As many of you all know, the United States government was shutdown because the Republicans and Democrats could not agree on an idea created by Obama, called Obamacare. Obamacare was declared constitutional, yet most Republicans were not fans of it. Because of this massive disagreement, Republicans demanded that the government shall be shutdown until they got what they wanted. This government closing was no easy decision. People (except Congress) who worked for the federal government were forced to take off from work. Federally-owned national landmarks had to shutdown immediately. What about people that planned vacation trips to visit Yellowstone National Park, for example, and were not permitted to go because the government was closed? What about all of those people who had to leave work because of a silly argument? In these cases, money is being spent and wasted. This was not fair. I fell like there were other ways to solve this problem, but shutting the government down would have never come to my mind. Thank god that the government is officially back open for business now, but that was not a fun time for America.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Big Idea: Radio
One important thing that we have talked about over the past six weeks is that radio was a media that changed the world at the time that it was invented. Radios were the first media to have the ability to deliver breaking news at a moment’s notice. While newspapers had to wait until the next day to give out important news and televisions had to wait until their next broadcast, radios wouldn’t have to wait. It was almost instant, something that the other medias can not say.
The Big Idea: Parts of a Newspaper
In order to create a newspaper, a lot of elements must be used to have a “correct” and “proper” newspaper. First off, all newspapers have nameplates. A nameplate is the name of the newspaper, like The New York Times, for example. Other important elements include banners, bylines, datelines, leads, columns, inside boxes, ears, and so much more. You can look on any regional or national newspaper, and you should find yourself most to if not all of these things. A newspaper is not just news on paper. There is so much more to it.
Good Responses To Good People
Drew did a superb job talking about the field of movies and how they play a role in society. Movies are both an immersive and social experience. When you go to the movies, most people go in groups. If you go individually, its seems weird. Now, I’ve never gone to a movie by myself in my life. That’s the social aspect of the movies. Another thing is that people always have had the urge to see things first. People don’t want to wait for a movie to come out on DVD when they can see it two months before the video release in the movie theater. Drew discussed all of these topics. Good job Drew!!!
Good Responses To Good People
Jamie did a great job of really not leaving out anything important on her most recent post on advertising and public relations (PR). I like her videos that she added, as Dumb Ways To Die will truly become one of the greatest successes for not just public service announcements, but one of the biggest Youtube sensations of all time. I like her descriptions when discussing advertisements, how they repeat the same things and how they make you remember their product for days to come.Good job Jamie!!!
Good Responses To Good People
Camille, a classmate of mine, did a good job on her Internet post. I like how she described so many things about it. Her facts were correct as well, like the Internet first being introduced to the world on October 29, 1969, now more than 43 years ago. She also described how basically all media is affected by the Internet, as everything always finds its way back to the world wide web. Good job Camille!!!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
News Evaluation: By the Numbers
After evaluating each of the big four local news stations, I have made these conclusions:
1.) If you like news, then WDRB is the station for you. WDRB covered 333 in October, which is by far the most stories covered. The next station with the most stories has more than 100 less reported stories than WDRB, which was WLKY at 206. WDRB led in every news category except for crime, which had five less crime stories than WLKY, which had 108.
2.) WAVE is full of fluff. This station had a total of 184 stories, and 15% of the news reported was put under the category “Celebrity/Fluff/Other.” Before doing this project, I actually watched WAVE if I watched the news. However, doing this month-long assignment made me realize that WAVE is full of fluff and stuff.
3.) The amount of time designated for commercials, weather, and sports is too long. For the news stations, the average time length for this period is around 15 minutes, which is half of the show. Half. 50%. That is way too long in my opinion. The show is called the news, yet half of the show isn’t even that. I have a hard time comprehending this. I understand that people need to know about the weather and traffic, but do we need to spend 15 minutes talking about it? I don’t think so.
*The link for the news data is in the previous blog.
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