Unit 2 Assignment 2

1.      Update and restate your proposal. (min. 500 wds)

The driving force behind this entire problem is money and competition. If we were able to find ways to fund the media without having to rely on the funds from big corporate businesses, that would be I feel the biggest relief for this issue. If the media was no longer able to be blackmailed then they wouldn't be able to be controlled or swayed by the power of money. No longer having to suffer under the pressures of funds, that would relieve a lot of the competition because then they will be able to report on a wide variety of stories that appeal to every different group versus having to report on stories that their sponsors have strictly directed them to pursue. Of course with the growing presence of social media money won't relieve people enjoying face booking and tweeting or Instagram, but people are relying on the sources as viable new 

sources because that's all that they feel like they have as a vessel for truly uncencored news. Retracing our steps back to the root of the problem will help in for the generations. I feel that we need to target middle school children. We want everyone to take an interest in pursuing the truth above everything else that only serves purpose to make everyone aware of world they're living in. I'm going to create a classroom activity that cycles on throughout the year in which children will be assigned to go find an interesting story in their community to write at least a paragraph explaining it and then a paragraph reflecting and analyzing their reaction to it. this will serve to heighten their awareness and to increase the interest about things bigger than the life they lead.  The best way to deal with this problem is to start off small and from the beginning. All of the newly developed distractions that we have such as Facebook, YouTube , or Google have provided us a way to be blissfully engaged in things that at the end of the day are really just distractions. There tends to be a stigma about big business corporations bullying aspects of our society, but we've allowed them to even get in that position of power. My admiration for news media hasn't strayed however I do feel like the order to save jobs and to regain our national audience we need to make major changes in the industry, starting with no longer allowing our stations to be controlled or swayed with by the sponsorship of big money businesses.

B.      Have you gained additional experience that affects your choice of media?

I have not gained additional experience or information that affects my media choice. 

C.      State which media will you use and why.

I am going to use a website for my project, because it allows me to include websites that I featured in my essay. Using this my audience will be able to connect and experience the sites and articles that I highlighted.