Article Activity-Functions of the Media

What function of the media does this article illustrate-and why? Justify your choice:

http://www.examiner.com/watchdog-politics-in-national/obama-blah-blah-blah-does-not-impress-foreign-leaders

What function of the media does this article illustrate-and why? Justify your choice:This article is an example of a watchdog article because Martha R. Gore(author) is a watchdog and was examining Obama to see how and what he was doing in the office and how he was handeling foreign policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/us/02strikes.html?ref=crimeandcriminals

This article is an example of a gatekeeper article because Rebecca Cathcart(author) informed us on news that we didn't allready know about. We as the people trust the media to tell us the truth. This article explains how John Wesley was charged with murder a very serious crime. Without these articles and the media we would never know.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2725487120080604

This article is an example of a scorekeeper article because it informs us on the two political parties and how they are different. The tittle of this article pretty much sums it up. "McCain vs. Obama" who will win and how? What are there differences? Who holds the power? All these questions can be answered by reading this article.

Article Activity - Functions of the Media

Obama critics say his economic vision is hazy
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/25/business/la-fi-obama-econ25-2010jan25
This article is an example of watchdog because critics are taking a closer look at how president Obama takes a look at the economy. Even when he makes the smallest mistake or if someone disagrees with his point of view then people take advantage of it and comment about it.

Immigration opponents to patrol the US border
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14164-2005Mar30.html
This article is an example of gatekeeper because it is a source of new information from the media that is allowing is to learn about the new and recent event in the world. There is an expect 1,300 people trying to cross the border to the US from Mexico and we wouldn't have known that without the media displaying the troops that were sent to patrol the border.

How Obama vs Clinton shapes up
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/21/AR2007012101108.html
This is an example of scorekeeper because it elicits the competition between president Obama and Clinton. This article lists the past of Obama and the past of Clinton and compares both of them. Although this article is biased, it still lists' the facts and is "keeping score" of both of their achievements.

Functions of the Media

Journalist group says 2 Germans in Iran not spies
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-11-16/world/24835924_1_germans-journalist-group-iranian-officials
this article is an example of watchdog media because the author of the article aquired the information through means of investigative journalism

5 seats still to be claimed
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45468.html
because of the fact that article is only reporting tallies for a race instead of any issues it is a scorekeeper article

Chilean miners to begin emerging tonight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101203510.html
this article serves as a gatekeeper because if it weren't for this news, most people wouldn't have known about the mining accident in the first place

Funtions of the Media

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/pakistan.blasphemy/index.html
Family Waits to See if Mother, Accused of Blasphemy, will be Hanged

The media's function in this article is being the Gatekeeper because they are telling us something we wouldn't have known. The media is informing us about how this is the first time Pakistan will execute someone convicted of blasphemy. Many of us would have never even known about Bibi's life sentence without this article.


http://www.aim.org/aim-report/obama-loses-media-in-last-ditch-smear-campaign-2/

Obama Looses Media in Last-Ditch Smear Campaign

In this article the media is playing the Watchdog role because Obama attacked the chambers of commerce for spending foreign money on the campaign and they are saying that he is wrong for attacking the chamber of commerce because they did not spend foreign money. The media is watching Obama and when he barely slips out of line they watch it and then they go for the strike.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/17/alaska.senate.race/index.html

Alaska Sen. Murkowski claims Victory in Re-election Bid

This article clearly shows the media's role as a Scorekeeper. This article is about how Alaska's senator Murkowski won against Joe Miller in a re-election for the Senate race. Even though it's not republicans vs democrat in this article it still shows the role of scorekeeping because they told the public that Murkowski won in an election.

Functions of the Media

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/17/national/main7063867.shtml?tag=pop

GATEKEEPER
This article represents the gatekeeper of the media because it informs the readers and public about important everyday information they should know about the places they live in. This article is about how twin sisters end up with two gun shot wounds to the head in a bizarre case at a shooting range.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/17/national/main7063414.shtml?tag=pop

WATCHDOG
This article implies the watchdog job of the media because it acknowledges the political leaders and government officials. This article summarizes about the Senators and the Transportation Saftey Administration (TSA) about how they defended the new airport security screening procedures.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20022876-503544.html?tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea;cbsnewsSectionsArea.3

SCOREKEEPER
This article suggests the idea of the scorekeeper of the media. This article talks about the polls and percents of the people. The main thing is that it informs about polling and numbers that is why it is the scorekeeper.

Media and Politics

http://www.economist.com/node/17526060

in this article the media is acting as a watchdog, meaning that it merely has information on what the politicians doing, in this case Clinton is talking with foreign leaders.

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/17/131391244/ap-murkowski-wins-alaska-senate-race?sc=ipad&f=1001

this article represents the media behaving as a scorekeeper.

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/18/131413123/cuba-s-rescue-plan-opens-doors-to-market-reforms?sc=ipad&f=1001

this article i believe acts as a gatekeeper considering most U.S. citizens would not know much about Cuba in the first place, let alone care unless the media brought it up for them. e.g. this article.