Monday, February 15, 2010

How to watch tv news by Neil Postman revised by Steve Powers

Here are some other things I have learned from this novel. 1. american television is an unsleeping money machine(meaning, you watch it, your basically giving money to the producers, businessmen, all those who contributed to the making of that show). 2. While journalists pursue newsworthy events, business oriented management often makes decisions based on business considerations( meaning eventhough journalists try their best to do whats right, the business world usually gets the bigger cut of the deal). And last 3. Many decisions about the form and content of news programs are made on the basis of information about the viewer, the purpose of which is to keep viewers watching so that they will be exposed to commercials( meaning, commercials are cheaper on news shows). Well thats the rules shown in the this novel, I can only right my opinion. However this is not whats all said about Journalism so I knew there was more to be said.

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