My Aha Moments!

My first aha moment came when I realized that Benjamin Franklin has been a part of almost every aspect of the media.

He is located on pages 21, 61, 89, 96, 120, 121, 128, and 402.
I thought he was just famous for electricity!

This was a really cool moment because it made me aware of the full effect of media. For an entrepreneur/scientist/inventor to be so intertwined with the media, means it really is important.

Another, not so happy, aha moment came when I was told (in all of my classes: news writing, mass comm, feature writing, and la voz) that I dont matter, just the reader. Man! What a blow to my ego. Oh well, at least I know now!

A little help?

Can you guys please do me a favor, and VOTE on the poll I created for my newswriting class?
It would be really helpful. Cecilia would appreciate it too, thanks! You guys are the coolest.

Week 10: Media Ethics

The story of professor Weiler is one about a case of international libel gone bad.
It goes like this: a professor makes a statement (which some find to be inaccurate) on a website. He makes his statement by means of an Amazon book review to be more precise (what happened to free speech right?) Anyway, from what I gather, free speech laws are non-existent in France, but libel laws are more stringent. Which is the opposite of what happens in America (where the NYU professor is from)

So, I guess this story has been going on for awhile (since 2008) but he is just now being prosecuted. I dont get it, I dont ever want to study media law.

Week 9: Public Relations

-bandwagon
this commercial is a really extreme version of bandwagon, it literally has some dude walking through the streets singing:
-repetition
"I'm a pepper, you're a pepper" pepperpepperpepperpepperpepperpepperpepper.
-slogans
"I'm a pepper" is (or was?) one of Dr.Pepper's slogans.
-maybe a little euphoria?
I don't know if I'm just making this out to be more than it is, but this random, really cheerful guy skipping through the streets made me pretty euphoric.