http://taylorandersonjc.blogspot.com/2013/11/crime-crime-and-more-crime.html
I love love love the first sentence of Taylor's post because it describes perfectly how I felt about watch WLKY. It seemed like the similar crime stories were being reported over and over again, but there was no "real" newsworthy news story. I totally agree with the part about the David Camm trial- for almost two weeks WLKY extensively reported about the trail. The Cylde Gibson trial was like that too- it reported about it over and over again until the trails ended. Like Taylor, I was disappointed at the repetitiveness. What about politicans, or important events like the government shutdown, in which WLKY barely reported on?
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Media Critique- WLKY
The
article discusses about the mayor of Toronto whom apologizes for making crude
comments, the various rumors floating around about him, and his new TV show
that he will be hosting. This story violates two principles of journalism which
are the following: making the important interesting and fairness.
The
principle of making the important interesting is violated because the article
highlights rumors that naturally begin to float around a controversial public
figure. The article seems to blow up the topic for sensation. Instead of
talking about all the various rumors, the journalist who wrote this could have investigated
to see which rumors were true or not.
The
second principle violated was fairness since the article only offered one side
of the story, which was the side that did not support the mayor. Obviously,
this was not fair. The article quotes people who spoke negatively about the
mayor, but there was not one quote from someone who supported the mayor. Response to Blog Post- Seyda
I agree with Seyda that one of the biggest effects of the government shutdown was that the national parks were shut down for sixteen days. Not only was this an inconvenience for those who wished to travel to these parks, but it affected those who relied on the income that working at the park provided. It also hurt the economy, since people couldn't go to the parks and spend money. I think that the government should have found some way to keep the parks open, like maybe postponing the workers’ paycheck until the government reopens.
I was
affected by the government shutdown too since my family was planning to go camping
at a national park. We were disappointed but managed to find an open spot at a
park that had reopened.
Local News Source- WLKY
During
our project over watching the local news, I was disappointed at the number of
stories WLKY had. Up until around the last week of the project, the total
number of stories aired was a single digit number. I had expected at least ten
or more stories every night, but I was shocked to see how few stories they had.
However, the most disappointing part was that WLKY's lead stories were about
crime, even during the sixteen day government shutdown. Shouldn't the shutdown
be more important than a story about expensive stolen bottles of alcohol,
especially since the shutdown affects everyone in the nation? I think that alot of important information is not being reported to the viewers of WLKY, and that it focuses way too much on crime stories for sensation.
Response to Class Lecture- TVs
The lecture
over TV broadcasting is one of my favorite lectures to date because it was both
a topic that was interesting and affected my everyday life. (I watch TV almost
every night with my family.) Although I knew that TV had an impact on me, I didn't know how it had an impact on
my life until this lecture. Mr. Miller pointed out how TV tends to draw us away
from social activities, which was an impact I was not aware of. It made me
suddenly aware of how much time I spend on technology, and it made me want to
cut back on watching TV to do other more meaningful things.
Response to Class Lecture- Movies
Going to the
movies has always been one of my favorite things to do with my friends and
family, so when we had a lecture about movies, I was interested. I thought it
was fascinating that even though movies are a 100 year old technology, it is
still very popular today, because usually old technology would still be in use.
I especially liked the part where we talked about why movies are still of
interest to us because it summarized perfectly the difference between movies
and TV shows and why movies are still well liked today, even though we have
things like Netflix and Redbox.
Response to Blog Post- Sydney
http://sydneyblocker.blogspot.com/2013/11/class-discussions-teenager.html
I really enjoyed reading Sydney's post about the invention of the teenager, and I was impressed that she even went online to look for a further explanation about it. I was also interested when I learned about the "invention of the teenager" because like Sydney, I had not thought about an age range being invented. When I think of the word "invention", I typically think about the materialistic things that are invented, such as the light bulb. I never thought that automobiles would be the cause of the invention of the teenager, since I took it for granted that the idea of teenagers had always been around. It's really incredible to see how one invention can affect and change a nation.
I really enjoyed reading Sydney's post about the invention of the teenager, and I was impressed that she even went online to look for a further explanation about it. I was also interested when I learned about the "invention of the teenager" because like Sydney, I had not thought about an age range being invented. When I think of the word "invention", I typically think about the materialistic things that are invented, such as the light bulb. I never thought that automobiles would be the cause of the invention of the teenager, since I took it for granted that the idea of teenagers had always been around. It's really incredible to see how one invention can affect and change a nation.
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