Response to: Alice Deters's Blog

      Not only does Alice's blog have an extremely easy-to-read and navigable site, but it also has very insightful explanations on vital facts of journalism. The in-depth descriptions of each topic we discussed in class very much well explain the most important parts of the discussions. If anyone outside of the Journalism and Communications magnet of duPont Manual High School were to read her blog posts, they would be well able to distinguish the exact matter of question that is originally being discussed. The informational writing is similar to that of a journalists'. For example, "another big difference between the magazine and the newspaper...was that magazines were a national medium, rather than [a] local. In fact, they were the first national medium, targeting a national audience. This increased the business of advertising (advertisers were suddenly reaching not 3,000 people, but 3 million people)" (Deeters Class Discussion: Magaines). These few sentences alone demonstrate the affect newspapers had on advertising and the medium, as well as what the medium is and the statistics of advertising.

      Also, I do agree that the magazine lecture explained the widespread affect it had on literacy, advertising, and communication. Mr. Miller provided well thought out examples and annotations that clearly explained the rise of the newspaper industry, and their eventual demise and demassification (ex: giving us, the students, names of popular magazines and the history of its inclination and declination to help us understand and interpret the affect of the magazine in a different time). However, I do think that in Alice's response posts she should further explain her reasoning for finding a certain matter interesting or agreeable, as the article is a responsive one. Other than that, I overall find this blog extremely informational and thoughtful.

Check it out here: http://aliced726.blogspot.com

Note: Article Clips taken from http://aliced726.blogspot.com, articles written by Alice Deters