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Recovering From a Tragedy: Media’s Role

Posted on April 24, 2013 by case1214

Now that the suspect from the Boston Marathon Bombing has been detained and is still being questioned, the recovery phase of both Boston and the rest of the country has begun. With the presence of the media on the scene, …

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Media’s Impact on the Boston Marathon Tragedy

Posted on April 17, 2013 by case1214

On Monday, April 15th, two homemade bombs were set off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three civilians and injuring almost 200 more. While many have brought up the media’s inactivity during Bush’s push to wage war …

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Learning…From One Another?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by case1214

In this day and age, we rely — almost religiously — on technology to get through the daily grind, whatever that may entail. This technological revolution has finally made its way into the classroom, and is most popular in college/university, …

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New Technology and its Impact on Society

Posted on April 3, 2013 by case1214

These are truly sad times we are living in today. Do you remember when you actually had to go to the bowling alley to physically bowl with your friends? I do (although it was one time…two times tops, but you …

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Technology Limitation: Giving Yourself a Healthy Dose

Posted on March 27, 2013 by case1214

In this day and age, technology is everywhere, dominating our lives with ease and, for some, dictating one’s very actions. Smart Phones and laptops with wifi can be seen in the hands of almost every individual in the United States; …

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Google’s Dumbing-Down of Society

Posted on March 20, 2013 by case1214

Since Google became society’s crutch, people have begun to rely on its knowledge rather than knowledge they should have already attained. I can remember a time where the only way to obtain information was to crack open a book or …

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The Takeover: Social Media’s Overwhelming Dominance

Posted on March 13, 2013 by case1214

Twitter and other social media websites will eventually be the end of civilized, face-to-face conversations in the future. Early symptoms of social interaction’s demise are already visible, since you really don’t have to talk to people in order to learn …

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The Never-Ending “Big Brother” Debate

Posted on February 20, 2013 by case1214

Can you remember the time when the only way to learn about the happenings around the country/world was either one of two ways: Reading the newspaper, or watching the evening news? It seems like only yesterday that I was a …

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The Ever-Changing Medium with Limitless Potential

Posted on February 13, 2013 by case1214

Do you remember when Super Nintendo was THE thing to own when we were young children? How about the countless number of hours you spent playing Super Mario World on that system [Super Nintendo], every weekend, for weeks on end? …

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Journalistic Decline: Focusing on the Irrelevant

Posted on February 10, 2013 by case1214

When you think of what news used to be like -when it was actually productive and informative- nothing exemplifies it more than FDR’s “fireside chats” back in the 30’s and 40’s. It also makes you wonder how journalists of that …

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