Journalism genres

Uses and gratification theory is one of many communications theories that help to explain human’s relationship with mass media. The main idea is that people turn to media to assist them in fulfilling certain needs that used to be filled by just talk to other people. The uses and gratifications theory (UGT) is a way of understanding why audiences use media and what they use it for. It can be applied to many areas of society from entertainment to news content. However, it’s relevance in social…

mix. Many believe that and appreciate that too. This is obvious from the accomplishment of satirical sites, for example, The Oatmeal, The Onion and our own special Faking News, Unreal Times and News That Matters Not. All these sites are noted in the genre their respective countries of origin. The fact is despite many negative reactions satirical websites are becoming popular worldwide and believe it or not it takes quite a lot of…

Just What Is It That Makes Today’s America So Different? is based off Richard Hamilton’s style of collage. Specifically, the work that first inspired it was Hamilton’s Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? from 1956, which parodied advertising images (Usborne 112). Hamilton’s style was attractive because it has a clear voice about American advertising and what Americans are attracted to or reeled in to like. So many of the things that are advertised today or are…

In Matthew A. Baum’s book Soft News Goes to War, he asserts that people with little to no concern in politics get their information about politics from soft news-news with the main purpose of entertaining but also provides some information on political events. Baum insists that nowadays, newscasters are becoming more capable of sparking people's’ interest in politics through entertainment, which results in non-political buffs learning some recent news about politics. He states that this could…

was then reviewed by the Kent Commission. The studies questioned the bias that is produced in concentrated newspapers and then examined whether the restriction of including different opinions into newspapers on national issues would be a threat to journalism and valid Canadian evidence. The Davey report contained several key recommendations, including creating a Press Ownership Review Board (PORB) which would simply support or reject ownership of newspapers. The creation of the PORB was…

In this article written by Barry Glassner, he demonstrates the various ways that people invent fears. Glassner says that "fear is constructed through efforts to protect against it." Throughout the article, he explains the different ways that people and society exaggerate fears to provide new means of media for journalists. As a whole, these new exaggerations and developments have molded the way society views fear. Glassner also quoted President Roosevelt's "the only thing we have to fear is fear…

Viewers tend to watch news channels which the individual believes rather than channels do not believe in because people do not want their opinions being challenged. As the viewer watches tv or news channels, the viewer does not want to spend hours on the internet searching or flipping through different news channels trying to look for the true story. News reporters know several different ways to get to the viewer, emotional appeal being one of many. Reporters are convincing with words to get to…

The media plays a huge part in today’s society because it is everywhere! People have it on their phones, televisions, and even the radio! Media is also filled with tons of ads or commercials. These commercials like to persuade everyday people to buy their product. These companies must use many different techniques to have a sufficient impact on their target audience. A commercial I see a lot of the time is from Ford Motor Company showing off their new 2015 F-150 Truck. This new Ford commercial…

provides evidence to justify their position and suggestions to resolve the issue (Zarza, Tan, Chan, & Ali, 2015). Poorly written editorials should not be published without revisions, because the purpose of the editorial is lost in translation. This genre analysis will compare the form, content, purpose, and intended audience of two editorials. The first editorial by John addresses all-terrain-vehicle safety and the second editorial by David addresses the dental health crisis in Appalachia. …

Reading Rosenberg’s thoughts in her chapter “A Good Sailor” she once again seemed to take more of a top down approach, although she studied many people her main focus was on the men who made people disappear. I believe that this provided a unique prospective of how one looks at the events that have taken place. Like she had stated in her chapter on El Salvador “The Laboratory” many journalist focus on the most obvious victim but not on the men and women of a higher social status or in this case…