Media is everywhere. Seen on the streets, in our schools, place of work, and even our homes. From television to the newspaper, there is no way to keep the media completely out of our lives. The earliest form of media was the newspaper, which served for hundreds of years in American history. Through times of peace and times of war, the media influenced how people think, feel, and act on the events that occur around them. The Spanish-American War in 1898, the second World War, and even the recent 2016
In an 2004 article written by Peter Preston, criticizing the film Shattered Glass, the former editor makes a point stating that “the general public is far too busy being distracted by stories concerning minor celebrities and football stars to be concerned about journalist making up current affair stories.” I do not feel that this is a strong argument, for multiple reasons. This point seems to make the actions of Glass more acceptable than the movie portrayed it. It says that people will not care
News, in many forms, describes events and relays information to those who are interested or uniformed. Television programs, newspapers, online articles are a few forms of media that have become easily assessable. Mainstream media can also include Facebook, Twitter and other online social media sources. The main focus of this paper will be on The Akron Beacon Journal, the 10 o’clock Channel 8 news, and online news sources. In all three forms of media, the most popularized event is the recent shooting
Methodology Critical discourse analysis For an international crisis happening thousands miles away, it is not sufficient to be understood without acknowledging itself as a mediated complex. From critical linguistics perspective, Fowler (1991/2013) believes “news is socially constructed. What events are reported is not a reflection of intrinsic importance of those events, but reveals the operation of a complex and artificial set of criteria for selection” (p. 2). “The news media select events for
document that I will be analyzing is an article from a newspaper page from The Kansas City Times, published on Friday, October 4, 1918. After I take a glance at this document I see three quarters of the page covered by only two written articles and the rest of the page contains advertisements of upcoming theater plays and shows. The illustrations in the advertisements of the shows are not nearly as sensational as those with the football illustrations. The article that I will be analyzing is headlined
appropriation is that it makes it so there is no “right” way to share other people’s cultures around. This is taken to the extreme in this case, it is ridiculous to say that somebody is stealing culture when the food is poorly prepared. From the article, a Japanese student was complaining about the quality of the sushi being prepared at the school and the lack of fresh fish. Well, as a person who enjoys sushi I can easily say that an American school will never be a good place for sushi. Especially
For the Historical Newspaper Analysis paper, I selected the Battle of Gettysburg as my topic to research. The reason I appointed this event as my subject matter was on the fact that I reside close to Gettysburg, and have heard of some of the events that developed there during the Civil War. Even though I live close to Gettysburg, I haven’t seen the reenactments that occur there or been on the tours Gettysburg offers. Since I would like to take part in a tour along with seeing the reenactments, I
focus on one main party but had details/opinions towards different parties and people. Secondly, newspapers are one of the important sources people used during World War two to read the news. So, they wouldn’t publish something that is not very useful. Thirdly, when top parties’ information are published, they try to take action as soon as possible which is one of the great advantage/value of newspapers. Finally, the demand for conscription makes sense since conscription have already been introduced
of the 40 years it was found that in both newspapers was an “evident gender bias, which has gradually overcome as new media genres have developed” (Stanley, 2012). In the non-elite paper women are hardly pictured, and in the elite magazine women show up ‘just as often as men’ (Stanley, 2012). The audience of both papers consists of approximately 50% women and 50% men (Stanley, 2012). However, mirroring the diversity between elite and non-elite newspapers, “the typical reader of the New York Times
towards the political movement (Kemp 2013). However, in comparison to the past, nowadays, the modernisation of technology, the change of social patterns and political conditions somewhat change how the media works (Gerth & Siegert 2012). In their article stated that media companies are predominantly private-owned companies, thus, the media are more to market orientation. Therefore, the media are not necessarily providing vital information to the general public (Gerth & Siegert 2012). Henceforth, the