Hi everyone, Following on our discussion of chapter one from Bryan Moore's book, discuss an original example of anthropomorphism that you would add to the examples he provides.
“Paper versus plastic versus canvas has become another one of those ecobattles that call both sides to the site of the latest green battleground: the grocery store.” (Maura Judkis) Since plastic is not a recyclable material, its usage carries alarming consequences that concerns to millions of people. “I am no a plastic bag” is the central theme of a canvas bag designed by Anya Hindmarch that made part of the 'We are what we do' non-profit British campaign group. The campaign incorporated art as a canal to send an eco-message seeking to replace many plastic bags people use every day. The bag can be used as a purse, to carry groceries, purchases at the mall, lunch. Basically anything that people would have otherwise used a plastic bag for. To see the bag go to: http://www.bagsnob.com/2007/05/us_launch_of_im_not_a_plastic.html
When anthropomorphism first comes to mind, many thing of children stories and books. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Another example of anthropomorphism is the ancient greek gods. Greek gods don't come to mind as quickly because they were subject to intense anthropomorphism, making them human, but also divine creatures. They were portrayed as humans by feeling jealousy, hatred, etc. However, they were gods by having the power to make people fall in love, make it thunder and lightning, etc.
I have never thought about computer terminologies as an example of anthropomorphism before, but in modern society it can easily meet the criteria of anthropomorphism. Computers have memory just like humans do. We call the main component mother board. It can be sick when it’s got infected with a virus. Likewise it can be cured. We get upset when it dies. For some people it even became a best friend. There are a lot more names and titles in computer terminology especially in computer slang which has much to do with human qualities. Also computers perform the same functions humans do.
Anthropomorphism is a wide spread tool used for children’s learning. It is very commonly used in children’s books. My daughter’s favorite writer is Dr. Seuss. She likes Dr. Seuss books as they have all kind of interesting creatures or animals. These are real or fictional characters who can talk, think, and behave like humans. The real animals are like cat, elephant, mouse, fish, etc.; all can talk and think. The fictional characters like Grinch and Lorax have legs, arms, eyes, hair, etc. Use of anthropomorphism in children’s books makes them interesting, and keeps a child’s attention to the book; therefore makes learning easy.
Anthropomorphism portrays human qualities in natural objects. An original example is the lizard being the mascot for geico. Any billboard of form of advertising Geico include the lizard as a representation of the company. Another example would be cartoon movies such as Monsters, Bee Movie, Ants, Ice Age, and Madagascar. All of these movies portray the animals having human qualities.Since we encounter humans in our everyday lives, using animals is an excellent marketing technique. It makes the media more interesting, attracting more attention and consumers. The idea of vampires being animalistic humans is a great example. Our media is obsessed with them and they are involved in popular movies, shows, and books including Dracula, Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries. All highschools using animals as team mascots also show a connection between humans and animals. (Bourekas, Kalliope)
For an entire week, I hung around my four year old niece and my three year old nephew. I did the normal uncle stuff such as take them to the zoo, watch television with them, read them a story, and so on. They may be too young to realize it, but they have helped me find several examples of anthropomorphism. When I took them to the zoo, we stopped to see the tigers. My niece immediately screams out "Tony!", a reference to Tony the tiger from Frosted Flakes cereal commercials. I rewarded them by buying them Frosted Flakes (my sister frowns upon it when they eat too much sugar; I should have listened). I stood in the cereal isle when I noticed several other cereal mascots such as Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops, Sonny the Cuckoo from Cocoa puffs, and the Trix Rabbit. Because they were hyped up on sugar, the kids refused to go to sleep. I thought they would calm down if they watched something on television. The only thing that was on at that time was surprisingly "The Muppets" rerun. Kermit the Frog, Miss piggy were just some of many anthropomorphic examples I found on that program. I was more focused on the show than the children were. When they were getting sleepy, they asked me if I could read them a story. I never read "Alice in Wonderland" before. The white rabbit and the smoking caterpillar may be on some level inappropriate children's book characters , but very appropriate in recognizing them for being human-like. This assignment made me realize that majority of the examples were targeting children. I wonder at what age adults including myself stopped depending heavily on anthropomorphic creatures. However, maybe, we never stopped depending on them at all. (i.e. the gecko from Geico commercials was clearly not targeting children)
Anthropomorphism in a nutshell is giving human attributes to things that are not human or inanimate objects as well. Examples that portray this best would be found in in children's stories. It is shown in children's stories because that's the best way to teach a child life lessons in a fun way they can understand best. One of the best examples that come to mind and that I know of best would be the ever popular cartoon show on Nickelodeon called "Spongebob Squarepants." This cartoon I'd say is both enjoyable for children and adults and I'm not ashamed of saying that in a blog! In the cartoon show they portray an array of underwater sealife, such as a starfish, a crab and a squid and implements them with humanistic qualities and behavior. They go to great lengths to even give these characters an extensive career in a fast food industry that they proudly call "The Krusty Krab." Anthropomorphism is evident through many different mediums but it's executed best through the eyes of children when they read children's books or watch there favorite cartoon characters. -Joshua Aziz
Anthromorphism is personification that is given to non humans. One perfect example of this today would be in movies or commercials where animals can talk and do human like things. For example, The Lion King, Ants, Rugrats, etc. Although we look at anthromorphism as unrealistic it is an intersting topic because we don't really know what these animals are actually like in their own language.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to non human beings or objects. A widely popular example of anthropomorphism is the novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by interesting and anthropomorphic creatures. The depiction of the rabbit in this story is a wonderful original example of anthropomorphism. Yevgeniya Ignatova
Anthropomorphism is when an inanimate thing is given human qualities. The reason people do this is to maybe teach a lesson to a child or sometimes to mock humans and at other times just for humorous reasons. For example, in childrens tales, the animals are able to speak and have emotions and basically act like humans in order to teach children a moral lesson at the end and make it interesting as well. It may be used to mock humans when someone sees an animal and pretends it is like a person they know or it reminds them of it. Anthropomorphism may be used as just a humorous/clever idea in the Geico example where they have a lizard saying clever and witful things to catch the attention of adults for the insurance's purpose.
The other day I was eating my lunch when my younger brother turned on the television so that he would watch a cartoon while we were eating lunch. After scanning many channels he happened to stop at a channel that was showing Madagascar 2. As I was watching my brother watch the cartoon I couldn't stop thinking how it is really amazing how many human characteristics were given to the characters, I mean it was really amzaing how one of the characters danced to survive a danger that that had threatened his life. I think this is a great example of how anthropomorphism (the idea of giving human forms to nonhuman characters) helps capture the attention of young kids while at the same time teach them a valuable lesson.
Anthropomorphism is the attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God. To describe a rushing river as “angry” is to anthropomorphize it.one day, my mom took me and my brother to audi dealership to look for a new car. once we stepped in, my brother rushed to R8 then screamed :" sis, that 's the transformer" then i smiled at him, thought human is really amazing, they really can get people's attention by creating those characters which not exist.And some people especially kids really believe they exist.Sometimes parents even help them to let their kids believe those characters which were jsut created, like i used to believe santa christ really existed until i found out my own when i was 13. But anthropomorphism helped a lot of kids to believe what they should believe and teach them a lot what school cant teach them.
anthropomorphism in everyday life in which most common people come to understand is the phenomena of the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature. However, in gospel or church and basically religion as a whole, to identify with the people who follow these religions, many people anthromorphisize God as a human him/herself. A more easier to understand example is how my parents talk to our cat Sammy. Even though he is just a cat, my parents treat and speak to him as a normal human, due to the fact that he responds just out of loyalty to the care they provide to him. Sometimes when a cat wants attention specifically Sammy, he likes to walk by whomever is closest and will intentionally stick out his hind foot or his tail and rub it against your leg in order to get you to pet him or feed him.
By anthropomorphism one means Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. We can see many examples of anthropomorphism in our daily life. we can see anthropomorphism in the children's book and television series too.Symbolism is inevitably anthropomorphic, making sense of the animal characterizing it in human terms, and doing so from a safe distance.
“Paper versus plastic versus canvas has become another one of those ecobattles that call both sides to the site of the latest green battleground: the grocery store.” (Maura Judkis) Since plastic is not a recyclable material, its usage carries alarming consequences that concerns to millions of people. “I am no a plastic bag” is the central theme of a canvas bag designed by Anya Hindmarch that made part of the 'We are what we do' non-profit British campaign group. The campaign incorporated art as a canal to send an eco-message seeking to replace many plastic bags people use every day. The bag can be used as a purse, to carry groceries, purchases at the mall, lunch. Basically anything that people would have otherwise used a plastic bag for.
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ReplyDeleteWhen anthropomorphism first comes to mind, many thing of children stories and books. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Another example of anthropomorphism is the ancient greek gods. Greek gods don't come to mind as quickly because they were subject to intense anthropomorphism, making them human, but also divine creatures. They were portrayed as humans by feeling jealousy, hatred, etc. However, they were gods by having the power to make people fall in love, make it thunder and lightning, etc.
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I have never thought about computer terminologies as an example of anthropomorphism before, but in modern society it can easily meet the criteria of anthropomorphism. Computers have memory just like humans do. We call the main component mother board. It can be sick when it’s got infected with a virus. Likewise it can be cured. We get upset when it dies. For some people it even became a best friend. There are a lot more names and titles in computer terminology especially in computer slang which has much to do with human qualities. Also computers perform the same functions humans do.
ReplyDeleteAnthropomorphism is a wide spread tool used for children’s learning. It is very commonly used in children’s books. My daughter’s favorite writer is Dr. Seuss. She likes Dr. Seuss books as they have all kind of interesting creatures or animals. These are real or fictional characters who can talk, think, and behave like humans. The real animals are like cat, elephant, mouse, fish, etc.; all can talk and think. The fictional characters like Grinch and Lorax have legs, arms, eyes, hair, etc. Use of anthropomorphism in children’s books makes them interesting, and keeps a child’s attention to the book; therefore makes learning easy.
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Anthropomorphism portrays human qualities in natural objects. An original example is the lizard being the mascot for geico. Any billboard of form of advertising Geico include the lizard as a representation of the company. Another example would be cartoon movies such as Monsters, Bee Movie, Ants, Ice Age, and Madagascar. All of these movies portray the animals having human qualities.Since we encounter humans in our everyday lives, using animals is an excellent marketing technique. It makes the media more interesting, attracting more attention and consumers. The idea of vampires being animalistic humans is a great example. Our media is obsessed with them and they are involved in popular movies, shows, and books including Dracula, Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries. All highschools using animals as team mascots also show a connection between humans and animals.
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For an entire week, I hung around my four year old niece and my three year old nephew. I did the normal uncle stuff such as take them to the zoo, watch television with them, read them a story, and so on. They may be too young to realize it, but they have helped me find several examples of anthropomorphism. When I took them to the zoo, we stopped to see the tigers. My niece immediately screams out "Tony!", a reference to Tony the tiger from Frosted Flakes cereal commercials. I rewarded them by buying them Frosted Flakes (my sister frowns upon it when they eat too much sugar; I should have listened). I stood in the cereal isle when I noticed several other cereal mascots such as Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops, Sonny the Cuckoo from Cocoa puffs, and the Trix Rabbit. Because they were hyped up on sugar, the kids refused to go to sleep. I thought they would calm down if they watched something on television. The only thing that was on at that time was surprisingly "The Muppets" rerun. Kermit the Frog, Miss piggy were just some of many anthropomorphic examples I found on that program. I was more focused on the show than the children were. When they were getting sleepy, they asked me if I could read them a story. I never read "Alice in Wonderland" before. The white rabbit and the smoking caterpillar may be on some level inappropriate children's book characters , but very appropriate in recognizing them for being human-like. This assignment made me realize that majority of the examples were targeting children. I wonder at what age adults including myself stopped depending heavily on anthropomorphic creatures. However, maybe, we never stopped depending on them at all. (i.e. the gecko from Geico commercials was clearly not targeting children)
ReplyDeleteAnthropomorphism in a nutshell is giving human attributes to things that are not human or inanimate objects as well. Examples that portray this best would be found in in children's stories. It is shown in children's stories because that's the best way to teach a child life lessons in a fun way they can understand best. One of the best examples that come to mind and that I know of best would be the ever popular cartoon show on Nickelodeon called "Spongebob Squarepants." This cartoon I'd say is both enjoyable for children and adults and I'm not ashamed of saying that in a blog! In the cartoon show they portray an array of underwater sealife, such as a starfish, a crab and a squid and implements them with humanistic qualities and behavior. They go to great lengths to even give these characters an extensive career in a fast food industry that they proudly call "The Krusty Krab." Anthropomorphism is evident through many different mediums but it's executed best through the eyes of children when they read children's books or watch there favorite cartoon characters.
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Anthromorphism is personification that is given to non humans. One perfect example of this today would be in movies or commercials where animals can talk and do human like things. For example, The Lion King, Ants, Rugrats, etc. Although we look at anthromorphism as unrealistic it is an intersting topic because we don't really know what these animals are actually like in their own language.
ReplyDeleteAnthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to non human beings or objects. A widely popular example of anthropomorphism is the novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by interesting and anthropomorphic creatures. The depiction of the rabbit in this story is a wonderful original example of anthropomorphism.
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Anthropomorphism is when an inanimate thing is given human qualities. The reason people do this is to maybe teach a lesson to a child or sometimes to mock humans and at other times just for humorous reasons. For example, in childrens tales, the animals are able to speak and have emotions and basically act like humans in order to teach children a moral lesson at the end and make it interesting as well. It may be used to mock humans when someone sees an animal and pretends it is like a person they know or it reminds them of it. Anthropomorphism may be used as just a humorous/clever idea in the Geico example where they have a lizard saying clever and witful things to catch the attention of adults for the insurance's purpose.
ReplyDeleteThe other day I was eating my lunch when my younger brother turned on the television so that he would watch a cartoon while we were eating lunch. After scanning many channels he happened to stop at a channel that was showing Madagascar 2. As I was watching my brother watch the cartoon I couldn't stop thinking how it is really amazing how many human characteristics were given to the characters, I mean it was really amzaing how one of the characters danced to survive a danger that that had threatened his life. I think this is a great example of how anthropomorphism (the idea of giving human forms to nonhuman characters) helps capture the attention of young kids while at the same time teach them a valuable lesson.
ReplyDeleteAnthropomorphism is the attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God. To describe a rushing river as “angry” is to anthropomorphize it.one day, my mom took me and my brother to audi dealership to look for a new car. once we stepped in, my brother rushed to R8 then screamed :" sis, that 's the transformer" then i smiled at him, thought human is really amazing, they really can get people's attention by creating those characters which not exist.And some people especially kids really believe they exist.Sometimes parents even help them to let their kids believe those characters which were jsut created, like i used to believe santa christ really existed until i found out my own when i was 13. But anthropomorphism helped a lot of kids to believe what they should believe and teach them a lot what school cant teach them.
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anthropomorphism in everyday life in which most common people come to understand is the phenomena of the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature. However, in gospel or church and basically religion as a whole, to identify with the people who follow these religions, many people anthromorphisize God as a human him/herself. A more easier to understand example is how my parents talk to our cat Sammy. Even though he is just a cat, my parents treat and speak to him as a normal human, due to the fact that he responds just out of loyalty to the care they provide to him. Sometimes when a cat wants attention specifically Sammy, he likes to walk by whomever is closest and will intentionally stick out his hind foot or his tail and rub it against your leg in order to get you to pet him or feed him.
ReplyDeleteBy anthropomorphism one means Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. We can see many examples of anthropomorphism in our daily life. we can see anthropomorphism in the children's book and television series too.Symbolism is inevitably anthropomorphic, making sense of the animal characterizing it in human terms, and doing so from a safe distance.
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