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.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
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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