Monthly Archives: September 2012

Introducing the Internet in Some Cultures Can Make All The Difference

Once a culture is introduced to the Internet, information is discharged at a constant frequency. Social Media, blogging, Internet news sites, and social media sites have become an equal force to conventional media such as newspapers and broadcast news. Internet …

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Rebirthing Cronkite

In today’s day and age, news and reporting has shifted from unbiased reports of currently important events to accounts of anything and everything deemed “newsworthy.” In my opinion, this isn’t anybody’s fault specifically, but more-so the effects of the information …

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Writing For Millions of Viewers

Before the world wide web, when people wanted their writing to be read they had to pray and hope they would be published somewhere. When students turned in their extensive research paper at the end of the semester, their only …

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Are We Really as Dumb as They Say We Are?

There is no question that our news media, and the way that we get our information today, has changed significantly. People no longer have to wait for the daily paper or nightly broadcast news for knowledge of events going around …

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Public vs Private – Chi & Closer Magazine

On Monday, September 17th Italian Magazine Chi published pictures of a top-less Kate Middleton while she was sunbathing on a family owned private balcony. The pictures, already published by sister magazine Closer, have been a topic of debate specifically asking …

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Will you be my Friend?

Typically, I’m the type that’ll blast my CD player while driving, but this day was different. I randomly switched the dial to a local radio station and was pleased to tune into a great conversation about Facebook friends.

The mildly …

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It’s My News and I Want It Now: The Benefits of News on Demand

I absolutely love having the ability to access whatever news and media I want, whenever I want. The days of waiting  for 11 O’clock news or waiting for the morning paper are over. News and media content are now being …

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You can say anything when you have a study to back it

My pet peeve it when people cite scholarly research in spite of what logically makes sense.  I see this often in initiatives and programs done at the University. And while research is important, it doesn’t mean the findings necessarily hold …

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The Brave New World of Job Seeking

I was 16 looking for my first job.  I went from grocery store to buffet “steakhouse” to fast food emporium, speaking to humans, filling out applications with a pen on paper.  There was communication and first impressions and etiquette as …

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Free at last, get rid of your social media accounts and become a new man or woman.

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are gone from my life. About six months I decided to cut-off my life line to the social media world. I am sure some people reading this blog and are in utter disbelief because they are …

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