irrelevant ranting

Mr Miller’s one question quiz is hands down the most stressful yet rewarding part of J1. The past two quizzes have gone beyond explanations of topics discussed during lectures. The questions ask for application. Sure I can tell you all four binary models or the types of communication filters, but unless I can apply these topics and standards to the real world I haven’t actually learned anything. Today in class we took a quiz on the printing press, rather than asking the impacts the printing press had on society at the time it was invented, we were asked to invision what the world specifically our lives would be like if the press had never been invented. Mr Miller then called on everyone in class to describe one of the ways their life would be different.  As we went around the room the following question was posed; What is the purpose of highschool? Most of the room responded with to learn or prepare us for jobs. Mr Miller however made an interesting point that has been in ...

It's amazing to think that a single idea can shape the entire way our society functions. One invention can create a revolution of ideas that change our lives for the better. As new technologies are invented our capacity to learn and experience increases. It like the mandela effect; if one invention had never been made we would face an entirely different reality. One of the major inventions we owe our development to is the printing press. Invented by Gutenburg in 1450 the metal printing press resembled Bi Shengs clay movable type press. Gutenberg is credited with being one of the first to print bibles in the native language as opposed to Latin. His invention quite literally aided in revolutions  and greatly influenced our society today. If you think about it there isn’t a day that goes by without requiring you to read, even if your eyes simply skim a billboard or read a food label, our livelihood is dependent on written word. Without the printing press many of us wouldn’t be her...

Moving houses is a common thing, almost everybody will move houses in their lifetime. Uprooting the lives of your wife and children to move halfway across the country is slightly less common, however its not imperative that the world needs to know this. The number one thing that fans and celebrities agree on  is that celebrities are people too. The average Joe doesn't make the news for a move from LA to Chicago, so why should the Kardashian- West family be on the news? Is it because they are known by a vast majority of the population? It is unknown why the Karadashian-West family is on the news. But it is known  that writer Mariah Haas violated some of the critical yardsticks and elements when she wrote the article, " Are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian moving to Chicago?" A journalist has a job to report relevant facts in a professional unbiased manner.  FOX news violated the newsworthiness yardstick of journalism in the article mentioned above.  According t...

Have you ever had a conversation with a person but you just cant seem to get your point across? Maybe it’s because they simply cant understand you or the language you’re speaking or it might be because you are trying to teach a sexist about feminism. No matter what it is you are experiencing a communication filter. Communication filters disrupt the basic thought process of the human brain, and they have the potential to wreak havoc in the journalistic field. Ellie Thornsbury, an aspiring journalist,describes this in her article   http://elliethornsbury.blogspot.com/2018/09/teaching-sexist-person-feminism-not.html “Teaching a Sexist Person Feminism; Not Going to Happen" .  She states; “People can compose the most meaningful and revolutionary messages, but they can be destroyed just because something goes wrong in the delivery.”  How can journalists prevent this from happening? While Thornsbury does not actually explain how one can prevent the effects of filters,...

Fox news is liberal? That is not actually the case but imagine if Fox discovered they could make more money by switching from the conservative network cable watchers love, to a liberal network that appeals to younger audiences. Just imagining it is bizarre and totally appalling. When white 2 journalism 1 was introduced to the elitist—populist binary model almost everyone agreed that being called an elitist was not a celebratory thing. When it comes to journalistic terms I am no longer so certain. Populist media is known for giving the people what they want. On the other hand elitist media is known for distributing media that is believed by the creators to be what the people need.  The balance between these would be perfect media. However it is rare to find media that fits both qualities. Fox news is an impostor, when it comes to the elitist—populist binary model. What would appear to be an elitist network that is passionate about informing the public with conservative news is...

The current events quiz is probably one of my favorite parts of J1. The fact that I have to keep up with the news to get the grade I want seems like the perfect way to exspose J+C students to real world media. Before I only paid attention to the news when I found something intriguing or had heard about a big story. The current events quiz has coerced me into fully investing myself in learning about the happenings of the world. I love how Mr. Miller is encouraging us to learn about the world with this weekly quiz, however, I wish that we spent more time discussing the topics in class. If the topics are relevant enough for us to need to know about them , then I believe that they are relevant enough to spend more time discussing.  Because we have so much we need to learn, I understand that we aren’t able to take an entire class period to discuss the ten events on the quiz, but it would be nice to take ten minutes to discuss one of the topics in more depth. Picking one topic to di...

" The most important part of good journalism is telling the whole and complete truth." I couldn't agree more with the statement made in Cassidy Adwell's "What is Good Journalism" blog post          cassidyadwell.blogspot.com . The truth is the foundation of journalism, we can't begin to critique journalism if its not in fact journalism. Truth should be a deal breaker when it comes to journalism, if a story does not tell the truth then its not journalism. It is understood that on occasion journalists make mistakes, and the stories they release are not accurate, however that is different from intentionally leaving out a fact or just straight up lying. Cassidy made a point similar to this when she said "Also, a journalist cannot only cover some of the truth and then lie a little bit to make it more interesting, they need to include the WHOLE truth." A journalists number one duty is to report the truth to the public, how can the public trust th...