Annotated+Bibliography2

[] Burtina, Tatyana. "Media Influence in Our Society." Editorial. Associated  Content. Yahoo News Network, 8 Dec. 2005. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.   media_influence_in_our_society.html?cat=35>.

The article talks about and reviews how the world we live in is run by entertainment, and what's even worse about that is the fact that entertainment runs our lives and dictates what it is we do. All day we work but then as we come home our televisions and radios and computers are there waiting to be of use and we allow these forms of entertainment run how we do things in our everyday life. Mainly commercials are the problem for they provide a false image of life and usually are aimed at teenagers who are statistically not fully comfortable with themselves yet. They target teens and show them a fake life that seems to be better if you are in possession of the product and it brainwashes you into using/buying what it is the commercial is selling. It then begins to drift off subject and talk about the porn industry and then curves back around to conclude her rant about the way we allow entertainment and advertisement to dictate how we act and feel.

Her way of thinking is highly logical simply because it makes perfect sense that we let the entertainment industry run our lives. If you pay attention to it, we all watch T.V., listen to the radio, and even get on the computer and if prior to that we see a commercial or advertisement that pertains to the elegance of a person’s life, we must go out and get what they have whether it be a new dress, a cool toy, a new drink, or even a new car. It completely covers how we allow the media to dictate how we act, feel, and listen. It didn't zero in on what I was mainly talking about but it does in fact capture the essence of the broader topic I am covering.

This editorial does help me with my research because it does confirm some questions I had dealing with commercials and media in general. As I said earlier it did not cover my topic directly but it was in the general ‘ballpark’ of what I was looking up. The article was highly interesting on how it did cover the basis of my topic and it helped me refine what I was looking for.

 [] Cey, Janet. "Media and Public Opinion." Editorial. Associated Content. Yahoo  News Network, 15 Mar. 2006. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.   media_and_public_opinion.html?cat=9>.

Although hard to read this article was very informational for it explained how those who are upper class usually run the mass media. They dictate how the news is sent out and how certain people/things in the news is viewed. When upper class individuals run the news are allowed to smear the names of those they do not like or they can make some seem better than others and endorse friends of theirs from behind the scenes. This articles main focus is to show people that the media is completely biased and that it may seem like it's for the people when in fact it is for whomever the upper class individual(s) decides. The whole article is based off of the movie  “Constructing Public Opinion” where constantly they are quoting the movie to use it as a reference piece. Also she uses examples on how politicians abuse their use of the media to try and make money and distort the other running candidates' image. ThWhile reading this article I was very intrigued on how this movie gave her all of this information. It was very easy to ready and simply filled with information on how mostly every broadcast station is extremely biased according to the rich CEO side of any argument.

This article is based off information given from the movie "Constructing Public Opinion" meaning if the author agreed with the research she is also very biased to the in favor of the director who also is very biased against the broadcast medium. The author and the director make very good points and they helped me narrow my searching even more and now I have tons more sub topics to incorporate into my final paper. I've learned a lot from this article simply because it was easy to read, it was full of information, and it even used anecdotes to keep my attention. I learned that the CEO of many companies run the broadcast mediums and that their preference of any argument is the side that gets the most attention.