Dallas Morning News column

Well i'm glad a journalist could admit she was wrong. I take that as an apology to the victim for jumping to conclussions about her. I have heard from professionals in the PR world that I've been shadowing from a class that if a journalist gets a story wrong, they won't appologize. I sitll believe that is right but it's probably because they are so busy they don't have time to go back and check on the story.

I believe this correction was able to get made because while the writer may have been writing informative stories for the paper, she was a columnist and had more freedom over what she could write. People do read her stuff for her opinions - so her writing this, I think, got more coverage then if it had been a normal reporter.

Nonetheless - go her! I'm glad she can tell everyone she jumped to conclusions and was wrong.

Ads reveal too much

I'm glad we got to watch ads in class two weeks ago. I hope everyone noticed how ridiculous some ads are. I still don't think some guys in our class realize that there is something wrong with that AXE ad. I do understand that is what men want to see, but they just want to see it. They are not going to associate it with how well a product works. Now that I am living with my boyfriend I have talked to him about things like this and I notice more that men just want to see something that looks nice. This is for reporters, comercials and cheerleaders on the sidelines. I guess it's just weird to me they don't care as much about content as they do appearance.

Chapter 12

While reading chapter 12 I couldn't help but remember my high school senior government class and talking about the court case that defined pornography. We discussed the legal sides more than this book but I enjoy this chapter more than listening to the 'legal aspects' in a government class.

I found this chapter interesting as it descriped many ways fashion advertising objectifies women and turns them to objects to sell clothes. The different ways it stereotpyes women, Hierarchy, Objectification and submission was interesting because I never thought of it like that before. I saw the ad that is figure 12.1 differently then the text described it. I see just a girl sitting on the floor of a car. Since her clothes are center of the picture - I thought the picture did a good job of showing the bebe clothing. It could have been made much more 'sexier' having her in a slighty altered pose than she is in.

Jena 6 media coverage

I had actually not heard of the whole Jena 6 controversy before this class. Watching the movie the class blog. I then did a Google search for 'Jena 6 stories' and read some of the stories about this issue.

This did get some national coverage, being in the USA today and on msnbc.com, but since school started I just haven't been watching or reading the news as much as I did during the summer. I also think that maybe it wasn't covered as much nationally as it would get covered if it was white kids in trouble. Lots of local newspapers in Louisiana are covering it and the local citizens want to have non-violent demonstrations to protest, and I think because it is a group of black kids, unfortunately they do not get as much press as white kids would have gotten.

I'll keep a look out for more news coverage and see if my opinion changes.

Week Two readings

My boyfriend saw me reading my textbook while I was reading chapters five and six. I got a little perspective from him I did not like. When it comes to sportscasters, I feel like my boyfriend agress with what Sally Jenkins said. "Sports remains a bunch of boys observing what a bunch of boys do together." I think he agrees with Sally because he watches football to watch football and does not think women should be included in the 'game', which includes female sportscasters.

He thinks women cannot report sports and do not follow it like men do. I love sports and yes, am not into them as much as he is but I feel like if I wanted to be, I could follow teams as much as he does.

Women reporters choosing to report on sports should be given the same amount of respect as men as long as they can report just as well as the men can. They shouldn't have to be attractive and pose in provocative ways to gain popularity.

But as sad as it is, that is what men want to see. Sexy women.

News Media and me, entry 1

Last semester I actually had a 'student subscription' to the Wall Street Journal because of a recommendation from Professor Getschow. That only lasted about six weeks, so now I get my news from the radio, online websites and news programs.

Since I was working all summer and still work 25 hours a week at my internship, I read most my news online. Not usually a news site unless i'm searching for a particular story, but usually I'll read stories Yahoo features on their homepage. I also love to read the Yahoo Odd News to read about all the crazy happenings around the world. I would say I read about one hours worth online during the week.

I will also have the morning news on in the morning while eatting breakfast. This probably lasts about fifteen minutes, or about an hour a week also.

The first two examples I am intentionally seeking out but the last one, news on the radio, I usually is not. I listen to a popular radio show in the morning and they do have a small news portion.

Lastly, i'm trying to think about the news media and their coverage of race/gender/sexualities/disabilities. One example comes to mind right now. The radio morning show this morning read off one of those 'odd news' I read off of Yahoo. Well, it was about people in Nepal scraficing a goat to satisfiy the 'air god' so Nepal's airplanes would once again work. The radio DJ's acted out skits in stereotypical 'Indian' voices making fun of the Nepalions actions. Of course this radio show is intended to entertain. I think a more formal news show presents news in a more fair way. I guess I have never noticed or looked for something though