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STEP: 5 =__ **Analytical Writing Task** __:=

Truth is always the first casualty of history. The media has a big part in shaping the worlds history. It has ways of making people believe what they want them to believe. Truth is always the first casualty because the media doesn't always show or tell the truth to everyone else or give both sides of the story.

First, take the censored video for example. That was the work of the media trying to make people believe that the Iraqis were happy with what we were doing. They tried to make it look like there was a bunch of Iraqis there tearing down the statue but actually most of the crowd was news reporters and American troops. Many people believed the illusion of the video that the media wanted therm to believe, until the people that were actually there and realized that that was not what happened and came forward with the truth. If the media can make us believe what they want us to believe that easily, like they did in the video, then how do we know that they haven't done that with other historical events? How do we trust the media? After the people found out about this video, I'm sure it changed some opinions about the media. I think its best to fine new on historical events that shares both sides of the story and has reliable sources. If the media continues to change the events just to make a better story then they will continue to change our history.

Next, the media doesn't always share both sides of the story. They share one side of the story but not the other so they can create certain opinions about what happened. Countries and the countries government are publicized through the media so what they portray about that country is what the people think of it. The media has displayed things about Iraq, mainly while the war was going on, which made people think negatively about the country. After 9/11 hit, of course it was all over the news and so when people found out that it was the Muslims who did it, most people thought that all Muslims were evil and wanted to destroy the U.S. People made these opinions because of the media. I think many people still have negative opinions towards Iraq because thats how bad the media has effected history. I think the Americans will always have some what of a negative opinion towards Iraq.

Finally, the U.S has used the media to hide things that they have done and didn't want the people to know. For example, they went to war with Iraq because they suspected that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction. They went to Iraq and searched everywhere but found nothing that indicated that Iraq had WMD's. The U.S hid this fact and made it seem like they were still not sure so they kept looking and no one thought to stop them because they thought they were doing there jobs. Eventually the news got out that there were no WMD's in Iraq and that the U.S was just there to see what they could find. The people of the U.S now found out that the government had lied. The U.S was able to keep this a secret because they had lied and showed false content and images through the media. Who would have ever thought to suspect the U.S government to keep things hidden from the U.S. citizens. Not many people can question the U.S government.

In conclusion, the U.S has there ways of keeping secrets, mostly through the media. They have the ability to change our history. I'm sure there are still things that we don't know and there probably always will be. Different countries and there governments all have ways of making people believe what they want them to. We have to be the ones to judge what we believe and what we trust.



Web Quest questions: 1. Why are we studying the war of Iraq? 2. How were the different cultural groups effected by the war of Iraq? 3.How did the war of Iraq shape all of history?

STEPS AND DEADLINES 1. I will choose a group that will be helpful and get things done. (September 16, 2011) 2. Second, I will make a list of all the types of media. (September 16, 2011) 3. I will find what job the type of media has. (September 19th, 2011) 4. I will find out how the economy, social, and political factors,effect each type of media. I will also find out what other things effect the media. (September 19th, 2011) 5. I will watch a certain video and then answer 10 or more questions. (September 20st, 2011) 6. I will read and analyze two newspaper articles and look at image and story space, and how the color and fonts are used. I will also look at why the newspaper only portrayed one side of the story and who the audience of the particular newspaper is. (September 21st, 2011) 7.I will read a certain article and answer some questions. I'll record the findings on the working document. (September 22nd, 2011) 8. I will write a 750 to 1000 word essay on a certain question. (September 22nd, 2011) 9. I will turn in my working document and essay (September 23rd, 2011)

STEP 1:

//Affected By: When the economy is bad, many newspaper employees lose their job because less people are buying the paper version, but instead are turning to the Internet newspapers.// //When the democrat party is in power, the newspaper companies are very happy because they get more money because democrats support large government. However, when the Republicans are in power they do not gain as much benefits and money. Social factors mostly help the online newspaper because people can share the link. Another thing that affects newspapers is supply and demand. The newspapers have plenty of supply, but now are starting to lose demand because of the popularity of the online newspaper. Some things that the newspaper writes can affect people who are targeted in it when those people have no say in things.// //Affected By: When the economy is bad, many magazine employees lose their job because less people are buying the type of magazine. In many stores, the magazine racks are totally full.// //In any political party is in power, the magazines love it because they can spread rumors and write overblown stories about almost anything the parties do. Social factors are not good for magazines right now because less and less people are becoming interested in the stories that are in those magazines. Another thing that affects magazines is supply and demand. Magazines have tons of copies available, but many people just aren't interested anymore. Also, people are starting to go online and make their own magazines. Some things that the magazines write can affect people who are targeted in it when those people have no say in things. Also, many false rumors are spread in the articles or are extremely overblown.// //Affected By: The TV is not really affected by the economy because most people have TV//s //and are able to keep them. The TV News Stations like it when the political race is on because news stories flow in and are easy to communicate with people. The social factors are O.K. for the TV because people watch TV, but many families and people share TVs so there are not a whole lot of people who buy a whole lot.// //Another thing that affects TVs is supply and demand. TVs do pretty good because they have a good supply and people buy TVs.// Some rumors are spread by TV, like when 9/11 happened, the news was talking bad about Islamic people, influencing millions of people. //Affected By: When the economy is bad, people don't buy much satellite radio because it is extremely expensive. When the political races are going, and even when they are not, the political talk show people like Rush Limbaugh are very happy because many people listen to their show and because they have some interesting news to talk about. Social factors are good for radio because the listeners are always listening to sporting events and music. Sometimes, when political talk shows or news is broadcast on the radio, rumors and exaggerated stories are spread. This can hurt people who do not even have a say what is being written.// //Affected By: When the economy is bad, many people, instead of buying the newspaper, sometimes read it online or watch videos online. This is very good for the Internet market. Politics don't really affect the Internet that much besides giving online news resources more articles to post and share. Social factors are generally good for the Internet because many people have their own laptops or computers and many look things up on the Internet. Supply and Demand can affect the Internet, but has not really hurt the Internet. There are many computers and laptops available and people want and buy them. However the Internet can hurt many people because many racist and untrue statements are spread around the Internet and many people don't even know about it until it is too late.// //Affected By: When the economy is bad, less and less people buy movies and films to watch at home. However if the film is on the Internet, it can still get popular and watched. Political factors don't really affect the type or how well a movie sells. Social factors however are huge. If people don't want to watch the movie, it can go bust extremely quickly. The films and movies are extremely dependent on the choices of people and the film industry is a huge make it or break it market. Supply and Demand is another factor that affects them. This corresponds to the Social factors because, since there is a plentiful supply, the people will have to buy the product. Films, also, can also portray people and groups in negative light too. They can make a movie about terrorism and portray all Islams in a poor way.//
 * //Newspaper://** //To Inform// //(News) and Entertain (Comics) and persuasive (editorials)//
 * //Magazine://** //To Entertain (Highlights) and Inform// //(National Geographic)//
 * //TV://** //To Entertain (Cartoons, Sci-Fi, Realistic Fiction) and Inform// //(News Channels)//
 * //Radio://** //To Inform (Political Talk Shows, News Broadcast) and Entertain// //(Sporting Events, Music)//
 * //Internet://** //To Inform (Research) and Entertain// //(Computer games) and persuasive (all persuasive essays and articles)//
 * //Films://** //To Inform (Documentaries, Biographies////) and Entertain (Sci-Fi, Fan////tasy, Realistic Fiction)//



STEP 2:

2. __Religion__- Islam is the official religion of the country and is practiced by about 95% of the population. __Government__-The dictatorship of Saddam Hussein collapsed on April 9, 2003, after U.S. and British forces invaded the country. Sovereignty was returned to Iraq on June 28, 2004. Iraq is a parliamentary democracy with a federal system of government. __Food__- A daily diet in Iraq consists of rice, usually with soup or sauce and also lamb and vegetables. Today, meat and vegetables are hard to come by so most people just have rice or another grain. __Capitol__-Baghdad __Language-__ Arabic __Population__- estimated (1997) 22,219,289 __Membership__- Iraq is a member of the UN and [|Arab League], [|OPEC] and [|Organization of the Islamic Conference].

3. On slide one, both papers focused on the Iraqis, but the Rocky Mountain Herald focused on what the day may mean to the Iraqis, while the SMH focused on the downfall of Saddam.

On slide two, the Times Herald Record focused on the U.S. attacking Iraq. The Guardian focused on the Iraq war beginning and on how shelters were not safe for people to take cover in Baghdad. On slide three, The Detroit News focused on how the U.S. was attacked and many soldiers were killed and taken prisoner. The El Mundo is focusing on the hurt and casualties of the Iraqis.

On slide four, The Daily News focused on the liberation of Baghdad and how the crowds were happy and joy filled. The Sun focused on Baghdad also falling and how Saddam was no longer in power. On slide five, the Rocky Mountain Herald focused on how major battles in Iraq were done and how the U.S. was warning Syria about them coming into Syria if they continued hosting terrorists. The SMH focused on how with the Iraq War's major battles are done, President Bush was now going into Syria. On slide six, The Arizona Daily Star focused on how the U.S. caught Saddam and captured him. The Nation focused on how the "Tyrant" (Saddam) was captured and taken prisoner. That is how the two newspapers in Resource One differed.

4. Choices were made, on the American side, to see how the U.S. was doing and how they were doing good by taking over Baghdad. When something bad happened they focused 100% on how that affected the U.S. On the Iraqi side they focused on how the U.S. was taking over and ruining all that they had done. They saw it as the U.S. coming in and conquering.

5. I now understand that the Iraqi government and some citizens thought that the U.S. was not doing good and conquering their country. However I now understand that the U.S. and many other countries saw Saddam and the Iraqi government as evil and something that had to be taken down. I now understand that the War had two sides.

6. The U.S. removed any pictures of Iraqi suffering and of the ruined towns and of the number of innocent civilians that had been killed or taken prisoner by U.S. forces. The U.S. also staged the statue of Saddam falling for the news papers and media so that it looked like the Iraqi people liked what they were doing. The Iraqi and other papers that supported the Iraqis pictured how the U.S came in and took control and how they had damaged and killed civilians. The Americans are portrayed in most of the news papers as the rescuers, good guys, and heroes; while the Iraqi government is portrayed as evil and helpers of the terrorists. In other news papers though, and the video, the U.S. is shown as conquerors. In the video, they show the U.S. as liers and manipulators.

7. The images were doctored because the U.S. wanted to make sure its citizens still trust the government and its choices and so that the citizens won't protest. It is easier for the U.S. to say that they are the good guys through fake photos.

8. It makes sure that the citizens of the U.S. won't rebel and so that the citizens trust the government still.

9. The U.S. government gains from the altered pictures because it makes the citizens trust the government and not rebel.

10.Yes, it can because people will believe what they see and if they see a whole crowd cheering on what the U.S. is doing, they will believe that the government can change things. For example, from that one photo, most citizens of the U.S. think that the Iraqis really liked what we did, but instead most Iraqis didn't care or were extremely angry about it.

STEP 3:

1. a) The newspaper showed a big picture and a big title showing the statue of Saddam Hussein falling indicating that Iraq was free. b) The newspaper used large font size for the word LIBERATED and SADDAM FALLS making it obvious that Iraq is now free. c) The newspaper dedicated a whole front page on more than one newspaper to this event.

2.The audience of the Australian newspaper would be australian citizens and the Daily News would have an audience of mostly Americans, although the news probably reached world wide. 3. The Iraqis and the Iraqi government did not get to express what they wanted and how they felt towards what was happening.

STEP:4

1. How did September 11th effect different people? 1. The outcome of 9/11 made different groups like the Iraqis, Muslims and anyone who looked like them treated with disrespect. 2. Yes, many newspapers and other types of media probably made negative comments and views towards the Iraqis and Muslims. 3. Even though Australia has racism it is still multicultural because there are a bunch of different cultures and that meas that there is going to be different opinions and judgments. 4. I have respect for the Iraqi and Muslim and in a way I feel bad for them because no one really got to see or hear there side of the story. 5. Yes, I definitely know now that there is more then one side of the story and it has changed my own opinion of what happened. 6.The media has had a huge impact on the historical accuracy of this event. They did not show what truly happened and that created different opinions of other people. I think that the media has had a big part in shaping history because they produce stories to the people that they think would be more interesting or make one side look better then another instead of telling what truly happened.

Bibliography: http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Iraq.html http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/iraq.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107644.html http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6804.htm#gov