Month: April 2013

So I guess this will be my last blog for this academic year, and I want to write my assignments reflections for this.

I liked my team a lot; everyone respects each other, we were able to talk and joke around, and when we got serious, we really worked on the assignments. Especially for the third assignment.

I thought that the process of making the video was really fun. Although I didn’t contribute much in terms of the script, I really liked it. It was somewhat witty and fun. At first, hearing that the video is about 5-7mins long I was wondering what kind of things would we include, but it turns out that the maximum limit was too short.

If I could re-do the assignment again, I would like to have been able to help out with editing the video because looking at Nena and Austin editing the video, it seemed to be very stressing and took a long time. I wish I had the chance to help them with the work instead of only being there and give some opinions.

Overall I really loved working with the team and hope that in the future we’ll have the chance to work together again.

So I thought that I want to write a blog on the ethical issues with Coke marketing that was shown in class since it left a deep impression on me. The issue was posted in Emily Tang’s blog, and I thought that I’d like to write about it.

Coke Targets Obesity

I thought that Coke isn’t doing a very good job at trying to get rid of the consequences of the over-consumption of their products, especially when they said that they are not fully to be blamed, but the consumers need to be able to have self-control too. Although I’m not denying that this is true, what I think Coke should do is to be truthful about the amount of sugar and calories involved with their drinks.

The Harvard University in the US is conducting a research comparing between sugary soda versus the diet soda drinks. There may be some problems involving the health of the consumers — “By providing a sweet taste without any calories, artificial sweeteners could confuse these intricate feedback loops that involve the brain, stomach, nerves, and hormones. If this happens, it could throw off the body’s ability to accurately gauge how many calories are being taken in.” This shows that there may be worse consequences in the long run. Therefore,the question which should be asked is whether drinking soda with artificial sugar is better than regular sugar in the long run.