UNIT 2 ISSUE 7 GO GIGANTES!!!!

Is Advertising Good for Society?

Its good and bad.... Depends on how it's used and the truth behind the message. 

John Calfee pushes the issue that consumers make better decisions with advertising. 

On the contraryDinyar Godrej makes his claim that advertising brings emotion and anxiety.

Again like all my other blogs I see both sides which one is right, I dont know.

YES: Advertising helps create new products to come and change society. He talks how health claims advertising has become a huge phenomenon. This is how people hear about new pills or viagra's which to me is misleading not all these meds are good for you or infor that advertisers put out. Look how the cigarette ads are they are very misleading and directed to certain people (youth) and ethnic backround.

When it all comes down to its $$$$$$$$!!!!!! 

NO:

Hungry for cool explains it. advertising does portray lifestyles like it says in the book. Beyond what normal citizens can reach!! Ad industry's have made there way into tv shows billboards internet radio commericials, you name a form of medium and you will see ADS. No it cannot be good for us when its not going out there for the good of the people, truly isnt rarely i believe that ads are not good at some extent but its drilled into our lives now, its going to get worse. For example the publishers clearing house, you won $3123156156650561055 dollars in the mail, just call 1-800-liars. Very misleading and should be illegal along with all the other negative and misleading advertisments.

Are the Citizens better informed in the Information Society? GO GIANTS!!!!!!!

Betsy Cordoba                                                                                    Andrews           

Media, Politics & Society

RA1

                       

Are the Citizens better informed in the Information Society?

Hypothesis:

This exercise was to see how people are informed with news, media, and politics. The Governor’s election is a week away and I came up with a few questions to see how informed people are.  I asked a series of questions to a group of forty people to see what they exactly knew. Most of my questions were very basic and were answered by young, old, and different nationalities. My first sets of questions were too open ended so I came up with a new set of questions that were quick and easy.  My tentative insight feels that people are not going to be informed, as everyone should be.  This survey of forty people will give me an idea of how people use their time, how much truth do they know, and if they even are well informed. Throughout class we have discussed if society is well informed. In the book called Taking Sides

Alexander Hanson asks the reader if we are better informed in the information society? In the book two sides were proposed, yes and No.  In my survey you will see how people of all ages and races are informed.

Method:

After thinking how I can get a variety of answers and be efficient with my time, I realized I could email and use Face book to help. These are a few ways that I stay in loop with family and friends that are Internet ready. I was able to get most people to answer my six questions with various different answers. Below are my questions:

1. How informed are you on the Governor’s race? Rate yourself. 1 to 5

2. Do you know who is the former CEO of E-Bay?

A. Betsy Ross

B. Bill Gates

C. Meg Whitman

D. Steve Jobs

3. Do you know what specific vote both Governor candidates are going for?

A. Caucasian

B. African-American

C. Middle-Eastern

D. Latino

4. Who is the candidate opposed for Proposition 8?

A. Jerry Brown

B. Willie Brown

C. Meg Whitman

D. Lisa Leslie

5. A Governors term in office is how many years?

A. 4 Years

B. 2 Years

C. 3 Years

D. 1 Year

6. How much time do you spend on the Internet in one day?

A. 1 Hour

B. 3 Hours

C. 5 Hours

Result Summary:

After I tallied up everyone’s answer I came to realize everyone had vary different answers. For example, my first question with how informed are you on the 2010 Governor’s race? Most people are very “somewhat” informed; which took me to my last question, how much time do you spend on the Internet. Most people that spent more time on the Internet had answered more questions correctly. The people that spend the least amount did not answer questions correctly.  I think I should have narrowed down whom I asked the series of questions. Since I asked all kinds of different people I received various answers. I think if I would have kept it in a certain group I would have came with a more conclusive summary.  As for my question number five, it was close to even, some said three years in office and some said four years. Obviously four years is correct but I received all answers 4,3,2, and one year.  What most people did know what that Meg Whitman is the former CEO of E bay now is that because people use e bay a lot of because the media has pushed that one fact into mainstream over and over? Summarizing my information I see how media does effect how informed people are.

Conclusion:

After gathering and charting my answers I came to the conclusion that Citizen are better informed when they use mass media, not necessarily right but more informed in general. My answers were everywhere aside from question number two, most people knew about Meg Whitman and how she was the former CEO of E Bay. If I could do this again I would pick a certain age group with that I feel that I can become more conclusive with the hypothesis. I think it’s important that we have an informed citizenry however my answers were everywhere. I can say my group of forty people are mislead by media and has given me reason to believe that it effects the truth and the step towards a better society.  In order for our democracy to work it needs to inform the truth.  My survey gave me everything, which means we are not well informed and only through some media can we seek truth.

RA1 Survey Questions

1. How informed are you on the Governor’s race? Rate yourself. 1 to 5

2. Do you know who is the former CEO of E-Bay?

A. Betsy Ross
B. Bill Gates
C. Meg Whitman
D. Steve Jobs
3. Do you know what specific vote both Governor candidates are going for?

A. Caucasian
B. African-American
C. Middle-Eastern
D. Latino


4. Who is the candidate opposed for Proposition 8?
A. Jerry Brown
B. Willie Brown
C. Meg Whitman
D. Lisa Leslie

5. A Governors term in office is how many years?
A. 4 Years
B. 2 Years
C. 3 Years
D. 1 Year

6. How much time do you spend on the internet in one day?
A. 1 Hour
B. 3 Hours
C. 5 Hours

Are people better Informed in the information society ISSUE 18

Linda Jackson and Mark Bauerlein confuse me. which to pick or to agree on,  I do not know. I feel that the new technology and the new way we get new information. Its more efficient means however it can hurt more than help the new technology. we are in a world now where people get sucked into the internet TV  and very fake. The method that used on PG369.  in regards 140 children residing in the urban community. I do not agree with this book the stats are not correct for everyone. This brings in race and it drives me up the wall, when our gov't has set it up to be like this.
Needless to say the new technology is good but you need to know how to limit it and use it in a way where it will help you not hurt you!

LETTER TO BBC : ~ )

10/5 INTERNATIONAL PRESS ONLINE 2HOURS

Ok. I read and listened to VOA news, Voice of America and BBC British Broadcasting Corporation.

I focused on an international story.  THE CHILEAN MINERS


On BBC
- Using the inverted pyramid, There are 33 miners that have been trapped for over 2 months?!? YES 2 freaking months and to think they are alive, WOW! crazy. on August 5th there was a rockfall north of the Chilean capital of Santiago on August 5. They had almost given up the search when rescuer's discovered 17 days later that all 33 are still alive. Using a "dove system" how to send messages they were able to tell the search crew to not give up hope. This coming weekend they plan on pulling out the 33 men crew out.
They have drilled over 1,500 of rock thus far. They just now have to line the tunnel because of the heat they have to be careful because it can become fatal.


VOA reports it almost the same but to me its a little more personal. They through in how family members of the trapped miners. However VOA was a lot shorter in writing.  I did not know that Chile is the worlds largest copper supplier.

VOA I personally like their perspective better, short and dry. just easier to read period. straight to the point. BBC went off on tangents, for example how the other miners that were not trapped started to protest about not getting paid since the incident. I thought was quite strange takes away from the importance of the topic.

BBC had a picture which VOA didnt which makes it more real


They both talked about the president hoping he can be their when the miners come up before 10/15 when he leaves the country.


This is a crazy story from both international news corps's reporting on international issues.

I wonder why we have not heard of it over here in the US, 2 months and 33 men are STILL alive?? that is just crazy!!!!

Fox primary: complicated, contractual

I guess Foxs News is paying to keep things private which is making other Networks upset. They are going out there way to keep things exclusive on FoxNews. The conservatives want to take charge of office next election and are starting early way before the primaries.  This type of media strategy is crazy.  Its all about making money and keeping the political groups together. Territory, money, respect, power this is all it is. Why are they doing this ?? 
Well I know why but geesh elections is somewhat FAR away. while reading this article I was thinking this trend is new but come to read it is not. This happened in 1990" with CNN. I did learn about objective journalism through this article. They ask hard questions. Politics somewhat makes me sick and how its a dirty game. I wonder if the candidates for the republican party will leak out sooner than they want. We will see. What does toe in the water mean? 
does that mean you say a little but not a lot, like how palin answered her question to see if she would run for presidency this upcoming election she left the people thinking I guess that is what it means. It makes it harder for the journalists to get both sides. How can you report? Reports are put in limbo by the republican party. FOX is not messing around! 

CAN THE MEDIA REGAIN THE PUBLIC TRUST WEEK 5 UNIT 3 ISSUE 8 PG 150

CAN THE MEDIA REGAIN THE PUBLIC TRUST?


 Im a little late on posting because I finally figured its not eblogger.com it is www.blogger.com
WHOOPSIE!


Anyways back to the lecture at hand.
After reading the article I do believe that the media can PARTIALLY regain the public trust but not fully, There is just too much junk and sources that influence how we think individually. The news plays a big role here in America but since we leave in a democracy the role of journalist is important. However, we will never get the complete truth which means we cannot trust the media completely. The technology today does give us options but we need to make educated decisions when choosing what we believe is the truth. We all know that media is controlled by the Government and Companies with money.
Michael Schudson argues that we need news and it keeps democracy in line, the media goes against the grain, wether it is right or wrong. On the other end Hockenbuerry adds that media says what they need to say to make you "feel good" wether it is good or bad just to get audience. On Page 155 they give an example of how Ralph Nader made it clear and let people know that he did not get coverage from the press. Schudson compared how Nader could have possible been treated better in Germany with more attention. I really do not like reading this book, both guys talk about to different things which do not bring it back to the question as a whole. I did like how and agreed that outsider news has a big influence on the news. People can now blog about articles and stories they read on the internet. Nonetheless we need to hear news it keeps everyone informed. As americans we need to just make smart decisions on what believe or do not believe. 

ITS ABOUT TIME WE GET RID OF SCHWARTZWAHTEVER HIS NAME IS!!!!!!!

So to the left is Jerry Brown a Democrat running for California Governor. He was Oakland's Mayor some time ago. I had no clue he was Governor before. If he wins this year this will be his 3rd term.
His website www.jerrybrown.org goes over watch he wants to focus on if he wins. Here are a few things he talks about: Civil Rights, CA budget, Jobs, Enviornemnt and education. He wants to get people of CA to work again, that it would help our state all around. If he get gets position again after 27 years he is comitted to change for this state not like swartzenLOSER! ugh! Right now Brown is the State Attorney General too. I do not know what that is, I will look it up.
On the other side we have a woman, Meg Whitman a Republican, who was once the owner of Ebay. She talks about the same thing on her website megwhitman.com. Changing the job crisis, investing more in education, etc etc. Hers and Brown sound the same. Her bio is cheesy and corny! I did find her "Latinos for Whitman" interesting she is trying to focusing on helping edcuation in so cal for students and teachers.
I dont know who at this point I would choose. It all sounds the same to me. I wonder how would I go about picking the right canidate? Someone with more experience that is a democrat or a woman that was once a CEO of a big company that has a LOT of mulah!!?

Seems like Brown has more experience but I do not want to underestimate a woman that has built up Ebay.....

UNIT 3 ISSUE10 Does Fake news mislead public

I believe that fake media misleads the public. Its invading the public in every way you can think of. It's so easy to mute and skip through commercials and different media but advertisers are doing everything possible to make sure we get their message. This goes back to the companies and gov't that pay to have certain things on the news. For example a local hospital paying a local newstation to show that they have a cure for some new type of cancer or somethign along the lines of that. I think fake news is bigger than it has ever been. The government controls what is put out which can be at time very misleading. After watching Meghan Mcain on the daily show and on fox news you see how even Meghan was promoting her book on 2 different shows they both had a script of questions. The daily show she was a little more free to speak but not on fox news. I think its wrong because I like to see informative truth. There are different ways that the news misleads us, it could be through humor or being soft spoken and welcoming like rachael maddow, or straight forward and blunt like Robert maddow.
I hate it both to be honest.

Does fake news mislead public UNIT 3 ISSUE 9 PAGE173

I believe that it truly does. I could be a lot a could be a little depending I believe on where we live how we are raised and what we are exposed to! How information is fed to the viewers is why a lot of people believe the media. Some are through humourous manners and others are in a more welcoming soft manner like Rachael Maddow.  The Daily show is humorous so people tend to follow because you are being informed as you laugh. And who does not like to laugh. Since the 1970's news has come into many different forms, newpaper, magaizines, television and now internet. The reading goes into detail of why the daily show is so solid and everyone watches becuase its emphasis on humor rather than substance. Which makes sense but could be very misleading for people that are easily persueded by news. Sampling, coding, reliability, and results are the biggest aspects to get people to listen to you message through the news. How the coding is brought out, which news will be put out first at the top of the hour, it will not be  the stock market, it will be something that is relevant and timely to an entire community or city or class. How reliable is the news matter but how its put out is where it counts. For young people like me we as awhole identify more to night television programs that make it welcoming and fun especially when we talk about politics.We learn through enterntainment news not just straight news!

MSNBC & FOX TV SHOWS

MSNBC RACHAL MADDOW-
I first watched the Rachel Maddow show, I do not know much about this channels but she is liberal from what is seems like. She is going over how John Boehner almost started to cry about the vote for the bailout of wall street. Boehner a republican is the soft target lately. After he spoke President Obama spoke in Ohio yesterday and bashed him and used him as the target. When Obama was talking about his economic plan he made it clear that all the americans are in the boat together. Im still not sure whats going on with the Wall street bailout but I think its about helping the richer get rich, save their butts but not help out the middle class.  Maddow went over with a professor from princeton university how the democates are getting crazy ie president and vice president. I have never watched so much politic talk in my life.  This is very interesting however I do not know where I stand.
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FOXNEWS CRASH COURSE- GLENN BECK
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4331341/becks-crash-course-day-ii
I  watched this short crash course clip of the rundown of America's future through the mind of Glenn Beck. Most definatley a conservative. He went over that Radicals are surrounding the presidency like Black Panthers and Marxist.  Im not sure where he was going with all of this but I believe that he is against what he thinks President Obama is doing and associating with. How true is all this, I am not sure. Now I know why I do not like politics what so ever, who is really telling the truth. Are the rich trying to get richer and are the poor really getting poorer or are they using the system to try and contribute more.
This tax stuff I do not understand either along with the wall street bailout. I do like the style of Glenn Beck's style of speaking it's as if we are conversating, a little high strung but I like it.

Unit 1 Issue 1 Page 2

This chapter goes over the how Mass Media shapes our society or even if it does. It goes back and fourth with the two. Media shapes how we think, what we do, our opinions in our everyday life. 
In the chapter Schiller provides that mass media institutions control our world. On the contrary James Carey that communication is symbolic to our lives and culture.