Chapter+7+Old-line+media


 * Names: Brittney O'Brien, Tyler Unwin, Jonathan Stalnecker**


 * On p. 169, there is a paragraph that begins, "This is why . . . ." Re-read it. Tell, in your own words, why we might want to distrust the old-line media of newspaper, radio and TV broadcasts? (You might find the quote at the top of p. 171 relevant.) Include two examples of your own.**
 * From this excerpt there was one main reason as to why we might want to distrust the old line media of newspaper, radio, and TV broadcasts, and it is that these medias are usually owned by a handful of corporations. What this means is there is an enormous potential for folded feedback, or one-sided information. The information from these media sources are given through the perspective of the corporations and allow for little outside voice. This idea is best described or covered by a quote on page 171, "A man does not live for months or years in a particular position in an organization, exposed to some streams of communication, shielded from others without the most profound effects upon what he knows, believes, attends to, hopes, wishes, emphasizes, fears, and proposes." This is saying that people don't have to accept what people give them as feedback, but can make their own opinions.


 * **Example One:** The idea of McDonalds being a good, fast, way for people to have a decent quality meal, as shown in TV commercials, but after the documentary //Super Size Me//, it was shown McDonalds is not all it is glorifeid to be.
 * **Example Two:** Another idea is the coverage of health care, and possible use of universal health care, where it is shown as non effective, or irrelevant in U.S news broadcasts, but in Michael Moore's documentary //Sicko it was shown that universal healthcare wasn't as "evil" as it was shown in the news.//