4. Who is Judith Miller? Should the United States have a federal shield law to protect reporters? Judith Miller was a reporter that spent 85 days in jail for refusing to testify about her confidential sources in connection with the leaked identity of CIA Valerie Plame. I think that the shield law is a good thing. As long as the story is true they should have rights to be able to disclose their sources to anyone or whoever they want to. If they did not have that right then people would be in danger if they told them where they heard certain information from.
5. What do you think of the current movie rating system? Should it be changed? Why or Why not?
I believe that the movie rating systems are fine where they are at now. There is not need to change the system. The ratings let the parents and the people know just how bad or what kind of language that the movie has in it. Although the system is good the ratings are getting a little flexible. Some of the Rated R movies today would not be rated R today. There are scenes that i do not think are for the movie theater, but they show it anyway. I do not think they should change the system but maybe they should tweak it a little. Just kind of catch up with the times and make sure that the things that are shown that are supposed to be shown for the certain type of rating.
6. Should the Fairness Doctrine be revived? Why or why not?
The Fairness Doctrine i believe should be revived. It is like the 1st amendment says you have a the right to free speech. You also should have the right to make your viewpoints known to the public and people should be able to argue or debate with the comments that you make on a certain political or non political subject. Although the TV or radio can only broadcast certain things i believe that it is important that they run them such as the Bin Laden issue. I believe they should let people speak their opinions and say what they want to say within reason.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
chapter 15
1.What are your main concerns or criticisms about the state of media studies at your college or university? I think that the media studies at Lenoir Rhyne are pretty good. If i am understanding what a media study is, i believe that they should help you a little more with jobs. When you go to choose your major they should tell you right then what fields are open and give you some idea if you will have a good chance of getting a job in that field or not.
2.One charge that has been leveled against a lot of media research both the effects and the cultural models is that it has very little impact on changing our media institutions? Do you agree or disagree?
I would somewhat agree because like me everybody has a different opinion about the media. Although my opinion about the media is not always a good one. I believe that most of the media likes to feed on the bad things that go wrong more than the good things that happen. The media has a tendency to also lie about things or not write the whole truth. So i would have to say that it does have a little impact on the media institutions rather than a big impact.
3. Can you think of an issue that media industry and academic researchers could study together?
One issue that i think the media industry and academic researchers could study together is the issue on steroids. Although steroids are illegal i think that in baseball the media is blowing the issue of players using them to another level. I think that researchers and the media should get together and see if they should really be illegal. Although steroids allow you to hit the ball farther you still have to hit the 90 mph fastballs and the curve balls that break 2 feet.
2.One charge that has been leveled against a lot of media research both the effects and the cultural models is that it has very little impact on changing our media institutions? Do you agree or disagree?
I would somewhat agree because like me everybody has a different opinion about the media. Although my opinion about the media is not always a good one. I believe that most of the media likes to feed on the bad things that go wrong more than the good things that happen. The media has a tendency to also lie about things or not write the whole truth. So i would have to say that it does have a little impact on the media institutions rather than a big impact.
3. Can you think of an issue that media industry and academic researchers could study together?
One issue that i think the media industry and academic researchers could study together is the issue on steroids. Although steroids are illegal i think that in baseball the media is blowing the issue of players using them to another level. I think that researchers and the media should get together and see if they should really be illegal. Although steroids allow you to hit the ball farther you still have to hit the 90 mph fastballs and the curve balls that break 2 feet.
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