Thursday, November 14, 2013
Lecture on Radio Review
Radio was a very important media, in my opinion. It was the first live mass media. It was also a very different form of media compared to the other types of media at that time (newspapers, magazines, and books). Before if something happened, people would have o wait for the next newspaper to come out to learn about it. When radio came out, people could learn about news seconds after an event happened. It grew popular the same way the internet and TV did. Within about 20 years radio went from not being popular at all to nearly every home having a radio in it. I thought it was interesting that radio used to have shows with actors and other forms of entertainment that we see on TV now days. I only listen to music on the radio, so its weird thinking about people listening to fictional shows on the radio.
Response to Will's Blog
Will's posts on his blog are great. He is very to the point in all of his posts.
http://thedovahkiinoflegend.blogspot.com/2013/11/television-how-it-has-affected-us.html This is my favorite post of his. Its about the television lecture we had. My favorite part is when he said "Before the invention of the TV, what did people do with their time? Before people spent hour after mind numbing hour staring blankly at a screen, what did people do? They were..... Social *gasp*" Will adds a little bit of humor in most of his posts, which makes them a whole lot more enjoyable to read. He also made some good points in this post. A lot of people would prefer to sit around their house and watch TV than go outside and be active, or go somewhere with their friends. I admit, I am very guilty of this at times, but I do try to be active and social sometimes. It is definitely a problem with our society today that needs it to fixed.
http://thedovahkiinoflegend.blogspot.com/2013/11/television-how-it-has-affected-us.html This is my favorite post of his. Its about the television lecture we had. My favorite part is when he said "Before the invention of the TV, what did people do with their time? Before people spent hour after mind numbing hour staring blankly at a screen, what did people do? They were..... Social *gasp*" Will adds a little bit of humor in most of his posts, which makes them a whole lot more enjoyable to read. He also made some good points in this post. A lot of people would prefer to sit around their house and watch TV than go outside and be active, or go somewhere with their friends. I admit, I am very guilty of this at times, but I do try to be active and social sometimes. It is definitely a problem with our society today that needs it to fixed.
Response to Stephanie's blog
Stephanies Classmate Response- http://crushthe-patriarchy.blogspot.com/2013/11/classmates-blog-response-televisiondid.html
Allysa's post about television- http://fhblove.blogspot.com/2013/10/television-class-discussion.html
Stephanie has done a few responses to her classmates blogs, most of which seem a bit harsh, but one in particular I think is very picky. On her response to Allysa's post about the television lecture we had, she wasn't entirely fair to Allysa. When Alyssa said "before television, people did not publicize their stand on relationships", i don't think she meant that no one had ever publicized their stand. I think she meant that it wasn't as common at that time. TV definitely helped homosexuals to feel more open about their sexuality, even if people in the past had already been open about it.
Stephanie also mentioned that 25% of the worlds population is gay. This is incorrect.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/6961/what-percentage-population-gay.aspx According to this webpage, a survey was taken among Americans in 2002 about the percentage of gay people. In the survey, Americans were asked what they thought the percentage of American men and women were homosexual was. The average estimate was about 25% of men and women. This is not the real percentage of gays, this is just an estimate made my Americans. There is actually somewhere between 3 and 5 percent. Of course a true percentage of the amount of homosexuals would be impossible to find because not everyone is honest about it, and not everyone in the world can be surveyed.
Stephanie also said, "Alyssa summed up her response with: "Social issues, such as the gay issue, also were affected by television and people's change of opinion." Again, poor phrasing. "The gay issue," as if it is an issue when, in fact, it is an issue of opinion and bigotry and not the fact that people are gay."
Allysa's post about television- http://fhblove.blogspot.com/2013/10/television-class-discussion.html
Stephanie has done a few responses to her classmates blogs, most of which seem a bit harsh, but one in particular I think is very picky. On her response to Allysa's post about the television lecture we had, she wasn't entirely fair to Allysa. When Alyssa said "before television, people did not publicize their stand on relationships", i don't think she meant that no one had ever publicized their stand. I think she meant that it wasn't as common at that time. TV definitely helped homosexuals to feel more open about their sexuality, even if people in the past had already been open about it.
Stephanie also mentioned that 25% of the worlds population is gay. This is incorrect.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/6961/what-percentage-population-gay.aspx According to this webpage, a survey was taken among Americans in 2002 about the percentage of gay people. In the survey, Americans were asked what they thought the percentage of American men and women were homosexual was. The average estimate was about 25% of men and women. This is not the real percentage of gays, this is just an estimate made my Americans. There is actually somewhere between 3 and 5 percent. Of course a true percentage of the amount of homosexuals would be impossible to find because not everyone is honest about it, and not everyone in the world can be surveyed.
Stephanie also said, "Alyssa summed up her response with: "Social issues, such as the gay issue, also were affected by television and people's change of opinion." Again, poor phrasing. "The gay issue," as if it is an issue when, in fact, it is an issue of opinion and bigotry and not the fact that people are gay."
I think Stephanie was too picky with this as well. Clearly she didn't mean that "the gay issue" is a problem with people being gay. People not accepting gay people is the problem. By saying "the gay issue" she is not trying be offensive. I think she is just stating that there is a problem.
I think Stephanie was a little too picky on Allysa's wording for her review. I respect Stephanie's opinions and that she had information to back it up, but she needs to stop being so picky about wording and make sure her information is accurate.
Response to Desha's Blog
http://deshahorton.blogspot.com/2013/11/jeopardy.html
Desha posted a response on her blog about the games of jeopardy we play before we take tests. I completely agree with her! I always feel a lot more confident about taking one of my Journalism One tests after playing a game of jeopardy. It's a really fun way to review the content that's going to be on the test, and it helps me know what i do and don't know. And like Desha said, being competitive, and playing with friends is a much more fun and interesting way to study!
Desha posted a response on her blog about the games of jeopardy we play before we take tests. I completely agree with her! I always feel a lot more confident about taking one of my Journalism One tests after playing a game of jeopardy. It's a really fun way to review the content that's going to be on the test, and it helps me know what i do and don't know. And like Desha said, being competitive, and playing with friends is a much more fun and interesting way to study!
WHAS Media Critique
WHAS violates the enterprise yardstick of journalism. They report on a lot of crime stories. 6 out of 8 stories in their main news section (http://www.whas11.com/news) were crime. These stories included one about a roommate fight that led to stabbing (http://www.whas11.com/news/LMPD-Roommate-fight-leads-to-stabbing-assault-charge-231966111.html) and of course a trial story (http://www.whas11.com/news/Hearings-delayed-for-Mellencamps-teenage-sons-231959041.html). These types of stories are not only un-newsworthy, but they are also passive reporting. WHAS is getting stories the lazy way. They should be going out and investigating to find information instead of just going to a location and reporting on the obvious information. This also violates the principle, make the important interesting. WHAS is taking stories that might be interesting and making them sound important.
Lecture on Television Review
The lecture we had on Television is my favorite lecture so far. We learned about how television evolved and how it changed society. I was surprised that color TV took so long for TV shows to use. It was invented in 1946, but it wasn't until 1967 that most TV shows were in color. To me it seems like color TV would have been something that TV shows would use as soon as they could. I think its funny, and slightly ridiculous, that there are more TVs in the U.S. than there are Americans, and there are more households with a working TV than households with plumbing in the U.S.
Lecture on the Internet Review
The discussion we had about the internet was very interesting. I use the internet everyday, but I have never really thought about what the history of the it might be. I was really surprised at how quickly the internet grew. Now it's something that nearly everyone uses every day. In 17 years (from 1995 to 2012) the internet went from having 16 million users to 12.4 billion users. That is nearly 80 times more users in 2012 than in 1995. I also have never thought about how you can get any information, TV shows, songs, ect. from the internet. The internet allows people to not need to watch TV or buy a CD because it is all in one place. There are millions of different websites that all offer something for some kind of niche audience. That allows everyone to have some interest in the internet, and have a reason to use it.
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