Many young people use AI in high school and college to complete assignments. I wonder if students' use of AI now will make them incapable of performing their jobs in the future. Do you think this could be a problem for future journalists? #UWJ201 #318

Thinking critically about AI as the Schwartzman NYT article encourages college students (us), how do you think the career and necessity of journalists will change as AI improves? #UWJ201 #318

I'm curious about people's reactions to the Wong article for Monday's lecture. Many people in my discussion expressed fear. Did anyone feel the need to change their behaviors consuming social media because of your anger or fear with the content of this article? #UWJ201 #318

In lecture, I thought about times I experienced the hostile media effect. I particularly feel like the media is biased against more left leaning sentiment, which I align with. What are example of you perceiving bias and why did you think that the source was biased? #UWJ201 #318

During Fridays lecture, we learned that friendships are one of the aspects that determines a "good" life. Mass communication in particular social media can impact friendships. Do you believe social media more helps or hinders friends? #UWJ201 #318

In lecture, we learned that white reporters feel hesitancy when reporting on issues relating to race. To combat this, some universities and companies are attempting to increase diversity. How do you think the Trump administration's policies relating to DEI will impact reporting on race? #UWJ201 #318

The Monday reading denied that reporters are motivated by partisanship. It was written in 2006 when there was a different media environment with fewer partisan news outlets. Do you think that even so-called non-partisan reporters can remain unbiased in our increasingly partisan world? #UWJ201 #318

In the alarm and patrol model of media, the most important alarms would go on the front page of the newspaper or start of the nightly news. Now, we can receive more personalized news through the internet. What are the downsides of this new age of lessened important of editor gatekeeper? #UWJ201 #318

Wagner discussed the evolution of political ads in class 2/7. It reminded me of the "transgender surgery for prisoners" Republican ad and how some believe the democrats should have responded to win the election. What are the pros and cons of responding to a negative political ad? #UWJ201 #318

The "Wisconsin News Media Ecology" reading claims that 39% of Wisconsinites do not consume news often. What are ways that journalists can increase news consumption among those who avoid the news? #UWJ201 #318