Blogging Choice Assignment - 3/26/12

 I noticed that today I had the most media contact through the internet. I pulled up my homepage and there was a news article about the murder of Trayvon Martin which linked to several other news articles about the incident. The tragic event, which is surrounded in racial controversy because Martin was a black teenager, has sparked a lot of news coverage. Apparently this has been a topic of discussion on TV news stations and in the news paper, but I had no knowledge of it until I read several different internet articles covering the incident today. I have observed that upon entering college most of my news sources and information are from the internet. It is interesting to note that some of the articles I read came from online versions of news papers/news TV stations, and were not all the product of strictly internet publications. I was saddened to read about this event, but I am a bit comforted by the fact that many of the articles are encouraging readers to analyze all sides of the situation and seek out the truth of the matter. I really observed the influence the media has on me through the internet because it is a major news source for me.