TV Lecture.

I always knew TV was a huge thing but I never really realized and wrapped my head around it until Miller told us that 97% of Americans have TVs. He also that there are more homes with TVs than with indoor plumbing.  That was a really mind blowing fact to me. Another fact he said that completely unreal was that Americans spend 7 hours a day with the tv on. This was partially weird to me cause I don't really watch TV that often so I thought that was normal but then he comes along and says 7 hours.

I also didn't really realize TV is a relatively new concept. Like it has only been fairly prominent since around the 60's. It's a little weird to think about cause Our generation is used to everyone having atleast one if not multiple TVs and watching it as a time passer. It's strange to think that just a few generations ago they did really have TVs in their normal everyday lives. 

Movies Lecture.

Movies haven't really been around for that long if you think about it. They've only been around for a little over 100 years. We have come a very long way with them. We have developed 3-D movies. Like we have developed moving picture that can pop off the screen when wearing certain lenses. That is actually incredible when you think about it.
Also, thanks to Mr. Miller who made me think about movies differently. I always thought it was just a fun thing to do with friends but it actually has all these components. We like to always be first to do everything.

WLKY: Your Online National News Source.

WLKY has an impressive number of national stories for their online database. Their motto is literally "live. local. late breaking." but they're online site has a lot of national stories which is really good because you can get local and national stories all in the same place and there's a really good mix of them both. of course this is bad if you want a lot of local with all the national mixed in. They also have a lot, compared to the others we looked at, of international stories.
While they have a good mix they have relatively less stories than other sources. So if you want a bunch of information WLKY is not the right source for you.
Other the hand, the show has a lot stories reported on air. This is a kind of a bittersweet thing. On one hand, you are getting a lot of info in 30 minutes but you don't get in depth details.

WDRB: Local source.

WDRB is a good news source if you want to know a lot of local stories and happenings.  They had 232 which is the most out of all the sources we looked at. That's 86% of the 271 stories they had aired.
They also aired a lot of social issue and human interest related things. It's not necessarily a bad thing but it's also not the best. I don't really know how relevant the stories were but they most likely weren't all that important compared to other news events that could of been reported on.

WHAS: International news? I think not.

WHAS has only reported one international story throughout the whole 20 days we have done this assignment. The world is current omg going through a very big war and we have scandals happening with international coverage yet they have only reported one story that dealt with international affairs. There is a huge war in Syria and Afghanistan. ISIS is been a huge problem lately and yet they've reported one story. Volkswagen has been dealing with a scandal that has affected a bunch of their cars that they've had to recall and they have reported one story. These are two huge topics that have had multiple big events and they have reported on one thing.

WAVE 3: Good or No?

The news channel I watched was WAVE 3. I would not say it is a very good news source of you want actual newsworthy stories. A lot of their stories were about celeberties and fluff. They weren't really things that matter. And by this I mean, they were not going to affect a lot of the people for a long time. There was one story that they highlighted for almost a whole block about a dog being shot. Although this is sad, it doesn't really affect you unless you are a huge animal rights activist or just generally really passionate about that topic. 

They also tended not to update viewers on governmental and political happenings. Over all 20 days they only reported 19 stories about government and politics even though we have multiple elections going on. 

Response to Ali's thoughts.

Ali's blog post about binary models asks a lot of good  questions some of which I don't understand myself.  I agree with her view on "why are horizontal monopolies illegal?" She also makes the really good point that we believe everyone does whatever they can to fit in when in reality there are people who are independent thinkers.
Overall her article brings up a lot of good points and is a well written response.

Responding to ModeratleyMaggie's view on Conglomeration.

I strongly agree with Maggie Mitchell's view on conglomeration. One point that she makes is one that we didn't go over in class saying it creates less advertising jobs. I find this to be a really good realization. Most people would not think of something like this so props to Mags. Among that she makes several other good points including how the difference parts have limited freedom due to the parent company's morals.
Overall I think Maggie did a really good job with stating her thoughts on conglomeration. .

Critiquing the Media.

  The very first yardstick is making sure something is newsworthy. They must be things that will affect a lot of people of all kind and things that will affect these said people for a long time. This topic is very sad and this incident should not have happened but it has not met the standards of newsworthiness. The man talked about is fine and they said it is not believed to be connected to other shooting on interstate 10 so it is not that relevant to people who don't know this cop. Also this happened in Pheonix so it would only be semi-relevant to people in Pheonix. If it was connected to the other shootings then it would be more relevant but still not that newsworthy. The shooting are still only relevant to people who live over in the area.

The article under the interrogation lamp is here.

Talking about Media Critiques.

Media critiques are an essential part of the news world. They do the very important job of making sure reporters or news organizations do the right thing. It is really important to make sure everyone is following the elements and yardsticks. It is also good to tell the audience who is doing a good job at following the rules and who isn't so that they know who they should should trust and follow over others who aren't doing as good a job as others.

Newspapers and why they are important.

Newspapers are the basis of basically all reporting. They are an important but dying part of society. They are one of the main things that started mass communication. There is a reason they have lasted 2074 years if counting The Daily Acts in 59 BC. They are a great sharable resource. Many people have a connection with them because they have seen their parents and grandparents reading them so it has become tradition. I think that's pretty cool. Overall I believe newspapers are a really cool concept and it makes me kind of sad that they are dying out. b

Thoughts on Demassification.

I like to think of demassification as a good thing. Instead of paying a magazine with something for everyone or watching a certain tv station waiting for the show you like to come on, you can now pay that same price for something that is just full of stuff you like and not just a few things. You can watch a station and like pretty much everything on it. Although it's pretty great in my opinion, it has its downsides. You won't be exposed to all these different interests so you may not branch out as much as you could if you were seeing them everywhere.

Conglomeration.

Conglomeration has it's goods and bads. It is a very good thing for the businesses because they have a lot of assets and things to fall back on. If one fails, they can drop it and move on without a care. They can see something working and run with it under many different outlets which is pretty cool because they can produce a wide range of products for a specific idea. This in turn can be bad for us consumers though. We get less diverse content. If everything is run by the same few companies then we will just keep getting the same things over and over. This is a good thing for some people if they like the things that are being duplicated but for others who don't it is a nightmare.

I personally like the things that people are creating. I love pretty much everything Disney, owner of ABC, Marvel, and A&E, creates.