1. what are your earliest recollections of books? Do you read for pleasure? If yes, what kinds of books do you enjoy? Why? My earliest recollection of books is when i was little and my mom and dad use to read me books like Brown Bear and the Bernstein Bears. I do not read for pleasure because mostly i do not have time. I go to school then i do homework and by the time i have time to read i would much rather do something else beside look at another book. I already read a lot for school so that is the main reason i do not read for pleasure, also i guess because i was forced to read a lot of books so i don't take the time to find what books could possible interest me.
2. What can the book industry do better to ensure that we are not overwhelmed by a visual and electronic culture? I believe the main thing the book industry can do so that we are not overwhelmed by visual and electronic culture is they can lower the price of books. Some books today are more expensive they the actual movie is. People may prefer to buy the movie instead of the book because one it is cheaper and because it will not take as much time to watch the movie than it will to read the book.
6. Would you read a book on an iPod or a Kindle? Why or Why not?
I would not read a book on an ipode or a kindle. Although i do not read much i would rather read a text or article in an magazine or a book. Reading in a book is more easily done and some people just like the feel of a book and believe that it is easier to take places. Another reason i would rather read a book in text rather than on a kindle or an ipod is the expense. Those items are a lot more expensive than if you would just buy a regular book, and not only do you have to buy the kindle but you still have to buy the book on the kindle for a couple of dollars. So i feel that it is a waste of money to buy kindles.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
chapter 9
1. What are your earliest recollections of magazines? Which magazine do you read regularly today? Why?
My earliest recollections of magazines were the Highlight books. I used to read those magazines and they always have games that i liked to play. They also had little comic strips in there that i guess i thought was funny. The magazine that i read regularly today would have to be Sports Illustrated. The reason that i read Sports Illustrated regularly is because it has articles on the latest news in sports, and since i watch sports everyday i also like to read bout some of the news that is not on T.V. but is in the magazine.
6. Discuss whether your favorite magazines define you primarily as a consumer or as a citizen. Do you think magazines have a responsibility to educate their readers as both? What can they do to promote responsible citizenship?
My favorite magazines define me primarily as a consumer and not an citizen. The reason my magazines are primarily consumers are the magazines that i read are like Dicks Sporting Goods , Baseball Express and even Sports Illustrated sales items in their magazine. These magazines are basically sports sales and they sale different sports apparel. Sports Illustrated although it does not sale a lot of items it does give information bout items. I believe that it is up to the company whether they want to educate their readers as consumers or citizens. Magazines can print more positive stories and give examples of athletes that have had positive influence on people's lives.
7. Do you think the internet will eventually displace magazines? Why or why not?
I do think that eventually the internet will displace magazines. The internet has already taken over a lot of things like we talked about in the last chapter. The internet has already taken over a little of the newspapers by putting them on the internet. Eventually the internet will take over magazines because everyone has the internet on phone so they can look up information on their phones or if they get bored in a doctors office instead of looking at magazines people will look on their phones for the same information. I think in another five or so years everything will be on the internet just like how DVD's took over VHS for videos.
My earliest recollections of magazines were the Highlight books. I used to read those magazines and they always have games that i liked to play. They also had little comic strips in there that i guess i thought was funny. The magazine that i read regularly today would have to be Sports Illustrated. The reason that i read Sports Illustrated regularly is because it has articles on the latest news in sports, and since i watch sports everyday i also like to read bout some of the news that is not on T.V. but is in the magazine.
6. Discuss whether your favorite magazines define you primarily as a consumer or as a citizen. Do you think magazines have a responsibility to educate their readers as both? What can they do to promote responsible citizenship?
My favorite magazines define me primarily as a consumer and not an citizen. The reason my magazines are primarily consumers are the magazines that i read are like Dicks Sporting Goods , Baseball Express and even Sports Illustrated sales items in their magazine. These magazines are basically sports sales and they sale different sports apparel. Sports Illustrated although it does not sale a lot of items it does give information bout items. I believe that it is up to the company whether they want to educate their readers as consumers or citizens. Magazines can print more positive stories and give examples of athletes that have had positive influence on people's lives.
7. Do you think the internet will eventually displace magazines? Why or why not?
I do think that eventually the internet will displace magazines. The internet has already taken over a lot of things like we talked about in the last chapter. The internet has already taken over a little of the newspapers by putting them on the internet. Eventually the internet will take over magazines because everyone has the internet on phone so they can look up information on their phones or if they get bored in a doctors office instead of looking at magazines people will look on their phones for the same information. I think in another five or so years everything will be on the internet just like how DVD's took over VHS for videos.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
chapter 8
1. What kind of stories, topics, or issues are not being covered well by mainstream papers?
When a newspaper writes a story i believe most of the time they get to choose their topic which makes them bias as to which topic they want to write about. Some examples of stories they don't write about much in the newspapers are stories on steroids in baseball, also certain situations dealing with the environment and the U.S. government. Although they do put some information about U.S. government they do not elaborate on it at all, they just put the jest of situation. I believe that the newspaper is very bias as to who writes it. If they do not want to write about a topic most of the time they do not have too. The local papers will write more on what is going on in the town and the big city newspapers like the Charlotte Observer write more on what is going around in the United States.
2. Why do you think people aren't reading U.S. daily newspapers as frequently as they once did? Why is newspaper readership going up in other countries? I think that people are not reading the newspapers such as the U.S. daily because it is more convent to look on the internet and read the news. Pretty much everyone's home page such as Yahoo has news on the homepage. Also you have to pay to get the newspaper and since everyone already has the internet it is free to for people to look the news up on the internet. Another reason i believe the space issue, there is not space limit like there is in the newspaper.The readership is going up in other countries simply because the internet is not as popular in other countries as it is in America.
5. Will Blogs and other internet news services eventually replace newspapers? I think they eventually blogs and the internet news services will eventually replace newspapers. In today's newspapers they only have a certain amount of space to write about a certain subject and all subjects do not get mentioned in the newspaper, but with the internet there is no space limit and they can write how ever much they want. Also with the internet and blogs will also let people write what they have to say and allow them to view other viewpoints of different people on certain situations. With the way everything else is going electronically dependent the internet will also go that way as well.
When a newspaper writes a story i believe most of the time they get to choose their topic which makes them bias as to which topic they want to write about. Some examples of stories they don't write about much in the newspapers are stories on steroids in baseball, also certain situations dealing with the environment and the U.S. government. Although they do put some information about U.S. government they do not elaborate on it at all, they just put the jest of situation. I believe that the newspaper is very bias as to who writes it. If they do not want to write about a topic most of the time they do not have too. The local papers will write more on what is going on in the town and the big city newspapers like the Charlotte Observer write more on what is going around in the United States.
2. Why do you think people aren't reading U.S. daily newspapers as frequently as they once did? Why is newspaper readership going up in other countries? I think that people are not reading the newspapers such as the U.S. daily because it is more convent to look on the internet and read the news. Pretty much everyone's home page such as Yahoo has news on the homepage. Also you have to pay to get the newspaper and since everyone already has the internet it is free to for people to look the news up on the internet. Another reason i believe the space issue, there is not space limit like there is in the newspaper.The readership is going up in other countries simply because the internet is not as popular in other countries as it is in America.
5. Will Blogs and other internet news services eventually replace newspapers? I think they eventually blogs and the internet news services will eventually replace newspapers. In today's newspapers they only have a certain amount of space to write about a certain subject and all subjects do not get mentioned in the newspaper, but with the internet there is no space limit and they can write how ever much they want. Also with the internet and blogs will also let people write what they have to say and allow them to view other viewpoints of different people on certain situations. With the way everything else is going electronically dependent the internet will also go that way as well.
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