Week 3; Chapter 15 - pick a theory
As a media
hungry society, humans as a general population seek news of their world from
television, radio, and newspapers, among other mass media sources. The stories
a source decides to reveal are the stories we ingest, and more often than not,
we do not investigate events that are not covered by some form of popular
broadcasting or publishing companies. Therefore, we are only submitted to news
that the sender wants us to see/hear. Until the classroom study of media
therories, I had no idea that this phenomenon had a concrete definition as a
media theory. The agenda setting theour resonates with me because I see it
happening all the time, everywhere. Press releases are all about setting
agendas for what the producers want their consumers to know, keeping other,
more secret knowledge withheld from the general population’s ears.
Just
recently, I read an article about the NASA rover Curiosity landing and roaming
23 feet on Mars. The quotes given by the project manager, Peter C. Theisinger,
are empty and provide no information regarding the project. The only thing he
said, over and over when questioned, was that “things are going well.” Theisinger
wants the readers to only pay attention to the fact that the mission happened
and it’s going well, withholding facts that could give any detailed
information.
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