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caroline2088

A Secret with a Voice

Jan 18, 2007 11:10

Everybody has a voice to be heard. This is why blogging was created. To blog is to fight for what you believe in when the opinion of everyone else is drowning you out. The main stream media today collects the attention of the majority of the population and still they feel no responsibility to the public to report priority media that does affect ( Read more... )

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Another Point of View truth_infects January 20 2007, 05:19:23 UTC

While it is true that the Media is somewhat motivated by financial issues, the truth of the matter is that the Mass Media covers what people will watch. The Mass Media is able to earn income through commercials and how much they are able to charge per minute is based on a particular station’s ratings. The ratings for a station are high if their target audience is intrigued by what is covered and tune in or the station's ratings are low if their target audience is bored. So, let's say CNN, covers event X and its ratings go through the roof. Now, two weeks later the station has a choice to make; an event analogous to event X or its antipodean, event Y. Chances are that based on prior experience CNN will elect to air the event similar to event X. So the Media airs what people will tune into and the Media's continuing coverage of a certain topic only solidifies the point ( ... )

cathy5 January 23 2007, 03:45:00 UTC

Blogging today is a way to speak your mind. If there was no blogging then there wouldn't be an easy way to express your thoughts or say what you want to say. Although blogs are all opinions and from different people some are researched. So even though these are mostly unexperienced writers they still make their point and for the most part support their writings. Blogs can also help people and can be a place for people to talk about their problems and help each other through tough experiences. Bloggign can also help get the facts straight. Sometimes the media is wrong and the bloggers can help get the story straight or add on to it. So blogging is a very helpful way to communicate, even though its written by unexperienced writers.