Week 1

      The article called, "Not necessarily Not the News: Gatekeeping, Remediation and the Daily Show" written by Aaron McKain was quite interesting. I love the Daily Show and watch it often, so I enjoyed reading this article. It states that one out of five adults prefer to recieve news from "fake news" than opposed to "real news". Our generation is very much into humor and they like to watch what appeases them. I can totally see how The Daily Show is something that is watched more than a news channel. I never knew about how they choose what news actually "makes" the news, so it was interesing to read the definition of gatekeeping. Being a fan of this show, I can understand how it is a parody. One has to be careful when writing a parody because the viewers have to know what the parody is about and that the object is worth a parody of it in order to succeed. This was so interesting to see the producing side of things. A perfect example of this is the quote used in the beginning, "He says in public what alot of us say privately in the news room." Peter Jennings said this, and this just proves that The Daily Show says what we all are thinking, whether its "real news" or "fake news".

      In the article "On Rhetoric" written by Aristotle, it states that the "rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion". I have learned much about rhetoric but I liked how Aristotle referred to it as means of persuasion. Anything can be persuaded no matter what the subject actually is. He then goes on to explain three modes of persuasion, which depend on the character of the speaker, putting the audience in a certain frame of mind, and on the proof provided by the words of the speech. These three kinds are so true because persuasion really does depend on the speaker. If one is more confident in his persuasion, I am more likely to agree with what he or she is persuading me to do. By putting the audience in a "certain frame of mind", this helps with the speaker's point to really impact them on what his subject matter is. The words of the speech are obviously a strong point because it's going to matter what you are speaking on and if its actually validated and true. Overall, Aristotle taught me alot on just the means of persuasion.