News media

Media Literacy is defined as the ability to analyze and understand what we see in the news everyday. Media literacy is super important in today’s society. It is clear in examples like the case of Michael Brown that media perspectives warps everything we see today. One example that stands out to me was the activity we did in Contemporary Social Themes examining different perspectives in articles about the Murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Most of them seemed to take the side of Michael Brown.…

Before the internet, there was not the variety of news sources that there are now. There were radio stations, conventional newspapers, and the three main television networks. The lack of widespread coverage created a competitive atmosphere to report the highest quality news, or run the risk of being ridiculed by the other news sources for reporting false information. Since the other news sources were quick to point out the lack of integrity of the other news sources for reporting in a biased…

Media is a powerful source in manipulating people in thinking a certain way. It is inevitable not to hear or see the news, protests, violence, ads, and especially gun law topic. Media is popular in our society and when there is a burden of a situation media brings up discussions and questioning if the laws are well written or need modifications. This is where the politics are targets and making them question the constitutional amendment of gun laws. To influence the public, they discuss the…

the years, the media has served an important role in delivering people the news of the world. People everywhere rely on it to provide helpful and accurate information, but what if the media didn’t provide helpful and accurate information and instead provided people with misinformation or “fake news”? In recent years, the media has opted to provide its followers with interesting fake news rather than report the not so exciting real news. How big of a deal is fake news, is this fake news hurting…

Technology today has the ability downright befuddle the average person. As a race, we have implemented numerous ideas into society that capture the interest of the general public and amaze individuals all over the world. While the specifics of these impressive innovations vary, they are always rooted in a common element: human curiosity. The human mind is the key to unlocking the hidden mysteries of the world. Simply possessing a mind, however, is obviously an insufficient prerequisite for…

Problems in the world are presented through television. Before the invention of newspapers and other media, information was spread through the word of mouth and later in written forms. When television was invented, communication became visible and information was being spread instantaneously. However, electronic media is reshaping the culture in which we live today by televising serious issues into a form of entertainment. Neil Postman, the author of his 1985 Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public…

Stories remain as a vital part to society and culture since ancient times. They can be told in many languages and in many forms. In present time, people are drawn more toward visual entertainment, through mediums such as television or video games. It follows a story through the plot of the show or the developing adventures of video game characters. However, stories are generally expressed literarily through text. Throughout one’s life, it becomes inevitable to run into a classic short story or…

Imagine having worldwide fame with all the news press, photographing and videotaping every move with their eager faces, trying to ask about something personal. For some people it may be the type of lifestyle they want, although, for others it may be something that they dread. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger gave him worldwide fame due to how it was about a boy named Holden Caulfield that was distressed with society so he went on a three day adventure in New York City experiencing life on…

What Are the Pros and Cons of Media Censorship? The limits that have been placed in this world, as far as are placed boundaries that have always been in place on the world, as far as media, communication and entertainment are concerned, are slowly lifting away. We now have the freedom to believe, think and say what we want. However, don’t you think there are some things that should be left unsaid? This is where the question about media censorship comes in; it is when things that are allowed to…

Immigration. It's in the news. It's all around us. In fact, we are all immigrants. Immigration is, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary, "an act or instance of immigrating; specifically: travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there." In a nutshell, this means that immigration is the act of one moving from its home country with the intention of living in a new country. For example, currently, the United States is having trouble with immigration. In 2015 alone, 1.38…