In the article "You Didn't Build That-Or Say It" the idea of taking quotes out of context is presented. When a part of Obama's speech was taken out of context it was made to look like he didn't support small business owners. What he was actually talking about was the fact that other people as a whole built up the country, be it through roads and bridges or otherwise, to get it to where it is today. I think that a lot of what is in the news and online is taken out of context to fit the needs of the person using it. Think about Facebook: a lot of people use quotes from songs as a status update. Taking a portion of the song out, whichever part they think fits the best, and writing it for the world to see. Did the author of the song write it specifically for the needs of the person who used it, or is the song about something else entirely? This is only a superficial matter, think about what happens when someone takes something you said out of context. Were you joking with your friends? Did someone walk up in the middle of your conversation and only hear the inappropriate joke or comment you just made? That person thinks differently of you know. Where does this end? Where do the lines blur?
For quite a long time I avoided watching or reading the news. Who wants to see and hear bad things? I never know about current issues when others are talking about them. When Michael Jackson died I found out hours later at work through other people. After reading these articles, knowing that the government chooses what is wants us to see by paying the news teams to run certain things (especially during an election) I see that I had the right idea to avoid the news. The article on sensationalism specifically explains my issue with the news: the running of highly emotional stories that often have no relevance to every day life. News corporations use emotions to sway the viewer or reader to believe in something, for instance running stories on shootings in Philadelphia to make the audience more sensitive to gun violence and weapons and possibly sway them to vote against gun laws.
In the article "You Didn't Build That-Or Say It" the idea of taking quotes out of context is presented. When a part of Obama's speech was taken out of context it was made to look like he didn't support small business owners. What he was actually talking about was the fact that other people as a whole built up the country, be it through roads and bridges or otherwise, to get it to where it is today. I think that a lot of what is in the news and online is taken out of context to fit the needs of the person using it. Think about Facebook: a lot of people use quotes from songs as a status update. Taking a portion of the song out, whichever part they think fits the best, and writing it for the world to see. Did the author of the song write it specifically for the needs of the person who used it, or is the song about something else entirely? This is only a superficial matter, think about what happens when someone takes something you said out of context. Were you joking with your friends? Did someone walk up in the middle of your conversation and only hear the inappropriate joke or comment you just made? That person thinks differently of you know. Where does this end? Where do the lines blur? As of now I subscribe to some LGBT news feeds on Twitter for our upcoming assignment. These feeds attach news articles related to the campaign and the equal rights movement. After reading and digesting all of these articles I have to carefully
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AlexisMaster of Fine Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, Rowan University alumna, sister of Theta Phi Alpha, and future YA author extraordinaire. Archives
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