Response to Blog Post- Taylor

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?

Media Critique- WLKY

http://www.wlky.com/news/national/Toronto-mayor-apologizes-then-gets-TV-show/-/9366074/22971872/-/rwyj3y/-/index.html

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

http://seydamuratova.blogspot.com/2013/11/national-park-shutdowns.html

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.

Response to Class Discussion- Internet

In class we learned about the history and the effects of the Internet on other forms of media, which I personally found to be very interesting. First we discussed the history of the Internet, which originally started as a government project for the military to communicate in case of a nuclear war. It slowly grew from 1 node to 15 nodes, and then started to take off from there: in 1987 there were 10,000 hosts, then by 1995 (only 8 years later!) there were 16 million users. The number of users continued to grow exponentially over the next couple of years, and by last year, 2012, there were 2.4 billion users.

Next, we discussed the impacts of the Internet on other forms of media. Before this lecture in class, I had no idea how big the impact of the Internet was on other forms of media. Sure, I had seen on the news about how the newspaper industry was losing money, and how the post office has been cutting back due to loss of money, but I didn’t grasp how big the impacts were on other media. Now, due to the internet, other media must lower their prices (for example the music industry) and we expect things to be faster and interactive. Plus, without even realizing it, we are giving up more of our privacy than ever before because of things like social media. The Internet has negatively impacted every form of media, but I had never noticed because I’ve grown up around technology. It made me sad to how some forms of media are struggling, but hopefully they will find ways to adapt to use Internet. I still want to see forms of media such as newspapers to be around for years to come.  

Blog Post Response- Kitty

http://ikonxx.blogspot.com/2013/09/books.html

As Kitty said in her blog, I also did not know that books had created such a big impact on society. I think she did a great job on stating her opinions on this topic! I agree with her on every single point she made. I had no idea that books had helped society so much, and like Kitty, it made me appreciate books so much more. I usually complain about how heavy my books are in my backpack, but I know now that without books, society would be incredibly different.

Response to Class Lecture- Recordings

This lecture has to be one of my favorites, especially since it is something that I do everyday! I always love to listen to music anywhere I go, whether I'm on the bus or at home doing homework. To be honest, I have not thought of music as a force of cultural change, but once Mr. Miller told us, it made sense to me since song lyrics from a certain time really do reflect the social issues that were going on at the time. Also, as I have learned in my other classes, people in the past told each other stories through songs (like country music) and taught language (I sing my alphabet song all the time). It is very easy to take for granted at how easily we can buy songs online or at the store, but that wasn't always the case. The timeline about the phonograph, gramophone, and electric microphone really made me appreciate how easy it is to get music and portable it is for us.

Critique- WHAS 11

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Lou-man-cheats-Krogers-U-Scan-busted-for-stealing-infant-formula-225351112.html

This article was put under the category of "local news" on the local news' WHAS 11 webpage. The article talked about a man who tried to steal more than a hundred dollars' worth of baby food with his young daughter with him. This violated one of the 7 basic yardsticks of journalism, which is newsworthiness. Under that yardstick, it states that newsworthiness is based on two factors- whether the topic is core or peripheral and whether the story is "likely to have a direct and lasting (6 months or more) informational impact on a wide audience". Although the topic does fall under the core topics (crime), but it does not have a direct or lasting informational impact on more then 10,000 people since this topic does not affect many (except for maybe the store he tried to steal from). Unless the man was stealing from several stores and could be coming to a store near you, it is not important or newsworthy.

This also violated one of the Nine Core Principles of Journalism: Make the important interesting. The article and topic was neither interesting or important or relevant because they caught the man who was stealing and charged him with theft. At the very least, the reporter who wrote about this could have interviewed the people who were standing near this man to ask them what they saw or if he seemed suspicious or not.

Blog Post Response- Sabrina

http://sabrina-carlisle.blogspot.com/2013/09/response-principles-of-journalism.html

I totally agree with what Sabrina wrote. The principles of journalism and the seven yardsticks is truly one of the most important lessons we have learned. It is the foundation and the rubric that every journalist must follow, and what makes a good report or article. However, since it was so important, I do wish that we spent a little more time on this since this is the foundation of the class and extremely important. I personally found that this lecture was interesting.

Response to Class Lecture- 9/11 Video

On the anniversary of the 9/11 attack, we watched a video about what happened that day and how important photojournalists were in recording the event. When we think of the 9/11 attack, we usually think in horror about how so many people were killed and that it was a terrorist attack. I was actually pretty surprised at how important photojournalists were to this event. The video talked about how essential photojournalists were: they recorded what happened, and their photos were proof that it was a terrorist attack. Before, I have always thought that photojournalism was not very important and that they mainly took pretty photos like the ones I see in National Geographic. Now, I know that photojournalism is important in playing a role in recording events, and that the photojournalists can also be incredibly brave as was shown in the video. The photojournalists would risk their own lives by running towards the towers and walking into the rubble to be able to record what has happened. After watching the video, I have a greater respect for photojournalists and the roles they play in journalism.

Response to Class Lecture- History of Magazines

We discussed the history of magazines last class, which was pretty interesting and I enjoyed learning about it. Who knew that so many innovations like photojournalism and investigative journalism first appeared in magazines? I have watched the news for many years now, and I had assumed that these two types of journalism had always been around. It was very interesting to hear about how much magazines had helped shape the United States and our culture, since nowadays it is a common sight in stores and something that we take for granted.

Response to Class Lecture- Media Critques

On Friday in class, we discussed/learned what a media critique was. The discussion over what we could critique them on was eye opening and interesting because I haven't really given much thought about critiquing the news and journalists. I've always simply accepted what they said as the truth and that they were correct all the time. Now, whenever I watch the news or read the newspaper, I would critique them in my head and think about what they could improve on in their report. For me, listening to the news will never be the same.