MOVIES GALORE!

     The movies lecture to me was an "okay" lecture just because it was kind of expected on what it would be about, like: immersive experience and cultural significance. I think out of the entire lecture I probably found the Pseudo Demassification Solutions to be the most interesting because compared to what movie producers our putting out today would have had the jaws of those who were there from the very beginning of the movie phenomenon on the floor.  I didn't even realize how modest people back in the late 1800's-1900's were. I mean a woman and a man in the same bedroom would be considered risky...I don't even think our generation has a cross over line of risky...I just think we are. When you started to discuss color and how T.V commercials would promote movies saying that they would have those vibrant shots is really cool because they wanted to advance this business. I am extremely happy that movies/ movie theatres are still around today because even if we can watch a movie on Netflix or Hulu, it isn't the same as going to a movie theatre and being imbedded in the darkness and silence. 

    

RADIO SAVED!

     The radio lecture was by far one of my favorite lectures that we've done so far because of how interactive you (Mr. Miller) were and you seemed really excited to talk to us about this innovative product that changed the world! We learned about important dates and certain people who really sparked the idea of radio and made it happen. I loved that you talked about Nikola Tesla because I read his biography in the summer and I absolutely love the way he is as a person, he may not have been the smartest business man but his legend still lives on today and that's what's important. The thing that really surprised me but at the same time made sense was that R&R saved radio. There was this really stupid conflict between parents and teens about R&R and how it would make you mediocre and how bad of an influence it was...well it kind of got crushed after there was a rock song played in a movie theatre, after that R&R was the genre everyone listened to. Knowing that in 1940 there were 40 million people who had radios in their homes is a crazy number. It's sad to think that radio has demassified, but we have evolved in technology since then. With the creation of apps, we can have a song on the tip of your fingers. Either way this was a fun lecture, and I enjoyed listening to original recordings. 

RECORDED MUSIC: NOT OUT OF STYLE!

     This is one of my favorite lectures that we have done so far because we learned how people actually appreciated the art of music, compared to now where we have this instantaneous plug that we are able to listen to the music that we like, whenEVER we like and I think living in the generation that we do, we don't necessarily appreciate that, so we take it for granted. This lecture kind of taught us the point of view of music in the early 1800's to early 1900's, and of course, how music became a mass medium. Back to appreciating the music...music was something special and sacred, something that was saved for important occasions, was enjoyed through hard times, and always had a purpose. Now, music is this pass time, something we young teenagers, adults, and elders can listen when we want. There are all sorts of genres to fit each personality, there are all types of meanings, different languages to fit each culture. Music has come a long way in general, this medium can save a life and that's tremendous. I loved learning about this, about music being something special, and for me, it really made me think twice when I am listening to something because I know now that it always wasn't a present thing, and I shouldn't take this product for granted, because It has come a long way.

TELEVISION IS A WASTE!

      The title may be misleading, it may not, but I think that the T.V lecture was extremely boring to me just because I'm not a T.V person in general. I rarely find entertainment in watching a T.V show for one hour on a certain day of the week, it's just never been something that interested me. I think that there are better things to do than sitting down to watch something that I will forget about in a few months, I might be boring but that's just how I am. I think the reason why I found the lecture monotonous in general was because you discussed the history of this medium and I think that it's important for someone who is interested in this topic to know the amount of T.V's that were sold and the process of how this came to be, etc., but to me it was not interesting at all, and of course I'm not trying to bash you (Mr. Miller)  but everyone has different opinions and perspectives, this topic just isn't my thing. But I will say that when you started to discuss the impact of T.V on the population it got interesting because it was a domino effect through time: something 1 lead to something 2, and something 2 lead to something 3, and so on. Now T.V has demassified with the internet and everything seems to be loosing it's audience because of the internet, and I think as we evolve as a nation and technology wise as well, eventually internet will demassify.

 

RESPONSE TO MOVIES: THOMAS SIMMONS

   I thought that Thomas's response to movies was extremely insightful and well written. It was clever of him to include an example of how movies really have had an effect on people. I had forgotten after the lecture that when movies were first introduced...that there was this shock factor, anything could surprise the audience, whether is be the graphics or a train moving towards someone, It was easily believable. It was something that attracted those who had never seen something like that. Now of course, we have come a long way with technology and we have advanced tremendously. With that, a movie theatre is like a big comfy living room with your family and friends and some weird strangers that you don't know, but nonetheless it is exciting and fun and it will continue to be so until we create something more, something that will top this "tradition." With that, Thomas did a wonderful job stating his opinion and making sure that his readers knew what he was talking about.

http://simmonsfile.blogspot.com/2015/10/response-vi-movies.html

RESPONSE TO RADIO: EMMA PAGNI

     I loved reading Emma's response to the radio lecture because we had the same ideas about certain things that she nor I thought about before. I think that with Emma's response it had me understand  more about the way that radio has demassified over time with it's competitor: the internet. Since reading Emma's response to radio I thought about how in class we almost always talk about how a certain "product," if you will, demassifies  in a time span where another product has become the center of attention and this always leaves the product; in this case radio, behind. There is nothing more compelling in my opinion than when we innovate something that ripples through the entire world, and has everyone in this interactive state of relativity knowing that we are able to communicate with one product, and that one product can have such a strong effect on those who purchase/use it, it will then become this phenomenon where the old is something to overlook, because the important is present, and that's what our generation cares about: the new.

 

http://freshoffthepresswithemma.blogspot.com/2015/10/radio.html

QUEEN OF TECHNICOLOR: (MEDIA CRITIQUE #2)

      A fiery woman with Irish decent can never be forgotten. Maureen O’Hara, an actor who was known for her livid red hair and strong personality dies at age 95. This news story was covered by the one and only: WHAS11 news and is one story that is worthy to be a headline. Some may argue, but the reasoning that will be provided will most likely overpower the one contradicting it.

     The news story does a wonderful job complementing Maureen's successes and as an actress how she was perceived, who she truly was as a person, and the works that she did throughout her acting career that made her stand out from the rest. Including this as a headline might not be "appropriate" to some people but it definitely will be read by numerous subscribers who have grown up with Maureen and have seen her in numerous films and who have supported her and will continue to support her. WHAS11 did a good job on making sure to include her good and bad moments and making sure that they weren't just washing her with love and affection. They wanted to be honest and let people know she had a strong personality and she would stand her guard when it ever came time to defend herself.

     A good representation of how WHAS11 was being truthful was by including these lines of texts: "On the screen, O’Hara always played strong, willful women. In a 1991 interview, she was asked if she was the same woman she appeared in movies."“I do like to get my own way,” she said. “But don’t think I’m not acting when I’m up there. And don’t think I always get my own way. There have been crushing disappointments. But when that happens, I say, ‘Find another hill to climb.’” With this it shows how WHAS11 isn't afraid so show some truth.

     This story meets a few requirements to the 10 elements of journalism but they definitely hit it home for: "Make the important interesting." This generation isn't interested in the 1950 films when there was no color and most certainly nothing HD but WHAS was able to intrigue the audience with the images and the headline. This is something that can be hard to do but they made this woman relive her glory. She was a staple figure in the acting world and went through the good and bad and it shows in her smile.

http://www.whas11.com/story/life/people/2015/10/24/actress-maureen-ohara-dies-at-age-95/74536318/
     

WINNERS OF FLUFF: (MEDIA CRITQUE #1)

     WHAS11 News: a local television news broadcast that seems to find their entertainment IN entertainment, rather it's a progression in trying to get viewers, reeling those in, to add to their "large audience"  and of course to get the weekly paycheck. News to them is like a story on Britney Spears shaving her head twice: No Relevance. One would like to  think that these news broadcasts have the intentions of only providing the MOST important information that will actually cause some action and awareness in the community. There is nothing better than turning on the 8:00 morning news and hearing about a man who was saved by the infamous social media site: Facebook.

     The news story titled: Man says local Facebook page saved his life by Shay McAlister, really hit home for a lot of people in the Louisville area who find Facebook as a therapy session with these "online personalities" that could potentially stalk each other but that thought never crossed the mind of Brandon Hold...again the man who was saved by: FACEBOOK. This 27 year old homeless man decided that he would use the free wifi at the Taco Bell on  New Cut Road to talk about his situation and how hard it has been for him after loosing his job. He says: "I’m in shorts and it’s extremely cold. I’m hungry and I can’t bring myself to ask a stranger in person for help. I am so ashamed to be this way." How compelling and

heart-warming...NO! This story is all sorts of wrong. There are millions of people in this nation, around the world, who are homeless and each individual is not getting a news story about how they were cold and wearing jean shorts: IT'S NOT NEWSWORTHY.

     This is a news story that requires a lot of argument and defending to pass as something that should have been posted online under the "headline" section of the website...which is clearly not practical being that it isn't a story that should've been reported or even questioned on. This is a "glance" article not a "read" article. According to the Ten Elements this is not important nor interesting and it's a filler spot for something that could be news. The news broadcast (WHAS11) is not being loyal to its subscribers and its audience at home, this is a story that should be put towards the end, not a headline because it's not worthy of an individual story, and sadly, more than half of the state of Kentucky doesn't care that ONE homeless man was "saved" by Facebook because one: he was living, two: he wasn't dying, and three: he was only homeless for a week. That is why Kentucky is the 49th un-happiest state.


http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/2015/10/19/man-says-local-facebook-page-saved-his-life/74240488/