Meta-Aware Journalism
Do you think media is aware if itself as media? That is, does the media in its delivery of content reflect a self-critical or self-aware role it has either in its constitution / composition or as part of an overarching genre? For this blog, find a newspaper article (or any other media source around you) on a topic of your choosing and ask if it contains a metatextual component. In this way, does it reconfigure or recognise itself as writing? If so, do you think it means to subvert, satirise, or accurately depict the content? This blog topic wants you to explore the different relationships that exist before our eyes in media, especially in relation to our role as reader/listener/viewer as well as to the role of the journalist or media source in general.
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Media occasionally is aware as itself as a media. Some, if they know be aware they’re a media and may use it as an advantage. An example of this is that in “The Hunger Games”, the Capitol or head of government know that it has such an influence over its people that they use it to help control and get what they want. Or in “1984” as we read it last semester, Big Brother holds power over its citizens and utilize this power to control the people in the way they wish.
Media occasionally is aware as itself as a media. Some, if they know be aware they’re a media and may use it as an advantage. An example of this is that in “The Hunger Games”, the Capitol or head of government know that it has such an influence over its people that they use it to help control and get what they want. Or in “1984” as we read it last semester, Big Brother holds power over its citizens and utilize this power to control the people in the way they wish.
Man Pretty Sure He Slept
AKRON, OH—Following eight restless hours in bed, copy repair technician Jason Murphy reported that he was "80 percent" sure he had slept the previous night. "It definitely seemed like I was sleeping for a while there, though I don't really feel rested, so it's hard to say," a haggard Murphy told coworkers Friday. "I mean, when my alarm went off, I jumped, so that must have meant I was asleep, right? Then again, I remember looking up at the clock a couple times and it was 3:38, so I'm not quite sure what happened there." Murphy went on to tell reporters that, regardless, he will try to sleep again this evening.
This article to me does not really recognize that itself as writing, it is more of a story, but this story did not need to be brought forward into the media. But this journalist or writer probably wanted to prove that any such story could be produced and displayed through this media outlet. But I think that this article is supposed to be comical or satirizing and I believe that it shouldn’t be taken that seriously. The writer is trying to make the reader laugh or question what some people may think is important or funny. It leaves the reader, confused as to whether or not this article should be taken lightly.
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