We have an issue that needs to be solved quickly. Peter Goodman informs us that news should be spread safely around. This means we should have meetings to solve it. Goodman writes this passage “Foreign News at a Crisis Point” to give evidence on how this issue will be solved. Lastly, he uses logos, problem and solution, and comparison to explain his points. Goodman uses logos by putting statistics and evidence in paragraph one. He explains how foreign news has decreased. The contract writers were passed down to full-time staffers. He knows that this is not excellent at all. In paragraph two he explains American news has canceled foreign news altogether. For example in the text it says “… 20 American news organizations had entirely
Quindlen uses logos effectively by using facts from other sources. It shows when she tells us that, “The agriculture Department estimated in 1999 that twelve million children were hungry or at risk of going hungry.” This is only a small example of the facts she uses. Another example is when she tells us that, “A group of big-city mayors released a study showing that in 200, requests for food assistance from families increased almost 20 percent, more than at any time in the last decade.” These examples show how she is using logos to persuade readers.
In the article, “A liberal’s defense of Fox News”, Susan Estrich argues that the claims against Fox News are invalid and quite lacking. Estrich herself works at Fox News as a commentator and she seems to be quite qualified for her job as she is a tenured and titled law and politics professor at University of Southern California. For most of the part, Estrich delivers what seems to be a solid defense of Fox News. Estrich particularly writes the article amidst criticism faced by two journalists of Fox News regarding not following proper journalistic procedure in two separate interview that they had. The article was published in 2005 when the US was dealing with the aftermath of Iraq War and also faced several other issues of deficit. Estrich defends the actions by Fox News and further tries to paint Fox News as a news channel that follows proper journalistic integrity. Despite the article appearing to be convincing, I would not recommend the article to WRI 101 freshmen because the
In the documentary film, Page One: Inside The New York Times, the inner world of journalism is revealed through journalists David Carr and Brian Stelter as the newspaper company The New York Times, struggles to keep alive within a new wave of news journalism. The film is dedicated to reveal the true inner mechanics of what modern day new journalists face on a daily basis and leaves the audience almost in a state of shock. It broadcasts news journalism as yes, an old school method of news generation, but it also highlights an important component that reveals the importance behind this “old school” methodology. We often think that progression always correlates with positive products, but the documentary insists that within the case of modern journalism, the new wave method is actually a detriment that can reap negative consequences.
A Rumor of War is a book written by Philip Caputo on his experience in Vietnam and the hardships of being in war. His journey began at the age of 24 when he is diploid, from 1960 until 1965. The book illustrates this image of Caputo of the maturity process he goes through. Caputo explains his main reason for going to war was his experience during the Camelot of the Kennedy era, where like many other Americans, Caputo wanted to know "what he could do for his country," as according to what President Kennedy said in his speech. Many Americans at the time believed that they needed to have that spirit and embrace their country. The images portrayed by the media impacted how Americans responded to the heroism these soldiers accomplished. Caputos accomplishments with the war was completely parallel to those of the American people.
“During the rest of the year fifteen million students get free or cut-rate lunches at school, and many of them get breakfast, too. But only three million children are getting lunches through the federal summer lunch program.”(P5) Readers react differently to certain appeals which is why this author chooses two to make sure the point gets across. Logos is for the readers that have a bigger reaction to numbers than appeals to emotion. Quindlen effectively uses statistics that fit nicely in with the rest of the paragraphs to have a nice development into anecdotes. While there are quite a few statistics in this essay, they don’t overpower the sense of pathos in this essay. They actually go nicely with fitting into the anecdotes and giving background information to better understand the
History has revealed that there have been many cases of political hysteria where the fear people acquire is much greater than anyone can imagine, and it often repeats itself. Political hysteria manipulates American identity and assumes that outside factors are the reason for detrimental occurrences. In any given case of hysteria, there was always an ulterior motive for political gain. In American Hysteria; The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in The United States, by Andrew Burt, he explains political hysteria using different case studies that occurred throughout history. Burt argued that in each instance there is something going on, during that time, that sets the tone for each period of hysteria. Burt argued that these movements are not accidental but are motivated by a precise set of situations in which individuals with social status and political power see it slipping away.
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
In “The Closing of the American Book,” published in the New York Times Magazine, Andrew Solomon argues about how the decline of literary reading is a crisis in national health, politics, and education. Solomon relates the decline of reading with the rise of electronic media. He believes that watching television and sitting in front of a computer or a video screen instead of reading can cause the human brain to turn off, and lead to loneliness and depression. He also argues that with the decrease of reading rates, there will no longer be weapons against “absolutism” and “terrorism,” leading to the United States political failure in these battles. The last point Solomon makes is that there is no purpose behind America being one of the most literate societies in history if people eradicate this literacy, and so he encourages everyone to help the society by increasing reading rates and making it a “mainstay of community.” Solomon tries to show the importance of reading in brain development and he encourages people to read more by emphasizing the crisis and dangers behind the declination of reading.
Seelye, Katharine. “Lack of News Doesn’t Deter Coverage.” New York Times. N.p. 16 Oct. 2002. Web. 09 May 2013.
Newsweek launched its inaugural issue on February 17, 1933, featuring a speech by Germany’s new chancellor, Adolf Hitler, as well as the election of Franklin Roosevelt. The Washington Post’s parent company acquired the magazine in the 1960’s and Newsweek became a definitive source of news analysis and opinion. It applied a liberal bent to its coverage of politics and war. Those were the days when good content was worth waiting for. Newsweek thrived in the 1960’s, giving coverage to black America and the Civil Rights movement, the counterculture in the arts and on campus, the space program and giving bylines to individual writers and critics. Newsweek was against the war and received awards and circulation gains for that stand (Shufelt, 2007).
During these difficult economic times sensationalism has become more prevalent in the media. Stories involving sex scandals and child murders have taken over our T.V and internet screens as well as the front pages of our newspapers. The media bias of sensationalism has been used as a sort of escapism for readers. Although it may seem that sensationalism has just started making waves, it has been around for decades. Sensationalism has been influencing viewers and contributing to media bias since the days of the penny press. Sensationalisms long history has been turbulent, self-serving, and influential to today’s reporting practices. With the influence over readers’ sensationalism’s media bias have and will continue to affect media reporting for years to come.
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The media is sometimes called the “Fourth Estate” because of its influence in shaping the course of politics and public opinion. Some people are influenced by what they read or hear and others are not. There is a well-known psychological process called selective attention. Wilson, Dilulio, and Bose define it as “paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees.” (290)
In times of War, the media plays a crucial role both in reporting, monitoring and giving updates. During the Vietnam War of 1955-1975, the American press played crucial roles of reporting until it ended up shifting its tone under the influence of occurrence of some events like the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre, the bombing of Cambodia and leaking of Pentagon papers resulting into lack of trust in the press (Knightly 1975). From the beginning of the war up to present times there have been undying debates over the role of media in the war. The have been various criticisms over the American News Media’s actions and influences on the outcome of the war. The debate is embedded on the particular political assumptions perceived across the American political spectrum. Those criticizing the media for its role are of the opinion that the media misunderstood the United States military effort hence hindering succession of the American will in a war which was to be won.
Nowadays the media have transformed its main mission of reporting news that actually happened in an accurate and objective way into covering stirring and controversial issues as news stories due to capitalistic motives. Moreover, today’s media took the motto “If it bleeds it leads” as a criteria to report any story. The aim of following this motto was to achieve high viewership rates and as a result gain more advertisers which will ultimately increase the profits. However, this motto changed the media from reporting facts into reporting sensational-fearful news. Thus, this paper will demonstrate the effects of sensational news, and how the media plays on the cultivation theory using sensationalism to increase viewers.