Journalist

In more circumstances than once the media has omitted details, or manipulate storylines to lead the viewer's to one particular view rather than the truth. Writers can affect your view on information in the media rather than letting you form your opinion of it, because they are biased. Everyday a variety of stories and cases go viral on the media that affect people's views on the Criminal justice system. Even in Television shows they twist the truth, and cut out important details. In America…

Journalism today is full of agenda setting and while a lot of people today are clamoring for unbiased news stories and outlets. The idea of agenda setting is so complex and has both positives and negatives to it. One of the biggest cases of agenda setting I believe was seen in 2014 after the shooting of Micheal Brown in Furgeson, Missouri. The news of his death, the decision to not charge the officer, and the ensuing protests all caused a stir within the media. Fox News was a big contributor…

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…

The University of Michigan is a prominent institute which promotes both educational and professional prosperity. The aim of my postsecondary career and beyond is to generate a sense of social and political awareness to uninformed individuals similar to myself. Ultimately in my professional career I hope to use major media platforms to do so. I plan to major in Political Science and minor in Communication Studies. The University of Michigan offers a rigorous curriculum and diverse extracurricular…

Website News Bias This is a very interesting paper for me to write, I am very interested and an avid reader of daily news and have my own favorite sources for information off of the internet. So the topic is about if websites that report the news as face, if they mislead the public or slant the information one way or another, and this could even include Facebook or other Social Media sites for news. In my opinion yes there are news outlets, or websites that do slant the information one way or…

Bias reporting in the main stream media has grown into a National phenomenon, especially after the most recent election cycle. There is no middle ground and there are never two sides to any story. The term “fake news” is voiced over and over again by politicians and I can’t help but to agree. Before you dismiss my essay in the assumptions that I am out on a mission to “Make America Great Again”, I believe all parties are equally guilty. Reporting now will have you believe you are either left or…

Jianghao Wang Autobiographical Essay While I was walking in Washington Post Office with Joey Marburger in this past May, as part of PICC’s Washington Maymester program, I was so astonished seeing how close the technical team work with production team. It reminded me the efforts I put in trying to make more information accessible to the public readers as a contributor to a Chinese technology blog. There are mainly two reasons why I would like to get involved in news industry. The very first…

In observation of environment consistently overrun with striking and embellished news stories, consumers of political media constantly search for the quickest form of information to maintain a general understanding of a situation. In viewing these usually biased, meager reports of events, consumers are quick to establish their opinions from off the way information is presented to them. After their opinions are presented to them through various forms of media, the general public lacks an urge to…

Bias in the Media Kyle Hill once said “We tend to accept information that confirms our prior beliefs and ignore or discredit information that does not. This confirmation bias settles over our eyes like distorting spectacles for everything we look at.” The perpetuation of misinformation is a plague that will always be in society which will always leave todays public constantly questioning any and all source of information that is put out as bias or attempting to sway a reader…

Today’s society is entering an era where everyday citizens are unable to trust news sources. The news media is a major tool that helps individuals make informed conclusions towards issues of the modern era. However, only recently has the term “fake news” been a problem to society. As society has progressed, the news industries have seen conflict throughout the years, even before the modern era. The effect of “fake news” can vary as the subject matter changes. Many debate on the main cause of…