exemplify, if you feel clumsy or if you are in a bad mood, you are probably wearing dark clothes. Also, if you feel alive and energetic, you will probably wear the clothes whose colors are  light and vivid.

            In addition to our mood, the general qualifications of us shape the way we are wearing. Also, the colors of the clothes that we are wearing have effect on what color we are wearing. For example, most people who wear pink generally are the ones who are dreamer. Actually, most of the things I wear are pink and I am a kind of person who has so many dreams. Besides, wearing brown means being shy and introverted. One of my friends likes wearing Brown a lot and she is avery shy girl. Therefore, I believe in the color effects on humans.

            Additionally, the colors of rooms are effective on the way we feel. To illustrate, experts generally advise people not to paint their rooms’ walls because red makes us easily get angry. Yellow also has a that kind of effect. In contrast to red and yellow, light colors  such as light pink, light green etc. makes us feel better when compared to dark and clumsy colors.

            To sum up, colors have so much effect on us ;and therefore, we had better pay attention to the color of the cloth we are wearing and the color of the room we are staying at. Otherwise, we would become much angrier or much more stressful than we actually are.

JOURNAL ENTRY 3

FREEDOM : TO WHAT EXTENT ?

In today’s world, there is almost no-one who has never heard the word ‘FREEDOM’. Freedom, when we look up for its meaning in dictionary, is “the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”,yet its actual meaning -what we call ‘connotative meaning’ in linguistics- varies from person to person. That’s because freedom is one of the main concerns of all human lives, and its meaning is a very controversial issue.

The controversions over the extent of freedom changes from person to person. While some people think freedom means being free to share their ideas,some people perceive it as being able to do whatever they want. Also,some people think that being tolerant to other people’s ideas means being free. For example;when I was at high school,one of my favourite teachers told us in the lesson a saying that “I do not agree with you,but I will defend your right of sharing your ideas all the time.” Since then,I began to realize that we all need to respect to each other, and in order for us to learn to do this,we should learn how to look at the life from different perspectives, no matter how hard it is to do so. It is hard because people have the feeling of devoting themselves to one opinion, idea, belief .. etc. and defending their ideas all the time. This is a qualification that everyone in this world has. This is the reason why we always see people having argument, sometimes compromises, yet most of the time fights with each other. The reason why people have fights with each other is that they have the tendency to make the people around them look at the life from the same perspective as theirs. Therefore, when they are not able to make people accept their ideas,they start to have an argument,disagreements,conflicts,frictions and then fights..

 Then,what if we pay attention not to hurt each other or try compromising instead of fighting? We have to do this immediately because the world is becoming more unbearable each passing day. Also,the biggest impact is on us and we can save ourselves only by looking for ways of compromises. All in all, freedom –for me- is being tolerant to each other;therefore,being able to share all ideas anywhere and at any time. Thus, people should look for the ways of extending the restrictions that prevent people from sharing their ideas.

JOURNAL ENTRY 2

                                    A NICE THERAPICAL EFFECT: MUSIC

Remember yourself when you’re listening to music. How do you feel when you listen to a lively music or an emotional music? Does it shape the way you feel? These two situations actually show how big the effect of music is on people. Also, the scientific experiments indicate that music has a great deal of effect on mankind. To illustrate, a scientific research has shown that music has an effect even on the pace of our heartbeat and it also ordinates our metabolism. Therefore, we may reach to the conclusion that in order to feel healthy and energetic, we should change the types of music we listen. In other words, if we want to get relaxed, we should try listening to vivid songs like pop or R&B. Also, when we are in a bad mood, listening to slow and emotional musics makes us feel worse.

In addition, the effect of music on people has been used by some people to help people improve or maintain their health. Also,in history music has been related to psychology and used with psychology. For example, Apollo was the god of music and medicine in history. Also, the famous philosopher, Plato said that music affected the emotions and could influence the character of an individual. Likewise, Aristotle tought that music affects the soul and described music as a force that purified the emotions. Moreover, as early as 400 B.C., Hippocrates, played music for his mental patients. In the thirteenth century, Arab hospitals contained music-rooms for the benefit of the patients. Similarly, in the United States, Native American medicine men often employed chants and dances as a method of healing patients.

So, how is music able to do this although it is not alive like a humanbeing? The answer is again in the researches. They also show that the neurons in human brain is affected by the sound waves of the music that a person listens to. That is, the region, called the nucleus accumbens, determines how much we value the song. If we love the song, our brain sends some messages that has an effect even on our eyes. Therefore, we can reach to the conclusion that we need to pay attention to what we listen due to the effect of music on our health.

All in all, if a person pays attention to his/her health, s/he should also pay attention to even what s/he listens. That’s why they can harm their bodies if they listen to a type of music that has a bad effect on his/her body.