Weird Diagrams.

Woah there, slow down. Too many new concepts are being thrown at me at once. First of all, I’d definitely say that while reading this article, I would have to go back, and re-read what I had just read, because I would get confused on what he was trying to say. I mean, the guy has a point. True. But he may just be a little too “in your face” about it. Just a bit.

            If you think about it, it’s true. I guess that’s what this article caused me to do: reflect a little further. I guess I just had never really had the need to think about what news was. But Jarvis is right. The news isn’t just the press. The news consists of a billion different sources, well maybe not a billion. Although at first, I was like, what the heck is this? Then, I realized that the press sphere is simply demonstrating all of the different sources that should be categorized into the term, news. The press is included in the sphere that defines news, but it is only a small portion of all of news. Observers, government, data, etc. are all part of the press-sphere.

            Although the model of the press-sphere does a good job defining what consists of news, it doesn’t personally relate to my experiences in relation to the news. I’m the receiver of the news. That’s why there is also a me-sphere. For me, some of the sources that I use to obtain are TV news broadcast, online newspaper sites, blogs, social networks, word of mouth, etc.

            I would definitely say that I didn’t agree with everything in the article, but it did open up an interesting perspective for me.