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Disaster in Sochi has Americans disgusted!!!

Sochi ,Russia claiming to have evolved from the days of the cold war mother Russia image, Sochi was chosen to host the 2014 winter Olympic games. Over fifty one million dollars was spent getting ready for this epic event . …

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Changing Behavior in Virtual Worlds

World of Warcraft and Second Life  are an example of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPG’s that involve social interactions among players getting to know eachother, accomplish tasks like defeating powerful enemies, and exchanging goods and services. This sort …

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Photo Coverage becoming too Insensitive?

One of the most tragic natural disasters that occured in January 12, 2010 was the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in the country of Haiti. American photojournalists with digital cameras captured hundreds of thousands of  poorly bandaged victims. Some of …

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Egyptian Government Being Challenged by Voices on the Internet

In 2006, Wael Abbas became an inspiration for a new generation of bloggers in which he posted a video on his blog that went viral on the internet of two police officers attacking a bus driver in Egypt. The two …

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Prefering Image to Reality

As the rise of technology is high in demand, so too is our impatience  for gathering information. Today, of course, people prefer  a 60 second news cycle over  62 condensed pages per month. The Reader’s Digest in 1922 created by …

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