Comments for The Mass Media and Politics http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org Another excellent Uniblogs.org blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:59:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 Comment on Go Women by rjhannagan http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/11/09/go-women/#comment-4 rjhannagan Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:58:05 +0000 http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/11/09/go-women/#comment-4 Katherine, It is kind of sad that the pioneering women get lost in the shuffle of our modern media influenced view of women. My home in examining all this stuff is that people will be able to be people someday. Both men and women should be able to be independent, strong, career-minded, family-oriented, or any combination of those if they want. Who wants to be just like everyone else or pigeon-holed into a role that is not their choosing? A free society like America should encourage that, but an analysis of media effects suggests this may not currently be the case. Prof Hannagan Katherine,

It is kind of sad that the pioneering women get lost in the shuffle of our modern media influenced view of women. My home in examining all this stuff is that people will be able to be people someday. Both men and women should be able to be independent, strong, career-minded, family-oriented, or any combination of those if they want.

Who wants to be just like everyone else or pigeon-holed into a role that is not their choosing? A free society like America should encourage that, but an analysis of media effects suggests this may not currently be the case.

Prof Hannagan

]]> Comment on Music = Media by Dr. Hannagan http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/09/20/music-media/#comment-3 Dr. Hannagan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:26:20 +0000 http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/09/20/music-media/#comment-3 I think music is a venue for the exchange of ideas. Like I said at the beginning of class, media does not just mean the television or newspapers, but all forms of media. Music matters and for every Dixie Chick there is a Toby Keith. The marketplace of ideas, if you will. I like that they are in the same genre too. That means that country music fans can get differing opinions. It is my hope that the same can be said of pop, rock, r&b, rap, etc., etc. When we all start talking the same tune . . . we are in trouble. Prof Hannagan I think music is a venue for the exchange of ideas. Like I said at the beginning of class, media does not just mean the television or newspapers, but all forms of media. Music matters and for every Dixie Chick there is a Toby Keith. The marketplace of ideas, if you will. I like that they are in the same genre too. That means that country music fans can get differing opinions. It is my hope that the same can be said of pop, rock, r&b, rap, etc., etc. When we all start talking the same tune . . . we are in trouble.

Prof Hannagan

]]> Comment on Soft News: Friend or Foe by Dr. Hannagan http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/09/06/soft-news-friend-or-foe/#comment-2 Dr. Hannagan Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:02:37 +0000 http://katiebeth.uniblogs.org/2007/09/06/soft-news-friend-or-foe/#comment-2 Katherine, Who needs enemies when you have annoying friends, right? Well, perhaps that is a bit harsh, but I hear what you are saying. I get a little uncomfortable with the fact that people are either checking out or checking into the ironic satirical approach to politics. I guess in the latter they learn something. My biggest fear is that when Americans stop thinking someone will start doing it for them (perhaps this has already happened and I have not noticed because I am so darn optimistic). Perhaps the pundits and the hollywood so-and-sos are already doing the thinking for us. What do you think? Good job, Prof Hannagan Katherine,

Who needs enemies when you have annoying friends, right? Well, perhaps that is a bit harsh, but I hear what you are saying. I get a little uncomfortable with the fact that people are either checking out or checking into the ironic satirical approach to politics. I guess in the latter they learn something. My biggest fear is that when Americans stop thinking someone will start doing it for them (perhaps this has already happened and I have not noticed because I am so darn optimistic). Perhaps the pundits and the hollywood so-and-sos are already doing the thinking for us. What do you think?

Good job,

Prof Hannagan

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