This week we watched a video in class about Americans slandering Canadians on FOX network. This video really got to me. The Americans who were slandering the Canadians were very under-educated about Canada.
For one, Canada has a more respected military, and I'm pretty sure we could hold our own if we really needed to. Our Government's shoe is smarter than George Bush. At least the leader of our country didn't lie about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction to get us on board with his dicision for us going to war. Plus we haven't ticked off any other countries in the UN, so I'm sure they would have our back before they supported the States in a war against Canada.
Second, Canada is lucky to be on the same continent as America? Hello! It's called geography! Who says that we so thrilled to be on the same continent as them? Also, geographically speaking, the majority of North America IS Canadian.
Third, the majority of dogsledding takes place is Alaska, a.k.a America.
Fourth, Canada is not obsessed with America. I would say after all that fuss and nonsense that Carlson Tucker was saying, that America is little obsessed with Canada. Also, Canada can't be "America's little brother" because Canada is bigger than them.
Canada has a strong culture, and I do agree that sometimes we do identify ourselves as "We're Canadian because we're not American". But we also have our own culture to souly identify ourselves by.
No offense to the Americans, but Canada is educated in a global sense, in a sense that we are living in a global community and have to think of not just ourselves. We are definately more open-minded, hence gay-marriages. Also, we're not as narrow minded as American's who think like Carlson Tucker, because we know that not all Americans think the same way as he does, also we don't think they all are dumb, like they are often stereotyped as.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Journal #4
Hey, I apologize that this journal is late, but I was out winter camping last Friday:. (Let me just say, camping should be left to be done in the summer).
Lately, in the newspaper teachers and schools have been getting slandered. Personally, I do feel the frustrations and concerns, but I feel that we are directing them in the wrong direction. It is not the educators that we should be frustrated with, we should be frustrated with the district, then the government. If the government would give a little more consideration to what the educators have to deal with across the country, their jobs are definitely not as easy as they look. Personally, I find there to be way too many kids in classes, which makes it harder to control a class when the students out number a teacher 31-1. Also, it makes it more difficult to get one on one attention for extra help. Also, school budgets should be pushed up so we could afford the necessities it needs, for maybe a few fix-ups, better working bathrooms, papertowel for the bathrooms, fix-up broken lockers so people don't have to share lockers or be without a locker. Honestly, our school could be really great if a little more money was given, if teachers were given time and good sized classes so they could help students, and potentially bring up the passing rate.
Lately, in the newspaper teachers and schools have been getting slandered. Personally, I do feel the frustrations and concerns, but I feel that we are directing them in the wrong direction. It is not the educators that we should be frustrated with, we should be frustrated with the district, then the government. If the government would give a little more consideration to what the educators have to deal with across the country, their jobs are definitely not as easy as they look. Personally, I find there to be way too many kids in classes, which makes it harder to control a class when the students out number a teacher 31-1. Also, it makes it more difficult to get one on one attention for extra help. Also, school budgets should be pushed up so we could afford the necessities it needs, for maybe a few fix-ups, better working bathrooms, papertowel for the bathrooms, fix-up broken lockers so people don't have to share lockers or be without a locker. Honestly, our school could be really great if a little more money was given, if teachers were given time and good sized classes so they could help students, and potentially bring up the passing rate.
Media Studies- "The Medium is the Message"
1. "The Medium is the Message" is one of Professor McLuhan's most famous phrases. Expand on this by fully explaining what is meant by the phrase.
-meaning that the form of the medium hides itself in the message, making a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is understood, or seen, creating a subtle change over time.
2. Choose any two of the following quotes to research and explain.
->"We are increasingly living in a global village."- I think that this quote means that as time goes on we are continuously getting closer internationally, and we have more education and access to information globally. Because our resources keep increasing because of new technology, media has access to more information internationally, and the media has the ability to spread word very fast, say if there is a natural desaster overseas, and they are in need of imediate relief, we will here about it sooner than way back when, and the sooner we hear about it, the faster we can do something about it.
->"Television is teaching all the time. It does more educating than all the schools and all the institutions of higher learning."- I agree with this statement. I believe that television has become such a huge and common thing internationally. I believe that especially teenagers are affected by what they see on tv. Also, because tv is not a requirement like school, it isn't boring, it doesn't involve sitting on a very stiff and uncomfortable seat and listening to mono-tone teachers, and it doesn't involve being told what to do, teenagers are more likely to WANT to spend more time watching tv, where they can control what they see, learn, take in, who is talking to them and they can choose where they want to sit. And because they are more proan to watch tv and actually pay attention to it, they will take more out of it. Plus, with all of the new technology internationally, you can watch specials on history and current news, thus educating us.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Journalism Assignment #4
1. The publisher is Shelley Wood. It is also a division of the Brunswick News.
2. The entertainment news is on pages D3 and D4.
3. The headline from a story from a foreign country is "Activists outraged; South Africa allows killing of elephants".
4. A photograph that shows people in action can be found on page A3.
5. A news story about a politician is "Obama faces parodies, questions about his promise in race".
6. Two reporters who write for the Daily Gleaner are: Stephen Llewellyn and Michael Staples.
7. Two columnists are: Jo-Ann Fellows and Laverne Stewart.
8. A national news story is "Doomsday vault to protect world's seeds".
9. The Canadian city that recorded the highest temperature is Victoria (9)
10. You can find a list of the sports scores on pages B2 and B3.
11. The subject of today's editorial cartoon is the amount of ambulances that have crashed recently because of the lack of good tires.
12. My horoscope is: Aries: Work with others. Listen. The unexpected will take a toll f you don't flex and open up to other possibilities. Integrate new information, and what you experience will happen easily. Confusion surrounds plans or a goal. Tonight: How about a game of Scrabble?
13. A business story is: "Electronic Arts offers US $2 billion for Take-Two" on page C1.
14. Two examples of opinion writing are: "Value bilingualism's success" and "Stop trying to force French" which are both found on page C7.
15. Three things found on the editorial page are: the editorial cartoon, the letters to the editor, and the editorial itself.
2. The entertainment news is on pages D3 and D4.
3. The headline from a story from a foreign country is "Activists outraged; South Africa allows killing of elephants".
4. A photograph that shows people in action can be found on page A3.
5. A news story about a politician is "Obama faces parodies, questions about his promise in race".
6. Two reporters who write for the Daily Gleaner are: Stephen Llewellyn and Michael Staples.
7. Two columnists are: Jo-Ann Fellows and Laverne Stewart.
8. A national news story is "Doomsday vault to protect world's seeds".
9. The Canadian city that recorded the highest temperature is Victoria (9)
10. You can find a list of the sports scores on pages B2 and B3.
11. The subject of today's editorial cartoon is the amount of ambulances that have crashed recently because of the lack of good tires.
12. My horoscope is: Aries: Work with others. Listen. The unexpected will take a toll f you don't flex and open up to other possibilities. Integrate new information, and what you experience will happen easily. Confusion surrounds plans or a goal. Tonight: How about a game of Scrabble?
13. A business story is: "Electronic Arts offers US $2 billion for Take-Two" on page C1.
14. Two examples of opinion writing are: "Value bilingualism's success" and "Stop trying to force French" which are both found on page C7.
15. Three things found on the editorial page are: the editorial cartoon, the letters to the editor, and the editorial itself.
Journalism 120 Assignment #5
Exploring The Daily Gleaner
Front Page
1. -An advertisement for Ritchie's 8' x 7' R-14 insulated steel garage door as low as $348. (Bottom of the page).
- An index of the newspaper listing what sections and pages that certain stories are on. (Along the side of the page).
- Weather forecast. (Top corner).
- The date. (At the top under the title of the newspaper).
2. The headline of the most important story is "Buckle your seat belt".
3. A) The story that I would remove from the front page in order to make room if necessary, I would take out the piece called "Plane purchase flies in face if budget cuts, argues Volpe" because it does not seem as important as the other issues because it's smaller and to the side more, and kind of just squished in. The title as well is written in a way smaller font than the others, which strikes me as not as important as the other stories.
B) The story that I would cut from the front page from the choices given on the handout would be the story about the Prime Minister going on a ski trip over the weekend. I would cut this one because it doesn't have as big of an effect than the rest of the stories, and doesn't seem as hard-hitting front page news material.
4. The three pictures for the stories (listed in question #3) that I would put on the front page would be; "A Canadian athlete sets world high jump record at Athens Olympics", "Forest fires cause great damage in Northern Ontario" and "Postal are set to strike". I chose these 3 because they seem far more important than the rest, and they seem like something you could actually catch a picture of.
Hard News Stories
"Local man accused of shooting his brother to death"
1. The reporter is Don MacPherson.
2. The source of the story is the RCMP and people involved.
3. I think the reporter got the information from evidence given out by the RCMP and the people involved who were interviewed about the crime.
4. I find that the reporter focusses on the facts and evidence in the situation. I find that the reporter is not being biased, but being logical and informative.
5. Yes, I think the reporter should do a follow up on the story to follow up on the case and keep people informed as to what happens to the accused brother in court, if he is found guilty, is there new evidence found yet? Is the evidence that was in the article all that the police have to go on? I am left with questions for the future and I think other audiences would like to be kept informed.
6. "After a 20-hour standoff Nash gave himself up to the police."- Don MacPherson.
7. -"Local man accused of shooting his brother to death"
- The lead of the article is Adam Wade Nash. He is charged with first-degree murder of his brother Gordon Stephen Nash in October 31, 2006. Adam is accused of allegedly shooting his brother to death in a wooded area east of Taymouth. After allegedly shooting his brother, Adam barricaded himself in his Kingsley Road home, after Gordon's body was found just off the Zionville Road by the RCMP, after a 20-hour standoff Adam gave himself up to the police.
Opinion
"Try fighting poverty, not war"
1. This opinion is being offered by Naveed Majid.
2. The writer seems informed about their side of the topic that they are opinionated about, but not the other side.
3. No, the writer does not back up their statement with factual facts.
4. I find that the writer is trying to appeal to both. The writer is trying to appeal to reason by being logical and reasonable. Then the writer is trying to appeal to emotion by writing about a topic that has very many emotional attatchments.
5. People who live in poverty could possibly benefit if this general idea was to be further considered.
Sports
1. 52.63% Of the sports stories are written by Daily Gleaner reporters.
2. There are 19 stories in the sports section.
3. "Tremblay applies to finish to V-Reds' comeback"- Competitor vs. Competitor, the V-Reds had to struggle to win against the Saint Mary's Huskies. Competitor vs. Official- The V-Reds had to go into over time, they needed more time than the official 60 minutes of game time.
4. A & B & C) "Bent out of shape". Competitor vs. Competitor- Saint Mary's Huskies defenceman Travis Chapman checks Varsity Reds player Hunter Tremblay into boards in an awkward position. Also, it would be Competitor vs. Official Regulations because the V-Reds forced Saint Mary's into over the regulated 60 minutes.
D) This conflict would not affect anyone else not involved.
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