Prof Rojecki

Professor Rojecki begins his lecture by asking the students what they were most worried about after college, and a majority of the students had said finding a job.  He also asked students why they didn’t watch the news.  While some students said that it worried them, most students simply did not care.  He then states that “In order to have an opinion, you have to keep up with things, so you know when politicians are lying.”  Professor Rojeck tells the students to take control and that it’s our fault because we are the ones electing the politicians. 

I think that many people don’t care because they just don’t know what’s actually going on.  They just believe what they hear from either the media or their family and friends.  This is problematic because what people think they know about politics may be completely false.  Going back to the topic of framing, different sources can state the same information but stress different parts in order to get a certain reaction from its viewers.  For instance, the article we read in class skewed the information to make it seem as though it was the mother’s fault that the baby got bit or it was the government’s fault…  And if you hear this from what you consider a “reliable news source,” then of course you are going to believe it.