Fox 25 News--A Funny Story

I chose this video because I thought it was funny. Also because I didn't know there was such thing as a gum to erase the smell of alcohol on someone's breath when they get pulled over by the police.

LOOK AT THIS CLOWN






This newscaster was basically trying to read us the scores of of a couple college games that day, but it looked like he was a bite nervous through the whole thing. When your a newscaster you're suppose to know what your saying while your saying it at the same time and it looked like he had that problem. what mad this whole thing worse was when he was getting frustrated in between his sentences. thats another thing you shouldn't do in front of the camera is show the people your mad. if you mess up you have to continue with the whole news report because then a least the people can see you tried through the whole thing without getting frustrated.

Angry Weather Man

Here's a perfect example of what not to do on a newscast... this guy lets his emotions take over and loses it on the air.

When I do my newscast, I'm going to be as cool and clear as I can. Unlike this hotheaded weather man, it is important not to let small things bother you; especially when you're recording live.

Tom Brokaw covers Elvis' death

I chose this newscast because the newscaster, Tom Brokaw, was a great speaker and seen in the homes of many people every night covering some of the most important stories of his time. Here he is covering the death of one of the most influential musician of the 20th century, Elvis Presley. It's big newscasters like Tom Brokaw that we associate with certain events in history. The news is what chronicles history.

I hope to some day be as good or better of a newscaster than Tom Brokaw.

Boom Goes The Dynamite - What Not To Do During a Newscast

I picked this newscast to show what happens if you get really nervous and how you shouldn't mess up or you'll be a YouTube sensation like this guy. If you remain calm, you should do well in your newscast! Hopefully I will do better than this, but I just have to remember to stay calm and composed and I won't mess up too badly.

Newscaster Laughing

I chose to put up this video because it shows how newscasters don't have to be dead serious all the time, they can let them selves go (like the man who couldn't stop laughing) and have a bit of fun in front of the camera. Though it usually matters what are you casting about you sometimes shoud be sad, happy, or angry, but most of the time they show no emotion, which I think is wrong.

Here is the link to the video

Media Usage in Teens

In my Tv & News production class we are studying the amount of media that teens consume. Also, the effects of media on teens. I personally recorded my media usage in a single weekend (September 18 & 19). I watched 8 hours of television. I have an Itouch and use it for multiple things. I listened to 1.5 hours of music, spent 4 hours on the internet and 1/2 an hour playing games on the Itouch. I spent 2 hours playing video games (Xbox 360). A 1/2 hour listening to the radio while driving. As far as cell phone use is concerned, I made 9 calls, sent 59 text messages and received 62 texts. This comes to about a total of 17 hours of media consumption. Which averages out to 8.5 hours a day. This is slightly above the average for teens. Here is a link concerning the average media time of teens. Another thing that some people are researching is if the amount of media that teens are exposed to has a negative affect on their health. Here's a link on just that.

Not to mention childhood obesity!!!

Media Usage Over The Weekend

My name is Francesca and at my high school we have been studying media usage among teenagers. One assignment we had was to document our media use over one weekend. The average media use is about 7.5 hours per day. On Friday I watched about an hour of T.V. I had a volleyball game so I was very busy. On Saturday morning I read a book called 13 Reasons Why, it was really good but kind of strange and hard to follow. After that I played a video game for about an hour and a half. On Sunday the Patriots game was on so I watched about 3.5 hours of T.V. I also went on YouTube. I actually usually consume more media than that but I was out a lot so I didn't have much extra time. My average daily media use was about 2 hours, which is much lower than the average for teens.

Here is a link about media usage and consummation among teens

I am just another teenager!

Hey, it's Anna here!

We are doing a study on how much our class uses media. Well this weekend was a slow one with media usage for me. On Friday I made five calls (though they were only about one minute each), and read. On Saturday I called only four times (there were two minutes for one of them and less than a minute for the others). Like many others I listened to my ipod and went on a website called Facebook (www.facebook.com) for about 30 minutes, and like every other day I read for an hour, for my parents want me to read at least one hour a day.

Sunday was the most media usage for my slow weekend. I went on Facebook twice (in total it was about 20 minutes), called eight times (One of the calls was five minutes and another was ten minutes, while all others were less than a minute). Afterwards I read for one hour and I was not close to being tired so I listened to my ipod for about 35 minutes. I am considered the lower scale of the average media use for teens which is about 7.5 hours per day and my average is 4.9 hours for the whole week end and 1.6 hours per day.

Here is a link to the study about teens and media consumption.

My Media Usage

Last weekend for Ms. Ventura's class, I recorded my total media usage and compared it to the national averages that we had been looking at in class a few days before. What I found was that my media use was well below the national average of 7.5 hours per day (although I didn't have my phone on hand for both days). Between going on YouTube, downloading music and watching TV, I spent a total of 5.5 hours using media on Saturday and Sunday combined (an average of 2 hours and 45 minutes per day). In general, I probably consume more media than this, but still under the national average.

The studies that we have been looking at in class show that media consumption has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, especially with media more easily accessible due to new technologies; the most popular of which seem to be the iPhone, iPod touch, and other small devices with games, music, and social networks, all available with convenient Wi-Fi.

Here's a link to a report concerning teen media use.

Media Use In The United States

Here are some fascinating statistics about media use in the US. Some of the comparisons between media usage and other every day activities are simply shocking.