As I read the The New York Times and compare it to the other blogs that I have been reading, it is interesting to see how both are written about the same subjects yet the content seems to be filtered in a much more biased sense. It may be that I prefer one organization over the other, but the differences in the language used cannot be overlooked; and even the order of the different stories on their page. It does boil down in fact to who the editor’s and publishers are, but that does not make a difference as both blog companies are trying to entertain the same type of audience that each other compete for.
The World Newser is the same as the times in the fact that the main focus is the different news that affects our daily lives and allows people to respond to it. The New York Times has a specific writer do all the work on one blog so that it can be opinionated and also in my opinion controversial or stirs up the viewer’s mind. The relationship can be seen as separate but equal in the sense that there is the same topic with the same focus in getting the audience to react to the story, but the way both blogs approach the method of presenting different things are interesting in the sense that they are not afraid to form their own opinions and ideas for people to disintegrate.
Both blogs can be seen as working as a part of the press sphere as Jarvis called it by the fact that they are done by multiple persons and are aimed at the individual person rather that an audience as a whole. The “me” factor as I mentioned in my previous blog is a major component of today’s news and as evident in The World Newser blog the stories are put out to create a deep personal reaction from the reader and how it, as in the story, affects them in any sort of way. Rather than talking about the economy as a whole as done in previous years, the blogs that are written today are intended to give the audience an chance to let their side of the story come out and let them complain about prices or how they lost their job, etc. Nevertheless, the ecology of news has changed dramatically and both blogs have proven the theory of the news world’s transformation and as Sullivan so blatantly describes as the personal touch to every day events.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Sullivan, Jarvis and Michael?!
Andrew Sullivan and Jeff Jarvis see the new news order hand in hand I believe. Both admit that news is changing rapidly, as Sullivan says a blogger must change his opinion or story “hourly” as more information comes out. Unlike the ways of old as Jarvis would say where the news came from the world, through a specific number of news organizations and reporters, and then out to the people, now anything that happens related to the news can go up immediately without any editing, revisions, or filtering of biases. Sullivan will attest to being part of Jarvis’ new press sphere as he is a significant blogger and has many followers who read and look forward to his opinion on a weekly basis.
Sullivan admits also that in the end when you are writing a blog, that you are actually writing about yourself. This comes back to the “me” factor as Jarvis mentions the way that news has become more of a personal matter. As we mentioned in class we have become the news in the sense that iPod’s, cell phones, laptops and all the other technologically advanced equipment we use are what make the news possibly in today’s world. Without these tools Sullivan would not be able to get the information he needs to write his blogs; which would mean he would not been able to spread his opinion out; and finally meaning he would have to wait for the main news source to give him his information for him to formulate an opinion.
Going back to the main point, the fact of the matter is that Sullivan supports what Jarvis is saying not only by saying it in his article that we read; but the fact that his article came out and he is able to speak the way he does is physical proof of his retaliation against traditional news sources. Nevertheless, Sullivan’s words, Jarvis’ diagram all point back to my opinion and the main factor for this whole debate; and that is that the news has transformed with the technology age. Now, the news is anything that anyone puts online that they believe is significant, even if it their dog going the bathroom in their car. The old news was the important headlines of the day, it varied from a presidential decision to a war overseas, and it shook the country and everyone paid attention to it. Now, anything is news and anyone can comment on it which I believe has diluted the quality of news stories that are now out in the world.
Sullivan admits also that in the end when you are writing a blog, that you are actually writing about yourself. This comes back to the “me” factor as Jarvis mentions the way that news has become more of a personal matter. As we mentioned in class we have become the news in the sense that iPod’s, cell phones, laptops and all the other technologically advanced equipment we use are what make the news possibly in today’s world. Without these tools Sullivan would not be able to get the information he needs to write his blogs; which would mean he would not been able to spread his opinion out; and finally meaning he would have to wait for the main news source to give him his information for him to formulate an opinion.
Going back to the main point, the fact of the matter is that Sullivan supports what Jarvis is saying not only by saying it in his article that we read; but the fact that his article came out and he is able to speak the way he does is physical proof of his retaliation against traditional news sources. Nevertheless, Sullivan’s words, Jarvis’ diagram all point back to my opinion and the main factor for this whole debate; and that is that the news has transformed with the technology age. Now, the news is anything that anyone puts online that they believe is significant, even if it their dog going the bathroom in their car. The old news was the important headlines of the day, it varied from a presidential decision to a war overseas, and it shook the country and everyone paid attention to it. Now, anything is news and anyone can comment on it which I believe has diluted the quality of news stories that are now out in the world.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Sphere
After reading Jarvis’ “The press becomes the press-sphere” I am a supporter of what he has to say about the current news media and the new definition of the press. It is hard to believe, however that we have changed the integrity and type of news media that we get now a day. With the evolution of technology we have changed the way reporters, and we ourselves get news and information related to or in reference to some sort of event happening in the world. As Dr. Mark Bauerline said yesterday in his lecture here at the University, the world was the news, the news was given to everyone in the 60’s and 70’s by Walter Cronkite.
As I said before, I support this new model for the new press-sphere as we can see that the news has evolved much of the past two to three years. Rather than getting everything from the television or finding out about different events in the newspaper, now anybody can get on a social networking site or one of the news cable sites and find a vast amount of knowledge available to read. The sources for these stories are not centralized like it used to be to one news source. Now anyone can send in information or as the new phase in modern day news is known as the U-Report. Anybody who has a camera and sees something related to the main story affecting the country today is a valuable witness and can send in their aspect of whatever is going on. Earlier when the news first started being published it was one reporter and his camera man out in some foreign land or whatnot and getting the only images that will be seen around the world.
The news is constantly changing; and as much as I enjoy having multiple news stories come at once every hour; I still miss the old ways of the news where there was one evening news report about everything going one without any bias and then it was done for the night. With the new age in the press-sphere, comes the burden of multiple viewpoints that most likely don’t represent the news story as it should be and instead is propaganda. As much as I miss the old style of reporting and news stories including their sources; I agree with Jeff Jarvis 100% that the press-sphere has changed and it has destroyed all ways of old.
As I said before, I support this new model for the new press-sphere as we can see that the news has evolved much of the past two to three years. Rather than getting everything from the television or finding out about different events in the newspaper, now anybody can get on a social networking site or one of the news cable sites and find a vast amount of knowledge available to read. The sources for these stories are not centralized like it used to be to one news source. Now anyone can send in information or as the new phase in modern day news is known as the U-Report. Anybody who has a camera and sees something related to the main story affecting the country today is a valuable witness and can send in their aspect of whatever is going on. Earlier when the news first started being published it was one reporter and his camera man out in some foreign land or whatnot and getting the only images that will be seen around the world.
The news is constantly changing; and as much as I enjoy having multiple news stories come at once every hour; I still miss the old ways of the news where there was one evening news report about everything going one without any bias and then it was done for the night. With the new age in the press-sphere, comes the burden of multiple viewpoints that most likely don’t represent the news story as it should be and instead is propaganda. As much as I miss the old style of reporting and news stories including their sources; I agree with Jeff Jarvis 100% that the press-sphere has changed and it has destroyed all ways of old.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Experience with the Times
The news is usually presented in a form that makes us as the viewer immune to what is actually going on in this cruel world we live in. With the recent events that have been occurring and the multiple news sites and sources I have been going to, it is very interesting to me how the New York Times differs from the other organizations not just in presentation, but in method of distributing their work. Personally I am a man of all events, I enjoy the mysteries and state of the world outside of the United States and inside also; there is no favorite of the two and the Times makes sure that there is no difference in organization besides separating the two in the two obvious classifications. I have noticed of course the headlines on the front page whether it is about the Balloon Boy Hoax, multiple bombings and attacks in Pakistan, or about the Northwest Flight 188 who lost contact with the ground for approximately an hour and a half, but also some of the side stories that the Times intentionally sidelines but tries to add emphasis to the piece by bolding the title or allowing more space on the side that the other stories have.
I can admit that I am a bandwagon reader in the sense that I do fall for the webmaster’s tricks and go and read the main stories; if it is in bold and appeals to some sort of sense I have, then I read it. I do not do much searching on the Time’s web page for other stories that relate to whatever I was reading about. Unlike other news organization’s websites, the Time’s organization is awful and not as clear as for example CNN’s web page where the headline is obvious and they group together similar headlines. Nevertheless, I can say that reading the New York Times has allowed me to become more vigilant about the different news stories that are going on in the world. I have become more involved with searching websites for different information as with the New York Times in paper, the site also could provide you with countless of stories that do not make a difference or has no meaning for you to read it until you get to the story you spent so much time looking for. In all honesty, I can say that I do respect some of the smaller pieces that are written as some of them do try to make a point about an issue that is either about to become a major factor for society, or the increase of something that will eventually become personally relevant.
I can admit that I am a bandwagon reader in the sense that I do fall for the webmaster’s tricks and go and read the main stories; if it is in bold and appeals to some sort of sense I have, then I read it. I do not do much searching on the Time’s web page for other stories that relate to whatever I was reading about. Unlike other news organization’s websites, the Time’s organization is awful and not as clear as for example CNN’s web page where the headline is obvious and they group together similar headlines. Nevertheless, I can say that reading the New York Times has allowed me to become more vigilant about the different news stories that are going on in the world. I have become more involved with searching websites for different information as with the New York Times in paper, the site also could provide you with countless of stories that do not make a difference or has no meaning for you to read it until you get to the story you spent so much time looking for. In all honesty, I can say that I do respect some of the smaller pieces that are written as some of them do try to make a point about an issue that is either about to become a major factor for society, or the increase of something that will eventually become personally relevant.
Friday, October 23, 2009
My Choices
My blogs are The World Newser, and theatlantic.com. It is very ironic that these are the two blogs that I am using as they are opposite views of the political spectrum. It is a shame when I think about it, how different ideals are manipulated to form ideologies and thoughts and they are on different web sites that have to be researched by a person interested in the subject. It shows how the internet could be used in an incorrect way and even if non intentionally give people wrong information.
The World Newser is a fairly popular blog as it is part of ABCNews’s website and is part of their major newscast in World News with Charles Gibson. The author is the staff of World News who in a sense just put up the news stories of the day or interesting statistics involved with current events and let whoever is on the site take a crack at it and give their opinion. The purpose of the blog is to show different people what is going on in the world and allows them to give their two cents worth of opinion and have a full conversation with others about it.
The Atlantic on the other hand is a very similar blog compared to The World Newser; however, it is geared up toward a more focused group than the other blog. The fact that it is a twist on typical conservatism and Andrew Sullivan is not your typical conservative has in my opinion he gives more of a liberal viewpoint than that of the right side. Furthermore, the blog is not updated as much as The World Newser and thus shows the specific topics that the authors (Sulilvan and team) really feel is significant to their viewers.
The World Newser is a fairly popular blog as it is part of ABCNews’s website and is part of their major newscast in World News with Charles Gibson. The author is the staff of World News who in a sense just put up the news stories of the day or interesting statistics involved with current events and let whoever is on the site take a crack at it and give their opinion. The purpose of the blog is to show different people what is going on in the world and allows them to give their two cents worth of opinion and have a full conversation with others about it.
The Atlantic on the other hand is a very similar blog compared to The World Newser; however, it is geared up toward a more focused group than the other blog. The fact that it is a twist on typical conservatism and Andrew Sullivan is not your typical conservative has in my opinion he gives more of a liberal viewpoint than that of the right side. Furthermore, the blog is not updated as much as The World Newser and thus shows the specific topics that the authors (Sulilvan and team) really feel is significant to their viewers.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The Vast Majority
As I go through my classmates’ different news sources I see that we as a class have a common “fall guy” as I like to put it. The majority of the class seems to be interested in searching the known news sites such as CNN, ABCNEWS, FOXNEWS, etc. It may be the fact that the lack of televisions on campus force students to go to these sites, or maybe the commonality or recognition that comes with these news sites give a comfort to students that they can trust the material they are getting from their trusted news site. This, however, I see as a misconception due to the fact that different sites/stations have their different approaches and biases.
Hedges and Carr would both see this as the fallout from the advancement of technology. Both would perceive these methods of getting the news as I interpret it as a sign of the times; less radio and television, and more surfing the internet and doing less research. With online news, the reader has the option of what they want to read about. The web page is organized so that instead of having to read the whole paper to find out what you wanted to know, now you can just look under the organized tab or column and search for the specific article you were searching for. Nevertheless, Thompson would see this as the advancement of the human mind to be able to organize a system that would assist people to find out what they were looking for as quickly as possible. The ability to find out about the world in a matter of seconds is a revelation that we are more civilized as a nation and have more information to indulge our minds into.
Even though my fellow classmates use the internet and television more and more every day, there is no doubt that word of mouth is still a valid and popular method. This should excite people like Hedges and Carr to show them that the ways of old has not changed and that there are still original ways of getting the news. So in retrospect the methods of obtaining news has changed in the fact that it is more accessible; however, it has not depleted the ways of the past in which nobody gets their news from word of mouth.
Hedges and Carr would both see this as the fallout from the advancement of technology. Both would perceive these methods of getting the news as I interpret it as a sign of the times; less radio and television, and more surfing the internet and doing less research. With online news, the reader has the option of what they want to read about. The web page is organized so that instead of having to read the whole paper to find out what you wanted to know, now you can just look under the organized tab or column and search for the specific article you were searching for. Nevertheless, Thompson would see this as the advancement of the human mind to be able to organize a system that would assist people to find out what they were looking for as quickly as possible. The ability to find out about the world in a matter of seconds is a revelation that we are more civilized as a nation and have more information to indulge our minds into.
Even though my fellow classmates use the internet and television more and more every day, there is no doubt that word of mouth is still a valid and popular method. This should excite people like Hedges and Carr to show them that the ways of old has not changed and that there are still original ways of getting the news. So in retrospect the methods of obtaining news has changed in the fact that it is more accessible; however, it has not depleted the ways of the past in which nobody gets their news from word of mouth.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
News Sources
Recently since living on campus my methods of hearing/finding out about different events has been by word of mouth and online sources. News is a major part of my life, not only in the sense that I spend the majority of my free time looking at news stories and researching specific topics discussed on the news but because it affects everyone and everything in today’s world. Finding out different news has changed significantly since I was a child; from radio and little television coverage, to the internet and 24 hour news channel coverage.
It is amazing how my methods of obtaining information have changed with the enhancement of technology. When I was little, the daily news report on the radio was the way I found out about events around the world and in the country. The five o’clock local news was always my source for the weather and anything important going on here at home. As I continued growing up my grandma, may she rest in peace, used to watch the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and honestly got me hooked on the news. For the record I am not a big fan of Dan Rather but that is another conversation or debate if you wish and most of you know the reason why. Anyways, as I have grown up my sources have evolved with the rate of technology in the sense that as cable news took off and the internet gained popularity, I have been sucked into the black hole that technology has created and do not go to my traditional sources to get my information and news. As much as I miss my original sources of getting news the new ways have proved effective here on campus; due to the fact that I do not have a television on campus I check online and try to get my news by word of mouth. Ironically though, Facebook has proved as an effective alert if something is going on as people chatter about it in their statuses.
In the end, I can say that my sources though scattered are still as effective as getting it from one of the news channels on television. As a side note, I was to dedicate this blog to my grandma who passed away on Friday, she raised me and is now with the Lord, Rest In Peace Tita Souad, I love you.
It is amazing how my methods of obtaining information have changed with the enhancement of technology. When I was little, the daily news report on the radio was the way I found out about events around the world and in the country. The five o’clock local news was always my source for the weather and anything important going on here at home. As I continued growing up my grandma, may she rest in peace, used to watch the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and honestly got me hooked on the news. For the record I am not a big fan of Dan Rather but that is another conversation or debate if you wish and most of you know the reason why. Anyways, as I have grown up my sources have evolved with the rate of technology in the sense that as cable news took off and the internet gained popularity, I have been sucked into the black hole that technology has created and do not go to my traditional sources to get my information and news. As much as I miss my original sources of getting news the new ways have proved effective here on campus; due to the fact that I do not have a television on campus I check online and try to get my news by word of mouth. Ironically though, Facebook has proved as an effective alert if something is going on as people chatter about it in their statuses.
In the end, I can say that my sources though scattered are still as effective as getting it from one of the news channels on television. As a side note, I was to dedicate this blog to my grandma who passed away on Friday, she raised me and is now with the Lord, Rest In Peace Tita Souad, I love you.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Final English Essay-Again
Here is my English Essay again as I see that I needed to put a new title on it rather than revised draft.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Slightly Enhanced Version
Here is the link to a slightly and definetly not close to perfect English Essay.
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