Media Critque: USA TODAY/Pew Poll: ObamaCare

My initial reaction to this USA TODAY poll/article was confused. It didn't explain the information in a way that was understandable. They threw numbers at you without explaining how they got the data. Then I had a closer look. I realized they were violating one of the nine principles of journalism, verification. They gave us information about the new Obama Care and how people were reacting to it in their poll, but didn't tell us who they polled, how they choose them, and how many people they polled. This is very important because you cant understand the information they gave us without knowing those details. Without those details you cant know if that information is even reliable. Without that reliability you cant know for sure if they are being loyal to us , as the citizens, which is in violation of another one of the nine principles of journalism, loyalty.     

Response on Camille's post.

I agree 100% with Camille. She talked about Mr. Miller's lecture on parts of a newspaper. I had no idea why we needed to learn parts of the newspaper. I knew they had certain parts, but I didn't know any of the names of the parts or what they did. Now, I understand. I can look at a newspaper and find the inside box, the dateline, and even the ears. Some of the names make no sense, but I know what they are and what they do. I also agree when she said that Mr. Miller did a  great job at explaining this topic. Its not the most interesting topic to learn about, but he did a great job of explaining it and making it to which I could understand and remember the different parts.      http://snazzysnazzgs.blogspot.com/2013/09/class-response-parts-of-newspaper.html

Response on Stephanie's post.

I totally agree with Stephanie's response on recordings. She stated that music recordings still have a great impact on us today. She also said we can't forget about how it all started. That's true as well. Without knowing where our music came from/started how can we truly appreciate it? I think we should enjoy the fact that we have the luxury to have music at our fingertips at any moment. That is thanks to Edison and Berliner. Lets not forget to give them credit for many of our hobbies.  http://crushthe-patriarchy.blogspot.com/2013/09/class-response-how-recordings-saved.html

Reponse on "Mass Communication"

Before Mr. Millers' lecture on mass communication, I had no idea what the definition was. I learned that you had to have technology in order for this type of communication to work. I also learned that you couldn't get immediate feedback on mass communication. After I thought about it those things, did make sense. I also had no idea there were steps in order for mass communication to work. Again, it isn't something people think about on a daily basis. I learned that there are five steps to mass communication: stimulus, encoding, transmission, decoding, and internalization. I also learned from this lecture that those steps can be interrupted by either filters (physical, informational, and psychological) or Impediments (environmental noise, channel noise, and semantic noise). I think this really helped me understand and get ready for the other lectures Mr. Miller will talk about. He also explained the material in a way I could understand and remember.

Response on "Demassification"

Every form of media has been demassified. Whether it was the TV that came along and made the radio and magazines refocus on a certain audience, or whether it was the internet that came along and made TV refocus their own audiences, it happens. Maybe one day something will get invented that will force the internet to demassify as well. Who knows? I have never thought about the effect that new technology has on the technology before it. But then I started to think about it, and it made a lot of sense. It's kind of sad that this happens, but I don't think we can do anything to stop demassification from happening. It's good that the media that is getting demassified, is finding a  way to stay in business, but it's sad that they have refocus their content to a specific audience. Instead of having a lot of content that could be for everyone. I think demassification is unfortunate, but it's necessary.

Response on "Conglomeration"

Before Mr. Millers' lecture on conglomeration, I had no idea what the word even meant. It wasn't the most exciting topic to learn about, for a hour and a half, but it did make me think. In my opinion this isn't a good thing. It may be good for the company, more income, but for everyone else, not so much. Because jobs are lost during the conglomeration process, is this part of the reason for our bad economy? Don't companies live for competition with other companies? If they own them all, what will they ever do? Also a big concern is the loss of content. No two people are the same, so why should we have such a limited amount of content to choose from? Over all I view conglomeration as huge problem our society is facing.

Response on "Books"

I think before Mr. Miller's lecture on books, I really took them for granted. I never really thought about what life would be like without them. I mean they have always been around, and they have always been available to me, so I haven't thought about the impact they have on my life. The fact that books used to be an expensive item is also crazy. Sitting in my room there are about fifty books, in the rest of my house, who knows how many. Does this make me rich? That lecture was really interesting to me. It made me think about what it would be like if I were not able to ever read or write. Which is something I love to do.