Forwarding

Through Jarvis' model, I can see how the press sphere is affecting the way I get the news every day. News doesn't come straight through the source, it's transformed through the eyes of writers, editors, spectators, and commenters. Even on the NY Times web page, you can see how the press sphere is entering our lives. Pictures for stories show me courageous feats and tragic lives, already introducing a bias to the stories through tugging at the strings of my emotions. Then in the actual article there are quotes from various sources, offering new insight into the news. There is no doubt that there are tons of sources that go into the publishing of news that we now see. Yet, news doesn't have to be published to be interpreted as such. News comes from many sources like peers, word of mouth, and even Facebook. When thinking about sources that I come in contact with Facebook is probably one of the most prevalent. But like I mentioned in my last post, I don't see how this is a bad thing. New insight offers new opinions, and through these new opinions you can form your own, which make for interesting insights to all stories and they make for good debate. And where the NY Times might be considered direct from the press, our blogs may seem like the other outlets of news that we receive. They're more opinionated, and more raw than the manufactured goods of the press. Jarvis' model mentioned the outside sources of witnesses, peers, and links. I have seen all of these sources spawned from my peers blog posts. It's a great example for Jarvis' model, showing the strengthening relationship that the press has with the public and outside sources.

- I added this because in this post as I was reading it I found that I had missed the true concept of the press sphere. I needed to add that not all sources must go through the press, and some come to you directly and offer you a different take on the news besides the edited version put out by the press.