Monthly Archives: September 2012

The NFL Officials Lock Out is Over: A Look Back

At the midst of two incorrect game changing calls by the replacement officials during last week, the NFL and the officials union reached an agreement to end the lock out. The lock out which began before the season started forced …

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The Necessary Evil of Advertising in Politics

When it starts to get closer to election season most people can’t wait for it to be over so they don’t have to see the political advertisements anymore. Whether they are on television, radio, or the internet, they are everywhere. …

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Digital Catalysts for the Analog Environment

The past decade have seen such a growth in political free-speech. Actually, the more I think about it, the Internet has brought on a new information-seeking society. People today don’t take news for more than what it’s worth today.

From …

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We Don’t Understand Technology

We use a lot of technology today. We set up our cell phones to bluetooth devices or even our cars. With the Apple Macbook Pros, we even send songs via bluetooth now. We get faster internet in our houses with …

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I want it now! How Impatience and Technology are linked

As Americans, we all want easy and fast. Whether it be information or earning money, our human instinct has become more impatient with time. It can be said that technology is partly to blame for this mentality. From our electronics, …

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Faster Processing Technology leads to an Over Processed Mind

Why are our lives driven so much by social media? In today’s society, every single move we make is dictated by this realm. We spend more time thinking and focusing on a clever and witty way to inform others about …

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Negotiating with new media: the “Facebook hostage-taker,” police, and the press

One of the trends in news reporting that has developed as a result of media convergence is the increased use of social media services to provide information for news stories. Some of the earliest reports of the movie theater massacre …

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Films to Movies: The Rebirth of the Remake

On September 21, 2012, the movie Dredd was released to theatres for crowds of excited and expectant audiences. As has become tradition, a group of my friends gathered and went to see the movie remake of the original film we …

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Reporting in a Warzone: Is it Worth the Risk?

So after graduation I plan to hopefully land a news reporting job for a news station. The where and when is still up in the air for now. One thing I like about the news journalist market is that many …

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Why Does Florida Make All the Crazy News?

Tonight, the state that regularly brings you crazy face eaters, crazy naked people and crazy orgy people (http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/2012/09/report_menage_a_trois_ended_in.html) has now brought us the story of a man who’s squirrel caused him to DUI…cuz it was eating him (…

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