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  Streaming Services Disrupting Traditional Television News Television News Is Disassembled: A New Media Generation Creates a Rift.  As I realize that the image in my head of news while eating breakfast is no longer an everyday occurrence for my peers, I also find that they aren't using traditional networks anymore either. They're on TikTok scrolling through five-minute recap news stories or watching Patriot Act on Netflix. An instantaneous generational divide occurs, and it's more than just a difference in style and preference. Streaming services are dismantling traditional news—it's not just disrupting how people consume it—by reducing potential advertising and sponsorship revenue, creating a lack of cultural cohesion, and ensuring some people have less access to information than others. With 60% of adults claiming streaming as their primary media source (Pew Research, 2023), we need to consider how we used to get news—and what happens if we don't want to get news...
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Blog Project 2

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     Blog Project 2 When A Minecraft Movie came out in April 2025, I knew that the release would indicate the progress we've made regarding video game adaptations. I discuss this film because it seeks to do the impossible: make a two-hour narrative from a sandbox game—with no planned trajectory for play and certainly no developed story to begin with. I was intrigued because the end product created a narrative that makes sense within the familiar, sandbox world of Minecraft (of which I've been a fan since 2013), and the cutesy story elements easily translated into a film for those who haven't touched a game controller since birth. This film release sparked conversations about where game-induced films can take us as a society, potentially when a fully cohesive narrative doesn't exist. Therefore, with star-studded casting and a director usually known for specifically stylized narratives, I wanted to explore this film in a critical capacity based on its equity. ...
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