Monthly Archives: September 2012

Mass Media and Their Audience

After reading the article about The Toppling, I couldn’t help to think about the U.S. Ambassador that was killed in Libya recently and how the media portrayed his death. Although it is controversial as to why he was killed, some …

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Is the Internet really that overwhelming?

I’ve read a lot about how the Internet seems to inhibit important decision making; especially those of the financial type. Given the sheer amount of ways to gather, interpret, and analyze information via the web, there’s obviously justification for these …

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Who really is accountable when it comes to the news?

Who really is accountable when it comes to the news? Many people swear by a news source, and others condemn that same news source with every bone in their body. Who is to say what or who everyone should believe? …

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Oh So Sensational Journalism!

Bomb-blast headlines! The latest Kardashian news! Up to date celebrity so-and-so gossip! Anyone else get the feeling that today’s news focus is a little too……trivial? There was once a time when  news media was the true peoples champion, a watchdog …

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Proposition of Floating Airport in London

We’ve seen futuristic airport ideas for London before, and now here’s a proposal to create a floating airport on the surface of London’s River Thames Estuary. The proposed “London Britannia Airport” would not be built on reclaimed land added to …

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Texting During A Movie? Not anymore.

The Prince Charles Cinema is said to be employing volunteer “ninjas” to regulate good behavior among the audience. The term “ninja” is being used loosely here — they’re really more like glorified ushers in black skintight bodysuits — but whatever …

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New Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

“Learning to Love the New Media” by James Fallows is peppered with comparisons of the old fashioned and new-aged media. Back in the day, you had a much cleaner, clearer news-based output that had a fraction of the stories, but …

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War Reporting: Why Face the Risks?

Facing the possibility of threat…constant danger…putting your own life on the line; thus are the risks of obtaining coverage as a wartime correspondent or photographer. Along with exposure to battle, conflicts can also arise between the military and the press, …

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Collaborative Journalism: Putting Our Minds Together for the Greater Good

Collaborative Journalism, that is two or more publications working together to provide the news, is on the uprise. As stated in “The Reconstruction of American Journalism”, “A growing number of newspapers also are supplementing their reduced resources for news reporting …

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Politics as Usual…

It is an election year.  The year that everyone becomes a political pundit.  We are being bombarded with political ads from all directions, party conventions, speeches, and soon debates.  A year ago, Barack Obama tried to implement a major recovery …

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