Hey guys, I'm just here checking in for the fifth and final blog posting required for my class. In light of the fact that this is the final posting that I think will be done for this blog, I would like to kind of summarize the concepts that I covered over the course of this blog. Essentially my idea was not to make you think that the media is "bad" or "wrong" I just wanted to ensure that you as the reader could see some of the different viewpoints that could alter what or how the media may cover something. One thing that I did to kind of allow you to analyze this was focusing on the coverage of the "Sochi 2014" Winter games where I looked at why different countries may cover certain events differently to give your home country something to cheer for. This is true in many other ways regarding the media as well, however I felt as though the "Sochi Winter games" would have been the perfect example to use to allow the reader to see my point.
Another thing that I would like to point out as a final point is to not take everything that is covered as a solid truth of what a person is truly like. The media need something interesting to cover and they know that, so if they can get a "rise" out of somebody and get them to say something out of line it would be ideal for them and their coverage. I used the "Burt Jenner" example for this point because there is a clip of him on the internet completely losing it on some paparazzi, making him look psychotic. However the media forgot to mention the point that the paparazzi that Jenner was losing it on were also harassing him and his family for months before that. With that said I think that there could have been better ways for "Jenner" to vent however it was a very stressful time for him.
People that are very known around the world tend to be the people that get negative coverage alot of the time, which is directly related to the media constantly watching them. This is another point that I like to cover because many people get a very negative reputation because of the media blowing something out of proportion. For example, look at somebody like "Justin Bieber". Although he is not well liked with alot of people, I do think that this is partially due to the media always watching him. He cannot go anywhere without cameras following him, and constantly doing something to get his attention. Even though he has had his "dumb moments" I think that it is safe to say that everyone has had these, the only difference is that Justin will get caught on many more occasions than the regular person due to the public eye always watching over him.
Anyways though, that was just food for thought I guess. Those are kind of the big three points that I hope people can take away from this blog overall. Like I said before, the media is not something that I consider to be "Evil" or "wrong" however I do think that it can be modified or adjusted depending on who writes it and where it is from. Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the blog.
