Tabloidization of News Media

December 29, 2008

This article is one of the best articles i have ever read. When i started to read, i didn’t understand what is this article about because it’s the first time that i saw the term “tabloidization”. After reading some, i understood what does it mean. It’s an important issue in our country, so this article can be very useful. Author explains her argument well i think and she supports her argument with examples and statistics. Also she gives some counter arguments and this helps her to support her argument. The article is not boring and it can be read easily.


Speech to Radio-Television News

December 8, 2008

Firstly, i can’t tell much about this story. To be honest, i can’t understand the main idea. There are lots of reasons for it. In my opinion, it’s a boring article, it’s too long and the language is a bit hard to understand. Because of these reasons, i can’t say more except it’s a boring article.


Television: The Plug-in Drug

December 2, 2008

This story is one of the good stories that i have read. The story has nothing that can make it boring i think. Firstly, it has some quotations from “real society” and this make story readable. It has also some studies and statistics that help quotations. Moreover, i think writer explains her argument well and gives acceptable supports. Lastly, the story is not too long for reader so it’s not much boring.


The Enormous Radio

November 25, 2008

Firstly, when i looked at the title, i understood easily what is story about. The story is not much long so it can be read easily, but on the other hand, the topic is not interesting so people can be bored when they are reading this story. Also topic is a bit nonsense for me because i couldn’t understand how a radio can act like that. In addition, i expected a different conclusion for this story and it’s another negative point of the story i think.


What are we fighting for?

November 4, 2008

Marriage is an important stage of our life because it affects our future in many ways. Marriage is an agreement that a person is going to live with his/her “life-partner” forever. But same sex marriage is totally different i think because there is no need for them to marry. Only some reasons make them to marry like financial participation. I think it’s nonsense because there is no procreation in same-sex marriage, and same-sex marriages are forbidden in many countries. It’s not looked with in favor from societies too.


Tiny Smiling Daddy

October 29, 2008

At first, it’s a good story. It tells about a relationship between daughter and father that is usual. At early ages of daugher, their relationship was well but when she told that se was lesbian, her father’s reaction was harsh. She was teenager but this couldn’t be a reason for her fault i think because she started to think not good things about her father, she said father “disgusting” and i think father was right. Also i think, the conclusion can be better because i expected different things like start of good relationship between father and daughter again or like this. In addition to this, vocabulary is not difficult for me to understand and this is another advantage of story.


Where are you going, where have you been?

October 22, 2008

Firstly, I think this story doesn’t have any link with as i thought, because i thought that the story was about family relations. Also, characters that are mentioned at the beginning of the story have no role in story. So, i didn’t like the introduction of the story. I read the whole story but i saw that i doesn’t have conclusive end so i think it is a disadvantage for story. On the other hand, i didn’t understand the role of “Bob Dylan style” because of lack of an end. I think at the end, the girl dreamed all of that actions because of hot weather. In conclusion, story is fascinating the reader and this is the only positive aspect of the story.