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| Participants watch short video clips from Fox News and MSNBC |
Did you ever turn on your tele and wonder how the talking heads on your screen make the world around you look to spin out of balance or that there’s so much mayhem going on that you lose focus of what you can do to change things?
I f you answered yes, Truman Sociology Professor Madeline Troche-Rodriguez and Social Sciences Professor Joshua Jones hosted a critique on the role of the Media on, Thursday, Mar. 24, at the front lobby from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to address such oversimplified upshot.
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| Student Andrew Dahl asks a question during the presentation |
The participants watched video clips from Fox News and MSNBC coverage of Wisconsin 2011 budget process to illustrate the context and extent of polarization in the American media. The show hosts and news commentators, shown in the clips, were selective in their reporting, omitting arguments that did not reflect their own ideological slant.
Even though I joined a little while after it had begun, the purpose of the presentation was, according to Jones, to promote the public to “engage in dialogue,” and also to widen the scope of that debate. He also stated that media messages have purposes and encouraged attendees to do citizen journalism, read multiple sources, and not just be isolated to liberal and conservative view of an issue.
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| Journalism Professor Ben Ortiz responds to questions by students |
40 to 60 students and faculty participated in the event, where students asked questions and the faculty provided expert opinion on the issues at hand.
Organizers distributed flyers with the addresses of international English language news Websites to help students explore different views of issues happening around the world.
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