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The Real, the Bad, and the Ugly by Cassie Heidecker is an interesting example of analyzing the reality TV epidemic and in addition to the people that view it. The author starts out by listing things that go into a reality TV production and things that happen in real life in order to state that these are two different things despite the idea that reality TV is supposed to be “real”. The mundanity of real life is emphasised here vs. the idea that reality TV is scripted and has a lot of extra work…

In today’s world there are many different types of societies, all based on where you are living at the moment. Here in the United States the society changes as the time progresses. As things tend to change with the culture of the country. The United States is a diverse society made up of many different cultures that range from multiple different international countries. Both Rawls and Nozick have their own theories on justice, about whether an act is just or unjust and how we humans should live…

I am a victim. You are a victim. We, as a society, are victims of the lies, manipulation, and fabrication that the mass and social media have imposed on us through fake news. The popular term “fake news” refers to false news whose main strategy is to deceive people by posing as authentic news. A subject many fake news writers have taken on is the publishing of fake health articles. I often read articles titled "Lose 5 Pounds in One Week," or "5 Flat Belly Foods." These articles are…

People will do anything to win an argument. Ripping apart an argument trying to make the other person feel bad will cause tempers to flare. In her article “The Triumph of the Yell” written by Deborah Tannen, she talked about how almost everything is being argued and she is blaming journalists and politicians for feeding the flame of public arguments. In the article, Tannen talked a lot about a “culture of critique”. In classes and in the workforce we are expected to use “critical thinking” on…

any one person or gender expectable? Searching through magazines, one soon becomes aware of the importance placed upon perfecting the human form. Ultimately creating an atmosphere laden with self-doubt and misunderstanding as advertisers along with media work tirelessly to make each one of us believe we must be something other than ourselves. In my research, I have found that some of the most offensive and unacceptable ads come from Fast Food advertisers.…

In the article “The cultural logic of media convergences,” Henry Jenkins argues that the meaning of media convergence cannot be simply defined as a development of technology that combines different types of media into one platform, and it is a process that created by media audiences’ desire for more entertainment and the cooperation among many media industries for fulfilling those audiences’ behavior. For a further understanding of convergence, Jenkins believes that it is a shift of culture that…

Kilbourne’s film Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women, Kilbourne presents the viewer with a comprehensive look at women in the media, in which she explores practices exercised in the media that defame and depower women. Kilbourne asserts that, the portrayal of women as objects in advertisements, and the morally bankrupt practice in which the media manufacture naturally unattainable beauty standards with the end goal of selling more products has a detrimental effect on the moral…

The argument the author, Alan Finder, is making on the topic of social media can be very controversial and broad. I disagree with the idea of students being fully judged by their social media accounts. Social media sites have created a virtual platform where people can express their true feelings, acknowledge the cool things they do, and post pictures of themselves or other things that help build their self-esteem. It can be considered a fun space for people of older age that has a useful…

In Brooke Gladstone’s graphic novel entitled “The Influencing Machine”, journalistic media is evaluated throughout its evolution. Due to the complexity of the subject, many different qualities of the media are explored throughout the novel; however, four main, controversial themes are always evident, and those four are the purpose, necessity, honesty, and reliability of journalistic media. After reading Gladstone’s informative graphic novel, enough information can be acquired in order to form…

Rhetorical Situation in Television A rhetorical situation is the context of a rhetorical act, made up (at a minimum) of a rhetor (a speaker or writer), an issue (or exigence), a medium (such as a speech or a written text), and an audience.( https://www.thoughtco.com/rhetorical-situation-1692061 ) The rhetorical situation is percieved multiple ways by different people. According to the authors of Everything’s an Argument, it is “ the relationship between topic, author, audience, and other…