Journalism Class - Thursday November 3

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

There's a small sign on Spider's desk, reading "Gone to Professor Dream's class. Please spend today's class hour discussing print media vs televised or internet media and which you prefer."

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[positive-angel.livejournal.com]

Chihaya sits down and opens his book. "Print vs internet media. There seems to be a huge gap in the form of quality control between the two. In print media, the journalist is required to answer to their editor for subject choice and presentation of facts. A great deal of respect is afforded this type of accountability in the news media.

In internet media it seems that the demand for quality and leaving things to facts is much less. Anyone with an opinion can set up a webpage but their opinions are not necessarily factual and things can heavily biased toward their own leanings with no way to call them accountable for their presentation of 'opinions' as 'facts'."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake waves a little to Chihaya as he enters the room, then sits down at his desk, pulls up his backpack and starts putting boxes onto Krycek's desk. There's a very small box (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000b6624), a bigger, flat box (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000baa2a/s640x480) and a bookshaped package (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000b8aac). He piles them up in a pyramid, and then goes to get some coffee.

[positive-angel.livejournal.com]

Smiling a bit sadly at Jake, Chihaya waves back and spies the boxes. "Birthday?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Coming back with his coffee (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/0000a7xd), Jake nods. "Krycek, yeah. Of course, he didn't tell me until yesterday so I had to do, like, the cajoling of a life time in order to get his prezzies here on time." He sits down on top of his desk and tilts his head at Chihaya. "You okay?"

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce slides into a chair near Jake and Chihaya. Grinning as she spots the boxes, she asks, "You got him, too? We got him at midnight. And there's more coming."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake looks amused over at her. "He's going to kill me, huh? But it'll be so worth it. And I told him you guys would want to know. ...You didn't do the thing with the wrapping paper, did you?"

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

"There was a thing with wrapping paper?" Duce looks amused, "No.. just had a freshman show up and knock, giving him his present, one minute after midnight."

She looks smug, "And got him in Shop class this morning, but DO NOT tell him." She ticks off on her fingers, "And there's a request to be played on the radio tonight, dedicated from all of us, and we have a cake for later embarassment. Thinking Study Hall. because Kiki created a paradox and now Duce has another pastry box she has to do something with"

[positive-angel.livejournal.com]

Looking from Jake to Duce, Chihaya smiled and went back to writing.

[chasingangela]

Angela takes a seat and takes part in the discussion, arguing for print over TV.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John signs in.

"I, myself, prefer print media. I think the advantages of things like books, articles, and the like is that they let the reader interpret the ideas in their own way. Using your imagination is cliche' as all get out but I think that really applies here. I could be seeing one thing in my mind while reading a book and another person who's reading the same book, can be seeing a totally different thing. With television and internet media, the images are there for you already and there's little to no room for creativity and imagination."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Even though today wasn't one of his usual days for class, he ducked into the room, looking for certain (http://www.livejournal.com/users/courier_gavin/) personages (http://www.livejournal.com/users/medusae_x/), upon whom he wished to exact vengeance. Well, probably not actual vengeance at least not until he found out their birthdays, but he'd certainly glower at them. Or something.

Spotting both targets sitting together (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/315438.html?thread=15356974#t15356974), he goes to join them.

[nightsmoonchild.livejournal.com]

Oz prefers Television media because it is more visual. Mweaning, that even though the telly is one dimensional, the viewer is often able to see the diminsions and practicality of an advertised object, item, or event more throughly than a still picture on a piece of paper.

Internet media is a joke, for the most part, because it's not regulated in most cases, and there are idiots out there who take advantage of that fact and exploit the medium.

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce waves to Oz from her seat at the table with Jake, Chihaya, and Krycek (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/315438.html?thread=15360558#t15360558). From the look of manic, evil glee on her face and the pile of presents (and disgruntled yet happy look on Krycek's face), one could assume birthday torture was in progress.

Behind Alex's back, she points to him and mouths, "Birthday party. Study Hall. Later. Coming?"

[nightsmoonchild.livejournal.com]

Oz shakes his head. Since his mun took a much needed but ill-fated nap "I told Aunt Maureen I'd be home so she could call me after class."

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce pouts cutely and mouths, "See you at home later?"

[nightsmoonchild.livejournal.com]

Oz nods. "I'll be there," he mouths back.

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce beams and leaves it for you to post cuz zomg so many Alex-birthday-threads! Why am I nice to recappers? whyyyy?

[teen-twin.livejournal.com]

Connor thinks print media has a major benefit in that it is tangible, a consumer can hold a print ad in his/her hands.

Television media has the benefit of music and sound and action.

Internet media probably has at least one positive, though Connor has no clue what it might be, other than the ability to reach people right in their homes and offices.

[mycanonhatesme]

Chloe signs in, and heads over to Duce, Jake, and Krycek's table.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica signs in, takes a seat and looks for Beka.

Personally, she is a fan of internet media since it's always available.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

*walks in* *sees the teacher isn't there* *promptly falls asleep on her desk*

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D'anna comes in before Krycek and crew (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/315438.html?thread=15356974#t15356974), signs in, "D'anna Biers - checking in then running out, sir. Have an errand. All media is workable. Visual is best." and with that, she leaves for town (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/285257.html?thread=11356745#t11356745).

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

[ooc: The class post for Friday makes me feel guilty like whoa. Sorry to have done the quick in and out but it had to be done so a plot wouldn't get fucked. It wasn't IC for D to skip, it wasn't IC for her not to notice the goings on with K and crew, and I already had plot in place with Deb. Solution - sign in and run. I may not have been the cause for the attendance credit announcement, but just in case, you have the right to know I wasn't trying to simply abuse the option of cutting and running simply because Spider wasn't in. Had he been in, I would have come up with another way to get her in and out. And omg, I just wrote out a paragraph of OOC explanation - I must go spork myself now. Ta!]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka signed in, later than usual because her mun finally had to crash and sleep. She was tired of talking and mostly wanted to watch, and think.

Instead of discussing, she wrote a list of pros and cons for each media in her journal, and in the end, she couldn't decide which she preferred.

She was feeling all sorts of gray like that.

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]