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Week 9 Topic 2- Campus Radio

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I have never been a huge fan of radio stations or listening to the radio, so I tried to think about starting a station from an unbiased perspective. I conducted some research to help me decide whether or not launching a radio station seemed feasible. My first concern was if the people at LBCC would be interested in listening to this radio station. I found that, according to News Generation , more than 71.6 million Millennials, people born between 1980 and 1996, use radio each month and 95% of them are reached monthly by radio. Due to the fact most college age students are millennials, I think that it would be possible to start a radio station, as the audience is clearly reached through radio.   My second concern was how they would go about starting it. The website, Intercollegiate Broadcasting System , offers some advice to starting a radio station. They state that a radio station is composed of two main parts: The studio, or source of programing, and the transmission mode. Transm
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Week 9 Topic 1: Music Influence

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Answering the question of what is my favorite music genre is always hard for me, as I enjoy multiple genres. If I were basing it on the concerts I have attended, I would say country is my favorite. My top five favorite artists are, George Strait, Tim Mcgraw, Craig Morgan, Carrie Underwood, and Blake Shelton.  Out of those five I have seen George Strait, Craig Morgan, and Carrie Underwood in concert. From a young age I listened to any kind of music, and feel as if my parents didn’t put a lot of effort into “protecting” me from it. Due to the fact my sister is four years older than me, I often listened to music with profanity, sexual references, or other factors that some people may consider “corrupting influences”. Other than knowing a few cuss words to young, I feel like I turned out despite listening to popular music.  Even though I don’t remember being protected from some music, there are some instances where I have tried to protect those younger than me. A
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Week 8

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TOPIC ONE:  Some books that I have read that are on the list of banned and challenged books, compiled by the American Library Association, are The Hunger Games , by Suzanne Collins, Twilight , by Stephenie Meyer, and To Kill A Mockingbird , by Harper Lee. The Hunger Games and Twilight are both books that I read on my own time, but I don't remember much about the actual books, since the movies have came out. I read To Kill A Mockingbird in class and really enjoyed it. The American Library Association American stated that it was challenged and banned because of violence and its use of the N-word. I understand that this book contains violence and predigest that can concern some parents or teachers, but I think it is an important part of our history. Another book I have read that is on the 2017 top challenged list was, Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher. This book was published in 2007, but a Netflix series with the same name was released in March of 2017.
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Blog project 2

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The movie I selected for my blog project is Incredibles 2 . This movie has received a lot of hype as the first one was released 2004, leaving a bunch of twenty-something year olds to wait 14 years for a sequel. Well finally the wait is over, and we can finally find out what powers Jack-Jack has. Incredibles 2 was released on June 15, 2018. To shortly summarize the film, it's about how Mr. Incredible is left to care for the kids while Elastigirl is out saving the world. The family faces a series of battles, with the world and within their own family unit. The director of the film is Brad Bird. According to a biography on IMDb, Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Some films he is know for are The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Incredibles 2. A interesting fact about Brad bird is with The Incredibles (2004), he was the first person
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Week 6: TOPIC TWO

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The term “fake news” seems to be everywhere in today's world. As someone who does not know much about the news, this term is very alarming. It leads to confusion of what is credible and what is not. I do believe that President Trump labels news stories as “fake” if they shine a negative light on him. One of the reasons I believe this is due to a tweet I found of his while researching. Below is the tweet: The way he connects the word negative to fake is what alarms me here. He attributes something that is negative with being fake, which I have a hard time supporting. I do believe the president is doing the American public a disservice and harming democracy and the First Amendment with his attacks on journalism and the free press. In the Ted talk, How Free is our Freedom of the press?, Trevor Timm talks about how the press has a right to publish secret information the public needs to know, protected by the First Amendment, but it is impossible to exercise if they can't
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Week 6: TOPIC ONE

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In previous blogs I have discussed my lack of interest and desire to read and watch the news. Even though that is true, I do still have some sources of news. I currently live in Bend, Oregon so the local news channel is where I get my local news. The news channel is KTVZ: Click here for website . The local news is somewhat important to my daily life, as this channel normally reports on weather, accidents, road closures, or other events. Normally these stories are posted on Facebook through mutual friends as well. I suppose I have never questioned the credibility or accuracy of these stories, as they are normally local drug bust or car accidents. I personally do not pay or have online subscriptions for any news sources. I do not want to pay, as I do not enjoy the news. Although it may be in my best interest to start supporting a local news channel for the local support alone, as well as to enhance my understanding of local and global news. Once again, I am not very info
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Freedom of Expression

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Before watching this documentary, I had not given much thought to how these artists of mashups could face issues with copyright laws. I found it very interesting how fine the line is when determining if it is illegal. At one point in the documentary, MaryBeth Peters, who is the Registrar of Copyrights,stated that it's hard to say if someone could face legal trouble, it depends on whose work they used and how mad it made that person. Overall this documentary was very interesting to me, and not something I have previously gave much thought on. I suppose I haven't gave much thought to it as mashups and remixes are very popular and have been for most of my life, we here it almost every song it seems like.   A statement  from MaryBeth Peters, who is the Registrar of Copyrights, left me with some concerns on the limits of creativity. She states that you can’t argue your creativity when it is based on other peoples work. This statement is concerning because I feel as though the ma
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