Claudine

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Traditional Media Might Be Old, But It’s Not Dead

         Facebook and Twitter are a real-time social networking sites. This makes it one of the easy sources to stay updated with the latest news and information. Major news usually goes viral on Facebook and Twitter, and most brands use it to announce important things regarding their products/services. Bloggers and internet marketers can subscribe to popular blog fan pages and keep themselves aware of the latest updates.

          Online news is certainly making its mark and  we have to admit that the convenience, real-time value and ease-of-access are all very compelling reasons for our continued use. Many may argue that newspapers, television and radio are dying and this is certainly the case when we look at online compared to print newspaper readership numbers in developed countries like in Southeast Asia.

          Blogging in Southeast Asia is one of the most valuable tool especially in the world of business, to encourage customers or ordinary citizen to patronize their sites and get intouch with their blogs/ vlogs  that help their business growth. As print, radio, and television emerged as the most common tools for reaching consumers with marketing messages, marketers began focusing on clicks, cookies, and other online behavior, the marketing landscape began to shiftgaming, social media, and digital content distribution models tilted the equation even more heavily toward so-called new media, which provides more granular ways to both measure behavior and target consumers.

          The advertising industry began to shift money and focus into the digital space because that's where people spent more of their time. That included the Web, but also mobile platforms and apps for e-books, online publications, video content, and more. In fact, iPads, Kindles, and other mobile devices have delivered a robust distribution platform, drawing dollars and eyeballs away from old media.

          But old media is hardly dead. Although many newspapers and print publications are struggling and TV viewership has declined radically from peak levels--today's shows typically claim only about 40 percent to 50 percent of the viewers their counterparts did a couple of decades ago, while newspaper ad revenues have declined by about 50 percent since 2012 old media remains a highly viable and effective tool(Greengard, 2014).

          What  would this world be if journalism in every society shuts down? What would life be if there were no more media announcements and no media tool is used to spread information and knowledge? In my own perspective, if my thoughts become possible, good heavens! Let us fear for it would be like the doom of this earth. Exaggeration aside, no man desired to stop learning. As a human being that wants to always be well-versed and informed, we will and always will find ways, no matter how small or big it will be, to learn, to learn and to learn.

           We strive for knowledge. We look for it, and when we find it, we grab it with both hands. No doubt that most of the very good sources of information gathering is through the use of mass media tools (Broadcasting, news reporting, blogging, use of the internet, Journalism, etc.) I am confident to say that people cannot live without journalism. As people needs breath for life, we need media for informative knowledge. We need online journalism, we live with mass media.

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B(V)logging vs Journalism

            Interest in blogs and blogging has sharply increased in recent years. Bloggers are also frequently described as influential agenda setters. Weblogs or blogs can be described as a form of personal, easy–to–manage web sites with content presented in different forms. For instance, blogs have been found to have influence on media coverage of politics, environment, economics, as well as facilitating communication among individuals and organizations also, blog as a form of mediated human expression and blogging as a human activity is of interest to academics from a variety of disciplines.

           It is a known fact that the role of the journalists is to impart the truth and help build new knowledge and experiences through the dissemination of information. Despite differing political and economic situations, journalists all over the world operate on roughly the same ground, which is to gather and impart information responsibly and with integrity whilst abiding to the code of ethics. Journalists in general have an overwhelming desire to get facts. They maintain that not only are they responsible to provide information to the public, but that their task is to provide feedback from society at large to the powers-that-be. Hence, journalists who gather and organize information for the media tend to take their responsibilities to society very seriously. They view themselves as having a sacred public mission to serve as the public’s eyes and ears and to be watchdogs on public institutions. They see their job as seeking the truth, putting it into perspective, and publishing it so that people can conduct their daily activities proficiently.

            The most fundamental difference between these two is objectivity. Journalism is all about objectivity whereas blogging is more personal and can be subjective. A journalist can’t take sides if he or she is covering a story. Journalists have to give both sides of the picture without carrying an unnecessary agenda. However, bloggers don’t have such problems. If they like then they can be neutral; otherwise, they can give a twist to the story. The second major difference between blogging and journalism is the story both are covering. There is a burden on a journalist that his or her story must be genuine and he is not making it up. However, a blogger’s story can be true, but at times they can be just gossip. The line that divides these two professions is credibility. Is a story happens to be false, and then the credibility of a journalist is at stake. On the other hand, there is no consequence for a blogger even if the story or news happens to be false. Getting the source of the story or news is not just by sitting in your on your sofa wearing pajamas, you have to go out and look out of a story. That’s what journalist is trained to do. He or she goes out in the ground and ascertains more about a story. Journalist digs deep and tries to find every aspect of a story. Sources of a journalist can be anything. They have a network of people where they collect their information from. However, on the other hand, a blogger just copies a story from mainstream like TV, newspaper, radio stations, etc. and writes it. A blogger just gives a new twist to the same story sitting in his or her home. So they don’t go out in the middle like journalist.

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                                          No Rain, No Flower

I’ve always been the kind of girl that hid my face, so afraid to tell the world what I’ve got to say. But I have this dream right inside of me, I’m gonna let it show, this time to let you know. 

In this blog, I am going to tell you a little bit of my personal background, interests, achievements and my goals. 

Hi! My name is Claudine F. Nargatan, I was born on April 11, 1996 and so I am 21 years old, currently residing at 396 Banana St. Napico Manggahan Pasig City but I spent my first 12 years of life in Cavite City. Since I was in 6 years old, I am very confident and active in participating to our school programs because it is my way of showing my talents. In this age, I don’t know where I got my self-confidence in facing of many people but one thing is for sure, my mom always ask me to be active so I can get a high grades.

This is my family. I cannot imagine living my life without my family by my side. Family is very important and valuable to me and is something that should never be taken for granted. Without my family, a large part of my life and culture would be missing. In my family, basically, we are five members altogether. My father’s name is Eugenio, my mother’s name is Benita, my sister’s name is Carmela and my brother’s name is Eugene. My family is very important to me for different reasons. First of all, it is the place where I belong to. Literally, every Saturday and Sunday, I return to my home where my family lives. I cannot think that I am living without my family. When I was younger, my family members provided me with all forms of necessary supports and I am highly grateful to my parents for their unconditional supports they provided me and still they are playing the same roles as they did after my birth. I am happy with my two siblings and cannot imagine my life without them. My family is my life and thus it is most important for me than any other thing.

High school days were one of the best school days I experienced while I am living in this planet. Without high school, life is a bit of boring. Life through high school was an extraordinary feeling of a teenager that’s goes through it. For me, my high school experience was the most exciting and happiest moments of my life, because this is where I discovered my skills and talent as a SSG (Supreme Student Government) officer. I find so much joy in being able to serve others. When I choose a leadership position, I focus more on what I will be able to do for others, and less on what I will get out of the position. If I can help just one person through giving my time and energy, then I consider my contribution a success.

Before I started college, I spent months deciding what course I am going to choose.  I chose AB Broadcasting, why? Because since I was in high school, my favorite hobbies are acting, reporting, and editing videos. I am very confident in public speaking especially when we have announcements in our school. That’s why, I chose AB Broadcasting because I know to myself that I am ready to face the field of broadcasting. I am currently 4th year student, studying here in University of the East Manila and I am loud and proud to say that I am Student Athlete of this university.

Playing Judo at University of the East gave me everything, literally. With a full ride, my education was paid for, along with my food allowances and board. Judo also gave me more than just money, it gave me a support group. When I arrived at college my freshman year, I had supportive teammates, a hard working coaches that wanted me to succeed, whose cared about, and wanted me to strive for excellence. We are the University of the East Judo Team and we will be competing on November for UAAP Season 80. 

This is Mark Onil Reyes, he is my boyfriend. We’ve been together for almost 5 years. We started our official relationship on April 18, 2012. As soon as I met him, I knew that he was something truly special. He was so charming, kind, and charismatic, and I couldn't help but be drawn to him. But, never in a million years would I have guessed that now, after all this time, he would mean so much to me. The funny thing is, I wasn't looking for him, I just found him. Out of funny circumstance and total coincidence, we became friends, and got to know each other's personalities, fears, hopes, and dreams. Then, we blossomed into something beautiful, something that I never saw coming. But as blind as I was, I'm extremely glad that he stumbled into my weird little life and that he became such a big part of it.

This is Twisty. My little baby shihtzu. She is so smart, obedient, and cute. I really love to be with her every day. When I am sad or anything that she recognizes, she comes to me. I got her when I was 18 years old. She is very playful, naughty at times, and lively. I enjoy each and every moment I am with her. She is the best pet ever!

Whenever I think of fun, witty, smart and kind friends, their names and images instantly come to my mind. Alexandra (wearing yellow blouse), Manilyn (wearing stripes), Trisha (wearing black top), Joyhana ( wearing white), Bea (wearing jumper) and Allyssa (she’s not there in the picture), they are my friends. I just want to thank them for being the weirdest and kindest friends that I have.

I started practicing judo when I was 14 years old. It was the most remarkable decision of my life. Judo is one of the Japanese traditional martial arts and it is also an Olympic sport. As a result, Judo has become a popular sport around the world. I think that if I had not done judo at all, my life would have been completely different. When I was in high school, I really enjoyed judo just for fun. However, after I graduated from high school, I entered University of the East, which was a private school with the best judo team. I practiced more than four hours a day, six days a week for three years. I spent most of my college teammates doing judo. It was intense and hard but really fun. That is why I truly love this sport. Judo trained me not only physically but also mentally. Even though judo is a sport, it is a way of education in Japan. We usually learn judo with a lot of manners such as how to bow, how to talk respectfully, how to be humble and how to respect others. These are extremely important values for my life. I have made a lot of friends here in University of the East Judo Team, and have been helped a lot by them. Finally, I have realized that my life is always related to judo in a lot of ways. Therefore, I truly believe that my decision was right, the discipline and lessons of judo will continue to guide me in the future.

This year, it will be my last playing year in UAAP. I promise to myself that I will do my best to be the gold medalist of -52kgs UAAP Season 80 and to contribute a lot to my team. I will train hard on the days remaining because every days count. THIS IS MY YEAR, THIS IS MY TIME.

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The Battle on Fake Newsby: Alexandra Molining, Claudine Nargatan, and Krizzha Kate Salantes

Nowadays, wrong and misleading information are spreading like virus in different communication platforms particularly in social media. It is alarming knowing how this fake news is affecting people’s life perspectives and decisions on a specific matter. In our daily basis, many tend to believe easily on what they see or hear without scanning first whether the information that they received is true or just a fabricated story. For that reason, many of us fall under the trap of fake news and by simply sharing these questionable information without knowing it we disseminate this false news which makes the case worst. In connection to this, last month of May, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II was under controversy for using “fake news” to link opposition senators to the terrorist attack in Marawi City. As they said, he used false information to claim his speculations against Senator Bam Aquino and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for being part of a meeting with the other clans supporting the terrorist group in Marawi City, but as Aguirre’s information proven wrong he then claimed that he had been misquoted by the media and that he did not intend to implicate the Lucman and Alonto clans in the Marawi crisis. Media group slams Justice Secretary Aguirre for saying that the media misquoted him given the fact that there are video footages and records of Aguirre giving his statements in that issue. The Justice and Court Reporters Association said in a statement "As responsible journalists, we also took the opportunity to perform our duty of verifying [and] counterchecking the information and photo that the secretary presented during the briefing, and found that several details and information were wrong," "We remain committed to our role as a watchdog, especially in these times when 'fake news' have been spreading in social media and the truth is becoming scarce." Furthermore, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines also cried foul at Aguirre's claim of being misquoted. In the era where fake news is circulating, citizens should be very careful in choosing the information that they will believe. In fact, the problem regarding fake news is not only present in our country but rather it is a global concern that is also happening in many countries. June 21, 2017, a fake report about a major earthquake in the California cost came in the internet that drive people in panic and minor commotion. The report also set newsrooms around the country on edge. Reporters and editors often use the automated emails from the US Geological Survey to begin their coverage, though the reports themselves warn that they contain automated information that has not been reviewed by a seismologist. The Los Angeles Times was put in an especially bad spot. The newspaper sent out a robotic story that it quickly had to retract. USGS then clears to the public that the quake never happens and it’s just a false alarm. Given these circumstances, it only proves that the battle against fake news is an international problem. In the Philippines, as fake news became rampant than ever an anti fake news bill has been filed to the senate to ease the problem. In a bid to promote responsible use of social media and other platforms, Senator Joel Villanueva on pushed for the immediate passage of a bill that would penalize any person or entity that maliciously offer, publish, distribute, circulate, and spread false news or information in print, broadcast or online media. In filing Senate Bill No. 1492 or An Act Penalizing the Malicious Distribution of False News and Other Related Violations, Villanueva said false news or information are those which either intend to cause panic, division, chaos, violence, and hate, or those which exhibit a propaganda to blacken or discredit one’s reputation. He added that the bill seeks to punish violators with a hefty penalty depending on the nature of crime he or she has committed. The agenda has gain a divided impression for people. Other would think that it is a great action to fight the issue of fake news but other would contradict it believing that it will suppress the freedom of expression and threatens the freedom of the press. At the end, no matter whether this bill will be approved or not we should always bear in mind that each one of us should be extra vigilant with the information that circulates around us, because the success of the battle against fake news depends in our hands. Therefore, we must be analytical, critical thinker, and responsible citizens. #UECommArtsOnFakeNews Sources/References: Toleda IV, E. (2017, June 08) Media groups dispute Aguirre's claim he was misquoted on 'Marawi meeting' Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/06/08/1708213/media-groups-dispute-aguirres-claim-he-was-misquoted-marawi-meeting Dalton, A. (2017, June 22) Fake quake: Report of major California temblor a false alarm. Retrieved from www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/21/report-major-california-earthquake-was-false-alarm.html Torregoza, H. (2017, June 22) Anti-fake news bill filed in Senate.Retrieved from http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/06/22/anti-fakenews-bill-filed-in-senate/