This week in class, we talked a lot about the media and how it affects our everyday life. It is hard to talk about a lot every week when we only have one class, but there is a lot said in our block time. We touched on the topic of the newspapers and the media behind it.

Newspapers have been an extremely pivotal part of our history, That is how the news began. Unfortunately technology has taken over the news media and newspapers are becoming outdated. Everything that we need to know can be seen in seconds from our phone. If we don’t see it on our phone then it will definitley pop up on the TV or even the radio. I will say though, I like to read sports news papers because you can read about the back stories and the quiter topics. You wont see that on TV or on your phone because it doesn’t really attract immediate attention. My parents and my grandparents grew up on newspapers, so they understand the change way more than I do, or for any kid. Cellphones weren’t a thing during that time so newspapers were the next best thing. Politics, Economy, sports stats, movies. People found out everything through the newspapers. It’s not completley dying down either. For example, the FIAT LUX is still an up and moving newspaper across campus. One of my roommates is currently writing for them and he is busy all the time writing. There are still so many journalists and writers still that i’m not sure if the newspapers will ever die down. I know you can find the same article online usually, but I think more people by from stores.

The film we had to watch this week was “The Wire” season 5 episode 1 (More with Less). The whole episode is based on a very stressful time for politics. Mayor Carcetti is trying to get a campaign together and is sturggling with what is known as a “campaign promise”. He is attempting to modernize the Baltimore Police department when his whole operation is stopped due to the funding needed for the educational community. That is a really tough situation to be in. He rightfully leads people on to believe that his campaign will make a difference to the Police Department and then he has no say in the shutdown to funds and there is no way to fight for it because education is the future of our people. Drug frontiers is also a topic brought up in this episode. Trying to make boundaires and dividing lines between counties. Not only did this episode make me a little anxious, but it also keeps you interested throughout the hour.