Reader Response 3

In a Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter’s Ordeal

In the article about the reporter in Zimbabwe I found it interesting how they were treated. It is amazing what we take for granted here in America. I really enjoyed the description that he used in the article, it really gave me a visual of the state of the jail and the country. His experience seems like it could have been much worse and it is good that it wasn’t. I think that the citizens of the country probably don’t get the treatment that the two reporters do, which was obvious by the food they received everyday, the lawyer they were given and the blankets that they got. I think they’re treatment was probably based around the assumption that they had money and the police knew that. In all, I believe that this article tells a good story of what the countries normal citizens go through, and what they have to deal with in everyday life, the state of their government and how it is a slow and painful process to get rid of a bad leader. 

Elizabeth Edwards

I believe in most of what this article has to say. I think that is obvious that the media spends more times making thing news, which probably don’t deserve to be, than talking about the things that are really important. But this is two sided, because I believe that the public is somewhat to blame for this. The public are the ones who are interested in the weird things that celebrities do, the news has went from what people believe in and what they are going to change, to what did this person have for dinner, or what is their weird hobby they do in their free time. I think that the media has an obligation to make things news that is important for us to know, as well as entertaining. Another thing that I think is interesting about this article is it talks about the Internet having the articles about the candidate’s views, but you can’t find it anywhere else. I think that should be flip-flopped. The print and television media should be the ones with the important news and the news about the candidate’s views and ideas. And the Internet should be the one with the other weird entertaining articles.

Reader Response 2

 Average person spends more time using media than anything else

 

 

In reading this article I found several things interesting. The first thing I learned was that about 30 percent of the time spent involved in media is spent with multiple mediums. This means that 1/3 of the time people are multi-tasking, which doesn’t surprise me. I spend much of my time doing homework in front of the television or listening to music. The second thing I found interesting was the fact that “levels of concurrent media exposure were higher among those 40 to 65(years old) than people 18 to 39(years old).” This is interesting because it shows that people in the workplace have learned or are forced to be doing multiple things or activities in order to survive or prosper. 

Reader Response 1

 I first read a couple blogs from the Wired Journalist blog. One about how the future of print media depends on the youth in the industry and how the youth don’t really care if it fails. And another one about someone’s opinion on the steps the print media could take to improve its stance and sustainability. I read another from a different source from poynter online and found some similarities in them. I think that the first blog I read made a good point. It explained that people are relying on young journalist to revive the print media, but the young journalist are the ones with the least amount of experience, and they are also the ones that have been more influenced by technology. The other blog titled, My Humble Suggestion, talks about making print media more visually pleasing, and using the Internet in conjunction with newspapers to improve the industry. I think that the first blog was more on the right track. I believe that print media is on the outs. I don’t think that it can be revived, advertisers are making too many strides on the Internet and so are other forms of media. The last blog I read was called, The Platform: Reading newspapers on the Kindle, and was one man’s experience about when his morning paper was late and he went to his kindle to purchase it online. This article makes some good points, and I think that this one is more on point to the majority of people. The writer points out some great aspects of the online newspaper. Things that make it more appealing and what I believe make it steps above a regular print paper. Things like a brief description of all the articles, no advertisements just print, quick and easy navigation, once you download it you don’t need to be connected to the Internet anymore. The writer said that when he did finally receive his newspaper that it was more visually pleasing, but since when is the Internet not capable of making great photos, designs and art. I think that online newspapers are in some beginning stages and I think that eventually no matter what people think they will take over from print newspapers.