Repsonse to Classmate (J1-2) (late)

http://manualjc.blogspot.com/2013/11/internet-privacy.html?m=1

Sarah had talked about the lecture we had going over Internet. And when we did the topic of internet privacy came up. She even gave an example of someone on her Facebook timeline being so oblivious to what she posted. Giving out times, locations, and other information has been so prevalent in the past years or so because our younger generations just don't understand that you could get in real trouble by posting things of that nature. Its a disgrace really.
I'm just glad that Sarah had hit this right on the head. Like most people, i forgot about how serious this can be. So kudos to Sarah and try to stay safe out there.

Response to Classmate (J1-2) (late)

http://samwinreallife.blogspot.com/2013/11/response-to-movies-lecture.html?m=1

Sam had put on his blog that he thought the reasons why we still go to the movies is really interesting. I can agree.
One reason that he mentioned was that the movies are an immersive experience. While that is quite true  it's not the only reason we go. Yet it is a big part of it. I can definitely agree on why that's probably my favorite thing about going to the movies. Sam had done a great job on informing others about this topic.

Reponse to Classmate (J1-2)

http://laurenrose01.blogspot.com/2013/11/j1-news-station-1.html

I think that Lauren actually did a very good job on noticing something that was done wrongly on the news station that she watched. The lack of detail would be a huge problem in whether or not the story is news worthy. If there is not enough detail for the story then how can it be super relevant, especially to the people in the area. It's good that she caught this. And because WAVE 3 only shows an average of about 7 stories, most to all of them should be in depth. They aren't according to Lauren. Because of this, you wonder what they do with their time. It's basically commercials, weather, and sports. That won't help anyone in a time of need if something new happens and people need to know about it. The news station then won't have enough time to air every important thing they need to.

The link to this blog post is at the top of the page.

Reponse to Classmate (J1-2)

http://fhblove.blogspot.com/2013/11/critique-of-wlky.html

Alyssa did a nice job covering what the WLKY news station might have missed and may have to fix. What i mean is the shortened amount of time that they have to actually cover stories while on the air. From what i got by reading the blog, was that WLKY spends too much time on some stories so others may not be included. Those smaller stories that aren't included may impact the daily lives of people in the area. Such as the story WLKY didn't share about the bridge crash that backed up traffic heavily that day. I totally agree that new stations need to worry more about sharing the stories that will effect people, rather than fluff.

But one thing that she didn't mention was what principle or yardstick that this violated. If she would have then explained how the critique would've been a whole lot better.

The link to the media critique is found at the top of this page.

Internet (J1-2)

The internet! What a wonderful inanimate object that we have today. You know it's birthday was on the 29th of October, born in 1969. Anyway about internet itself. First can I say it changed society and the way of life for most people in the world. It definitely has changed my life, growing up with all this fancy technology. It grew so fast once released though. Almost instantaneously if you would like. What really caught my mind was that because it did spread so fast, that universities were among the first to have computers with internet access. Or at least trying to have access. Why wouldn't the rich people try to get one for themselves. It probably would've been pointless and the wealthy were probably the ones funding the scholars, but I just wanted to ask and find out. Something else too. How all media is now on the Internet and is effected by it. Because anyone can create their own profiles on about any website, then the world as we know it really isn't private at all and you are being watched almost constantly. At least that's what I get from it, because what you post is out there and you can't just delete it off the www with a click of a button. I guess it has to be whatever though. This was a very interesting lecture and the most I've probably learned about the Internet in my life, so kudos to Mr. Miller.

WDRB Local News (J1-2)

WDRB is the news station that I have been watching recently. They do a fine job at covering many stories in almost all categories. The stories just don't have enough detail in them; each episode averaging an 18 stories each having an elapsed time of 30-45 seconds long. Compared to newspapers, where you have full stories in great detail, WDRB pretty much just uses the headline of each story and about two sentences for coverage. Also with a newspaper you can re-read something if you don't understand it, and with most news stations because their stories are in depth more, you can tune out some parts and still know what the story is about. WDRB doesn't do that or let it happen.

Television (J1-2)

Here we go with T.V. You know this is why radio was demassified. I thought that was interesting; it was inevitable but interesting. I was invented in 1927 and I bet that's something not a lot of people know. Then color T.V. was released in 1946. This lead to more people buying and watching television. In 1948 one million television sets were in the United States. By 1959, just ten years later, there were 50 million television sets. Want to know why this is so great yet disappointing? It's because you obviously could still get news very fast rather than hearing it through the grapevine, by word of mouth. You could also see who was talking; who was reporting the news. But T.V. had kept us inside for longer periods of time rather than getting out into the world to social events. Not going to church every Sunday because it was on T.V., or not going to a concert because you could just as easily stay at home and watch it on T.V.
This makes me almost disgusted about our society today because it has changed and shaped so many aspects of culture and everyday lives of all these innocent people. Just like on the news, it's depressing to hear all this crime. It would still be happening but you wouldn't have to worry about missing the news if T.V. hadn't exploited all of its uses and took them for granted. I agree that, yes, I love T.V. as much as the next person but if we would've invented it later or never had it in the first place, how would our society be today? Can you believe the difference it probably would take?