D & A Blocks Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Issue "Why Is Energy Important for Development"? We'll examine renewable and non-renewable energy sources along with proven and potential energy reserves. Demand for energy comes from three principle types of consumption: businesses, homes, and transportation. China consumes 20 percent of the world’s energy, followed by the United States at 18 percent. Per-capita consumption of energy is three times higher in developed countries than developing countries. You'll have a few charts to fill out for me today and to help:
BC Sustainable Energy Association
Energy Alternatives
Clean Energy BC
Government of BC Electricity and Alternative Energy
Pembina Institute: Renewable and Energy Alternatives BC
Energy BC
Sierra Club BC Alternative Energy
Tyee Mapping BC's Clean Energy
Canadian Wind Energy Association BC
BC Geothermal Estimates
Canadian Geographic Energy IQ
BC Hydro Green Energy Study
Energy IQ Canadian Geographic
B Block Criminology - "Why is violence entertaining"? You have time to work on your questions from yesterday:
- What is the attraction of violent films and video games?
- Is there more violent imagery in media now as opposed to the past (think graphic, realistic visceral)? Why / Why not?
- What kinds of people are drawn to violent imagery and what kind of violent images draw them to that form of entertainment?
- What is “morbid curiosity”?
- Are there any equally satisfying substitutions for violent entertainment?
- What draws our attention to violent media events (news) that are not intended to entertain?
After that we'll watch some Warner Brothers cartoons
with all the glorious violence in them and we'll have a discussion about the
acceptance of violence in our modern culture. We'll look at: Bully for Bugs; Rabbit Seasoning; For Scentimental Reasons; Duck
Dodgers in the 24 1/2th
Century and lastly The Ducksters. Criminal Harassment (Stalking), Sexual Assault, Assault, Attempted
Murder, Aggravated Assault (torture), and Unlawful Confinement are just a few of
the crimes in these cartoons...all violent crimes. Is Bugs Bunny bad for kids? Comedy and violence are intermingled into a typical or formulaic narrative story.....Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny, Sylvester chases Tweety Bird and they inflict carnage on each other. The end is always the same....someone wins, someone loses, the loser is humiliated and we laugh at them (good clean wholesome fun). While we watch the cartoons I want you to think about the implicit and implied messages that each cartoon sends to kids (rather than the explicit and obvious messages) and then we'll talk about what those messages do even if kids understand the difference between cartoon and real violence.
So now compare the violence in the Warner Brothers cartoons (from the 50's and 60's) with that of the Happy Tree Friends. Check out the following video: Happy Tree Friends A to Zoo . Let's be frank here, the cartoon is not meant for children but because of the "cute" characters what would it be like if we just let young children watch that cartoon unsupervised?
Consider the following:
Media Violence: Psychology
Cartoon Violence Project
Gender and Comm. Kids Cartoon Violence
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