Journal Entry # 1

Using the Communication Model, define how each component could be applied to a newspaper article, a magazine article, a radio program and a television show. Does the model work more efficiently for some media than for others?
Which of the mass media perform the informing the best? Entertaining? Persuading? Explain.

Newspaper Article
Sender: The Press, Journalist, Writers, Editors
Receiver: Subscribers, Readers
Channel: Written Text, still images (photographs, charts, cartoons ect.)
Message: The News
Feedback: Readers can write letters to editors
Noise: Reputations of Newspapers or Journalist being biased, Distractions in reading the article


Magazine Article
Sender: Magazine Editors, Writers
Receiver: Subscribers / readers of the magazine
Channel: Writen text, still images (photographs and other various graphics)
Message: What the author of the article wants to communicate
Feedback: Readers can respond through letters to the editor
Noise: Inaccess or disinterest int the magazine article. Distractions surrounding reader.


Radio Program
Sender: Radio broadcaster, disc jokey, radio talk show host
Receiver: Listeners to radio show
Channel: spoken word, music, sound effects
Message: What the radio show means to convey
Feedback: Listeners can call in, or comment on the internet if the radiostation has a webpage
Noise: poor signal, distractions that surround the listener


Television Show
Sender: Creators of show
Receiver: viewers of show
Channel: audio and video
Message: that which the creators of the show mean to convey
Feedback: TV rating reports
Noise: distractions, technical difficulties,

How well each medium lands the message it intends to with its audience depends on the individual audiences members preference for taking in media through various senses. While I am sure that each medium has its own particular groups of people with which it is most effective, I can only say for me I resonate most with visual images. To me, television shows are the most effective because they are able to appeal to me through moving images that I can see.