Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The role of a news service, in whatever media, is not necessarily pedagogic. If anything, there is tendency to support and reinforce preexisting values and accepted frames of reference. At a recent round table at USC's Annenberg School for Communications (henceforth ASC), concern was expressed over a paper addressing Al Jazeera's autonomy, given who the owner/patron is. For me, it was a curious question, given that we were sitting in an Annenberg funded facility. It is a questionable leap of faith when one presumes that the presentation of "news" is a neutral activity. S.d. On May 7, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Chris Saganich wrote: > Correct although I never to meant to imply I thought this is > static, one achieves new perspective through interaction in the > world and then subsequently must reinterpret what they think. > Having an open or positive mindset allows this but many people have > fixed mindsets and are not open to new perspectives. They are static. > > At 10:36 AM 5/7/2009, you wrote: > >> On May 7, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Chris Saganich wrote: >> >>> Reading and watching is a state. The interpretation of what you >>> read and watch is the action. A person can read and watch >>> everything that exists and will only interpret within their >>> perspective. How can an interpretation be made outside your >>> perspective? I believe therefore one would be hard-pressed to come >>> up with an example of a person making an interpretation outside what >>> they already think. >> >> at the core I agree with you Chris, but things are not static... if >> one is open to learning, >> >> once that is accomplished, a person may be capable of new >> interpretations... >> >> so one has to be open to learning, and find productive avenues to >> accomplish that.... >> >> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Or do you do what most people do, only read/watch what fits >>>> in with what they already think? I really feel sorry for you! >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov >>>> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: >>>> > I'm in the middle of reading Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker, 2008. >>>> It's a >>>> > history of the interwar period, up to 1941, using news articles, >>>> diary >>>> > entries, etc., from a pacifist's point of view. >>>> > It's grim reading, and an indelible commentary on journalism, >>>> without >>>> > "choosing sides". >>>> > The BBC strikes me as being virtually within the same mold as >>>> Radio Free >>>> > America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Moscow, Vatican Radio, etc. >>>> Meaning it is >>>> > a "point of view" form of broadcasting, with government funding. >>>> > S.d. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On May 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> Outside of the former Soviet environment, British journalism is >>>> one of >>>> >>> the most censored on the planet. >>>> >> >>>> >> BBC included? >>>> >> >>>> >> I must listen to Bejing radio immediately >>>> >> Ph >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>> Then again, on the academic level, anyone learning journalism >>>> in the US, >>>> >>> at the multiplicity of Annenberg School(s) for Communication, >>>> is taught >>>> >>> self censorship. A predictable mind provides a safe product. >>>> >>> S.d. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On May 6, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> At 08:41 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Mark said: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> And why would you felt like you needed to oblige them? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Because they refuse access unless you agree to their terms. >>>> That's >>>> >>>> true of more and more organizations. All of the photos taken >>>> on National >>>> >>>> Trust property in England have been removed from Alamy >>>> because the Trust >>>> >>>> refuses to allow photographers use photos taken on their >>>> grounds. Usually >>>> >>>> it's because the organization wants to make money themselves >>>> by leasing the >>>> >>>> photos - like many museums don't allow photography so they >>>> can sell slides >>>> >>>> and prints in the gift shop. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> The exact same thing...When the subjects lay out ground rules >>>> for >>>> >>>>> access or want to review images before publication it's time >>>> to walk away. >>>> >>>>> Walt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I agree but there are more and more things we're having to >>>> walk away >>>> >>>> from these days. British photographers are protesting the >>>> National Trust >>>> >>>> stand but I doubt they'll be able to change anything. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tina Manley >>>> >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> Leica Users Group. >>>> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> Leica Users Group. >>>> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Leica Users Group. >>>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> Chris Saganich MS, CPH >>> Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics >>> Weill Medical College of Cornell University >>> New York Presbyterian Hospital >>> chs2018 at med.cornell.edu >>> http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ >>> Ph. 212.746.6964 >>> Fax. 212.746.4800 >>> Office A-0049 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich MS, CPH > Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information