http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/board/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8.aspxen-usSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8/Media_Watchdog_turns_on_its_owner-973.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/Please_use_reply__not_post_--_-5180.aspxThursday, February 23, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8/Media_watchdog_turns_on_it_s_owner-972.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/Please_use_reply__not_post-5179.aspxThursday, February 23, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8/Masculine_Men_and_Submissive_Women-969.aspxMonday, February 20, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Lewis_Brittany_2__Masculine_Men_and_Submissive_Women-5386.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/Please_use_reply__not_post_--and_Submissive_Women-5178.aspxThursday, February 23, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___Long__Kayla_1__Masculine_Men_and_Submissive_Women-5102.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8/RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-963.aspxFriday, February 17, 2012
So, Pilgrim asks this question:

In YOUR view, what is THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEM with American mass media -- and what how can it be solved?

Argue fully why your problem is THE main problem -- and explain your solution if there is one you think will work.

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In your OTHER TWO ENTRIES later in the week, you may want to tell a fellow group member why hers/his problem is not all that important, focus on a flaw in another's argument, offer an alternative solution, offer supplementary material for another's argument or argue why your problem is more important than another's.

Pilgrim hopes you learn much from this exchange, and he will drop in with a comment here and there. Good luck.

P.S. Remember -- put a 1 after your name in your response to this question; put a 2 and a 3 on your next two entries.]]>http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE__RE___Krause__Korey_2__Mass_Media_Deception-5381.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Kuplent__Brianna2__-5375.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Lee__Ji_1__Mass_Media_Deception-5364.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Klingman__Samantha_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5362.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE__RE___Krause__Korey_2__Mass_Media_Deception-5342.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012I know it's not directly related to my topic but it shows that even a high class, very famous, and powerful figure in the US has failed to prove that the meat company's uncomfortable truth. And we all know the truth from a lot of documentary films that how some meat factories treat animals inhumanly and still produce them as a good looking product so consumers buy them. So instead of questioning how to eliminate this problem, we should rather try our best to spread through internet such as Facebook, Youtube, etc., or any other forms of media that we have around us to let as many public as we could reach about any deceptions from media. And just hope that we as the US public can show how we can have bigger influence and power over a few deceiving media manipulators to be weakened and maybe eliminated someday..? ]]>http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Klingman__Samantha_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5337.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Klingman__Samantha_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5313.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___PILGRIM_--_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5304.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Lyshall__Kristen_1__-5303.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Lee__Ji_1__Mass_Media_Deception-5302.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Landis__Brandon_1__-5299.aspxSunday, February 26, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE__RE___Long__Kayla_2__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5292.aspxSaturday, February 25, 2012I agree that money is the main objective for all capitalistic conglomerates but I feel there is a difference in the importance of capital for independent or small companies as opposed to the media giants. Where I see a difference between the small and giant companies is in how money is spent and who is/are the main benefactors. For the top conglomerates obviously the main objective is to make the most money regardless of the effects of their actions. Individual CEO's make millions off of giant companies while employees in sweatshops across the world are putting their health at risk everyday for a less than livable wage. Though this may be my own personal opinion, I feel that in much smaller companies money is used more wisely. For example, in a small company,is seems more likely that each employee would be paid fairly and given great benefits. Though the company is still driven by money, they use their money to actually keep the company and it's employees going while hoping to gain a profit. This said, media corruption is always a possibility regardless of the size or a company or their financial spending. ]]>http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Krause__Korey_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5279.aspxSaturday, February 25, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Lennon__Anna_1__Media_and_Gender_Roles-5250.aspxFriday, February 24, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Lennon__Anna_1__Media_and_Gender_Roles-5243.aspxFriday, February 24, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__RE___Levy__Eric_1___10_Day_Culture_-5201.aspxThursday, February 23, 2012
As an add on, “Outfoxed” has made it clear that sometimes the news media does want a certain message or idea remembered, and so it is repeated over and over again. As an alternate theory, one might propose that, by contrast, other stories aren't played continuously because someone in a position of power has deemed them unimportant or not worthy of taking up our brain-space when other messages could be propagated. It could be one, it could be both, or it could be that advertiser interests in addition to corporate-agenda style media together created a perfect storm for “10 Second Culture.”]]>http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Lewis_Brittany_1__-5197.aspxThursday, February 23, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Landis__Brandon_1__-5155.aspxWednesday, February 22, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE____Landis__Brandon_1__-5152.aspxWednesday, February 22, 2012
I agree that there is increasing problem with the fact that mass media is taken at face value by the majority of Americans. According to the five negative effects of mass media on humanity (Ernest Van den Haag), mass culture appeals to basic instincts but at the same time tends to isolate people from one another. These affects of mass media contort an individual's conscience into not being able to accurately differentiate between the truth and lies. As Walter Lippman states: there is "no liberty for a community that cannot detect lies". Television gives a new definition to truth, and broadcasts all stories and news as entertainment. Newscasters follow rules such as bite sized is best,to avoid complexity,and to use visual stimulation to substitute for the truth (MacNeil News Hour). It is no wonder that after years of these practices on television the majority of Americans accept news and mass media as the unbiased truth. From a young age the modern child looks to television shows and celebrities for clues on how to respond to the world. As suggested, the development of internet journalism and independent news has created another avenue for delivering the truth to the American people. But as these various media communications are developing, people become skeptical of their integrity. The presence of big name news stations delivering repetitive right-wing, filtered news makes people believe that they are getting all the information and internet journalists and independent news reporters must be radicals. ]]>http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE__The_Methods_of_the_Media_-5136.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___PILGRIM_--_1__Mass_Media_Deception-5128.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/The_environment_weakens_while_we_keep_consuming-5127.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___PILGRIM_--_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5072.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___PILGRIM_--_1__Media_and_Gender_Roles-5066.aspxTuesday, February 21, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/_Re__Pilgrim__The_Problem_With_Media_Today___-5057.aspxMonday, February 20, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/RE___PILGRIM_--_1__RESPOND_TO_THIS_QUESTION_--_to_begin-5055.aspxMonday, February 20, 2012http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/boards/post/NewscorpwithFoxviews-8-reply/The_Lies_Of_Media-5047.aspxMonday, February 20, 2012