MY COMMENTS ON MY FRIENDS' JOURNALS, ARTICLES AND MULTI-MEDIA ENTRIES

I have commented on Zahide's and Osman's journals and articles entries. The links:

http://zahide-denizli.blogspot.com/2013/06/article-enrty-3-at-home-with-mamma.html?showComment=1371129051874#c5125269566595946296

http://osmangulgun48.blogspot.com/2013/06/entry-3-advertisementtechniques-used-by.html?showComment=1371130322208#c400274488810051765

I have commented on İrem's and Elif's journals and articles multi-media entries. The links:

http://iremoyku.blogspot.com/2013/06/article-reflection-2.html?showComment=1371131226812

http://elifglsen.blogspot.com/2013/06/multi-media-entry-1.html?showComment=1371134410480#c2921113218313573037

JOURNAL ENTRY 7 ( ARTICLE )

                                           I SURF, THEREFORE, I AM

The writer of the article entitled '' I Surf, Therefore, I am  '' indicates that surfing on the internet is not beneficial as children who use internet read fewer books. Besides, he says nobody knows if any particular ''fact'' is a dog. I partially agree with the writer since I think internet is beneficial because it enables people to reach more information about a lot of subjects such as social, political and culturel issues, and it may be harmful as everything we read on the internet may not be true, so it may mislead people. Firstly, the writer is right as surfing on the internet may be harmful since one who looks for a specific type of information cannot always find true and reliable data on the internet. Today, people all over the world use internet and it has so many users, so lots of people create a website and load lots of things which are true or not on it, and so one can find both true and wrong things about the topic s/he seeks. On the other hand, I disagree with the the writer because internet is beneficial as people who cannot afford to buy books can find huge amount of information on the internet related to the topic that they search for. Furthermore, people who have not enough time to read a whole book can read its summary on the internet instead of reading the whole book. Also, people can learn lots of thing from the videos on the internet such as cooking, painting, make up and so on. What is more, they reach the information faster. One can find lots of things as soon as s/he clicks the enter button, so it is not time-consuming to search something on the internet as it offers faster and wide range of information to the searchers. In short, internet has both beneficial and harmful sides. Therefore, people should use it carefully and properly.

JOURNAL ENTRY 6 ( MULTI-MEDIA OF THE ARTICLE )

                                           RAPPORT TALK AND REPORT TALK

Dr. Cheryl indicates that women generally talk to connect and get closer; on the other hand, guys usually talk for pragmatic reasons; they talk to get a solution. Namely, they talk to solve something finished or moving on. Then she explains her opinion about this topic with a few examples and then she makes suggestions both for men and women to understand each other properly. She suggests that men should answer something which is told by a woman with an interest by saying words like 'woovv' because when men do this, women feel the man is with her and he is connected with her, and so conversation goes well. After that, she continues with the suggestions for women. She says if a man tell a problem or a situation, he does not look for women to say like ''Oh honey that sounds tough...'' or something like that. However, if women think of the pragmatic side of it and say ''Would it be helpful...'' or like that, the man feel better and the conversation reaches its goal for men. Therefore, instead of just speaking women and men can reach an agreement or be connected while speaking in this way.
I like the video in terms of its informativeness as Dr. Cherly explains the general position of men and women in communication and then offers suggestions for both men and women. Here is a point that there is many a true word told by Dr. Cherly in this video, so I find it very beneficial for people since it helps them develop a healthy communication.

JOURNAL ENTRY 6 ( ARTICLE )

                                      RAPPORT TALK AND REPORT TALK

In the article '' Raport talk and report talk'' Deborah Tannen indicates that while women feel comfortable doing 'private speaking', men feel comfortable doing 'public speaking' ; that is, men mostly talk for information whereas women talk for interaction. I agree with the writer since it is obvious that women talk in such a way to express everything they have in their mind that even little details of a topic are worth for them to say while men do not take notice of these details at all. Talk is an essential complementary element for the process of making connections for girls' friendship in youth. For instance, they share secrets. relate experiences, reveal problems and discuss options and these are necessary for their development. On the other hand, boys generally take another approach to friendship in their youth. Theirs is different, but not less profound. Their less talking or their result oriented talking does not mean their relationship is weaker than that of girls. Contrary to girls, buddy groups of boys tend to be larger and focusing on activities rather than conversation. This differentiation between boys and girls in youth leads to dissimilar communication styles in adulthood. That is, males remain action-oriented; their goal of communication is to achieve something. As for women, they communicate through dialogue, discussing choices, problems and emotions in their adulthood, too. All in all, we can say that men's and women's perception of communication differ from each other and maybe most of the problems resulting from misunderstanding each other or the conflicts between them stem from these potential communication differences of men and women.

JOURNAL ENTRY 5 ( MULTI-MEDIA OF THE ARTICLE )

                                                 AT HOME WITH MAMMA

In the video, we see a talk show and there are a mother and a son, Vinni, who is 27. The speaker asks him a question : How is the feeling living at home in 27 years old ? As a response, he says that he like living at home and it is like his palace as he has everything he wants at home. Then he continues that her mother houses him so much that she cuts his hair and cooks his meals. After that, the speaker asks whether such things shameful or not for a boy who is 27 years old and Vinni responses negatively; that is, he states that he is not embarrassed of it. By the way, he points out that he has a master degree on teaching, and then they speak about it. Then, when the mother asked if she fears for harming him or keeping him so close, she says that she does not intervene with him. Then she adds he wakes up in the morning, eat breakfast, works in the office everyday and she goes on explaining. Therefore, as you can see this video is a good example of the contentment of living at home with mamma. We do not only say just by word but also see the live example of this argument here, so it is beneficial to understand the advantages of it with the help of an eye who is experiencing this.

JOURNAL ENTRY 5 ( ARTICLE )

                                      AT HOME WITH MAMMA 

The text ''At home with mamma'' points out that staying in the family nest is a matter of good sense and good cooking for many young Italian men and it exemplifies this fact by giving place to an Italian man's opinion in this topic. The man, Glanluca Vıntı, says life at home is easier. I agree with him because I am of the opinion that living at home with your family is much more comfortable and those living with their families at home have much more regular life compared to those living alone or so-called having a free life without family. Now I will take one of the advantages of living at home with family in hand. The most prominent advantage is undoubtedly the comfortableness of it in terms of nutrition. If you live with your family, your meal is generally ready when you come back home from work and you eat proper foods, get enough vitamins and nutrients thanks to your mom as she wants you eat healthily and bethinks yourself always in all aspects. As a result, you feel comfortable as you have a healthy body and clear mind, and these affect your life in a positive way. From my experiences, I can show an example of this. For instance, if I do not eat fresh foods and do not get enough nutrients and vitamins; that is to say, if I eat junk foods or consume too much caffeine, I generally become a bit nervous. In short, when we take into account just the nutrition advantage of living at home with family we can understand how much easy it is.

JOURNAL ENTRY 4 ( MULTI-MEDIA)

                                                         GLOBAL WARMING

This video shares some essential information about global warming with us. In the beginning, it explicitly says that there is something really called global warming. The original words in the video that say this are : ''In the last century the planet's temperature has increased unusually fast. Scientists believe that it is human activity that drives the temperature up.'' Then, it continues with the possible reasons of it and says that ever since the industrial revolution began, factories, power plants and eventually cars using fuels such as coal have released huge amount of carbon dioxide and the other gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trapped near the Earth create naturally occuring process called greenhouse effect. Then, it explains the process by saying : ''The greenhouse effect begins with the sun and the energy radiates to the Earth. The Earth and the atmosphere absorb some of the energy; and other rest is radiated back to the space. Naturally ocurring gases in the atmosphere trap some of this energy and reflect it back in the Earth''. After that, it adds the belief of the scientists about this topic, and tells that scientists now believe greenhouse effect has been intensified by the extra greenhouse gases that humans have released. Lastly, it continues with the evidences for global warming and explains these evidences. For instance, it mentiones about recent warm years and says that scientists record that 1998 was the warmest year of the Earth history, and then it goes on clarifying the evidences.
As for my opinion, I can say that I believe these in reasons and evidences because I have been searching on this sucject for a long time and I reach to these conclusions like scientists. When it comes to the video, I have to say that I really like it so much since it explains the reasons and effects on the base of rationality and with proofs, and I believe that you probably like it :) Enjoy it !