The world has changed over the last fifteen years. The ways in which we communicate with one another changed as well with what is called a smart phone. These smart phones make hard copies of news obsolete for some people. There are apps for everything whether that be an informative news app such as fox …
February 2019 archive
Feb 14
Social Media and Campaigns, Friend or Foe?
We use our phones for everything nowadays. Whether it’s finding the latest fashion trend, getting the dish on our favorite (or maybe not-so-favorite) celebrities or even doing research for a school project, we use our phones for anything and everything. This handheld device carries so much information, it’s no reason why many Republicans and Democrats …
Feb 12
Media changing political campaigns
Melanie Beltran MCS 244 February 6, 2019 On popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, people have used their voices to debate or challenge loved ones and strangers regarding political campaigns. With just a click of a button, one can access articles or research to prove their point on an issue or create …
Feb 11
Social Media and Politics
Social media has entirely shifted the approach politicians employ when running a campaign for public office. In the past, the “war room” technique was the go-to method by which candidates and their team built a relationship with voters and won positive public opinion. In the “war room,” the candidate and their campaign staff would make …
Feb 11
Social Media & Politics
Social media has completely changed the game for political campaigns today. According to Aaron Smiths article “Cell Phones, Social Media and Campaign 2014”, voters have been using their smartphones to keep up with the latest political news, Republicans and Democrats and similar rates. He also explains the Republicans seem to be the first to have …
Feb 11
How Far Media Has Effected Political Campaigns? (Revised) By Jaritza Flores-Garcia
The media industry had affected political campaigns that both cell phones and social media played a major role in political elections every year. For example, according to the Pew Research Center’s article entitled, Cell Phones, Social Media, and Campaign 2014, studies showed that 28% of voters used their cell phones to follow the election while …
Feb 08
Assignment 2: Can blogs take over traditional news sources?
I believe blogs will not take over traditional news sources. Blogs are fun to read and are very important for people to discuss various topics but they do not provide the same factual knowledge as news sources do. On the other hand, they do provide freedom from the strict new sources that avoid articles that …
Feb 07
Can blogs take over traditional news sources?
Blogs cannot take over traditional new sources because blogs are more into ideal and self perspective part as in the traditional news are factuals. In the article “Why Bloggers Can’t Replace the Work of Professional Journalists,” Tony Rogers states that “The problem with having blogs replace newspapers is that most bloggers don’t produce news stories …
Feb 07
Blogging vs Traditional News
I agree with the articles that side more with bloggers not being able to replace the work of professional journalism. Blogs are based from people’s personal opinions that link back to an actual newspaper paper or article. For example, this blog post is an entire opinion about bloggers vs journalists from readings in articles. Blogs …
Feb 07
Can blogs take over traditional news sources?
Blogs can definitely take over traditional news sources, if they already haven’t done it yet. At first people thought blogging was just a way for people to share their views on things like pop culture and current events. You weren’t considered reliable or nevertheless a journalist if you had a blog. In Tony Rogers Why …