Ginny: Too. Much. Just. No

http://ginnycon12.blogspot.com/2013/11/too-much-just-no.html
This is probably my favorite blog I've ever read. I could not agree more with this, considering I too had to sit though a long month of David Camm. Ginny says in the blog, "It causes me emotional pain to see how much this trial was reported on." I like this for two reasons: it's hilarious, and it's 100% true. Two things that in my opinion mix together very very well. The overuse of the Camm trial as a lead story for ther local news stations is outrageous and ridiculous, like Ginny says. My favorite part of the blog is the use of the two memes, it really brings a funny mood to it, plus they're completely necessary for the situation.
If you haven't yet gotten the point, here it is: Go read Ginny's blog! It's AWESOME! 

Desha's Blog: Jeopardy

http://deshahorton.blogspot.com/2013/11/jeopardy.html One of Desha's recent blogs was about the pretest jeopardy we play in Mr. Millers Journalism 1 class. She describes how I'm sure every student feels, considering it's a great way to study. It's probably the most fun way to study, plus like she says in the entry (read it!), the winning team gets a prize out of the prize box. It's a way to actually make students pay attention to the questions, if they truly want that prize. He makes it as realistic as possible, making three separate rounds (Jeopardy, Double Jeopardy, and Final Jeopardy) like the actual game. She makes good points, and I agree with all of them! Go check out her blog!

A Classmates Blog: Sam (The Courier-Journal (Local News Source))

Sam's blog entry The Courier-Journal (Local News Source) is a fantastic entry and deserves a read. Find it at: http://samwinreallife.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-courier-journal-local-news-source.html He makes really great points about things we talked about in our J1 class recently about a newspapers depth. He really explains why The Courier can have many more National stories than any other news source and still have about the same amount of Local stories as its competitors. I would agree with him on the fact that it's a much better news source than any other Louisville news source, as long as you don't mind reading because they do a good job about going in depth.

Smith Dominates as Louisville Wins in Return of Hancock, Behanan

http://www.wdrb.com/story/23951744/bozich-smith-dominates-as-louisville-wins-in-return-of-hancock-behanan
In my opinion, this story doesn't belong in the news section of stories at all. This belongs in the sports section of the news because that's what it is- a sports story. I wouldn't call this non-newsworthy, because this could effect all of the UofL basketball fans in the fact that Russ Smith is playing well, and two of our best players (Luke Hancock and Chane Behanan) are back into action. So by those standards the story is newsworthy, it just isn't fit for the regular news part of the news. This is a humongous story to a lot of sports fans, it's just that the story effects nobody outside of sports. It doesn't effect our city's reputation, society, economy, nothing is effected. It doesn't even effect The University of Louisville, unless in the long run this brings another championship to the table, which won't happen until April if it in fact does happen.

Viatle Says Calipari On A Hall of Fame Trajectory

WDRB recently reported a story about Dick Vitale's saying John Calipari, the head coach of the UofK mens basketball team, would be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the future. The story is non-newsworthy because it's merely just stating one mans opinion on the subject for one, and for two it will have no lasting effect on a large group of people as of now. It would be different if Coach Calipari was actually inducted into the Hall of Fame, but nothing actually happened. http://www.wdrb.com/story/23949737/crawford-vitale-says-calipari-on-a-hall-of-fame-trajectory This link to the story shows that it is just Vitale talking, and doesn't report much. This story should have never come up, until Calipari is in fact inducted to the Hall. I think it would be valid to include in THAT story some quotes from Vitale, but other than that this story is just an opinion and has no facts in it, the story also doesn't currently effect enough people, making it non-newsworthy.

Internet

Fun fact: the first thing typed into a computer was "LO" trying to type the words "LOG IN". Today's people just know the internet as something you use to talk to people or to look up homework answers. But the actual reason the internet was ever invented was for the nuclear was with the Soviet Union; and the Pentagon created it. The internet, unlike most of the other forms of mass communication, took awhile to become popular. Nobody has the tools to use the internet! The internet takes a lot of things to be able to use it: Computer, hard drive, internet access, it's a lot to pay for and most people didn't have the money for it. But now, that is isn't out of everyone's price range, over 2.4 BILLION users were on the internet as of 2012.

Just think about it, we use the internet for almost everything- from school to watching movies on Netflix, to finding friends that you haven't seen in twenty years. The possibilities are endless! Most people are now getting their news from the internet (News websites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) People now shop online instead of going to the stores that might not be located in their city. It really has no limits, and I think it's not too long before there will be online school for everyone. Instead of going to school you'll just go to your computer and learn everything.

Television

Television today is a part of our society, I'm sure some people consider it a way of life. From it being invented in 1927 to there being 200 TV's around the US in 1936, television has transformed our way of thinking, spending, and it changed our daily activities today. In just 22 short years (1959), 200 became 50,000,000. That's a 25,000,000% increase in just 22 years, and that just shows how popular TV had become, and that number has done nothing but go straight up. As of 1977, 97% of American homes had at least one television in them, and that number has also gone up. Probably, over 99% of homes have a television as of today. There's probably more homes with television than there are with indoor plumbing. Any home with at least one TV, on average has that TV on 7 hours a day. I can say for myself, that my own TV is on for at least that each day, and the main TV in our house is probably on for at least 12 hours each day.

TV has even shaped modern politics. If a politician doesn't have good political campaign ads, then he has a lower chance of winning the race if hos opponent has fantastic campaign ads. So as you can see, TV is really one of the biggest factors, if not the biggest factor in our society today. Talking about it in Mr. Miller's class really blew my mind with all of the statistics and all of the ways that it influences culture, and I'm sure it'll influence culture more to come.

Movies

To think movies could move from a single motion picture camera in 1888 invented by Dixon, to Fox Studios showing movies with audio with it in 1922 is mind blowing. In just 34 years, movies moved from an idea, to a huge, money making success. And by just 1930- just eight years later, there were 9000 theaters! That's right, in JUST eight years movies went from movies being showed by a single studio to movies being played everywhere from 9000 theaters. Movies are still crazy popular today though, and it's amazing they've lasted over 80 years. But that isn't a coincidence, some reasons include the social experience, going t the movies is a good place for a large group or for a date. Genre variety- self explanatory, there's always different kinds of movies out that reach out to everyone. And the cultural experience- people always wanting to be able they saw it opening night and they want to be able to talk about it with other people. Plus movies get a lot of money from things like TV showings, DVD's, product placement, shirts, and posters.

Talking about movies in class really made me happy because I for one, love movies, and two I love knowing things that actually interest me/involve things that are relevant to me.