Pride and glory was the only two elements that flooded the hearts of Arsenal players and Highbury supporters. Everyone was proud of their 7 goal defeat on the Toffees. Everton was expected to be hold light celebrations after confirming them in the preliminary round of Champions League football. However it was Arsenal who denied ManU their last hope to takeover the second placing in the Premier League. This would spare out more time for Arsenal in their pre-season training and preparations. They will be having a training programme ini Austria.
Now it wouldn't be such big news if Henry scored a hatrick in this crazy win over Everton, but Henry didn't find the net in the match. However, he did get a few shots on target. The team showed what they was capable of and they proved that they could control the game with accurate passing and quick-paced counter-attacks. The new combination of Sol Campbell and Phillippe Senderos worked out fine. Campbell looked a little rusty after being absent for a few games, yet he managed to produce a good tackle which stopped a goal oppurtunity. Wenger started the game with experienced players with the likes of Viera, Edu, Pires in midfield and Cole, Lauren and Campbell at the back. Two young promising and talented young strikers were paired up in front.
The lineup proved itself as a sufficient strategy. There's not much to say to prove it, just look at the score! It was the biggest win for an Arsenal team under the guidance of Arsene Wenger. The team's performance also signified that young gunners in the mould of Fabregras, Flamini, van Persie, Reyes and Senderos already suited in the physical game of the Premier League. Flamini and Fabregras came in as substitutes and helped the team score four goals in the second half of the match. Flamini scored a goal himself after coming in at the interval. It looks like he will be the best inheritor of Viera's position. Fabregras is also hot in his boots. He didn't score but his never-ending run and great vision of sparking off an attack will surely bring Arsenal to a different stage when he is fully matured in the game. It is quite hard to convince ourself to believe that the Spanish teenager is just 18.
If we take an overall observation, we can't say that Arsenal had a dissapointing season. They managed to walk out of the aftermath of the loss to ManU. Although it costed them the throphy, but their young lads got the chance to boost their game in the Premier League. If it wasn't for the young lads, Arsenal wouldn't have finished second in the table.
Lastly, all the best to the Gunners in their upcoming fiery battle against ManU in Cardiff. I hope the 7-0 win scared the hell out of ManU players and Alex Ferguson.
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Thumping Victory
Arsenal won 7-0 against Everton, I'm totally thrilled!
Bravo Gunners of Highbury and North London, keep the hard work up and give ManU one hack of a whipping in Cardiff.
Dennis Bergkamp, the ultimate veteran striker at Highbury who had two assists and scored once in the game.
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Follow the link to see what Arsene Wenger said before the match : pre-match talk
Bravo Gunners of Highbury and North London, keep the hard work up and give ManU one hack of a whipping in Cardiff.
Dennis Bergkamp, the ultimate veteran striker at Highbury who had two assists and scored once in the game.
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Follow the link to see what Arsene Wenger said before the match : pre-match talk
Monday, May 09, 2005
The Daily Me
Beware! Fellow bloggers and net citizens. A new trend of audience/reader behaviour has emerged, it is the wide spreading in the internet world. This new phenomenon is known as 'personalization'. If it is about news selection, then there is a name for the 'newspaper' created by the owner him/herself, that is the "Daily Me".
As it sounds, the "Daily Me" is a newspaper owned personally by an individual, or in other words an electronic publication of the owner's creation. This is an obvious change in the matter of receiving information and messages. Information and mesages used to go through the process of filter and editing before both elements are transmitted to audience/readers through a media. This change of audience behavior seems to be a blessing to the audience, but it has its own setbacks.
First of all, audience/readers restrict themselves to news topics or television/radio programmes which they prefer. By doing this, they don't get diversed inforomation. People who are fussy and lazy will be getting very little information through the media. They can simply choose news topic or programmes according to their appetite. Most teenagers prefer reading entertainment news to reading about politics or community-related articles. Under the concept of the "Daily Me", they will come across much less topics of disccussion which they're not interested in. However, if they read printed newspapers, they may come across an article on a country's election. Somehow, they may be attracted by the pictures of the report and start reading the news report.
The habit of only exposing oneself to limited sources is unhealthy from both the social and psychological perception. We learn more if we are keen in having a wider scope of reading news and watching programmes. That is why I think the audience and readers will lose a lot general knowledge if they only read and get to know about issues that they are interested in. At the end of the day, audience and readers become 'gatekeepers' themselves. This I consider as an awkward and eerie situation. This is because a majority of audience and readers do not receive education on mass communicatios. Therefore, they lack the capability to filter a diversed combination of news topics or broadcast programmes professionally.
This will be a major setback in the effort of promoting media education to the audience and readers by media organizations. Although I have to admit that the rights of audience and readers for having a say in what kind of information they would like to receive, but I would still insist the importance of educating the audience and readers. The main reason behind this is that common people do not 100 percently know what informations are useful and beneficial to them. I would love to stress that this is indeed a fact that can't be overrruled.
Lastly, in my humble opinion, I feel that it is only possible and suitable for the "Daily Me" in a society where 90% of the citizens are intellectuals and possess basic knoledge on editing information. However, this seems to be a Utopian future to me, yet me still can try our best to achieve this goal which would somehow benefit us as audience and readers.
As it sounds, the "Daily Me" is a newspaper owned personally by an individual, or in other words an electronic publication of the owner's creation. This is an obvious change in the matter of receiving information and messages. Information and mesages used to go through the process of filter and editing before both elements are transmitted to audience/readers through a media. This change of audience behavior seems to be a blessing to the audience, but it has its own setbacks.
First of all, audience/readers restrict themselves to news topics or television/radio programmes which they prefer. By doing this, they don't get diversed inforomation. People who are fussy and lazy will be getting very little information through the media. They can simply choose news topic or programmes according to their appetite. Most teenagers prefer reading entertainment news to reading about politics or community-related articles. Under the concept of the "Daily Me", they will come across much less topics of disccussion which they're not interested in. However, if they read printed newspapers, they may come across an article on a country's election. Somehow, they may be attracted by the pictures of the report and start reading the news report.
The habit of only exposing oneself to limited sources is unhealthy from both the social and psychological perception. We learn more if we are keen in having a wider scope of reading news and watching programmes. That is why I think the audience and readers will lose a lot general knowledge if they only read and get to know about issues that they are interested in. At the end of the day, audience and readers become 'gatekeepers' themselves. This I consider as an awkward and eerie situation. This is because a majority of audience and readers do not receive education on mass communicatios. Therefore, they lack the capability to filter a diversed combination of news topics or broadcast programmes professionally.
This will be a major setback in the effort of promoting media education to the audience and readers by media organizations. Although I have to admit that the rights of audience and readers for having a say in what kind of information they would like to receive, but I would still insist the importance of educating the audience and readers. The main reason behind this is that common people do not 100 percently know what informations are useful and beneficial to them. I would love to stress that this is indeed a fact that can't be overrruled.
Lastly, in my humble opinion, I feel that it is only possible and suitable for the "Daily Me" in a society where 90% of the citizens are intellectuals and possess basic knoledge on editing information. However, this seems to be a Utopian future to me, yet me still can try our best to achieve this goal which would somehow benefit us as audience and readers.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
World Press Freedom Camp
All came to an end about 20 minutes ago. The camp ended with much joy and laughter which I hope would be the hint of a brighter future for press freedom and freedom of speech. My knowledge and understanding on the mass media environment Malaysia broadened quite a lot. Thanks to the much experienced speakers and the few quite interesting activities, which was part of the camp sllyabus.
I had fun but sometimes it is quite hard for me to fully concentrate during the panel talk session.
Well, I'm just a normal student after all. However, I did get the chance post my question to the panel speakers about the commercialization of the electronic media. Overall, the main difference of this year's camp compared to last year's, was that the number of panel talks was decreased to avoid boredom. It was an important change, because it was also important for us to learn more about press freedom through a more direct approach and much intteraction.
That was why the organizers of the camp (a committee of Media Studies students) decided to add a new syllabus to the camp, that is discussion workshops. Campers are suppose to choose a workshop out of three. The discussion was crucial for us to exchange ideas, opinions and facts on a given topic. Topics for every workshop is different.
Alas, I would love to say 'Bravo!' to the organizing committee. Everyone of you did a good job.
I had fun but sometimes it is quite hard for me to fully concentrate during the panel talk session.
Well, I'm just a normal student after all. However, I did get the chance post my question to the panel speakers about the commercialization of the electronic media. Overall, the main difference of this year's camp compared to last year's, was that the number of panel talks was decreased to avoid boredom. It was an important change, because it was also important for us to learn more about press freedom through a more direct approach and much intteraction.
That was why the organizers of the camp (a committee of Media Studies students) decided to add a new syllabus to the camp, that is discussion workshops. Campers are suppose to choose a workshop out of three. The discussion was crucial for us to exchange ideas, opinions and facts on a given topic. Topics for every workshop is different.
Alas, I would love to say 'Bravo!' to the organizing committee. Everyone of you did a good job.
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