1. I would like to start by saying that I just had the best macaroni and cheese ever. Anyway, I am not sure whether or not I really like this assignment. I am not a fan of choosing topics, I have always been one to have a teacher say something like, 'Here do this." However, when that happens I usually get bored out of my mind, fall asleep, day dream about better things I could be doing. At least by choosing topics I know they will hold my interest for long enough to get the assignment done.
2. I have been thinking about this for a while and many ideas have come to mind. I think the most interesting one so far would have to deal with video games. It seems that whenever someone of high school or college age does something wrong it is always linked to how video games influenced them. Not many see the benefits of these games. I once saw a bumper sticker that said, "Video games don't kill people, kids with guns do." Another topic I find very interesting and can also be related to the one mentioned, is how the media focuses on what may be called bad news. The front of a news paper is always some horrific event or scandal, same with the main story on the news programs. Media seems to be run like a business rather than a full information source. I saw a comic today that made me think about how media really works. There were two stacks of papers, one said good news and one said bad news, and the bad news was gone while there was still piles of good news. I think many would agree something going 'boom' is more appealing than saving baby whales. It seems today that bad news sells.
9.14.2007
9.07.2007
Trusting Media
1. I chose to analyze the article entitled "Transparency Begets Trust in the Ever-Expanding Blogosphere." I found it very interesting, reading about why people trust blogs more than other news media, since I had never had or read blogs before this class. I agreed with some of the points made, such as the four bulleted reasons stated in the article. However, considering the fact that anyone write anything they want to would still prefer television or news paper websites to blogging websites unless the authenticity of the information could be verified.
2. This article is claiming that many people find that blogs can be trusted more than other forms of online news media such as Internet sites from journalists at the New York Times or CNN. The writer introduces information gathered from a search engine that monitors blogging activity. While this displayed the numbers of posts made each day and showed that blogs are indeed very popular, news sites such as The New York Times and CNN still pulled ahead in the list of top news sites. However, it is shown that closely following are a number of blogging websites and names of bloggers that are often visited. Later in the article, four solid examples of why readers trust blogs over other journalists are given. These four points seem to be the strongest evidence in the paper clearly stating good reasons many bloggers can be trusted. Also, the fact that bloggers can offer different perspectives while many journalists are required to simply give the facts can certainly draw readers to look more closely at blogs. While not all bloggers may be able to be trusted, this article displays many good reasons as to why some can be trusted over other news media.
2. This article is claiming that many people find that blogs can be trusted more than other forms of online news media such as Internet sites from journalists at the New York Times or CNN. The writer introduces information gathered from a search engine that monitors blogging activity. While this displayed the numbers of posts made each day and showed that blogs are indeed very popular, news sites such as The New York Times and CNN still pulled ahead in the list of top news sites. However, it is shown that closely following are a number of blogging websites and names of bloggers that are often visited. Later in the article, four solid examples of why readers trust blogs over other journalists are given. These four points seem to be the strongest evidence in the paper clearly stating good reasons many bloggers can be trusted. Also, the fact that bloggers can offer different perspectives while many journalists are required to simply give the facts can certainly draw readers to look more closely at blogs. While not all bloggers may be able to be trusted, this article displays many good reasons as to why some can be trusted over other news media.
9.06.2007
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