In terms of Comedy Central, that is. In class today we sampled various news outlets to compare coverage of the BP oil spill. There weren't too many surprises, in terms how public broadcasting, conservative stations and the news-via-comedy-approach handles the news. Both The Colbert Report and The Daily Show actually report more specifically on the media itself, a more indirect - but infinitely more entertaining - approach method of covering current events. A consequence of this type of news reporting must keep the media on its toes. Or at least it should. A news reporter, commenting on the containment cap debacle said (in all seriousness!) that he'd like to know what that robot was thinking. Hilarious. Especially because it was so obviously unscripted.
more than a demographic
Don't we all want to feel that we're more unique than that? Even if it is true. Do targeted ads provide a solution to the noise and clutter? Does it really feel less like being persuaded, that we're more in control? Am I getting tired of the dating ads Facebook filters onto my page? Certainly no feeling of control there. I'd like to find that stats on how effective those ads really are. I've yet to click on one.
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