Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 345.
The publicity of the case and the one-sided role of the media caused a majority of people, internationally, to be biased and influenced. This impact then led to numerous problems and difficulties in being treated fairly, such as finding an impartial jury. This factor of having preconceived idea meant that the jury had already decided Lindy Chamberlain’s fate, opposing the justice being “served,” legitimately. Wiping away any chance for Lindy Chamberlain to prove her innocence creates an inevitable outcome. The Chamberlains being judged under a heavily biased jury influenced by the media, therefore shows the maltreatment of the case by the justice system and the society.
Gerald Graff and James Phelan. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2004. 371-381. Print Brenner, Gerry. “More than a Reader’s Response: A Letter to De Ole True Huck.” A Case Study in Critical Controversy: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
This shows that the extent of digitalization has contributed to the growth and increasing diversity of the new media on society. Digital convergence has resulted in interactivity. Both convergence and interactivity have impacted on the growth and increasing diversity of the new media on society creating a participatory culture where media producers and media consumers interact with each other. Being able to vote for their favourite contestant and being able to call the judges on x factor has resulted in users having more control over media consumption than in the past as they are able to put forward their own opinions. In other words,
It seems the media is growing more powerful with time which is, in my opinion, both good and bad. The media takes full advantage of their first amendment right and the freedom of the press. The media has three main roles and responsibilities to the American public, which I will cover in detail. I will explain how these responsibilities fit in with my current events project on our economy. Our politicians have a great influence over what the media reports as well.
The overthrow of reading materials is defeat of creative thought. Books and periodicals are not the only ones being suppressed by pressures to the political and social systems. They are also being brought against the educational system, films, radio, television, and against the graphic and theatre arts. However or whenever these attacks occur, they usually fall at least one of the following categories: religion, war & peace (violence), sociology & race, language, drugs, sex, inappropriate adolescent behavior The word censorship probably would not exist today if all citizens agreed upon all things. This however is not possible for we are all unique individuals and have our own likes and dislikes.
Censorship is a suppression of media, speech, or other public communication that may be considered foul to some members of our society. It is intended to cover up foul language, images, or other media branches. This was brought about to prevent any offense to the public’s children, teens, adults and people altogether. Some feel that we should cover up all of the negative in the world, others feel that if we are never challenged with new ideas that we will never mature or grow. Either way, censorship is an important and controversial topic in today’s society.
They start to call me and ask if I want to do something with them. I constantly have to make up excuses and lie about why I can’t instead of just telling them the truth. Its better to tell the truth most the time but in some cases its better to tell a lie, which is explained in the article, “When You Shouldn’t Tell It Like It Is”, by Deborah Tannen. There are three different ways of lying stated by Tannen which are direct, indirect, and the type of language a person uses. Direct lying is seldom used people use this method because they think, “the only purpose of language is to convey information that should be stated outright”(Tannen 1).
Initially, the use of media to relay news was a good idea: Television has “restored” the nations “feeling of direct contact”, “the people have once more become the nation” (Source A). Television has allowed for thousands of people to be involved with current events. At first people were drawn to this
Having secrets or not telling people the whole truth is known to be a lie too. Trusting that your friends or people close to you will tell you everything and them not is an unintentional lie nonetheless. Next, you have the lie of telling untruthful stories about themselves or events that happened. That could include just not telling the listener exactly how the story happened. Sometimes people do this on purpose or they could have just forgotten exactly how the story went.