In our readings this week we discussed the Stonewall protests, how can ethical journalism help
improve the experience of marginalized groups? #UWJ201 #318

This week's readings discuss how conspiratorial thinking is more likely among people looking for closure and control. Is the current political news environment with high levels of contradiction and disagreement on the truth between the right and left forcing people towards conspiracies? #UWJ201 #318

This week's readings discusses bias in the media, and how it may be more of a top-down divide than a right-left one. Is the wealth gaps impact on the education system furthering the centrist bubble of journalism? #J201 #318

When writing my media analysis essay, I found it interesting how many sources tended to game frames over issue coverage about abortions. Are women more susceptible to game frames in the news? #J201 #318

In lecture we discussed cultivation and its impacts on the consumer. Obviously mass media has extreme powers of influence, but are we discrediting the strength of personal agency by strictly blaming media for violent/aggressive behavior? #UWJ201 #318

In lecture this week, we discussed the media’s agenda and its effect on public opinion. Considering the homogeneity of the industry discussed last week, is the media farming support for issues that impact the elite more than the common American? #UWJ201 #318

Media ownership tends to impact news content as journalists favor the conglomerate over the common audience. Given the ties between powerful figures of the US government and media enterprises, can strategies like ‘the Game Frame’ be looked at from a ‘bread and circuses’ angle? #UWJ201 #318

In lecture we discussed media diets, political polarization, and targeted ads. Considering political neutrality and cross-party conversations as necessary for civic functioning, is algorithmic social media harming democracy by placing users in an echo chamber of their own opinions? #UWJ201 #318