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North Korea Fires Long-Ranged Rocket

At 9 PM local time on Sunday, a bright, comet-like trail could be seen arcing across the sky in Japan and South Korea – a sight that sparked anxiety from many in the conflict-plagued region. The trail belonged to the …

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How New Media Reflects the Apetite For the Raw and Unethical

It seems as if all media and entertainment experts are very quick to reminisce  about a so called “Golden Age”.  All  major industries from stage, music, video games to journalism all suffer from a compromise of what was once held …

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The Self-Destructive Decline of Mass Journalism

In the article “The Reconstruction of American Journalism” writers Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson explore the economical decline of news media. Even in 2009 when this article was written things were bad. Today it’s not surprising to see campaigns …

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The Consequences of excess information and how it applies to Mass Media Production.

We live on the cusp of a mass media revolution in which technology changes more frequently than the seasons. Most of this technology is aimed at a consumer market that demands more information. With the swipe of a finger you …

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The potential of children’s television as a tool for socialization.

The evolution of the human race is woven together by storytelling. Any significant societal, religious, or artistic breakthrough from Greek Mythology to The Bible has survived through this means of communication. Oral Storytelling was the original form of information going …

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