Trust in the Media

1. I thought the article, “Which Media Do You Trust?,” was fairly relevant to our society today. It made me think about what types of media I trust and how I go about finding out the truth in the news. I agreed with the argument, people trust different forms of media like blogs on a “case to case” basis, because that is very similar to the way I judge the media. It was easy to read because it was well organized with plenty of data to support the facts.
2. “Which Media Do You Trust?” by Mark Glaser claims that people value certain types of media over others because of experiences that they encounter in their daily lives. Slowly blogs have earned more credibility, but only certain writers may actually release plausible blogs. Glaser uses statistics, which show that only 25% of people trust blogs, while national television ranks at 82%. Although these numbers are distanced, such a broad survey may only have reached out to a few people who have experienced bad encounters with specific blogs. Blogs tend to illustrate more opinions than facts, so this definitely brings down the rankings; if everyone who took the survey had read a blog of a well credited source the results would have been much different. The article was supported well with numerical statistics displaying people’s trust in media and it is evident that more factual sources receive higher rankings. The live news shows real coverage of events, which are not distorted. In today’s society many people don’t believe things until they actually see it. Newspapers and internet sites could show distorted images, which don’t grasp the full picture. I would have used a counterargument involving crediting a blog source in a research paper in college. Many professors may not have allowed such a source because it is not necessarily accurate and subject to bias. Overall the article is well supported and takes into account the logic of most people in reference to the media.