Response to classmates blog: Rachel Porter

Rachel,

        I thought you had an nice and thoughtful response to binary models and conglomeration. I totally agree with you when you said one binary model that would be affected are elitists and populists. Elitists are more concerned about the message they are trying to convey, while populists are more concerned about their audience. Conglomeration is when a large company buys smaller companies. As you said if a populist company buys a elitist company, their content will be modified and it does depend on how the company handles the situation. I really like how you gave an example at the end of your response, this gives readers outside of our journalism 1 class a little more of understanding of binary models and conglomeration.

Here is the link to Rachel's response:

http://rtrachel.blogspot.com/2014/09/binary-models-and-conglomeration.html

Response to Classmates Blog: Fons Cervera

Fons, 
     You had a well thought out response to the watchdog responsibility. I totally agree with you that it is the one most important principles. We wouldn't know what the government officials are doing behind our back. But I also believe that the truth principle of journalism is the most important. Without the truth, what do you have. You have a fiction story. The democracy depends on the truth. With the truth, comes the watchdog principle. Overall, I think you did a great job on explaining why you think that the watchdog is the most important principle of journalism.

Here is the link to Fons' response:

http://shenanigansandporkbuns.blogspot.com/2014/09/class-response-to-journalists-watchdog.html