Category Archives: Health

The Semi-Homemade Solution

You wake up to the obnoxious sound of the alarm clock buzzing in your ear on Monday morning. It’s time to brush your teeth, hop in the shower, dry and style your hair, get dressed, grab something for breakfast and … Continue reading

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Energy Drinks – Let’s call them what they are…toxic!

As a journalist, I was taught to be aware of the spin that different entities put on stories of various kinds. As a marketer, I have learned that putting the right spin on things is 90% of a sales marketer’s … Continue reading

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Has The Net Stolen Our Capacity To Think?

After reading, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?, I have to completely agree with Mr. Carr.  I never realized it until I read the article but I totally feel the same way.  The custom that I used to have while reading … Continue reading

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Embracing Your Inner Ogre: Self Esteem and MMORPGS

In the article “Expressing My Inner Gnome: Appearance and Behavior in Virtual Worlds” by Tony K. Lam and John Riedl a point is made that people will react and interact differently with one another in a virtual setting then they … Continue reading

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Ways To Avoid The Wasteland That Is Mass Media

In Newton N. Minow article “A Vaster Wateland”, he spoke about the changes that face mass media and the regulations that need to evolve along with them. Minow created six goals that will help mass media run more effectively. His … Continue reading

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How far would you go for some shock and awe?

When it comes to photojournalism today it seems to be that the line between informative reporting and exploitation has been blurred. During times of dire need in other countries, such as after the tsunami in the Indian Ocean or more … Continue reading

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Can Graphic Pictures really enhance the amount of Humanitarian Action?

On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 and it ended up killing around 230,000 people and leaving almost 3 million homeless. Once the news broke, American journalists and photographers rushed over there to … Continue reading

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Six goals that have potential to guide mass-media regulatory decisions

Newton N. Minow discusses ways to keep TV and internet dynamic. Minow makes it apparent that public interest should be above everything. In order to do that he talks about six ways to build into our 21st century communications system. … Continue reading

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What Is “Children’s” Programing?

As a child I recall watching a wide variety of different programs. Some of which may have been intended for children and others that were not. From Saturday morning cartoons, to Mr. Rogers, to PBS documentaries, to Sixty Minutes, to … Continue reading

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Information Overload Equals Brain Freeze

I am sure we have all experienced the sensation of being overwhelmed due to so much information given to us in one time.  When there is too much information our brain seems overloaded and it simply shuts down—basically experiencing a … Continue reading

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