Response to Wesley

Wesley! I loved your response to the radio lecture. You did a wonderful job explaining terms for people who might not understand what hot and cool mediums mean. Just think about it, if you are reading a really good article and come across a huge word you don't want to  stop and look up the word. You might find a definition that does not make any since. I noticed in some people's blogs, they use these humongous  ( get it, lol, I had to) words to describe their feelings in the fullest detail. After a while if there are to many words I can't understand I have a hard time wanting to finish the story that I am reading. Also, I can't believe the radio is that old either. Great job welsh keep up the good work!
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Media crtitiques

So far in class, we have had two blogging assignments. I remember before the first one we had a deep lecture about media critiques. At first I was nervous and thought I would not do it correctly. He gave us a paper on what a media critique is, not, and things that can not be critiqued. It seemed like so much information, and not to mention we had to refer back to the Seven Yardsticks. The Seven Yardsticks are rules that all journalist have to follow. If not, they are leaving themselves open for a ruthless media critique😉. Anyways, I was so happy that he gave us an example of a critique and places where we could find more examples. I was mostly afraid of accidentally targeting a website that was doing everything right. One thing I wanted to stress to everyone reading this, just because you disagree with what is written in the article doesn't mean it is not following the elements!

Whas11 critique

In journalism class, we have been following certain news stations for an assignment. After totaling the news stories, I noticed how few national and international stories there were. Three people in our group had the task of watching the news, I had to read it online. For the people who watched there were ten national and zero international! Online there were about 20 National and four international. I can understand why there isn't many international stories, but national I don't understand. We are close to election season and the candidates are going all over the country to win votes. Barely any of that shows up in the news. The online section is mostly covered with crime cases. I don't think WHAS11 did a good job at fairness. They should give each topic equal amount of time. I know on TV the show is 30 minutes long, but they can post whatever they want online.

Response to eli

Eli, I loved your intake of the newspaper lecture. During class I would listen and try to analyze all the information given to me. I thought it was really cool how you tied his lecture to your personal life. It gives you something to relate to. I know some people tend to shut down once they hear something they disagree with or something that doesn't interest them. Unless you are a teenager that does read the newspaper, I don't know to many teens that read the newspaper on a daily basis.  Whenever I go over my grandparents house at least one of them is reading the newspaper every second of every day. Your technique is really cool and that will give me something to look forward next time in journalism class. Maybe it will even help me with journalism tests!😂


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Response to Melissa's take on television

Melissa, I agree with you 100% it's like you read my mind. I found the TV lecture to be really boring and repetitive. First it was the newspaper, then the books, next recorded music and now television. They all go through a "golden age" and then hit rock bottom. I know Mr.Miller can't do anything about the past or the how the world works, but I was wondering if anything broke that chain of events. Also television is becoming a waste of time and a procrastinator's go to.People could be doing other things with their time than sitting and watching television. We may remember what we watched  for about a week or so and then it will forgotten. Nowadays people don't watch things that are relevant in their lives. Then again TV doesn't really put real life situations out there. http://pocketsecrets2015.blogspot.com/2015/10/response-to-binary-models-maya-malawi-i.html?m=1

Radio Response Lecture

    Even though the time for the radio has come and gone, it's mark on the world will last quite a while. The radio was the first live medium, which means people could receive something as soon as it was happening. For example, tomorrow is the football game of the season, and you want to be at the game but you don't have a ticket. Instead of waiting on next week's paper, just tune in on your radio and listen to it live. The only delay would be the time it takes the signal to reach the radio. I think radio mostly inspired television. If you think about it, TV is just a radio with a moving picture. Without radio, television might have taken a little longer to invent. So thank you Gugliemo Marconi for inventing the radio!

Life without Television?????

What would life be like without television? I know some people are thinking unbearable, but would it really? Humans are so lazy nowadays and TV plays a big role in that. In an average household, the television is on 7 hours a day. 7 hours!!!!! wow thats a lot. We have become tremendously  lazy! The TV keeps us indoors, stationary, and less sociable. All that time used to sit around we could be exercising. The U.S isn't really known as a healthy nation, and if people turn off the TV's we could get active! Not only does Tv keep you indoors, it also influences your spending habits. How many times have you seen something on TV and bought it at the store? You may not have been looking for that item, but you bought it to find out it doesn't work the way you want it to. People use the TV to influence your opinion. Now that it is close to the presidential election, its going to get hectic!