Spilling The Tea

After our current event quiz and the one question quiz about the printing press, we used the rest of the class period to talk about how our lives would be different without the printing press. During this disscusion Mr. Miller used his deck of cards with everyone's name on them to call on people at random. I personally think that the cards are beneficial. They force me to participate in the conversation because I am shy and unlikely to raise my hand. I have fear that I will say something so out of the park crazy that everyone will judge me, weird right? The cards also encourage me to pay more attention. I don't know about anyone else but I can zone out looking at a wall for long periods of time which isn't good when you're in class, especially since we cover so many topics in journalism. I believe this class will help be step out of my comfrt zone with speaking infront of people and hopefully help me get over my shyness.                       -em

On Tuesday in class we took another one question quiz but we also talked about the major timeline of the begginging of the printing press. For me, this lesson was very interesting because I am a big history person, social studies is one of my best and favorite subjects. I never realized what a game changer the printing press was to society because in my life we’ve always had them. The printing press allowed the expansion of European nations (Age of Exploration) and without it the Western World wouldn’t have been founded as soon. Movements and new ways of life also sparked from the new way to communicate. In comparison, the printing press when it was first invented was like invention of the internet. At their times, they both had a revolutionary impact on the world. They allowed people to share thoughts and ideas faster than ever before. Just think, what would today’s society look like without the internet?

On CNN's website the recent news headlines are divided into categories for the viewers connivence.   At a glance they all seem relevant and up to par. If you take a closer look, the articles found under the category "US" often neglect the 10 Elements and the 7 Yardsticks of Journalism. One article being "California man who allegedly stuck dates with the check faces years in prison". The article is about a man named  Paul Guadalupe Gonzales, also known had the  "Dine-and-Dash Dater". Gonzales used the dating site Bumble to go on dinner dates with women and then ran out of the restaurant when the check came, leaving the women with the bill. On one account the bill was $218 which his date was forced to pay. He is being charged with 11 counts of extortion and 2 counts of attempted extortion in the state of California.    Another article under the category "US" is the article " A teen finds a purse with $10,000 inside and returns it"

Everyone knows about the soda Coca-Cola right, but did you know that Coca-Cola also owns Sprite, Fanta, Smartwater, Dasani, Minute Maid, Powerade, and many more? This is called conglomeration and well if you don't know what this word means look it up because the only way to access this blog is through an Internet capable device, but for all of you out there that are too lazy to do that, the term simply means to collect things and put them into one big group. We went over conglomeration in class and I feel like I got a solid grasp on the subject. Mr. Miller incorporated several real world examples like Disney that really opened my eyes to this new idea that I had no clue about. Not only did I learn what conglomeration was, I learned how it related to the 3 major bionary models.  From our discussion in class, I have an better understanding of how large companies run and the what really determines what message they project.                      -em 

I found Amelia's blogpost on making the important interesting fascinating to read. Humans are drawn to certain things and subjects even if the subjects do not qualify to be newsworthy/"important". For example Amelia said ," I  would much rather read about a mysterious disappearance than what tax-bill was denied," which I can personally 100% agree with. To add to her post, whether you think something is interesting also varies person to person based on your political view, your age, your career, etc. If you find yourself with a little bit of free time I recommend reading her post.                      -em  here's a link to her full blogpost:  http://myfreythoughts.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenges-of-good-journalist.html

Reading Mya Cummins' blogpost about the steps of mass communication helped refresh my mind about the subject. I think I actually understand it better now that I've read it, even though we went over it in class. She explained each step well so that her readers could easily comprehend each step of the process, there are 5. She also included examples which I can't speak for everyone else out there, but hearing something used in a real example helps me. Overall anyone confused about mass communication could benefit from reading her post.                          -em Here's a link to Mya's blogpost:  http://updateswithmya.blogspot.com/2018/09/steps-to-mass-communication.html

         Going back to when we were talking about mass communication and the how and where things happen, I think it is very easy for mass communication to go wrong. Filters and the 3 impediments can occur frequently making it hard to send and recieve messages. This I agree with but I also believe that with today’s technology it makes it easier to break down some of those filters which is partly why mass communication can fail. Lets say for instance, I immigrated to the United States from Peru, I only spoke Spanish and a little bit here and there of English. One day while I’m in the car and my husband is driving, we put on the radio and there’s a radio show on in English but I want to know what it’s about. I can download in app that will listen to the English and translate it into Spanish to make it easier for me to understand it. One of those apps being Google Translate, if you use it under conversation mode. Although technology does have some faults, it can still be very useful an