The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald discuss similar national and world news but differ in regional news

Being that it is distributed in the capital of our nation, The Washington Post primarily brings national and political news to the public’s attention. The Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald, on the other hand, detail events that are pertinent to that city or region. Having said that, there are stories in The Washington Post that are discussed in The Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald.

The Washington Post’s homepage is organized in that there is national political news at the top and as you scroll down the more localized it gets. It also discusses the other headings in the newspaper like opinion, business, and sports. The Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald actually have local news at the top and in order to get to national news you must click on tabs at the top to navigate away from the home page.

These newspapers all talk about many of the same national topics despite being on different parts of the website. Since The Washington Post is based in D.C., the front-page headlines are about the looming government shutdowns and the implications of Obamacare. These stories are also included in The Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald but they are at different locations on their website.

We can see that all three of the articles display the facts of the looming government shutdown. The Republicans want to delay Obama’s new healthcare law for a year but negotiations are at a standstill with the shutdown looming next week. Despite being on different locations on the newspaper’s website, they still cover the main facts of what is being talked about in Washington.

The Washington Post also discusses international news, such as Syria, on its homepage. The Chicago Tribune and Miami Herald also link to articles about Syria, but not on its homepage; you have to navigate to the “World Politics” sections on their respected websites. In all three, the overall theme of Syria was the same, but discuss different topics. For example, The Washington Post commented how Syria’s toxins can be defeated easily, The Chicago Tribune outlined how the U.S. and Russia agree on a Syrian chemical arms measure, and the Miami Herald stated how the price of oil is being affected with our involvement in Syria. While the story is different in each newspaper, the overall topic of Syria is discussed in all three websites.

It is interesting to note how localized the other newspapers are; the Miami Herald’s homepage is about hunting for tegu lizards and the Chicago Tribune’s homepage is about how auditors caught a fraud in the region. News prominent in The Chicago Tribune is about Chicago, IL and news prominent in the Miami Herald is about Miami, FL. If you want national or international news, you have to find it yourself since it isn’t on the homepage like The Washington Post. Despite highlighting different articles because they are in different regions, all three newspapers touch upon many of the same articles in different locations of their website.

Addiction to Social Media is most likely not possible

Addiction is really defined as something that people do not have control over, either taking or using. Their bodies simply cannot live without taking or using something because it makes them feel uncomfortable if they do not have it. After reading the article, I agree with Professor Yaros in his explanation of a social media "addiction". I don't think anyone can truly be addicted to social media; it's mainly the convenience factor that is making people think there is an addiction. People can live without checking Twitter, Facebook, etc. and live a normal life. But when you have the ability to check it instantaneously on your phone at any location, that's when people start to beg the question on if there is an addiction, which I believe there is not. The reason I think this is because I am probably the biggest user of Twitter I know; I check Twitter multiple times when I am in class and sometimes sit there just refreshing the page in hopes of more information. My use of Twitter may lead some people to think I am addicted to Twitter, when in reality, I just like the ability and convenience to check the news and other information that is happening in the world at any time. I can go hours without using Twitter with no problem, but if I have the opportunity, why not check and see what is going on in the world at that time? Having said that, I do think it can be very distracting. Sometimes I will be in class and forget what was being taught because I was so entrenched in what news was being updated on Twitter. Personally, my device is more distracting than helpful in class, but that is just because I sometimes do not have self control with checking it. There shouldn't be any rule that governs the use of it in school just because some people, like myself, are being distracted when other people are perfectly capable of learning and using it. There are just a lot of potential games, news, messages, social media sites that can be a distraction to students in class. Using Nearpod in Professor Yaros's class is helpful in that it keeps students on the same slide and focused on what is being discussed at that time. Using social media can be helpful if being used for the right purposes, but as for myself, reading Twitter to find out news for my favorite sports team is only distracting and not useful.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/addiction/

Video games and TV are near equals when it comes to influence on the public

I don’t think that highly interactive mediums, like video games, have more of an effect on media users than passive mediums do.  I believe that it is more about how entrenched an individual is with the game or show that determines how they react. Take the game ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and the show ‘Dexter’ for instance. Grand Theft Auto forces players to kill civilians and police officers and rewards them if they escape without getting arrested or killed. ‘Dexter’ is about a normal, average forensic scientist who is a serial killer but he kills “those who deserve to die” and has not been caught by authorities. Both have clear, violent themes but to say one is more violent than the other is not correct. What is true in both cases is that there is a reward for not getting caught, something that many individuals can get a thrill out of. Because ‘Dexter’ and Grand Theft Auto are so realistic, it gives the impression that a normal, average individual could execute the same stunts they portray in the show in real life. Whether or not it is a highly interactive medium or passive medium is irrelevant because of how realistic both of those mediums seem to the average viewer; it has the same effect. Rachel Reilly of Mail Online discusses how there is no direct correlation that people become more violent after playing these games. In fact, it would be more unusual if one of these mass murderers had never played a violent game before in their life. A similar study by Wilbur Schramm, Jack Lyle, and Edwin Parker was talked about in the text; even if children were exposed to the same type of violence in TV, there is no direct cause that this was the reason for any violent behavior in real life. Could there be a correlation? Yes, but there cannot be a direct link between the two. Because of this, I don't believe that highly interactive mediums could have any more impact on media users than passive mediums do; they both are realistic enough to make the average viewer think they could pull off the same stunts in real life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2403032/Violent-video-games-like-Grand-Theft-Auto-DONT-harm-children--therapeutic.html

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