Description
please do each part in a different document or I will consider it as a missing part
part one
Post your answers (450 an up words)
This week as you are reading in your text about the news, I’d like you to watch a 1/2 hour local newscast, a 1/2 hour national newscast, and a 1/2 hour of cable news. That’s a total of 90 min of news. I’d like you to analyze each newscast.
Please give the name of each newscast, channel, time and date you watched.
Then proceed to answer each of the following questions about each newscast.
1. Was there a bias or opinion in the reporting or was it strictly factual? Explain and give specific examples.
2. Were there obvious questions a viewer might have about a story that went unanswered?
3. Were any stories sensationalized (media hype)?
4. Did you see any examples of fear tactics being used to entice viewership or scare the viewer unnecessarily? Meaning, the information is not necessarily factual. Think back to the article you read titled “The Media Scares Us and We Like It.”
5. What newscast did you enjoy most (local, national, or cable)?
Just in case you need help knowing the difference between local/national/cable news: local news is something like NBC 7 San Diego. National news is like CBS World News Tonight. Cable news would include FOX News, MSNBC, CNNetc…
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part two
After viewing the following videos: Photoshop Effect 1 and 2 Photoshop, The Try Guys Get Photoshopped (regular guys get photoshopped) write a 3 page reaction paper.
The Photoshop Effect part 1 Links to an external site.
The Photoshop Effect part 2Links to an external site.
Regular Guys Get PhotoshoppedLinks to an external site.
Address each of the following questions in your paper:
1. Describe in detail what you saw on the videos and share your opinion about what you experienced. This way I know you viewed all 3 items.
2. Share at least one thing you found interesting about each of the three videos.
3. How did the videos make you feel? What did it make you think?
4. What is the effect on you and others in our society?
5. Is it ethical?
6. Were you aware of how prevalent photoshop actually is?
7. Have you ever photoshopped a picture of yourself or someone else? Why did you do it?
Papers Must:
- Be typed, 12 point font, double spaced- May Use MLA or APA style only.
- Include proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
- Include proper paragraphs (approximately 5 sentences per paragraph).
- Include proper format (introduction, body, conclusion).
- Include a cover page.
- Include a works cited page.
- Be a full 3 pages (in addition to your cover page and works cited page).
- Remember to cite your sources (proper citation).