So it's kind of obvious to determine, distinguish and see different (but repetitive) parts of a news show when you're watching them, but who would've thought that they actually had names and terminology to indicate their meaning?
When I found out that there were names that went a long with certain parts of news shows I was fascinated in a sense to where I was like "Oh okay this is cool, I never knew that, but now it makes sense." but I also felt pretty silly for not realizing that until our lecture.
Things that I noticed, repeated patterns that I saw, they all had names to match them and learning that was really cool to me. For example, I always thought it was kind of funny when a news anchor would say something a long the lines of "And now back to Bob in the studio." I always thought "What's the point of saying that? Why do they say something like that after almost every story?" Then I learned what it was; a toss. Finally, I was given a name to match the thing that I often wondered about! When Mr. Miller explained the importance of the toss and how it is used to let the viewer know that they were moving on to the next story a sudden realization came over me and I finally understood it. When I imagined what a news show would be like without tosses, I understood why they were necessary; without them, viewers would be confused on where a story ends and where another one starts and everything would be out of order and chaotic.
As he explained the importance and introduced names to things that I previously had noticed, I began to appreciate the whole idea of a terminology system and why these things were necessary to make a news show flow successfully. And as silly as it sounds, that was a relief to me to finally understand some things that I'd always wondered about.
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