Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Fake News
"Fake News," is a news genre that takes everyday news we see in the media, and puts a commical twist on the subject. Sadly, the name does not fit what this genre is made up of. None of the news is fake, the news is just simply made fun of. By doing this, you are giving the youth a chance to watch a news show without actually watching a "news show." It can keep kids ingaged, entertained, and informed at the same time. If you sat two kids down, in two seperate rooms, one watching the Daily Show, and the other watching CNN, both shows having the same subject matter. I just might say that the kid watching the Daily Show may take more out of it than the kid watching regular news on CNN. Although I don't feel that people watch fake news simply out of getting the news as opposed to watching it as a commical T.V show, it can still give the youth, or even adults the news that they wouldn't get anywhere else.
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I agree with you in your explanation of the genre. I feel that news should be broadcasted in a lighter sense for younger viewers. Because many kids dont have the attention span to watch a serious news television show. I know I didnt when I was a kid. The term fake news is over exaggerated in my opinion.
What I thought was most interesting in your account of the "Fake News" genre was your idea of putting people in seperate rooms and seeing if the person watchin CNN takes more away from the news segment or the person watching something like the Colbert Report remembers more. I think it would be a great experiment for a psychology paper. It just shows how the genre has adjusted to fit the younger generation.
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