Classmate Blog

My classmate Sam, had a great recap on our recordings lecture. This was one of the lectures I didn't understand (for whatever reason) as much as I did the other ones. Sam's summary really helped refresh my memory on the importance that recordings have on our life today, and what setbacks we would be bothered with if we didn't have recordings. He also had a valid point about recording's effects on music. Music is very influential in this day and age and without recordings, it probably would not be such a large part of our culture.

http://samwinreallife.blogspot.com/2013/09/response-to-recordings-lecture.html

Classmate Blog

I was reading over Ginny's short and sweet article about the newspaper The Courier Journal and I thought she had a nice double view of the newspaper. I don't read the paper personally so it was nice to see unbiased thoughts about it. It never would have occurred to me that the CJ was having a growing section of fluff. But I do agree that it is certainly better than TV news to get information. I think that it is important to see what the CJ mostly reports on (like politics and war/diplomacy like she said) because now I know where to go for that type of information. Her post was very informative and I appreciated her accuracy.

http://ginnycon12.blogspot.com

Abandon Ship!

CBS reported on a woman on the Hawaii cruise ship The Grand Princess from Princess Cruises. As you read through the article it seems like a standard sort of story, a woman "intentionally" throws herself off a cruise ship and the cruise ship notified the coast guard. There was a bit of drama about the estimated time it took the coast guard to get there and the amount of time they said it would take (a two hour difference), but that is not my point. During this article they speak to a spokesperson from Princess Cruises and Coast Guard officials... Something missing? Oh yeah, that's right! Let's just leave out the woman who plummeted off of 17 deck ship, off of the list of people to talk to. I understand that she might want to keep her identity secret, but that doesn't mean CBS shouldn't have even tried to contact her. Especially since the cruise liner says that the woman was 54-years-old and the Coast Guard reported that the woman's age was 30. I believe that this article is breaking the Fairness yardstick of Journalism for not getting the victim's side of this issue.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57612292/coast-guard-joins-search-for-passenger-overboard-from-cruise-liner-off-hawaii/

Classmate Blog

Kaylee from http://rnandarinoranges.blogspot.com did a really great post on our lecture about TV. Considering I just posted one myself, I thought it was interesting to read her's. I talked more about how TV demassified other types of media, but Kaylee wrote about another part of TV. Her topic was how TV effected us, the viewers. Her little comments made her writing seem like you were talking to her. Her points about today's kids and the "sooo cool" TV shows that effect their fashion and the way the act, but as well as how TV politic campaigns effect our country. Because a good advertisement team can basically make anything look good.

http://rnandarinoranges.blogspot.com

Class Response: That one time when TV changed everything...

When the TV was created in 1927, it would then go on to effect all sorts of other types of medias as well as popular culture.

Radio
As TV became more popular it took radio's audience but the major effect was that TV took radio's talent. During that time, there were serials or stories on the radio and when the world was transitioning to TV, radio talent decided that their careers could be more successful on TV. Not to mention, I'm sure the talent was offered more money than what they were making on the radio as well.

Movies
Movies weren't as greatly effected as other types of media but they still felt TV's wrath. TV gave you the same thing movie theaters did, but in your own home. But of course people still went to the movies for other reasons like the atmosphere or the social aspect.

Newspaper
TV basically turned into a quicker newspaper. The news could be reported on more quickly and broadcasted with extreme efficiency. Of course this took some of the viewers but the main blow was that TV took newspaper's advertisers. With TV becoming so popular, advertisers could pay less or the same amount of money to reach a larger audience so it seemed obvious to advertise on TV versus newspapers.

WAVE3 News, sometimes you erk me.

Now I would like to start this post by saying, I have nothing against local news and I don't have some deep, long term issue with WAVE3 but sometimes they just grind my gears. 

I go to the WAVE3 website and the first thing I see is a story about a woman who was caught eating stolen groceries. Yes. Stolen groceries. This was considered one of their most important stories, so important that it was on the homepage. And if you aren't already shaking because of this horrific event, a whopping $2.87 was reported as the total loss *insert dramatic gasp*

Come on WAVE3 I know for a fact, without any research that something could have been happening, actually anything could have been happening that was more important than "woman caught eating groceries after being banned from store". It's so not important, you didn't even capitalize your title. This is breaking the Newsworthy yardstick of journalism. Generally I would go into a rant about how this is not a core topic (such as  politics, natural disasters e.c.t) and that it is a peripheral topic (like celebrity news or gossip) but honestly it's really neither. It's not a core topic for obvious reasons but I can't put this into peripheral topic either because peripheral topics are things that people want to read about. I can't think of a single person in any circumstance that would want to read this or would be effected by this. So I will create my own category, it shall be called "WEIT topic" or "What Even Is This Topic" 

So WAVE3 News, congratulations. You have helped revolutionize WEIT topics, and to thank you, this story will be the first of the WEIT kind.

http://www.wave3.com/story/23958752/woman-caught-eating-stolen-groceries-after-being-banned-from-store

Classmate Blog

One of my classmates, Stephanie, literally makes me feel like my journalism is a four year old's attempt. I read several of her class responses and media critiques and they are, for lack of a better term, freaking amazing. She has a serious gift in the journalism field, her words are very concise and get right to the point but there is always a hint of humor or sarcasm that makes me laugh. She also has really great visual aid to go along with her posts, which I never considered doing until now. Her post on magazines was witty and informative but it also gave you a piece of Stephanie's personality which I think was a nice touch. 

http://crushthe-patriarchy.blogspot.com

I seriously suggest checking her blog out!

Classmate Blog

Camille from www.snazzysnazzgs.blogspot.com had a really great post about the internet. She did a great job of recapping the basics that she learned during the internet lecture. But the best part of the post was that it was funny, she made it amusing to read and her choice of words made you feel like she was talking to you on a personal level. She does an amazing job of writing how she would actually talk in real life and I think that helped me understand the topic a bit better because she put it into "teenager language" if you will.I also like her perspective on how rapidly the internet grew and how nobody is really private these days and I think that is interesting coming from a teenager, because generally you wouldn't think one would be cautious about it. But I completely agree with her, the internet is so open and nothing can ever be truly deleted. She has a great point and her writing technique really helps her connect with her audience.

http://snazzysnazzgs.blogspot.com/2013/10/internet-j1-2.html