Hey everyone, my name is Rebecca Godwin. I was born in Baltimore, where I attended an all girls private high school, Notre Dame Prep, and swam as well as played lacrosse. I am currently a sophomore at UMBC and am on the Swimming and Diving Team as a distance swimmer. My major is INDS where I will make my own major of Sports or Media Marketing. I am really interested in different sports team, specifically the NFL. I would love to work as a Marketer for an NFL team. The media really affects how sports are portrayed in everyday life. One can just turn on the TV and see any tennis match, football, soccer or basketball game from any part of the country or even world. The media has hyped up sports so much that Saturdays during the fall on mainstream channels are dedicated to college football games, Sundays are ruled by NFL games, and when basketball starts, it’s all that plays when any game, big or small, is on. Other than sports, the media will cover any political, celebrity, or breaking news story. I try to watch the political broadcasts, both parties, on TV everyday because I know I am not that passionate about politics but I feel by doing this I will become more educated and be able to vote with more knowledge about the candidates’ beliefs. On the lighter side, I will watch the meaningless gossip shows about Hollywood and celebrities around the world just to watch some lighter TV. The media, as I talked about above, has many sides and branches out in countless directions. From politics to the latest actress, the media will cover it and will blow the story up out of proportion. I believe the media will dwell on the littlest facts, add mostly rumors, and make it the latest story when in fact nothing late breaking has happened at all. The media has a huge influence over our lives just because there’s TV, internet, magazines, newspapers, the list goes on with how the media communicates to us and how we are just prone to listening or reading it without even realizing we are.
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That's awesome that Rebbecca takes the time to really get to know both sides of the story with each of the candidates. Especially if politics isn't her thing, that takes a definite level of devotion. On another note she is right about the Media and distortion. The distortion that happens surrounding politics as well as pretty much everything else can be completely off base and misleading.
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