Week 12

Lately and even in the past has the topic of what the media feeds the public is true, exaggerated or biased. Of course it is because different media outlets will have biased opinions, as well as choosing what is said to the public. There is usually only one side to a story for most media outlets. As for using fox news and talking about the coded language that they use, this became very interesting to me. 

            The main argument about this presentation and what they showed is the one on gay marriage. There were biased opinions on this topic and usually results in religion being the reasoning behind being against gay marriage. I am not a religious person at all and have a very opened mind about this stuff but then think of my parents who are religious and are not as open minded. I wonder if there is usually another main reason for the disapproval of gay marriage. It is interesting to talk and discuss coded language and see what is actually being said in the media to give off a certain viewpoint of the topic they are presenting. Places like social media and news media abuse the use of coded language I think. The thought of coded language can be good and bad.

            Coded language as what I got out of the presentation could be seen as good because people can get a certain side of the knowledge that is out there but from what I learned from it I hope that when people go and read or view these media outlets like Fox News they always keep and opened mind and do not always agree with what the media says. Because what I have learned the media can jam a certain viewpoint in your mind. These viewpoints can be seen as racist to many people and then to the ones saying them, they could be the total opposite. I got this feeling during this presentation.

            All in all this presentation was very intriguing and they did a great job portraying what the media especially Fox News does with coded language and how it effects the people viewing their news.