Day Four!!


Hey everyone! Welcome back to grumpy's blog.. I hope you're enjoying life and stuff right now..  If not then...

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ANYWAYS .... 

Moving on to the real reason as to why I'm here. Continuing with linkage institutions I think the biggest linkage institution is media. Whether it's the internet, radio, television, magazines (that's still a thing right?) whichever applies to you, this is all media where you find the latest update and news about something or someone. Media is a linkage institution because it provides the most possible access to elected officials by the people who elected them (election wise like presidents and senators and what not). Media affects the general public because we're able to (usually) find out the quickest information about someone or something on our phones for example. By getting the quickest info, or just getting information in general, you'll get to decide who's the better candidate and what actions they take to become a better candidate. I chose two sources: CNN and FOX NEWS. The target audience for CNN is mostly liberals and the target for Fox news is conservatives. I will be talking today about the church shooting that happened in Texas in a church.

shooter: Devin Kelley

 

another very important picture. same place, different angle.

LIBERAL SIDE: CNN
The article talks of 26 people shot in the small town of Sutherland Spring which is in Texas and the message a family one of the mourning families had was this; No more guns. Specifically there is a family (Rodriguez) which is mourned by the loss of their brother/dad Richard Rodriguez. The sister, Evangelina Santos, is completely devastated, saying that she doesn't think it's safe for people to have guns. I think this article was relevant to the current in the event I chose because the guy who shot and killed people relates to the idea of shootings and gun violence. They do provide evidence even though it's not as much as it could be. For example, in this article, there is a video of 2 of the victims whose love one died and they were interviewed by CNN on how they felt and what they think. Also, there is a direct quote from Donald Trump replying to the 2 victims and specifically addressing to what the two women said. The point of view in this article is that they are two women who are for “no more guns” meaning they are not willing to have random people have guns anywhere in Texas and Trump should do something to stop guns. They (CNN and victims) are against the gun policy and they portray Trump as “good” and “bad” for not taking immediate action but “good” for at least replying to what the family said. The article and video is influenced by the political and social context in which it was written because they way the author worded the article and put in only a slight piece as to what Trump said towards the ladies makes it seem like Trump is only against and not with them as a team


CONSERVATIVE SIDE: FOX NEWS:

• A brief description of your second news source.
• A brief summary of the article you have chosen to analyze.
• An explanation of why the article is relevant to your current event, credible, and any biases that might exist.
• An explain of how the article is influenced by the political, social, cultural and/or economic context in which it was written.
• An analysis of the article’s argument, reasoning, and evidence.

• A brief response to the question: How might the media influence an individual’s political beliefs?