Thursday, November 14, 2013
Internet Lecture
The lecture on internet in Mr. Miller's class was very good. Who would've thought that one of the reasons internet started was because the government wanted a way to store information during the wars. The internet really made everyone that stereotypical "nerd in the basement" and it is more socially acceptable since internet came around. Unlike previous media's, the Internet impacted all media in some way because every media before the Internet, was put on the Internet. Singers didn't have to search for a record label anymore. They could post their singing on YouTube and get millions of hits. Now, more than one-third of the people in the world get their news online. Online news is better for some people because it is nonlinear so they can find the story and skip straight to the part they want to read rather than having to watch a whole news show to watch one story. The Internet really did affect all previous medias and this lecture fully explained that.
Movie Theaters Survived?
Many of the other mediums Mr. Miller talked about in class demassified because of a new and upcoming technology. It is weird to understand that movies theaters are still around and in fact never demassified. A movie theater is a big part of a cultural experience. Everyone wants to be able to say "I saw it first, and you should have been there". This is part of the reason movie theaters survived. Another reason is the social experiences. People would rather go to the movies and hangout with friends than sit at home alone. It is also an immersive experience. There are the large screens, surround sound system, popcorn, and a dark quiet room. These things are all things most people cannot have at their house. This lecture helped explain why movie theaters are still around today.
Overuse of Stories?
The local television news station, WAVE, reported on a lot of crime stories; like already stated down below. However, there was one trial that they repeated a story on every night, and that is the David Camm trial. This story was important to the public, but the viewers did not need an update every time they watched the news. They could have given an update on every mistrial leading up to the veridic, not guilty. This trial was very easy for the station to report on. They even had a whole Twitter account set up for the trial, devoted to giving play-by-play updates of the trial. They were making the interesting sound important whether than the other way around. They would play the same B-Roll on every update of Camm walking into the court house. This story started to get old for viewers.
Too Many Sports and Weather?
WAVE, a local television news station had 30 minute shows. During the 30 minute segment, they would usually only spend about 15 minutes of the show covering stories and the other half focusing on weather and sports. This may be important to some people. but they are watching the NEWS. It is meant to give the viewer news, not just updates on the weather forecast or the local high school football team. Sometimes, WAVE would have a short weather section, then some local stories, then the rest of the weather. It is not necessary. They only need to play the weather once. Also, it is not necessary to get updates from every local sports team when it is easily available on the Internet.
Focus on Local Stories
One positive thing the local news station, WAVE, did was it did focus a lot on local stories whereas stations like WDRB reported many national and international stories. This could be good or bd depending on what the viewer is looking for. It is a local television news station, so it should be focusing on the local stories, but it also may need to play some national stories that could affect the viewers. The viewers of the show also would like to know what is happening in the US so if they did more national stories, they may get more viewers.
Crime Stories too Much?
Many local news stations report mainly on crime stories. One station in particular, WAVE, focused mainly on crime stories and almost half of the show would be crime stories. It usually averaged about 6 crime stories a night. This is not good. The station needs to focus on the other more important news stories happening in the local community. They may be reporting solely on crime stories just because they are very easy to report. They just have to play some B-Roll and interview a few people. However, we do know that the local news stations focus too much on local crime stories.
Response to Olivias Blog
http://olivialoy.blogspot.com/2013/11/news-good-on-more-positive-note-wdrb.html#comment-form
In this blog post, Olivia discusses a good factor of WDRB. She discusses the fact that they usually have about four international stories unlike some of the other local news stations that barely have any. It is good to point out the positives of the station. She backed up her argument of this well by saying that the other news stations do not provide many international stories. This lets the reader know that if they want more international stories, then watch WDRB. Olivia did a great ob discussing the positives of the WDRB news station.
In this blog post, Olivia discusses a good factor of WDRB. She discusses the fact that they usually have about four international stories unlike some of the other local news stations that barely have any. It is good to point out the positives of the station. She backed up her argument of this well by saying that the other news stations do not provide many international stories. This lets the reader know that if they want more international stories, then watch WDRB. Olivia did a great ob discussing the positives of the WDRB news station.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Response to Olivia's Post
Oliva's Blog
When I was reading Olivia's response to the binary models I think that it really helped me understand the hot-cool binary model because that was the one model that I didn't fully understand. It was the model that confused me the most. I think that her response gives in depth detail about the specific model rather than just all of the models. She explains well and gives examples of the difference between hot and cool. Hot requires your full attention while cool does not require your full attention. Then, like I said she lists specific examples of each different part of the binary model. Her explanations and examples of the models helped me fully grasp the concept and I felt she explained it thoroughly. Olivia did a great job writing her binary models response.
When I was reading Olivia's response to the binary models I think that it really helped me understand the hot-cool binary model because that was the one model that I didn't fully understand. It was the model that confused me the most. I think that her response gives in depth detail about the specific model rather than just all of the models. She explains well and gives examples of the difference between hot and cool. Hot requires your full attention while cool does not require your full attention. Then, like I said she lists specific examples of each different part of the binary model. Her explanations and examples of the models helped me fully grasp the concept and I felt she explained it thoroughly. Olivia did a great job writing her binary models response.
Response to Mallory's Post
Mallory's Recording Response
Part of the reason I wanted to respond to this post is because like in my post about recordings, Mallory also loves listening to music. I thought this would be a good time to compare mine and Mallory's ideas about Recordings. I liked how she talked more about the history of the recordings. I thought that this post was well thought out and did a good job of explaining how music became so popular in today's time period. I agree with her that music can be used for many purposes and that is why it is so successful today. I really thought her post about recordings was good.
Part of the reason I wanted to respond to this post is because like in my post about recordings, Mallory also loves listening to music. I thought this would be a good time to compare mine and Mallory's ideas about Recordings. I liked how she talked more about the history of the recordings. I thought that this post was well thought out and did a good job of explaining how music became so popular in today's time period. I agree with her that music can be used for many purposes and that is why it is so successful today. I really thought her post about recordings was good.
Binary Models Lecture
I have always known that there are two different types of television channels but I don't think that I ever realized that when one T.V channel buys another, it can change the type of shows being aired on the channel. A good example of this would be in an information-entertainment binary model if MTV bought the History channel. The History channel would start airing more entertainment shows instead of information because that is what MTV aires and they feel it appeals to the public more. This was also one of my favorite lectures because when I think back, I realize that this has happened to some of the channels I watch. This shows you how much conglomeration can change something.
Magazine Lecture
During this lecture, I found it interesting because I love reading magazines and I read them all the time. I didn't know that magazines were the first national media, I always thought that was newspapers so that was pretty cool to learn. I also didn't know magazines started many innovations such as investigative reporting, personality profiles, and photo journalism. One reason this lecture appealed to me is because I want to go into photo journalism for J&C so it was neat to learn about where photo journalism originated from. I didn't know that magazines demassified because of the television. The invention of the television made magazines lose their advertisements and audiences. However, magazines are still popular among many people today.
Books Lecture
Although this wasn't my favorite lecture that Mr. Miller gave us, it was still interesting to me because I don't think I realized that books were such an important part of our lives and daily education. I couldn't believe it when I realized that without the invention of the printing press, our literacy level would be very low. Also, books which are such a huge part of our lives now, would be a rare item and would be sure to cost a great amount of money. Now books are something that we really don't think of as having value and that really interested me. Thanks to Yohan Gutenburg, books became easier to print and became available to more and more people. It caused the spread of science, literature, arts, and political ideas. I think his invention really changed humanity.
Recordings Lecture
Out of all of Mr. Miller's lectures we have had so far, this was probably my favorite lecture. The main reason for that is music is a big part of my life, and once I think about it, I listen to music and the radio more often than I realize. I listen to it every bus ride and even when I'm at home doing homework. I found it interesting when we learned that before recordings, there were many problems with music such as distortions and different cultures and languages sang different songs. After recordings, music took off and became what it is today and I am honestly so happy for recordings so that we can be blessed today with listening to any type of music we want to listen to. Back then, when Edison invented the phonograph and Berliner invented the gramophone people were in awe. And just think, today recordings are so advanced that we can even record our own music and post it on YouTube to get noticed without even having to sign under a record label. I think music is a huge part of our culture today and still continues to influence people around the world.
Media Critique
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/09/26/2844375/un-diplomats-apparent-deal-on.html
This is an article written in the Lexington Herald about a possible resolution to the chemical warfare in Syria. This article wasn't written fairly because during this article, it only got information from one side of the story which was the White House. If this article was written using the 7 yardstick of fairness, then the journalist would have gotten information from Russia also because Russia is the other country involved in the controversy. Also, this article could have gotten information from Syria so that they can give their side of the story because at this current time, people in the United States don't know exactly whats going on. They only know what the White House has told them what is happening. However, this article does a good job of using the 9 principles of watchdog because it keeps a check on the government and lets the citizens know what is happening. So, it also uses loyalty during the article. You can tell that the main purpose of the article is to keep the citizens informed.
The journalist failed to be fair in this article because like already stated above, the journalist only used one source which was Secretary of State John Kerry from Washington D.C. The journalist did not give any other sources of the information and because the article was about a deal the United States is making with Russia, it's only right to also get Russia's view on the negotiation.
The journalist could have talked to a representative from Russia to meet the standards of fairness. They could have gotten information about Russia's views not only on the negotiation deal with the United States, but also about their views on the Syria situation. Other than that, this article does a good job of meeting all other standards in the 9 principles and 7 yardsticks of journalism.
This is an article written in the Lexington Herald about a possible resolution to the chemical warfare in Syria. This article wasn't written fairly because during this article, it only got information from one side of the story which was the White House. If this article was written using the 7 yardstick of fairness, then the journalist would have gotten information from Russia also because Russia is the other country involved in the controversy. Also, this article could have gotten information from Syria so that they can give their side of the story because at this current time, people in the United States don't know exactly whats going on. They only know what the White House has told them what is happening. However, this article does a good job of using the 9 principles of watchdog because it keeps a check on the government and lets the citizens know what is happening. So, it also uses loyalty during the article. You can tell that the main purpose of the article is to keep the citizens informed.
The journalist failed to be fair in this article because like already stated above, the journalist only used one source which was Secretary of State John Kerry from Washington D.C. The journalist did not give any other sources of the information and because the article was about a deal the United States is making with Russia, it's only right to also get Russia's view on the negotiation.
The journalist could have talked to a representative from Russia to meet the standards of fairness. They could have gotten information about Russia's views not only on the negotiation deal with the United States, but also about their views on the Syria situation. Other than that, this article does a good job of meeting all other standards in the 9 principles and 7 yardsticks of journalism.
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