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Monthly Archives: July 2012
The Growing Dangers of Global Web Networks
The growing expansion of the Internet continues to progress today as many web users continue to log and surf through many online sites. The Internet initially began as providing digital information for research and even entertainment. Over the years, the …
Posted in Education
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The “Vast Wasteland” known as Television
Newton N. Minow’s address to the National Association of Broadcasters was spot on. His view on what television programming has turned into for the American people is perfectly described as a “vast wasteland.” He explained that for the past 50 …
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Isn’t the price of substance worth more than a mere slogan?
After reading “A Vaster Wasteland”, I found myself looking into the way I use the radio and television, and how this society inevitably uses it, and came to the realization that we are all undermining it’s potential. Communications in the …
Posted in Politics
Tagged A Vaster wasteland, airwaves, newton minow, politics
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The Thin Line of Ethics in Photojournalism
Has the media and everything that society is exposed to made us almost impassive to most news unless it’s, well, shocking and dramatic? We have become so spoiled by technology that society has turned into children holding their hands out …
Posted in General, World News
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A Wasteland Filled With Possibilities
Media as we know it has expanded enormously over the last years. According to an article called “ A Vaster Wasteland” written by Newton N. Minow, we can see the advances in our technology tremendously change over the past fifty …
Posted in General, Science and Technology
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Can Graphic Pictures really enhance the amount of Humanitarian Action?
On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 and it ended up killing around 230,000 people and leaving almost 3 million homeless. Once the news broke, American journalists and photographers rushed over there to …
Posted in Economy, Education, Environment, General, Health, World News
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The Problems With The Search Engine.
To “Google” something is a term that many of us are familiar with. When breaking news is released we most likely use it to get the most information. I’m sure when the creators of Google first thought up their search …
Posted in Economy, Education, Entertainment, World News
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How Pictures Can Help and Hurt
We never think about the pictures we don’t see. Sometimes pictures are of gruesome content and sometimes they are of a beautiful subject. Either way pictures have the power to encapsulate all sorts of different emotions all at the same …
Posted in General, World News
Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, Journalism, Photo, Too Much?
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Google and Fair Use
Google has become a verb in today’s world. When someone needs information, their solution will frequently be to “Google it”. Rarely do Internet users go directly to the websites for the New York Times or Washington Post. Instead, they …
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Is America Sheltering Us Too Much From Graphic Material In the Media?
In Arielle Emmett’s article, “Too Graphic?” the issue of censorship in American media is discussed. Some believe that the media is too censored but when the Haitian earthquake hit and there was an abundance of graphic material shown, the public …