Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Introduction to Media

1. Types of Media: TV, Radio, Computers, Social Media, Magazines, Newspapers
2. Media is largely controlled by six corporations: Comcast, Disney, News-corp, Viacom, Time Warner and CBS. They broadcast to around 277 million Americans. 6 Corporations
3. One of the top schools for journalism is NYU. Their program focuses on critical thinking skills, sophistication, and knowledge of subject matter.
4. Typically, in watchdog media, the media is "watching" the government or people in high authority. They are protecting the people from lies or things the government does not want us to know.
5."Reality has a well known liberal bias" -Stephen Colbert
   I think liberal bias means that news is skewed in a way that favors the liberal platform.

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