Journalism genres

Do you typically trust news providers to display the most truthful and up to date facts and details regarding current events? Deceitful, new providers and the media, in general, lie to the public all the time. With slanted and biased opinions, the mass media affects how the public views important events. These lies help media outlets make money and tilt the public opinion in their favor. Mainstream media lies to the general public and slants truth in order to make profit, often by twisting…

“The art of being happy lies in the power of finding happiness in ordinary things. Life doesn’t force us to be perfect it only asks us to do our best.” -Unknown This has been a quote I have learned to follow throughout the course of my junior year. If we allow ourselves to be happy about little achievements and know that we did our best regardless of the outcome, then we can help ourselves be more successful in the future. A good example of some of the small accomplishments i 've made my…

In today’s society it is impossible to create a unique idea completely free of outside influence. Everything a person encounters and acknowledges influences how they think and perceive the world. One of the biggest factors that influence our thoughts and opinions on the world is the media. The media and its biases have infiltrated every aspect of a person’s life. Whether it be through the Internet, the television, the newspaper, or some other form, everyone is exposed to the mass media and thus,…

challenge my writing abilities. Not long after that, I found myself deciding that I would pursue a career as a photojournalist, and would be writing every day I worked while in the Marine Corps. I came into this course with a strong understanding of journalism-style writing and reporting. Now that I have taken this course, I have a more well-rounded understanding of other important essay styles. While in training to become a journalist, I spent seven months learning a cookie-cutter method of…

What is PRFM actually doing by facilitating the formation of Netizen Photo PRFM Community? Does PRFM still function as mass media, since conventional theories do not say that mass media need to be a community moderator like what PRFM is doing? According to Patria, from the beginning PRFM always prefer to be a medium amongst people so it could make significant social changes. PRFM already considered that the one-way practice as the conventional mass media do is no longer effective to make…

someone was pulling your leg. However, there has been the growth of fake stories and site due to increased usage of internet and social media. A lot of sites currently exist and they intentionally write fake news, amusing stories under the satire genre. Fake news has been there for sometimes now, and the news can currently reach a lot of people within a second via social media as compared to the use of Gmail that dominated before social media took over. 1 Not every misinformation being passed…

Media court cases are very interesting and often have lasting effects even years after the case is made. There are numerous cases dealing with media that have had substantial effects. One of those cases Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster has shaped the way media is today and made some huge changes in how media is viewed. Grokster, and similar programs, enabled users to share files and content through the internet from computer to computer for free (MGM Studios v. Grokster). The…

Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs? People write all sorts of pieces for very different reasons. The way people write these papers and the factors that they add to them, make them effective to their readers. I analyzed an essay written by Elizabeth Dwoskin titled “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs”. This specific essay was written to inform its reader about the problem with finding non-foreign workers to do painstaking jobs in America. This essay is aimed at business owners and politically…

appropriate for my minor because the following rationale: - The course MACS410 “Media Ethics” provided an overview of the main ethical problems regarding the intensive use of technologies in the contemporary media landscape, considering not only journalism but the media in general, and avoiding a technological determinism to analyze the phenomenon. This course is helpful to understand the “behind the scenes” of the political economy of technology in the media, its historical, political, and…

wreck disaster and the true reality is somewhere in the middle. Throughout history, the media has been a large representation of the truth of the world. However, in the past century, the media has been misrepresenting the truth. In the media, journalism and reporting tactics have been based on advertising influence, audience demands and biased opinions that have influenced people’s interpretation…