Weather Channel Tour Blog 18

Comparing the Times tour to the Weather Channel tour are kind of hard because they were completely different from each other. The Times tour told you the intricate details of the outside and focused only on the outside of the building. The Weather Channel tour was completely different because it showed pictures starting from dirt to the finished building. I think the inside of the Weather Channel building is just so moderately designed. It has bright colors and lights and shows you that we are making our way through technology.

Times Tour NYC Blog #17

Although I have never been to NYC I have always thought that the buildings I have seen in pictures are beautiful. I am not a big city person but I do have a love for good architecture. The Times building is very tall and has interesting features. Although I do love the beams on the outside of the windows to reduce sunlight and create privacy, I do not think it looks good from the street view. But hey you win some and you lose some. I also think the beams along the sides could have some color to them because the building is just a little dole. But, overall I think the structure was put together great.

Recording Studio Tour Blog #16

Being able to view the Recording studios online was pretty neat to be honest. I have seen studios in person before because I had an advertisement internship in high school. I got to be a part of a music video and got to see all the behind the scenes and help out. It was a really neat experience. Seeing other studios online makes me want to go farther and get my own big studio for advertisement photography.

State of the Media Blog 15

Looking at the statistics of media and how it has changed over the last few years is quite interesting. I looked at the newspaper stats and to be honest it did not surprise me that it has had such a decline since 2009. It does not surprise me much because so many people get news updates to their phone or computer and can even look at the newspaper online. Looking at the stats for the News does not surprise me though. I figured that morning news was the least viewed while late news was the more popular news. Simply because people have more time for it in the evening. It does surprise me just a little bit that it has had a decline in the past years but I do not think it will ever go fully away.

Ethics Blog 14

I am the type of person who stands up for people no matter their background. I cannot stand when people discriminate others based on the color of their skin. I think I have a strong voice for it because I have been looked down upon many times in the past three years because my boyfriend is black. After reading the diversity section of the site I just wanted to read more. But, there was one line that really stuck out to me when reading, "While lessons can be learned from mistakes, we learn even better from success." I believe we learn from mistakes, such as discriminating someone based on the color of their skin, their religion or just because of their gender. But, I think we learn even better from successfully not discriminating. Just stepping right over that mistake and taking it to the next level to learn. Ones personality and knowledge just expands so much more by involving themselves with all different types of ethnicities. 

Internet Safety

Internet safety is a big deal to me because I know there are a lot of creepy people out there. It also does not take much technology or research to figure out where someone is when they are on the internet. The safety games that were provided were good for young children. I would not call them games though because it is mostly just asks questions. I think if there was something a little more interactive then the kids would play them more. But, it does provide all the information children need to know about internet safety.

Censoring

There are a lot of things that a person can say that would upset someone. What many stations struggle with is not knowing what will upset who. In my opinion I do not think everything needs to be censored like they are making it. The technology is out there so parents can block certain channels or sites from their kids if they are worried about it. I think it is up to the parents choice what should be censored from their kid and what shouldn't. When I was in junior high I had to get papers signed saying that it was okay for me to watch a PG13 movie. Schools take precaution to not expose children to bad things, so I think the government should trust the parents and the school district that people will not expose kids to things their parents do not approve of.