Automated journalism excels with structured data. It struggles with complex topics/ prone to bias. While its writing quality is lower than humans, it’s likely to improve. How do you think the rise of automated journalism will impact the future of journalism ethics and credibility? #UWJ201 #317

In Snyder v. Phelps and its impact on free speech. The ruling that allowed the Westboro Baptist Church to protest at funerals really made me think about the balance between free expression and minimizing harm. Do you think there should be more limits on hate speech? #UWJ201 #317

We talked about advertising and how it affects us. Do we think that advertising correlates with the spiral of silence? Is advertising strong enough itself to change perspectives so that it takes over the majority, maybe in places like politics. How do ads really impact minority voices? #UWJ201 #317

Today in lecture, we talked about the spreading false information. I wonder how these aspects affect people in different age groups. For example, are adults more succeptable to satire as I feel that our generation has experienced more sarcasm and able to pick it out more easily. #UWJ201 #317

The hostile media effect suggests that audiences interpret news through their own biases. Journalists can strive for fairness to minimize bias. Are partisan narratives hiding more common ground than we think? #UWJ201 #317

The article What Is The Good Life & How To Attain It, Aristotle said that living well required both intellectual and character virtues, but also external conditions supports well-being. Can personal happiness truly be independent of social structures? #UWJ201 #317

People have strong opinions on policies like the Affordable Care Act until they realize it’s the same as Obamacare. It’s fascinating how mass communication shapes public perception. But does more coverage always lead to better understanding, or can it also create misinformation? #UWJ201 #317

In lecture today, I was surprised at how often journalists rely on the law enforcement as sources. I had never realized it before. This reminded me of the BLM movement and if the majority of sources in the news are law enforcement, how can we put attention on the protest itself? #UWJ201 #317

Emphasis framing shapes how we interpret issues by putting issues over others. The policy can be framed as either protecting/threatening democracy depending on which values are shown. If this is true, how do you determine which emphasis feels most accurate or aligns with your values? #UWJ201 #317

In Monday's lecture I found it interesting that journalists tend to follow norms. Is using pack journalism a tactic? Why do they do this if they want their publication to stand out? Why would they think their publication would be the one to get read and believed? #UWJ201 #317

Media ownership, horizontal or vertical integration, affects the tone of political coverage. I was unaware about the negative connotations this can have. The reading on Horse Race reporting made me think why people are more drawn to negative reporting rather than local accurate news?
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In our readings for Why Wisconsin is a swing state it emphasizes that discussion networks such as family reinforce diffusion, while diverse networks like coworkers can reduce it. This made me think of filter bubbles and getting one mediated side. Do these have to do with each other? #UWJ201 #317