Eddie Engelman

University of Wisconsin-Madison Student

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This week's material focused on different forms of advertising, with some examples being focus groups, surveys, etc... If you were in charge of marketing at a large company, which method would you employ the most often? For me, it would definitly be focus groups. #UWJ201 #304

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@TheoDougie Although I think commericials on television can be memorable and fun, they typically fail to persuade me to actually buy the product or service. Mobile ads on social media platforms definitly resonate with me far more, and they get me to buy the product on occasion #UWJ201 #304

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@luke_glags Yeah, I would definitly say that social media has eclipsed television as one of the best ways to advertise. The fact is that not everybody has cable television, and it feels like nearly everybody has at least one account on social media #304 #UWJ201

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@maayan_m_ Agreed. I think that if a platform has a certain number of users, it should be able to decide who gets an extremely influential platform using their service. It would be very interesting to see this play out in our current social media-orientated society #UWJ201 #304

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@londyn_butler Exactly this. There is always a trade off, and in this case the trade off can be extremely impactful as the terms of service is becoming more and important as we are all realizing as time passes #UWJ201 #304

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While writing my Media Analysis paper this week, I noticed just how influential the hostile media effect, and the relative hostile media effect, were on people, even members of my own family. It made me curious about just how far reaching these media effects were #UWJ201 #304

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@JeremiahParana Personally, I'd have to say that despite the media's best efforts to claim the opposite, completely unbiased reporting is pretty much impossible to achieve due to the innate biases that everybody possesses. #UWJ201 #304

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@ellese_martin Yeah, I definitly also saw a lot of bias when I was looking for the topic that I chose. It was almost impressive to see how nearly every article that I saw was biased in some way or another despite many of them claiming to be just reporting on the facts of an event #UWJ201 #304

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I wasn't expecting to feel frusterated doing this week's writing, but I found myself annoyed quite often. The hostile media effect undoubtedly had a huge effect on me, and it makes me wonder what other media sources have this effect on me without me even realizing it #UWJ201 #304

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@vallesterosori As technology becomes more and more integrated into childrens lives, I also wonder how reliant they will become on technology and social media. My sister is just starting school now, so I'm curious to see how much she leans on on google and technology in general #UWJ201 #304

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@laurentamborino My media repertoire includes just my phone and laptop here at college, but back at home I have much more interaction with the media (i.e. television, PS4, etc..) #UWJ201 #304

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I was curious as to what people thought about the relationship between local media and national news media and its influence on people. To me personally, I actually trust CNN more than the my local news station, so I wondered if I was the only one who believes this? #UWJ201 #304

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@ZachHanser Personally, it like the sad truth is that it's nearly impossible to get all of the facts nowadays becaude not only is every media source biased (even if just a little bit), but doing so would require a massive time and energy investment to even attempt to pull off #UWJ201 #304

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@AlexisMachoka Same here. Specifically, I've been noticing just how much framing has been used in different news articles, and not just from specific news sources, but from almost every news station out there. It seems that framing is becoming more and more common as time passes. #UWJ201 #304

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The article on the spiral of silence effect mentions how the effect can actually be helpful in preventing hate in a community. This led me to wonder how often the spiral of silence effect is helpful for a community, versus how often it is harmful? #UWJ201 #304

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@BrookeP303 Same here. My school was extremely liberal and it certainly didn't paint republicans in the best light. Although I think most teachers and students were respectful enough, I can't say I would've been too happy going there should I have been a passionate republican #UWJ201 #304

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@agirlcalledally I think with the rise of platforms like YouTube and Twitter, news media has shifted to a strategy where the goal is to get the most amount of clicks possible on their videos or posts, and it so happens that extremist views do that better than just about anything else #UWJ201 #304

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With all of the talk about knowledge gaps this week and seeing just how divided people are based on educational level, accessibility, etc... I wondered if it was even possible for a topic to have no knowledge gaps entirely? #UWJ201 #304

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@jamie_vacca I actually had a similar question regarding video games and amount that they can influence people in terms of acting more violently in their own lives. It would be really interesting to see a comparison between television and video games with violence stats in mind #UWJ201 #304

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@ZachHanser Felt the same way when I first watched Bladerunner. It really gave me a new perspective about the possible future we are heading to with AI and technology constantly advancing at the rate that it is. #UWJ201 #304