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News, Trust, and “truthiness”                 The consensus after reading quite a few blogs from my classmates is that satirical news remains a valid news source and they agree (for the most part) it’s a mainstream form of culture jamming.  Another … Continue reading →

Is the Fake News the Real News?                 Culture jamming is defined within the text as “a mode of resistance to the norms and conventions of mass culture that exposes and opposes the media’s underlying power structures and ideological messages … Continue reading →

Demonstrable demographics             After examining a few blogs, there was a trend that stood out; sex sells. Although this topic was not something that was in all blogs from the sample, it was in a majority. It seems that most … Continue reading →

The advertisement I chose to do is a 2013 Superbowl commercial that starred Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Bob Odenkirk (Saul from Breaking Bad) and a small cameo of Lebron James. Seth and Paul have both been brought in to pitch … Continue reading →

Wanted: the media that we need                 Is the media we want the same as the media we need? Not entirely. Allan had a great quote that said “This world, as presented by the media, is not the real world … Continue reading →

When I first read the question the first answer and the answer I’m going to go with is: we get the media we want. The reason for this opinion is my original thought when hearing the question is when I … Continue reading →

I admittedly did not read every blog posted, but from the sample of blogs I did read there were plenty of common themes including: “We use media every day” and “Without the media we would be in a different world.” … Continue reading →

1f25 post 1: media impact The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word “media” is sports and entertainment reporters. This stems from countless stories of athletes and actors/actresses saying the common phrase: “The media are blowing … Continue reading →