Monthly Archives: February 2013

Hiding behind Technology

This is the 21st century and the technology that has been developed is great. the technology that we have helps us save lives, communicate better and let us as human have more fun. The technology that we have now is …

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It’s a Game System! It’s a Computer! It’s an IPhone?

Just a few months ago I was what people considered “team droid”. Whenever my phone froze or it didn’t so the same things and I phone did I would get side eyes and people shaking their head at me whilst …

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The Evolution of Electronic Media

Remember the days of music stores like Peaches Music, Disc Jockey and Virgin Megastore?  How about trying to cue your tape recorder at just the right time, to record your favorite song off the radio?  Do adolescents these days even …

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Whats in your Smartphone?

We live in a society where everyone has some form of a smartphone. How we choose to use it is a whole other story.

I remember when I got my first phone. It was a Kyocera white flip phone powered …

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The Media Needs To Be More Objective.

 

Change. Good or bad, it is going to happen whether we like it or not. As the years go on, it seems that the bad changes are overpowering the good ones. However, as a democratic society, we have the …

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There’s something to be said for good character.

Is it better to stand up for whats right and face consequences? Or is it better to remain in the background and hope for the best?

In an article titled “Whence the Revolution” Cairo police who had been outed for …

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Internet Censorship: Road Blocks in the Information Superhighway

Internet censorship is a highly controversial topic, especially with people looking to protect the idea of free speech. The motivations for this censorship range from the desires to protect children from unsuitable content, to the strict attempts in controlling a …

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An Observation of Media Coverage From a Non-News Viewer

There are numerous ways to gather one’s desired information these days. It is no secret that newspapers are struggling to maintain an audience and now news channels on television are losing viewers as well. I’d have to say the main …

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The Internet used as a Portal of Voices

Entering middle school, social medias were on the rise and my fellow class mates were steadily beginning to use them.  Of course coming from a somewhat strict household I was banned from most of the internet world in general, xanga, …

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Our Generation Likes the Cold, Hard Facts.

The good, old childhood metaphor, “if you give a mouse a cookie he is going to want more”, is not always accurate. When it comes time to news in our generation we do not respond well to “more” news. We …

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