Journal Entry Due March 1

For this journal entry I watched the a Season 2 Episode 10 named "Socializing Sucks." It was about a member of a gaming group named Codex, who had a crush on a boy at a party and was nervous to go up and talk to him since he walked in with some tall girl. Codex's body language changes a lot throughout the episonde depending on who she is talking to. At first she is speaking with her friends and she leans in closer and there is less space between them, she speaks casually and uses normal words. Then she bumps into the tall girl her "man" walked in with and her body language and tone become more standoffish and almost agressive at the end, although she does learn that the girl is just a roomate and "f buddy". Finally at the end of the episode, the girl's friends convince her to go talk to they guy with them as her "wing-women," which she agrees to. As the girls all approach him she stands as far as she possibly can from the guy with her friends a good 3 feet in front of her. She is quiet and because of that her friends do all the talking and end up embarrasing her. Then, as she tries to defend herself, her hand motions get frantic and she is having a hard time speaking. Finally she just kinda freaks out and says "I hate people!" and RUNS away. Not difficult to decode THAT body language. I think her behavior is a good example of watching body cues to determine a persons state of mind or comfort level with their enviornment. Clearly we see three different situations and three different types of body control.

Journal Entry 2

I have personally posted things online I regret. I wont say or share specifically what it was but I can talk in general about the mistake behind it. There have been several instances involving Facebook and perhaps a little too much alchohol on my behalf where I have posted or messaged things that, while true, were totally inappropirate.
The inevitable crisis with internet communication is that although you can delete messages, during the time you had them posted, they are out there for the world to see.
My personal wrong wordings are the least of the terrible mishaps I have witnessed. Some people just dont know what is appropriate to show and share on a public networking site. I have seen posts of the most personal nature, who were published to over and 100 friends.
I believe there is an ediquette involved with public networking sites and most people just don't know it. It is a place to post good news or inspiring quotes, or perhaps just let people know what is going on. It is NOT a place to post your medical status, emotional depression or poverty level and desperation.
Any place you can post news to hundreds of people who may or not may be your friends is not the place to post extremely sensitive personal information. Call your mom or your best friend because I dont want to hear about it.

Journal entry 1

Some would say there are no universally norms, but as my instructor proved last class, that is not true. I personally believe there are many universal norms, although they may be weighed heavier in certain cultures than in others.
As our class experiment proved, appreciation for mothers is a universal norm. I also think sympathy for the underprivileged or handicap in a universal norm. In American for instance this is agreed upon as society as a whole and heavily incorporated into how our country is governed. We have assistance for the poor and handicap as well as making provisions for people with disabilities. In other countries however, although it is not as much as a priority, and may not be government initiated, I still believe people will take care of each other.
Beauty is another universal norm and while what beauty looks like is different everywhere it is still reacted to the same. Beautiful people get preferential treatment whether we would like to admit it or not. No matter what the culture perceives to be beautiful, the individuals in that culture strive toward it.