"All media messages are ‘‘constructed’’."
I strongly agreed with this core concept from the reading and picked it because I think that sometimes it is scary to not really know what is going on in the world around me. An article " The Construction of Reality in TV News Programmes" by Daniel Chandler talks about how most stories are reported, then revamped from secondary sources such as news agencies or spokespeople. They are the ones giving the public the information that they feel needs to be known.
"News actually creates the 'consensus' knowledge by which reporters and viewers recognize 'newsworthiness'. "(Chandler)
I liked this quote from the article as well because I think that it is funny what some news sources think is actual news. It reminds me of when President Obama first took office and went on vacation. Apparently it was very newsworthy that he had a fit body and swam with his shirt off in the ocean and that his wife looked nice in a bathing suit that she was also wore when she was swimming. Did that change the way the public liked or disliked them at all? It did not make a difference to me.
The one other thing that I feel reminds me the most of constructed media was something that I watched in my Exosphere class about the "1969 Moon Landing Hoax". The video showed both sides of people who thought the moon landing really happened and those who thought it was a hoax. I always assumed it was true, but after watching the film, I honestly don't know what to think. That is why I believe that constructed media is really scary. What is really the truth?
Works Cited
Chandler, D. (n.d.). Notes on the construction of reality in tv news programmes. Retrieved from http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/TF33120/news.html
Kelner, D & Share, J(2005). Toward critical media literacy: core concepts, debates, organizations, and policies. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, 26(3), 369-386. Retrieved from http://gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/essays/2005_Kellner-Share_TowardsCriticalMediaLiteracy.pdf
Mediathatmatters [Video podcast]. (2007). (Hate) Machine. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ebh0BaY8m0&feature=related
Article/Video
I am including the link for the article that I felt helped to connect some of what I read, but I am also going to post a video from youtube that shows how media can be constructed to create hate. I thought it was an amazing video that shows how something that seemed innocent was turned to manipulate others to hate.
The Construction of Reality in TV News Programmes
Hate Machine
I strongly noted the quote you used. Media is constructed to convey a certain message to a certain audience. I am familiar with the Moon Hoax film you mentioned. I know that some people changed their opinion after watching it, emphasizing the importance of analyzing what this film was trying to do.
ReplyDeleteWow! The video that you posted is really a powerful example of how easily information can be manipulated to serve a purpose or convey a certain message, no matter the original intention. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteReally good connections between the reading and your real life examples of the social construction of reality by the media! The video was powerful!
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