Monthly Archives: February 2013

Television in need of improvement?

 

In the article A Vaster Wasteland it is pointed out that fifty years ago the FCC would be  forcing broadcasters to serve the consumer, and public interest is number one priority, as it should be. I would agree with …

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Back to the Future: Cool Technology Being Used Today

I do not know about you, but I have always found it interesting to watch older movies referencing futuristic technology. One example would be the movie “Back to the Future”. Recently social media was buzzing about a significant date used …

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Declining quality of television and news reporting

It is no suprise that today’s journalism is full of sensationalism.  Before the internet and even computer, media had much less or no competition.  Should we be blaming the journalists who provide the sensationalist media, or ourselves for watching it. 

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Is the media going to far by sensationalizing war efforts?

The media has had a history of promoting war efforts in the United States.  War propaganda has made a huge impact on history, both beneficially and negatively.  One positive example of propaganda was during the American Revolution.  Propaganda circulated by …

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Journalistic Decline: Focusing on the Irrelevant

When you think of what news used to be like -when it was actually productive and informative- nothing exemplifies it more than FDR’s “fireside chats” back in the 30’s and 40’s.  It also makes you wonder how journalists of that …

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Knowledge is Power. Too Much Knowledge: Unhealthy

The cliche saying “too much of a good thing” usually applies to typical vices like: alcohol, TV, food, shopping.  But if you were to tell someone that having too much information (in essence, knowledge) would be just as bad as …

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Political Mirage: how pseudo-events influence citizens

Pseudo-events are staged or scripted events that are put on for the media. Ribbon cutting ceremonies and Presidential meet and greats are most obvious and common. There have been several pseudo-events used during wartime to help promote American agendas or …

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The Toppling of Saddam Hussein’s Statue Misleads America

After reading Article 14, The Toppling, I find it appalling that the media used to make the military create or recreate events just so the people at home had something to be entertained by. War videos should not be …

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Is Entertainment News… Journalism?

People have wanted to be entertained since the beginning of time.  Therefore, it should come to no surprise that many prefer to indulge in more “entertaining” news. We’d rather fixate on juicy celebrity gossip and political scandal, than to deal …

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The Internet Ruined Everything… for Journalism

The internet has it pros, but just like everything it has it’s cons as well. A huge problem with the internet is the amount of FREE information available. For those in the journalism world, we struggle trying to make this …

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