Journalism genres

Hard Knocks of Commerce There is a group of various reporters going from the east to the west coast to report on the hardships due to division in this country, weather that is education, healthcare, or immigration. The group is known as Crossing the Divide, or XtheDivide (social media handle). Eric Bosco is one of the bloggers that report for Crossing the Divide, and he wrote a article about hardships and the reputation of The High School of Commerce in Massachusetts. The school has various…

Zealand broadcast journalism has undergone significant changes in the last decade. These changes have been initiated glaringly by the development of digital technologies and the internet. This essay will discuss the recent shifts in New Zealand broadcast journalism. Furthermore, arguing that although it is transforming, broadcast journalism is still applicable in today’s society. The internet has given rise to inordinate variety in content; thus, audiences for broadcast journalism have been…

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…

Critical Assessment of a Work by Gary D. Rhodes Gary D. Rhodes of Queen’s University Belfast challenges many current conceptions about Hollywood in his work “ ‘Movie’: How a Single Word Shaped Hollywood Cinema.” Specifically, Rhodes argues that the audience has power over the corporation in this industry. He explains how the word “movie” is a major representation if this idea. Rhodes presents this argument because he has seen how common it has become to accuse corporate Hollywood of finessing…

This paper will analyze different fallacies and how they are presented in televised commercials. Engleberg and Wynn (2012, p. 235) state a fallacy is an argument grounded in a false or inaccurate reasoning. There are several different types of fallacies individuals and corporations use to convince others of something, however this paper will specifically focus on slippery slope and appeal to authority. In this commercial a man waits on hold with his cable company. This causes him to become…

2012). “The media served the function of informing the public of the factual events of the day. Now however, a new concept in journalism has arrived, one that simply reports what they feel the public should know or rather want to know based on some real or imaginary source who remain nameless, unidentifiable and possibly fictitious. I use the term 'new concept in journalism' loosely because I somehow think that behind every gladiatorial fight there were unscrupulous journalists egging on the…

If this was an article you were reading in a magazine, would you flip past it? You would, wouldn’t you? I don’t blame you. Who would want to read some boring ‘save the earth’ article by some tree hugger when the alternative was reading about Kim Kardashian’s latest Twitter beef. I mean we are all fully aware that the ecosystem is really important and yeah littering is bad and you wouldn’t do it but in all honesty it wouldn’t make that much of a difference, would it? Arbitrary thoughts for an…

The question of the objectivity in journalism is a major topic for discussions in the media. It is important because the answer to this question will define the journalism itself as a term. That is to say, are journalists the static representors of the opinions and information or are they form opinions and setting agenda? Objectivity is more like a dream or ideal, but maybe it is possible. There is another question: does reader always need objectivity? In this essay, I want to prove that an…

At the rate of which media consolidation is going, broadcasts and newspapers aren’t even providing news and information anymore, but are more focused on selling their customers products to make more of a profit. Since most of the same corporations own multiple areas of media like television stations, magazines, and newspapers, they are all geared to make more profit as they all lie in the same market. One way is cross promotion and cross production (online database). Cross production and…

Analyse how Collins uses the conventions of a dystopian society to critique the power of the media in our world today Media is one of the most influential tools for communication in modern society. Throughout history, it has assisted in the transmission of information, whether it be regarding highly provocative topics, or lesser, more modest topics. However, media has the power to regulate and alter the truth behind information, by modifying evidence to manipulate how consumers perceive it. In…