Emmy Murtagh

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Going off my last tweet, one of the most interesting examples of AI having human biases showing was the article about the intelligence robots hiring people. The robots were racist in job hiring because the people that created them were racist. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

I thought the articles about artificial intelligence were really interesting. It is easy to forget that these algorithms and computers were created by humans, so you will never really be able to get rid of human biases. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

@MattGreeneComm I think it can also be applied when we are speaking face to face with someone. We don't always know how the person we are speaking with is receiving what we are saying to them. I feel like we are constantly assuming in communication. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

It is really interesting how FDR liked to invite journalists to the White House for dinners and speak with them often, while he was openly hostile towards the newspaper publishers. This shows how he was against commercially manufactured information and opinion. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

I think Peter's idea of the body being an important medium is really interesting. Before this reading, I only imagined technology as a medium-- but now I see that your body can also be a method and aspect of communications in a similar sense. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

@jackie_cuddy I like this idea that the way certain actors are filmed informs the reader of their importance. It makes you pay attention to certain characters without realizing that you are being manipulated by filmmakers. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

I like that the studies Tomlinson references in his article say that audiences are more active and complex than critical media theorists assume. We have read a lot about media manipulating people, but we don't have to believe everything we see in the media. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Tomlinson talks about how viewers of shows like "Dallas" might enjoy it even though they don't necessarily agree with it's ideological content. I agree and think what you watch isn't always representative of your beliefs. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Landsberg argues that cinema makes us experience empathy more than novels, but I am not sure I agree with this. In a novel, you can experience the narrator's thoughts with them, which you usually can't do in a movie. This might make the novel a better source of empathy. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Landsberg's point about the cinema making us feel like we are experiencing the movie through effects and sounds makes me wonder how often we are influenced by movie edits without even being aware of it. It is probably used so frequently that we don't even notice it. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

I feel like Mulvey's belief that women in films represent castration is a little far-fetched, although I do think she has some good points about women being objectified and over sexualized in cinema. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

@SammyJo38054903 Gunning says he also thinks the terror and shock the audience showed in response to the film could be because they were expecting to see something shocking, leading them to that reaction. I think that anticipation would make any viewer respond in a certain way. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

I think Mulvey's idea that men in films are not objectified like women is still true, but there are some exceptions as well. Today, some films objectify men to make them sexualized, like women (example: "Magic Mike"), but it does seem to be rare. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Sadly, as a viewer I find myself attracted to the negative news because it draws me in more than the positive news. I think a lot of people tend to be the same way, even though we genuinely wish there was more good news in the world. #comm106 https://t.co/yGUlPNdBfr

[Sammy Johnson @SammyJo38054903]

I like how Schudson noted that most news is bad news because it is more enticing for viewers. I remember as a kid never wanting to watch the news at night because it would give me bad dreams; I knew there was always going to be something upsetting #Comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

In Schudson's article he quotes George Moss saying that the public influences news coverage more than news influences the public. There are so many opposing views among the public that I don't think this applies to everything, like politics, for example. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

In class today, @trbradle2019 and I talked about the hypodermic/indoctrination model. Our critique was that this model assumes that people never question the news and always accept it to be true. We think people are more critical than he is giving us credit for. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

@jackie_cuddy I agree with this point, but I think this can also be a positive thing. Publicity on social media can make people aware of things that they never would have been aware of without that tool. I think there are pros and cons to the public sphere weakening. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Standage talks about the point in time when news started to become worth money. I think this is relevant today, when news sources print "fake news" or news on pop culture just to sell and make the most money possible. #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

Anderson's concept of "simultaneous consumption" that we began to have due to newspapers is an interesting idea. Today, people follow different news networks that may give different facts. Is this still simultaneous consumption if we're getting different news? #comm106

[Emmy Murtagh @emmy_murtagh]

How do you think we can make our public sphere stronger? Habermas believes that we can do this through debates and discussion. Do you think this is easier or more difficult with our advancements in technology? #comm106