In the Onion (fake)news story, “Chinese Gossip Blogger Fights For Freedom To Post Celebrity Up-Skirt Photos” Zhang is a internet blogger that makes fun of Japanese stars, like Perez Hilton. In an interview on the talk show ‘Ellen,’ Perez Hilton spoke out on how he is going to stop internet bullying. The Onion story demonstrates gatekeeping because they withhold the negative aspects of Zhang’s online bullying, and instead justify his blog through his struggle of freedom of speech in his country. Perez Hilton’s interview demonstrates gatekeeping by talking about how speaking out for teen suicide and gay bullying is his justification to stop his mean blogs against famous people, but he doesn’t explain how, he just talks about himself and the blog. Perez’s interview is a good example of agenda-setting because his blog had a huge impact on a lot of audiences, mostly celebrities, and Ellen being one of his gay targets at the. On the Onion, agenda-setting by thinking Zhang’s story was news-worthy because the point of the interview was to bring to light how he fought for his freedom of speech right to allow his online bullying blog. I found the comparison in the two for the fact that they both were about online blog bullying. Baym’s article, where he talks about blending humor into a serious news story, like Zhang’s, even though it is made up. When Baym says, “satire is a discourse of inquiry, a rhetoric of challenge that seeks through the asking of an unanswered question to clarify the underlying morality of a situation.” This relates to Ellen’s show because her talk show is mostly humorous and she wanted to give the online blog-comedian a second chance to explain himself as to why is going to stop online-bullying.
Chinese Gossip Blogger Fights For Freedom To Post Celebrity Up-Skirt Photos
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