Blog 2

The discussion of the reaction of people in sport events was really interesting; it reminded me of the experience I had when visiting Germany during the World Cup. I was able to find the differences of  sport fans between US and Europe. The first thing I found differently was the numbers of sports that people are interested in sports. In the State we have various of sports that hold a solid fan base such as basketball, baseball, football, or tennis, etc. But in Germany (people there told me other European countries have the similar situation), people are focused only on several specific sports. And judging by the reaction that I observed during the sport events, I think European people have a stronger emotional attachment to sports they love than American. World Cup is one of the perfect example to support my assumption. During the World Cup specially when it was Germany V.S. Britain, I couldn't find anyone on the street in a 30 minute walk because everyone was at home watching the game. Also when I was watching the game with couple Germans, their reaction when the team made the first goal felt like the same reaction when American saw Armstrong walking on the moon. Even though they didn't curse, the emotions and the physical reactions they showed during the game made me really uncomfortable. I've been watching sport event with several people in the State who are really involved as a fan. Yet never I've seen such a extreme reactions compare to European sport fans.       

COMM 101 entry

Although due to modern technology exposure that my generation has been trough, young people nowadays are heavily relied on electronic communication devices; however, I am not familiar with any types of blogs simply because of the fact that I am better at interacting with people face to face than expressing my thoughts through writing. Yet recently I have experienced more positive advantages of blogging. So I wish this blog will not only become part of the course work in this COMM 101 class, but also the beginning of the journey of blogging for me~