January 29

The Bias of Language, The Bias of Pictures brought back the idea that writing is one of the main ways in which we communicate with other people. When we write something in class, it has to be clear enough that anyone can understand it, especially the audience that we are catering towards. If I write something that is catered towards elementary students and it ends up being on a college level, it is not going to inform the elementary students of anything.  The article mentioned that newspapers could add more stories than news stations can, which brought up the point that writing can influence many people. This article also brings up pictures and videos. There is a major difference between reading something and looking at something. The videos display something different than the pictures, but can be equally informative.  It also talks about the idea that videos usually show destruction, where pictures and writing cover the other aspects of description and relating to stories.