Media Ethics

Once I finally figured out how to view cookies, I was very surprised in my findings. I had no idea all this was even going on in my computer while surfing the web. The 'cookies' that show up on the list are from every website that I have ever visited. 

Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions. The website stores a corresponding file(with same ID tag)to the one they set in your browser and in this file they can track and keep information on your movements within the site and any information you may have voluntarily given while visiting the website, such as email address.

I had no idea what a cookie even was to be honest but the fact that the internet can gather up so much information about what websites we explore is insane. I think that the collection of that data could be both good and bad. 

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Journalism

TIME magazine is known for their inspirational covers to this day. I can remember to this day as far back as I can being a kid and seeing my parents reading TIME magazine. I was so intrigued by the covers that I can remember them vividly. 

This topic is an interesting one for me considering my major is photo journalism. I always have loved looking through magazines looking for pictures that would catch my eye. Typically TIME magazine covers range from a political cartoon to a persons face or a landscape view. Rarely ever do the covers have just a picture. They always seem to have something that completely grabs the attention of the reader. 

TIME is known so greatly for their covers that they have a website dedicated directly to their covers. There is a database even where you can look up a cover here- http://content.time.com/time/coversearch/

TIME magazine seems to always attract a wide variety of people. I think that is why the magazine is so popular in the first place. It does not just attract one group of people. It is a magazine for everyone and anyone to read. 

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Networks

Once speaking to some family members who are the generation before me, I can clearly see the difference and impact changes that networking has done today. Back in the day, the radio was the main source for information. My dad would listen to sports games on the radio, news, anything really. Now a days we just turn on a TV or even just look at our cell phones to figure out whats going on.

It was a little more difficult back then trying to look up a news event. Now a days you can just simply google the event and theres pages upon pages of information about that specific event. The quality of the news that is on a station like ABC and CBS is relatively the same and plays the same idea of news where as CNN and FOX is a more newer view of news.

When I talked to my parents about news events it was very word of mouth when they were younger. Kind of like the luck of the draw whoever heard what was going on at a specific moment through the radio or whoever would transfer their findings to other people to get the word around.

News today is a lot more easier to hear about than it used to be. The internet has given the news a whole other way to produce news and get the word out.

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Interactive Media

This day in age, magazines have turned into more than just reading and entertainment. They have become one of the most popular places to put an advertisement. Almost every page in a magazine has some type of advertisement even if its just on the sides of pages or across the top. Some advertisements fill up to an entire page or even two.

Depending on which type of magazine it is, all advertisements are different. If you are reading Cosmopolitan you would find more advertisements along the lines of beauty. perfume, fitness, make up, nail polish, anything that has to do with women and beauty. The same thing goes to mens magazines like Esquire for example. The advertisements track a certain audience depending on what they are reading. A health magazine for women wouldn't put in a fragrance for men advertising it that wouldn't be targeting the right audience.

I think advertisements now a days are turning into the whole magazine. They most definitely influence the content in a magazine and turn that magazine into a book of advertisements with some actual information to go with the magazine. There should be a limit for magazines and how many advertisements are allowed to go into them because it seems like it is a coupon book or something every time I look in one. I do enjoy reading magazines but they have turned more and more into advertisements than an actual magazine.

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Radio Life

Being from music city and all, there are tons of different radio stations competing to be on top. From country to rock n' roll Nashville has a broad selection of diverse stations.

A list of some of the more popular stations in Nashville are....
-95.5 WSM FM. This radio station plays country music from "the 90s to now" and is also called "Americas Radio Station"
-88.7 Way FM. This station is a Christian Hit Radio which offers top christian music of the day and much more. Has links to much more Christian related resources.
-100.1 WRLT aka "Lightning 100". This is Nashville's alternative adult radio featuring Contemporary adult and folk plus much more.
-107.5 The River which is Nashville's popular choice featuring Rap, Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, and much more.

There are many more stations around the Nashville area but those are the general ones. 107.5 always has booths set up during music events around the city. I have seen all types of radio stations but there surprisingly is a lot of diversity in the music business. People just seem to think its only country because that is what Nashville is known for.

There are applications like Pandora, Spotify, and 8 Tracks that have semi taken over the radio industry. There is something called iHeart Radio which is an internet radio platform owned by iHeart Media Inc. You can create your own radio stations and pick from 15 million free songs or tune into thousands of shows as well. The ironic thing about iHeart radio is that 107.5 always advertises for them.

Online radios and applications are a great idea for alternatively listening to music. You can be anywhere and still be able to catch up with your favorite radio station.

Print Media : The Tennessean

One of the more popular newspapers that I am familiar with is The Tennessean. Growing up, my parents have always gotten that select newspaper. We also get the USA Today but I decided to focus this post mainly on The Tennessean. I have looked up the online version as well as the paper copy. The online version has tabs including all different sections and categories. I personally have always had a hard time trying to find certain sections in newspapers but when I just went onto the online version it was a lot easier for me to get around. Tabs include: counties, sports, business, travel, lifestyle, music and opinion.

The home page has a 'TopNews' section on the right side. Top news stories include sports information all the way to talking about the housing markets in Nashville. My parents have both told me that they like feeling the newspaper in their hands while reading it. Though they also said whenever they get on the internet it is hard for them to stay away from going to google news etc. They have told me that they don't read The Tennessean online though.

My family still uses their technology just like anyone else would, but they still love a quiet morning holding a physical newspaper in their hands. When I asked them if they would ever switch to just online there was no changing their minds. The cool thing you see about printed news is that it can literally be there forever in stone, in person. Sure you can google any article but it just isn't the same.

Its a lot different now with newspapers, but one thing for sure is the Nash household will forever be #TeamNewspaper

Do movies help books?

When any new movie comes out these days its either created from a book, or not. Mainly, the question asked by others if a movie is inspired from a book is, "Oh, did you read the book or are you just going to see the movie?"

For me it just depends. The top 20 movies of this past year in my opinion are:
20. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
19. Neighbors
18. Sin City
17. The Amazing Spider Man 2
16. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
15. Transformers: Age of Extinction
14. Maleficient
13. Into the Storm
12. Godzilla
11. Divergent
10. The Hunger Games : Mocking Jay
9. Lucy
8. Expandables 3
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
6. If I Stay
5. The Other Woman
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Sin City : A Dame to Kill For
2. The Giver
1. The Fault in our Stars


Most of these movies listed are either created from comics, or books. Only a select few aren't. The ones that are based on comics are, Captain America, The Amazing Spider Man 2, Transformers, Godzilla, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The ones that are based from books are Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Hunger Games Mocking Jay, Sin City, The Giver, and The Fault in our Stars.

Its crazy to me to think that almost all the movies now a days are produced from books or other readings. One that stands out to me personally the most would be The Fault in our Stars. I read the book and it was absolutely incredible. The author, John Green was actually part of the movie crew so he made it as much like the book as possible. I did like the book better but it was so cool to see the characters come to life. The movie actually made the book more popular because people would hear about it coming out and want to read the book before they see the movie. Thats what I like doing. I think it helps both the sales of movies and books.

Movies like Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Twilight were extreme famous before their movies came out. Now I feel like some movies that come out make the book more popular. Its great publicity for a book. Almost like they are a tag team trying to help out sales for both categories.

I also think that movies can bring a book back into the eyes of viewers. For example, The Giver was a book that came out in 1993 and just now the movie is out. It brought back much needed attention because maybe once viewers see the movie they will want to read the book. With that being said, I really do feel like movies that come out about books help the books publicity as well as book being made from movies.

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12 hours, no media

As the twelve hours without media finally pass I open my phone to 14 missed calls, 27 text messages and god knows how many twitter and instagram notifications. My first thought: 'ugh, what did I miss out on?'. It was a very stressful day to say the least. My roommate was suppose to pick me up from class today (it was pouring) but she had a meeting with her advisor that she had forgot about. So, I got to stand in the rain waiting for her arrival before realizing she wasn't coming. The walk home from the rain was extremely unfortunate to say the least.

I ate lunch alone because I couldn't find out where any of my friends were. I felt so out of place in the world. I kept remembering things I wanted to check all day, I would grab my phone just out of a natural habit and realize I can't use it. It was an all day thing for me. As I was walking around seeing everyones head automatically looking down at a cell phone I almost felt like I was missing out on everything that was going on over social media. As angry as I was with it, it opened my eyes so much. It really is sad on how much we depend on media these days. If its this bad already I can't imagine how it will be when we are older and have kids of our own.

I think what effected my daily life the most was feeling so out of the loop. My friends were all hanging out and I couldn't figure out which room they were in because I wasn't able to get in touch with them. I wanted to constantly check twitter and instagram to see whats going on. It drove me crazy.

12 hours without media was terrifying for me, but it helped me realize how dependent I am on it. I really need to work on not being so caught up in social media because it isn't everything. Its just the only thing that college students these days seem to connect on. It makes people feel in the loop. I think media can be incredibly good but at the same time it can effect the way we communicate in this world today.