Response to Joey's Blog

I think that in his response to the magazine lecture, Joey made a really good point about how much pictures add to a story. When a writer puts pictures into a story, it can provide so much more understanding for the reader because it gives them a visual of what the story is about. It adds so much more information and can help immensely if you don't have the ability to read. 

Check out Joey's response at: http://schusterpost.blogspot.com/2015/10/magazines.html?m=1

Response to Maggie's Blog

I Maggie made really good point in her response to the lecture about recorded music. She talked about how whether or not we realize it, music is probably a very large part of our regular routine. Which is so true! I think most people today would have a hard time thinking about a world without music but Maggie also talked about how before the recording technology we have today was developed, people probably didn't think about music the way we do now. It was probably a very small part of people's lives compared to what is it now. I never thought about this, but when I do, I find it really interesting. 

Check out her response at: http://moderatleymaggie.blogspot.com/2015/10/recording-technology.html?m=1

Radios

I found the lecture on radio very interesting. What I found most interesting was how soap operas originated on radio. Today, when most people think of soap operas, they think of really overly dramatic shows on TV. I found is so cool that they actually started on radio and why they're called soap operas was really interesting to me too. Soap operas are called soap operas because they were radio dramas that were mainly sponsored by soap companies. The original target was to housewives. I think this further proves a point that I previously talked about in a response to someone else's blog about how from its golden age to now, our perceptions of what radio was then and is now have changed dramatically as well as all of the things that have come as a result of radio. 

WLKY Media Critique

When looking at WLKY's website to see what was happening in Louisville, I immediately clicked on the tab that read "Top Stories" thinking that it would have the most important, most recent stories published. As soon as I got to the page, I was interested to see that one of their top stories was an article on a UK Football game. Initially it surprised me because I was not on the sports page and it was the only sports story listed. After reading the article, it clearly violates the yardstick of making the important interesting rather than the interesting important. The entire article mainly covers how the outcome of the upcoming football game could be important in proving they are not an underdog team and helping to unite programs. This story is not newsworthy yet is made important by WLKY. The content of the article does not describe an event that could affect a very large group of people for a large amount of time. It is not a story that should be published where it is. It is interesting and important to people who care about sports, more specifically UK sports, but is irrelevant to those who don't and therefore should not be made as important as it being made. 

Check out the article at: http://m.wlky.com/sports/lachlan-mclean-tennessee-game-important-measuring-stick-for-uk/36142390

Response to Piper's Blog

I think Piper made a really interesting point in her response to the radio lecture about connecting new radio with old radio. With the demassification of radio due to television and the Internet our perception of what radio initially was is completely different. I think it was really cool that she listened to the radio station Mr. Miller talked about and observed the obvious difference between new and old radio. Today, radio holds the upper hand in recorded music, which is why they are still as successful as they are. But initially, it was a large source of advertising and mainly talk shows. Of course, even on today's radio there are plenty of all three but I think it's interesting to think about what people use to expect when they turned on the radio when it was in its golden age, and what we expect when we turn it on now. 

Check out Piper's Blog Post at http://thenewpipertimes.blogspot.com/2015/10/radio.html?m=1

WLKY Observation

Since we started the news project, I had been expecting to see lots of coverage on the elections, other politics and bigger things affecting our nation as a whole. I was WLKY at 5:30 and there have been few to no stories about the election or other politics. As a local news station, WLKY focuses highly on crime and human interest stories. One might think with elections coming up and there still being soldiers serving our nation overseas, there would be more stories about event pertaining to these things. But for WLKY, that is not the case. The more I've watched and noticed this, it really surprises me because I didn't think that because the station was local there would be any less coverage on such topics compared to national news networks. 

Movies

During the movie lecture, I found it interesting how movies revolutionized mass communication by the immersive experience they provide. I never really noticed how much the large screen, surround sound, comfortable chairs, and dark lighting affects a person when watching a movie. It influences them and makes the experience sedentary and immersive. It's relaxing and easy, you don't have to think about anything. I also found really interesting how successful movies theaters are because of the fact that it has become a social event. Before the lecture, I think I thought of it as more of the other way around like "the movies are cool so we should hang out there" rather than "the movies are cool because we hang out there." I think the way the ideas were presented were good and I learned a lot from this lecture.