2. If you owned a community newspaper and had to formulate a policy for your editors about which letters from readers could appear in a limited space on your editorial page, what kinds of letters would you eliminate and why? Would you be acting as a censor in this situation? Why or why not?
If I owned a newspaper my first concern would be credibility, therefore I would want my newspaper to be as unbiased as possible. So the first policy would be to show both sides of the story. I would set a quota for each side in order to have a decent amount of each opinion. It does not have to be totally equal but as long as there is a chance for each side of the story to be heard. The way I could utilize the small amount of space is by publishing the letters that have the most relevance to the story and is not just some crazy person going off on how much they hate or love something. I would want opinions and views based off of facts in my paper. In that way I would be a sort of a censor but as long as there is not something totally inappropriate and illegal to be published then I would not mind whatever people have to say.
3. The writer A.J. Liebling once said that freedom of the press belonged only to those who owned one. Explain why you agree or disagree.
Technically speaking, yes I believe that he is right although I think I still have a different opinion than him. Freedom of the press only belongs to people who have them because they physically have a press to use and say what they want. Freedom of the press does still belong to people who do not have a press but they do not have access to a press so they cannot exercise that freedom. If they pay someone to use it or get their own then they their previously dormant freedom becomes active and they can exercise it. Everybody has the same freedoms, just not everyone can exercise all of their freedoms.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Questioning the Media ch. 15
2. One charge that has been leveled against a lot of media research-both the effect and the cultural models-is that is has very little impact on changing our media institutions. Do you agree or disagree and why?
I disagree, I think research has shown what has become more popular and what people tend to gravitate towards and it has changed the media. There is a reason people have started to get their news online as opposed to the television or newspaper. The same reason also explains reasons for the invention of things like the kindle and ebooks. The explanation is simple, the internet is easy to access and things as small as kindles and laptops are easy to carry around. Someone can go into a coffee shop and read infinitely more news on his or her laptop than they can through a newspaper. This research and observations have encouraged newspapers and other news sources to now put all their information online.
3. Can you think of an issue that media industry and academic researchers could study together? Explain.
A blazing issue came to mind when I read this question and it was the effects of television on young children and learning. Children watch an enormous amount of television and are extremely influenced by it. Even into their older years are they influenced by it. I just recently started watching a few episodes of some shows I watched from when I was a kid. I realized many of them had similar themes and values and upon some contemplating I realized that I also hold many of those values as important values. The question is can the media industries help researchers time how much television kids watch and help them come up with a way to positively influence these kids. Examples would be of when kids watch television the most and if researchers determine kids do learn from television. Therefore they could collaborate and determine when it is the best time to show positively influencing and educational shows.
I disagree, I think research has shown what has become more popular and what people tend to gravitate towards and it has changed the media. There is a reason people have started to get their news online as opposed to the television or newspaper. The same reason also explains reasons for the invention of things like the kindle and ebooks. The explanation is simple, the internet is easy to access and things as small as kindles and laptops are easy to carry around. Someone can go into a coffee shop and read infinitely more news on his or her laptop than they can through a newspaper. This research and observations have encouraged newspapers and other news sources to now put all their information online.
3. Can you think of an issue that media industry and academic researchers could study together? Explain.
A blazing issue came to mind when I read this question and it was the effects of television on young children and learning. Children watch an enormous amount of television and are extremely influenced by it. Even into their older years are they influenced by it. I just recently started watching a few episodes of some shows I watched from when I was a kid. I realized many of them had similar themes and values and upon some contemplating I realized that I also hold many of those values as important values. The question is can the media industries help researchers time how much television kids watch and help them come up with a way to positively influence these kids. Examples would be of when kids watch television the most and if researchers determine kids do learn from television. Therefore they could collaborate and determine when it is the best time to show positively influencing and educational shows.
Questioning the Media ch. 13
1. Are you exposed to popular culture from other countries? Why or why not? Give some examples.
Personally, yes I am exposed to popular culture from other countries. Although it is not because I go out of my way to seek exposure and I do not have many friends from outside the country. The reason I am exposed to popular culture from outside the country is because I am learning German. I know speaking German is not apart of popular culture but during class we also talk about German culture and how it is different from American culture, popular or not. I have learned things like American traditional dating is not the same as German and that Germans listen to very different types of music. I do have friends who have been to other countries but even if they did try to influence what popular culture they learned in other countries I do not believe it would take hold in America or even with a small group of friends.
2. Do you read international news? Why or why not?
No, I do not read international news. The reason is because I do not even read national news, why would I bother to read international news then? The news has really never interested me unless it has to do with sports, for example I did not even know about the British Royal Wedding until the day before it happened. If it is important I figure I will learn about it one way or the other. Another example, I did not watch the news or go online to a news website to learn about Osama bin Laden being killed. I heard it as people screamed it down my hall and posted over Facebook. The news hardly has anything good to say so I do not care to listen to all the things that are wrong with us when I am not really in a position to fix things. I would rather read about who made good draft picks or who got traded or cut. Therefore, international news is of no interest to me.
Personally, yes I am exposed to popular culture from other countries. Although it is not because I go out of my way to seek exposure and I do not have many friends from outside the country. The reason I am exposed to popular culture from outside the country is because I am learning German. I know speaking German is not apart of popular culture but during class we also talk about German culture and how it is different from American culture, popular or not. I have learned things like American traditional dating is not the same as German and that Germans listen to very different types of music. I do have friends who have been to other countries but even if they did try to influence what popular culture they learned in other countries I do not believe it would take hold in America or even with a small group of friends.
2. Do you read international news? Why or why not?
No, I do not read international news. The reason is because I do not even read national news, why would I bother to read international news then? The news has really never interested me unless it has to do with sports, for example I did not even know about the British Royal Wedding until the day before it happened. If it is important I figure I will learn about it one way or the other. Another example, I did not watch the news or go online to a news website to learn about Osama bin Laden being killed. I heard it as people screamed it down my hall and posted over Facebook. The news hardly has anything good to say so I do not care to listen to all the things that are wrong with us when I am not really in a position to fix things. I would rather read about who made good draft picks or who got traded or cut. Therefore, international news is of no interest to me.
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