Media+Delivery

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 * What was the classes reaction to this video? Was it funny? Did it make them feel inspired? Were they mocking the citizen?**

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Why?**
 * This video depicts some of the same messages as the shoe throwing video yet the public reaction is very different in North America as opposed to Iraq.

Culturally entertainment value and media consumption for us is at a very high level, most things if not considered entertaining are deemed undesirable to consume. Such is often the case that we would rather watch a bad film which is meant for entertainment than read a book meant for informing on the same topic. Serious informative sources are at major competition with entertainment media and are at a huge disadvantage in a society where entertainment is valued so highly thus the need to entertain seems to precede the need to inform and sympathize.


 * Summary:** "Real" events must compete heavily with entertainment for attention. Thus they must "spin" or inject entertainment value into the progrmming.

Generally. In actual fact these types of thing can bring in capital, in forms where these exist popularity can translate into advertising and merchandise revenue. Thus if one can have enough viewers of their material online it can in fact produce physical capital as well as social capital. When considering the author gaining reputation of producing entertaining material which in turn translates to more physical capital.


 * Summary:** Competition is due mostly to revenue, thus generating revenue is a goal in infomedia as well. Even spoof media has the goal of revenue, thus parodies that draw lots of attention are beneficial to their producers and promoters.

Finally are what to believe and what not to believe. In his article Lee Artz highly criticizes major news media for heavily editing and working to present a message that is approved or manufactured by other sources. Having this type of media criticism and distrust leads to a population that trivializes anything it sees in media outlets. Issues such as war, death, drugs, sorrow, so often seen on TV and left to question how much is reality and not can often be dismissed as “probably not real” or under special circumstance or happening very far away. This disconnect leads to seeing these issues and events, real or not, as merely there for our entertainment and not an actual issue.


 * Summary:** Due to it's manufactured or often incomplete nature, all media is kept at arms length and has to the viewer has an attitude of being distanced or removed from the situation.

North American media outlets such as television and internet can be seen as a reflection of our societies culture. As with the example in Iraq the Iraqi people saw their media shoe throwing outburst to the president as a valid symbol for protest. However over in North America where things such as personal entertainment and capital are majorly valued these type of events are reacted to differently and almost always taken and accepted into comedic spoofing parody whether appropriate to all or not.