John Dewey’s concept of a “public,” (sic) as a group of individuals who together are affected by a particular action or idea, which was introduced in his The Public and Its Problems, is not dead. This definition is vague and broad enough that it is adaptable to societal changes. The variety and sheer volume of the “public” has grown exponentially with the changes in technology and transportation. These changes have eliminated boundaries and made the transmission and receipt of information almost instantaneously. Kruckeberg and Tsetsura (2004) asked: “is today’s communication “revolution” more accurately a “reformation” in which each person can be his or her own journalist within a global milieu of interactive multimedia?” (p. 85) Comparing the reporting on two historical tragic events illustrates the answer to this question. …show more content…
Reporting of the Titanic hitting an iceberg was received fairly quickly through the new technology of the Marconi wireless radio system; however, the hours of silence that followed and patchy communication led to erroneous headlines. According to web article: How the sinking of the Titanic was reported, by Jack Dearlove, April 13, 2012, The Daily Mail stated “No lives lost” and conversely the Washington Post stated “One thousand eight hundred souls lost”. Fast forward to September 11, 2001 and we can see how the statement that “each person can be his or her own journalist” can be true. On that day so much of what was reported did come directly from those experiencing the tragedies and the information flooded the internet almost
Titanic: Legacy of the World’s Greatest Ocean Liner was written by Susan Wels. She has written 10 other books in her career. She has also written another book based on historic events. Titanic: Legacy of the World’s Greatest Ocean Liner was published in 1997 by Time-Life Books/Discovery Channel/Tehabi Books. There were not really any characters in this book.
News has spread around through different means and has rapidly evolved in just the past few hundred years, from newspapers, to news channels, and now also through online media. The purpose of these news outlets is to inform the population on current events locally and internationally. Many people feel as if the news does a good job in captivating audiences and influencing them, but wonder if they are actually reporting the news accurately. In their article, “Pictures in Our Heads,” Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson thought the same, and made statements stating that the media does effectively influence the population and insinuating that the media does not always portray their coverage accurately; this
“Mother is this ship really safe and unsinkable?” said Mary Anne Louise to her mom while she started to walk towards the RMS Titanic “I have the same question as the girl… Is this ship really unsinkable?” said a lady known as Mrs.Sylvia Caldwell. “Of course it is unsinkable God himself could not sink this ship!” exclaimed the crew member as he helped her up the steps.After they entered the ship, she stood in amazement see how this ship was designed.She suddenly saw a girl dressed in a simple, pretty white dress and a large bow on the back of her head.She wanted to say hi but her mom wouldn’t let her because she was a lower class than her
In the article “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Failing Our Culture.” suggests that the news today is more focused on personal bias and less on actual facts (Keen, 2007). Thus creating news to be distorted and geared towards personal feelings. If a viewer is to only access information on news events
In 1898 Mr. Robinson published a book called Futility. It was about a fictional ocean liner ship called Titan, that sank. A lot of controversy surrounds this book because of the similarities between it and the actual sinking of the RMS Titanic. What most people don’t know is that when this book was originally published some of the similarities were not the same. You see in 1898 when the book was published the weight of the ocean liner was listed as 45,000 tons, and following the sinking of the RMS Titanic when it was re-released it was changed to 70,000 tons which was 4,000 tones larger then Titanic. Another change was the horse power of the ship. Originally it was 40,000, and during the re-print it was changed to 75,000 while the titanic
The story of the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship the world had ever known, was a tragic event in history. Not only was the Titanic claimed to be the biggest ship, but also the safest. If these two things are accurate, how is it possible that the Titanic actually sank and only 706 of the original 2,201 people survived. The sinking of the Titanic along with the stories of the passengers and if and why they survived are only a few examples of the many questions to be discussed.
The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most infamous shipwrecks in history in 1912. The Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew. There were many passengers and crew who died from the sinking of the Titanic because there were not enough lifeboats provided for them. The problem about Titanic survival is how can we make a better prediction rate for the sort of the passengers that were likely to survive?
It was me, my mom, my dad, my two brothers and three sisters and we were excited to board the Titanic. My mom’s name is Sara and my dad's name is Richard, my two brothers are twins and their names are Mike and Ike, and my three sisters names are Layla, Tracy, and Stephanie. We were traveling to New York on April 10. The Titanic was so beautiful and big it had some many rooms for everybody we even got our own rooms, but me and my sisters and brothers decided to share a room and my mom and dad shared a room. The Titanic had an elegant foyer stood below the wrought-iron and glass dome over the first glass staircase. They had a gymnasium and that's where they work out and a guy named
This is a powerful statement that Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) declares to remind her forbidden lover Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) of the passion and dedication she has for him as they are fighting for their lives during the sinking of the ship, Titanic. This pivotal scene represents the use of drama, irony, and allusion director and screenwriter James Cameron portrays in the film “Titanic”. This epic love story, released on December 19, 1997, tells the historical and tragic journey of the Titanic ship and incorporates a fictional story about the lives of two passengers, Rose and Jack, who luckily find each other during their hard times.
What was astonishing was not the rapidity of the news- that is, after all, the beauty of modern broadcasting technology- but the effect that the news had on the public. In the following weeks and months, story after story demonstrated the
April 10, 1912, A cool windy Wednesday morning, as my butler unloaded our car with our belongings, to go on the Titanic. My husband and I walk towards the big vessel in high spirits blabbering on and on about what we were to do on the ship “oh darling I heard that there is an amazing swimming area, we are going to definitely go onto the deck to watch the sunset every night, but most of all we need to just spend time together” I say, “ok my love we will do whatever it is that you want, I’ll be happy as long as I am with you” I blush and smile at what Noah says, I knew from when we first met that we were going to get married and now we are going on the Titanic for our honeymoon. Noah and I continued to walk toward the large ship with smiles larger than the Atlantic Ocean, it was, after all, the first voyage of the Titanic.
In the piece Going down with the ship; 100 years after the Titanic 100 another disaster begs the question? Have the courtiers of the sea vanished? By H.D.S Greenway, two shipwrecks are talked about, the Titanic and the cost of the Concordia. The Titanic was a luxury cruise ship in 1912. The ship hit an iceberg on its first voyage, sinking and killing about 1500 passengers. The cost of Concordia sailed in 2012, 100 years later. This Ship capsized of the cost of Italy. The capsized ship caused about 30 deaths. Throughout the piece, the many differences and similarities between the ships are brought up. Greenway tries to show the difference in behavior during the 1912s and 2012.
Thousands of our nation's men and women were fighting for their country, yet the media limited the amount of information that they chose to pass on to the public. Each day the media is faced with the choice of making decisions of what news to pass on, when that news could make a significant difference in someone's life, or in the fate of our nation.
All the scientific devices are showed in order to use through which the old rose turns away to take a look at the wreck .The sound of past tunning ring was soft and heard in her head .When she put her hands on the face it expresses emotions and heartfelt that the movie is no more scientific expedition .Brock was upset and unhappy for what she went through since many years ago.
“Jim and Jack come in the living room please” Calls my mum. Me and Jim walk down the steps and walk into the living room to find our mum and dad with four first class tickets to the RMS Titanic! Me and Jim jump up and down with excitement. I ask why, and my dad tells me for my birthday. I get really excited because we get to go to America on one of the best ships in the world! I ask when are we leaving, My dad tells me to look at the card. So I do. It says April 9th, 1912. I yell, that’s tomorrow! “Pack your bags Jim and Jack, we don’t want to forget anything,” my mum says. Jim and I head back upstairs and get 2 large suitcases. I pack a ton of clothes, (warm clothes) pillow, cards, and my stuffed teddy. I do have a little fear of water but, when I read the newspaper, it said it was unsinkable, so I am not that worried about it.