In Brooke Gladstone’s graphic novel entitled “The Influencing Machine”, journalistic media is evaluated throughout its evolution. Due to the complexity of the subject, many different qualities of the media are explored throughout the novel; however, four main, controversial themes are always evident, and those four are the purpose, necessity, honesty, and reliability of journalistic media. After reading Gladstone’s informative graphic novel, enough information can be acquired in order to form valid, cohesive opinions regarding different characteristics of journalistic media. Throughout history, all prosperous phenomena share one commonality: they’re purposeful.…
Business Communications: Week Three Assignment Name: Mark Neil Kubatov IMPORTANT: Save a copy of this assignment to your PC. All your work should be done in this file. When you have completed the assignment, save and post a copy to Blackboard as an attachment.…
In midst of War with Vietnam, television played a pivotal role for communication across American. In The Columbian History of American Television by Gary R. Edgerton, he conveyed that communication throughout American was brought together by television News as “Television news came of age during Vietnam.” (Edgerton, pg. 265). Vietnam was the starting point for the evolution of television news. In its history, we seen coverage of issues and topics of war, social changes, and politics.…
In Jack Solomon’s article, “Master’s of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising”, he portrays that American nationals are partitioned upon elitism and populism. The contradiction between elitism and populism is the effects it portrays with today’s society of advertisements and media, and how it affects society itself. The logical inconsistency of this impact is all over the place. Today’s society is continuously revolving around the concept of advertisements and media, where we are consumed material each and every day. American advertisers show us a perspective that Americans believe to have the American dream of society nowadays.…
Within the article "Acting Live: TV Performance, Intimacy, and Immediacy (1945-1955)" by Rhona Berenstein, she argues how commercialism enhanced by live tv was placed upon the public in subtle but impact ways. Television as a whole transformed what radio had begun, it brought the intimacy that radio held to a visual level. Television however unlike radio hide perhaps its true agenda which Berenstein argues. Advertising companies took advantage of the new and unknown reality that surrounded the public. Undenounced to the public with this new reality came a way for advertising companies to push their products onto the public.…
What makes journalists intriguing is their ability not only to cover stories but write news in a way society could appeal to it. Although it’s a digital era where technology influence the way how society thinks and act, press eras’ in the past approached their audience with some newsworthy topics. Each era of different presses has been around to witness historical events that occurred in America. Some of these events catapulted the presses’ success to distribute news which might’ve created controversy between the public and the media. Three eras in journalism that included prolific public figures who sought to bring about change, helped established the identity of newspaper companies that were competitive.…
Pubic communication is communication between the institution and the general public. Public Communication, which is part of departments in most well establishes institutions, is main practice by the Public Relations "PR”. The main focus of public communication is to send a message to the general public, in the aim of announcement, new upcoming products for the general public. If the public will accept an institution or an organization, is mainly depend on the, communication skills of the 'PR” in the public communication department in that institution. Some examples of public communication are as follows, a communicate betweena village head and his followers, want to pass messages to a large number of individuals, A preacher ,News anchors ,teachers ,motivational speakers, comedians, consultants, Hiking in a public…
The way the president handles the media says a lot on how citizens perceive the type of president they are. In 1961 President Kennedy was the first president to hold a live televised news conference. He read a prepared statement on the famine in Congo, and the ongoing negotiations for an atomic test ban, then the president took questions from reporters, he answered questions regarding relations with Cuba, voting rights, and food aid to impoverished Americans. Even then President Kennedy knew the power and the effect the media had on the American people, he knew that the media had the power to sway public opinion in his favor. Like President Kennedy, President Reagan knew the importance the media played in public opinion.…
Propaganda- it has superb power. It can win wars, earn millions of dollars, and make giant impacts in America through merely posters, advertisements, poems, or songs. Throughout America’s young history propaganda can be found, starting during the American Revolutionary Era when artists such as Paul Revere crafted simple paintings to promote unity against the British (John Bull). Now it has turned into a 187-billion dollar industry (2015 Ad), persuading people to purchase everything from electronics to food products and to vote for political candidates.…
Argumentative Essay - Artifice “The most essential skill in political theater and a consumer culture is artifice. Political leaders, who use the tools of mass propaganda to create a sense of faux intimacy with citizens, no longer need to be competent, sincere, or honest,” Chris Hedges states, in “Empire of Illusion.” Based on that, the author is trying to convince his readers that publically, when people advertise for themselves or other things, false information could be thrown out there. This is a problem because when people are advertising, the audience would like to know all about what’s being advertised.…
In 1936, German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin coined the idea of “aestheticization of politics”. This theory expresses the idea that life and affairs of living are made to be innately artistic and are thus related to politics in the same manner. This means that politics can be viewed as artistic and structured as that of an art form that corresponds with the concept that life is also to be seen artistically. Benjamin believed that this theory of aestheticization of politics was a vital aspect to Fascist regimes. The rise of fascism within Europe, and especially within Germany, was the epochal transformation during Benjamin’s time and also created a threatening connotation to Benjamin him self’s life as a Jew and as a radical during this time period.…
As today’s world continually grows to be obsessed with the media, the influence that media has over society is also growing. Today’s society is obsessed with knowing things growing the interest of today’s people in the media. Whether it is social media apps or networks, media websites, websites or media television networks, people today constantly want to know what is going on in the world. Due to society’s has a constant need to know what is going on in today’s world the media, in all of its many forms, plays a crucial role in informing the average American person, however, due this media bias this influence of the media is not always a positive one.…
• Introduction Public Relation plays an Important role in maintaining relationship between a certain organization or company and the public itself with developing jointly valuable relations. Public Relation has a lot of different areas; we are specifically focusing on the area of fashion. We will discuss on different aspects of PR in fashion industry such as, the connection of Public Relation in fashion industry, functions of Public Relation in fashion, public’s of fashion Public Relation, arguing if Public Relation is single unit or apart of different unit, giving examples of organizations or practices work in fashion Public Relations, revealing public relation in fashion publicist and their qualifications and providing models of projects and activities done by public Relations in fashion organizations. • The connection of Public Relation in fashion industry According to Oxford dictionary, the phrase “Public Relation” defines the professional upkeep of a positive public appearance by companies or organizations or a celebrity building an attractive image.…
Grunig’s Excellence theory, developed in the 1970s and 1980s, posits an umbrella concept which intends to explain the value of public relations as well as its mechanisms within the organization and with its external stakeholders (Grunig, 2008). The model revolves around the assurance that decisions made by companies consider the stakes and benefits between the organizations itself and its stakeholders. The most essential element of the Excellence theory is the degree to which a public relations operation involves itself in the strategic planning of a company rather than as an information outlet, in relation to the crucial decisions made by others in the organization. It endeavours to cultivate more negotiation culture and deepen collective…
My interest in public relations was sparked in high school with the clubs and activities in which I was involved. Being the head of prom committee and an executive member of the student council, taught me how to plan and execute events. Serving as a student representative on the principal’s council required me to bring the issues of the public to light and find a way to resolve them. In addition, being both and editor and writer for the school newspaper and yearbook required me to always keep up to date on current events. The common thing that was important for all these activities was the ability to communicate with both my superiors and peers.…