Inquiry Journal # 2: Discussion Questions On Television

In the article “2b or not 2b”, David Crystal begins with discussing how others such as John Humphry argued that texters are “vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbors 800 years ago. They are destroying it” (335). This is also the common belief of most people. People often argue about the bad points of technology over our language. However, Crystal believes that texting can improve children’s ability to read and write rather than hinder their literacy as many people claim. He also argues that not all texting are done in abbreviated words. Complex messages and institutional messages are often texted in standard form of

When an author writes a book he has a message that he is trying to get across to

Texts such as these “encourage readers to interact with the text and with one another by

People say television has increased people's awareness of politics to make elections more fair and accessible. However, I think TV has had a negative impact because it promotes a superficial image and provides content that will give the TV station good ratings.

This section contains the analysis of the journal article. This journal article contains good language. The tone of the writing is formal and is able to be understood by the reader because of the simple word choice. The language used is good because there were several good vocabularies used such as phonological awareness and rapid naming. The authors also came into a clear conclusion where they are able to make a stand that text messages have positive effects on children’s literacy. However, if it was for adults, it is hard to make a stand. The journal article also showed rhetorical devices that focused more on ethos and logos that can maintain clarity and interest among readers. The authors showed good visualization of the topic such as text

345). He felt that while encoders, or the producers of texts, played an important role in communication, decoders, also known as the consumers who deduce the meaning of the texts, were marginally more prevailing. The encoding phase is where a common set of codes are used to put together a message but this phase takes note of the audience as both source and receiver of the message. An example would be the mindset of a journalist whose main purpose of producing an article is to provide the reader with something they desire to read. This implies that the consumers of texts heavily influence the producers into developing texts with messages that the reader wants to derive from them.

Words over Pictures In today’s society, there are collections of Instagram posts, Snapchat stories, and fanfictions, all conveniently on the internet to be accessed at any time by anyone. Storytelling is not a new concept; it has roots in some of the oldest civilizations. The Jews passed down their scriptures, and the Greeks and Romans used oral tradition to share their many epics. The mediums in which things are shared changed, and most people prefer to talk through pictures and technology.

Before technology and the Internet were introduced, people usually never wrote anything down other than when they were in school, unless they had a job that required them to produce text (Kennedy 854). But, even with people having jobs that required them to write the amount of writing that they had to did is not nearly as much as the writing we do today with technology. Unlike generations in the past where they only wrote at school technology is making people write more paragraphs and construct sentences outside of just school work. Text messages and emails created through technology and the internet make people think out what they are going to say and actually write/type them down, whereas a conversation face to face requires no writing and whatever a person thinks just comes right out of their mouth. Also, blog posts and other posts on social media sites are ways that kids and adults are able to express their ideas and opinions around the world and in order to do that those people have to type out what they want others to “hear”

Television can be considered a cultural forum. By cultural forum, this means issues and points of view can be discussed openly and almost without punishment. These issues can vary anywhere from male dominance in the household, to wars, to racism, to political jabs and still be covered under freedom of speech. Television can hold a wide variety of opinions which may offend, but for the most part due so to prove a point.

Alban, Donald H. Speech Communication: A Redemptive Introduction, 3rd Edition. Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., 2015, VitalSource Bookshelf.

The purpose of Text Interpretation and Analysis is a literary and linguistic commentary in which the reader explains what the text reveals under close examination.

Imagine you just finished watching a show on Netflix and at the end you are like “ wow this was a pretty awesome show.” Or the show sucked and you give it two stars. Well, congratulations, you have just participated unconsciously in what we call “media criticism.” Media criticism is when you, the viewer, engage into and critique every aspect of the show; from the lighting, to the music, to the clothing of the characters, down to the character development. Before taking this class, I just watched television to receive enjoyment not because I wanted to analyze the narrative complexity of George Lopez, or the visual style of How To Get Away With Murder.

This essay discusses the role television soap operas have in generating discussion about the issues of gendered identity and sexuality. It is based on the study conducted by Chris Baker and Julie Andre, who argue that because soap operas draw huge audiences and centre on the sphere of interpersonal relationships and sexual identity, the talk generated from them will reflect such aspects (Andre and Barker 21). The discussions generated from the study show examples of working through, gender differences, and add evidence to the ‘active audience’ concept discussed in early media audience studies and research, as opposed to research that proposes a ‘media effects’ orientated argument.

The media as a whole has been a huge impact on their viewers’ lives. People do not just watch a television show, they tend to normalize the characters and their roles into their day to day lives. When analyzing the media and focusing on drama and reality television shows, the impact that these shows have on some of their women viewers are noticeable. Television drama shows are fictions that the average person can relate to. They are made with real life problems that people can sympathize with. Television dramas have become the newest therapy to people. People go to these over dramatized shows for the answer to their problems. Most tend to forget that these are fictional television shows, meaning they are made up characters with false problems. These shows tend to show women as the house wife, pretty and skinny, and powerful but weak minded. When looking at reality television although it is unscripted and tend to be real life situations, producers do pick out cast that are not relatable to and unlike the average person. On television dramas and reality shows men tend to be shown as dominating women in relationships, as women are shown as the men’s “trophy.” Also, as a whole television dramas and reality shows show women as “sexy” figures, emotionally unstable, and less than a man which effects their everyday lives. Television dramas and reality shows has a negative effect on female views by showing them in a negative light.

becomes quite futile. To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text,