To obtain my daily media, I usually watch CNN and parts of the nightly news. The stories that I pay attention to the most are the ones that deal with national and world news. I find that local news often covers depressing stories that I can’t do anything about, like murders, fires, or other disasters, so I tend to avoid those stories. I also don’t follow news about celebrities and their lives because they don’t affect me. My media habits have been influenced mostly by my parents. My mother always watches the nightly news when she gets home from work, but my father rarely keeps up with the news, preferring to relax when he gets home from work. I think that this has led me to try to keep up with the news, but only if I have time. I also watch CNN from time to time to keep up with national stories.
I think that one of the best aspects of my media habits is that I don’t focus on one particular news station to get my news. I try to get it from a variety of places so that I can form my own opinions about stories. However, because I get almost all of my news from TV, I don’t always get the insight that newspapers and blogs can offer. Also, I only watch the news when I have time or if I’m following a particular story. To improve my media habits, I could try to read daily newspapers and use the internet to get more points of view on stories.
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It looks like both of us have the same outlook on the news-it's too depressing and there is nothing I can do. But, it is good that we both recognize this. However, I do believe some time in the future we will need to know about our local news because it will affect us more as we get older.
I find it fascinating that there are some college students my age who actually watch CNN and the nightly news but I don't happen to be one of them. I do happen to find the local news too depressing to watch, however. Since you seem to enjoy the news, my suggestion to you would be for you to try improving your media habits by listening to the radio. Although I don't turn to the radio for my news, NPR seems like it would be a good place for you to start.
I commend on your choice of news. I guess its almost like keeping and eye on Bush to make sure the decisions that he makes arn't too crazy. But, you do want to make sure you check out your local news if you dont already, because of stores like the "DC Sniper" that allow you to see how chaotic you surroundings can be.
time... something use college kids dont have so i find it cool that when you do you try and keep up with the news. i like how you took the best of both worlds from your parents
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