Journalism school

Truth is in the Ear of the Beholder Understanding and making sense of the diverse inner psych that resides in each of us, is a daunting task. One thing is for certain, as long as humans have been able to communicate; they have had the ability to create stories and rumors. The deeper question is why? Why do people start rumors to begin with and then exactly who is spreading them? Gregory Rodriguez, a columnist with the Los Angeles Times examines these questions in his article written in 2009,…

Nowadays, the media is playing a big part in the American society. However, most people in America may wonder if there are negative and positive consequences of the media. Imagine that, a person who watches TV at home, has listened to the news for hours. He or she listens to the news for 5 hours as a minimum. He or she thinks that listing to the news is impotent, so every time he or she wakes up, the only things they want to do is to watch, or listen to some topics in the TV, radio, or phone.…

For the Romeo and Juliet Creative Project I decided it would be best to do it in a tabloid style. I have always been fascinated by Tabloids, you see them everywhere even on facebook. Tabloids is a type of journalism normally about gossip and crime. I thought Tabloid would be the best choice for this creative project because the scene I am writing about is the first scene in Romeo and Juliet where the Montagues and the Capulets were fighting each other in the Market. This is the best way to…

The Article, “Truth Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society” by Farhad Manjoo argues that we live in an era of selective perception. We as viewers expect for all information on the news to be beneficial towards us and trustworthy. Yet, news publications can be tainted, similar to all types of media. Manjoo explains the concept of Video News Releases, which is a short clip of marketing propaganda disguised as a real news due to its language and style. In fact, each of these news segments…

What are scare tactics and why do people use them? A scare tactic is a strategy that intends to influence the public’s opinion by arousing fear or anxiety on a specific issue. We see scare tactics every day when we watch the news. News stations use scare tactics because it simply boosts their ratings and people tend to pay more attention to the negative things than the positive things. The order in which information is presented is important especially when using scare tactics. To have an…

The media holds a very unique and important position for information sharing and dissemination in the society. It is the prime source of information on crimes and safety for a large proportion of the population. The media wields such enormous powerful social force that lobbyist from all sort of interest groups, rely on to achieve political, economic and sometimes personal gains through swaying of public opinion. Just like any other organization, media is prone to becoming tools in the hands of…

The article, Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers by Michael Schudson argues that journalism has changed due to changes in society. For instance, in the 1820’s newspapers consisted of only business and politics. The newspapers required subscriptions, only the wealthy could afford. “Objectivity” was not a journalist’s key focus, but rather to be factual. The ideal changed after World War 1. According to Schudson, “Objectivity is a peculiar demand to make of institutions……

Reporting is about always getting one hundred percent of the facts, but why do so many fall short? This could be due to a myriad of different possibilities, from being lazy, to just not caring and lying about all the info collected. Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, is the best investigative journalist there is. He makes sure to pursue every lead that presents itself. Stone knows how to get the facts from few and far between, to make sure not only, he…

The World Wide Media Bias Crisis All pieces of information, unless hard fact, are biased. This may not always be intentional, as each individual has had different experiences than those around them. Even though it is unrealistic for the media to be completely objective in every issue they cover, media bias is real and prevalent, and is dividing the people of the world. Social media, although it spreads information quickly, has greatly decreased the accuracy of information. The entire developed…

Often in history we make ourselves seen in a certain light with how we prioritize the media. But the documentary “Control Room” demonstrates a realistic view of the acts committed during the Iraq war by having it recorded and later televised with two conflicting viewpoints. The documentary utilizes the media in filming a historical account of both views on the Iraq war as a way to educate the people with context that they can apply to the moments of terror during the war. Due to most conflicts…