I have always been very interested in politics. Growing up my family has always been very conscience of politics and it has been passed on to me. I feel that it is my duty as an American to be informed about my country and who is running it and so I’ve always followed media coverage of government and politics.
My attitude towards politics after taking this course has grown even stronger. The discussions and activities in the class helped reaffirm my love of following and discussing politics. It was also refreshing to be given the opportunity to speak about politics with my peers and people my own age. Usually young people don’t have much interest in politics, but that wasn’t the case in this class.
In this course I learned that not only do I have to read news from sources I like and trust, but I should also look for outside news sources that I otherwise wouldn’t turn to.
I don’t know what you could do better with this course the next time it’s taught. Class would start every day with a clear cut objective, but we were also allowed to stray from the main subject and explore different paths as well. It wasn’t rigid and as long as we were having a good discussion and making progress we were allowed to continue…and I really liked that. This kind of environment was very relaxing but incredibly productive.
Thanks for everything Doc!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
The courses about media and government and we can't look at how media deals w/ government w/out looking at the economy or foreign affairs. We've kind of been doing more media and public affairs. By posing the question for this question, we're doing the same thing we're doing for the final exam. We can look back at the things we've read and use it. Go back and look over our stuff and come to some conclusion or evaluation.
Evaluate and Analyze. When analyzing you take things apart and break them down-town sally brown.
Evaluate and Analyze. When analyzing you take things apart and break them down-town sally brown.
Monday's Assignment for Advanced Journalism
Freelance Writing - About.com has some tips on getting your freelance writing published.
http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/getpublished/Freelance_Writers_Guide_to_Getting_Published.htm
Another article about getting published as a freelance writer.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/125078/how_to_get_freelance_writing_jobs_when.html?cat=31
Helpful steps for the beginner freelance writer.
http://www.yudkin.com/flfaq.htm
http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/getpublished/Freelance_Writers_Guide_to_Getting_Published.htm
Another article about getting published as a freelance writer.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/125078/how_to_get_freelance_writing_jobs_when.html?cat=31
Helpful steps for the beginner freelance writer.
http://www.yudkin.com/flfaq.htm
Friday, November 14, 2008
Media and Government 11/14/2008
Analytical article paper due on NOVEMBER 24th.
Discussion of media coverage of elections.
Nikkie -said that during this election she felt that a lot of people based their opinions on the atack adds, rather than the facts. A lot of the actual issues got discussed during the debates and not a lot of people watched the debates.
Katie -said that when Obama did that 1/2 hour ad he got a little negative spin in regards to being elitist in thinking that he could take everyone's prime time tv shows over. But at the same time she thinks that given the demographic of people he was trying to reach...these people aren't going to be watching CNN or NBC and this was his one time to jump in on programs that they really would watch.
Doc-coverage this year was a lot more issue oriented than he remembered it from 2000 or 2004...especially after the stock market tanked and got everyone's attention.
Becky -said that after the debates the polls never really shifted so she didn't think that the debates made that big of a difference.
Katie -said that they are gatekeepers they don't tell you what to think...but they do tell you what to think about.
***Ellertsen's Law***
"Where there is smoke, there is smoke. Don't believe it until you see it."
Doc- How well can we keep up with state governement by reading the papers?
Discussion of media coverage of elections.
Nikkie -said that during this election she felt that a lot of people based their opinions on the atack adds, rather than the facts. A lot of the actual issues got discussed during the debates and not a lot of people watched the debates.
Katie -said that when Obama did that 1/2 hour ad he got a little negative spin in regards to being elitist in thinking that he could take everyone's prime time tv shows over. But at the same time she thinks that given the demographic of people he was trying to reach...these people aren't going to be watching CNN or NBC and this was his one time to jump in on programs that they really would watch.
Doc-coverage this year was a lot more issue oriented than he remembered it from 2000 or 2004...especially after the stock market tanked and got everyone's attention.
Becky -said that after the debates the polls never really shifted so she didn't think that the debates made that big of a difference.
Katie -said that they are gatekeepers they don't tell you what to think...but they do tell you what to think about.
***Ellertsen's Law***
"Where there is smoke, there is smoke. Don't believe it until you see it."
Doc- How well can we keep up with state governement by reading the papers?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Paper Assignment for Media and Government
Due 21st of November. 10 pages.
-Evaluate the camgaign and election coverage in the light of this critique.
-Evaluate on a scale of 1-10 or a letter grade.
-Compare different media outlets (ex - politico vs. Washington Post)
-Discuss the entertainment aspect of the coverage.
-Discuss the media coverage of the campaign after the credit crisis began.
-Discuss the Sarah Palin coverage.
-Independent monitor of power?
***Possible Final Question***
-(25pts)How do the forums do? Do they provide a forum for critisism or compromise...especially when they start snarling at eachother calling people facists.
-Postmodernism
-Check out question 2A from old 317 final (May 2008).
Check Mackeral Wrapper for the Elements of Journalism on the CCJ website posted to wrapper.
-Evaluate the camgaign and election coverage in the light of this critique.
-Evaluate on a scale of 1-10 or a letter grade.
-Compare different media outlets (ex - politico vs. Washington Post)
-Discuss the entertainment aspect of the coverage.
-Discuss the media coverage of the campaign after the credit crisis began.
-Discuss the Sarah Palin coverage.
-Independent monitor of power?
***Possible Final Question***
-(25pts)How do the forums do? Do they provide a forum for critisism or compromise...especially when they start snarling at eachother calling people facists.
-Postmodernism
-Check out question 2A from old 317 final (May 2008).
Check Mackeral Wrapper for the Elements of Journalism on the CCJ website posted to wrapper.
Query Letter Lecture
Think of a query letter as a resume. You're trying to sell your work to a newspaper and magazine, you want to present yourself in the best possible way.
Study every publication before you submit any query letter.
Make sure there are no spelling errors.
Be sure to include the date on your letter.
It should be address to the appropriate editor. Use their full name and do not us Mr. Ms. Mrs...ext with the exception of Dr. Offer to meet with the editor.
Don't write a query letter over one page in lenght and don't write an email query letter over one screen lenghth.
Make sure you have a fresh idea.
Study every publication before you submit any query letter.
Make sure there are no spelling errors.
Be sure to include the date on your letter.
It should be address to the appropriate editor. Use their full name and do not us Mr. Ms. Mrs...ext with the exception of Dr. Offer to meet with the editor.
Don't write a query letter over one page in lenght and don't write an email query letter over one screen lenghth.
Make sure you have a fresh idea.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Questions from 386
How much has news been packaged as entertainment?
Are we deprived of a coherent contextual understanding of out world?
Is that a bum wrap?
How much of the election news has been packaged as entertainment?
Are we deprived of a coherent contextual understanding of out world?
Is that a bum wrap?
How much of the election news has been packaged as entertainment?
Assignment for Advanced Journalism
No Class Monday!!!!
Wednesday have a draft of a query letter ready for your feature story.
Wednesday have a draft of a query letter ready for your feature story.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Postmodernism as defined by Wikipedia
Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement'. While "modern" itself refers to something "related to the present", the movement of modernism and the following reaction of postmodernism are defined by a set of perspectives. It is used in critical theory to refer to a point of departure for works of literature, drama, architecture, and design, as well as in marketing and business and the interpretation of history, law and culture in the late 20th century.
Postmodernism is an aesthetic, literary, political or social philosophy, which was the basis of the attempt to describe a condition, or a state of being, or something concerned with changes to institutions and conditions (as in Giddens, 1990) as postmodernity. In other words, postmodernism is the "cultural and intellectual phenomenon", especially since the 1920s' new movements in the arts, while postmodernity focuses on social and political outworkings and innovations globally, especially since the 1960s in the West.
The term postmodern is described by Merriam-Webster as meaning either of, relating to, or being an era after a modern one or of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature), or finally of, relating to, or being a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language.[1]
The American Heritage Dictionary describes the meaning of the same term as Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: “It [a roadhouse]is so architecturally interesting . . . with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock” (Ruth Reichl, Cook's November 1989).[2]
Postmodernism is an aesthetic, literary, political or social philosophy, which was the basis of the attempt to describe a condition, or a state of being, or something concerned with changes to institutions and conditions (as in Giddens, 1990) as postmodernity. In other words, postmodernism is the "cultural and intellectual phenomenon", especially since the 1920s' new movements in the arts, while postmodernity focuses on social and political outworkings and innovations globally, especially since the 1960s in the West.
The term postmodern is described by Merriam-Webster as meaning either of, relating to, or being an era after a modern one or of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature), or finally of, relating to, or being a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language.[1]
The American Heritage Dictionary describes the meaning of the same term as Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: “It [a roadhouse]is so architecturally interesting . . . with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock” (Ruth Reichl, Cook's November 1989).[2]
Studs Terkel
“I object to the word ‘objective’”. This quote surprised me because in all my journalism classes my books say –be objective-. Studs Terkel said that you can’t be objective, but you should be balanced and I agree.
I think it’s great that throughout his long life he never stopped questioning and challenging the “status quo” for fear of being controversial.
I think it’s great that throughout his long life he never stopped questioning and challenging the “status quo” for fear of being controversial.
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