Category Archives: Politics

Professor Reprimanded for Providing Political Information to Students: Right or Wrong?

Recently, a Brevard County Community College professor was investigated following a complaint from a student’s parent that the professor was soliciting students in order to get them to vote for Obama. The complaints also suggested that the professor was harassing … Continue reading

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Hidden Camera Reveals Hidden Romney

This week a new video has gone viral on the internet. Although not quite as popular as ‘Gangnam Style,’ it’s equally as farfetched, and as much as you hope it’s a joke, it continues to be legitimate. This week, Mitt … Continue reading

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Whats your web presense?

These days you can’t do anything online without making an account. Making an account on a site requires having an email address, giving away information such as your birthday, location and any number of other details. I started thinking not … Continue reading

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Journalism as a Force for Change

The ability of today’s media to influence opinion and coverage of events has led to the development of news as a weapon politically and in martial matters. Winston Churchill once remarked that “history is written by the victors”, and indeed … Continue reading

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How Legit is Accountability Journalism?

There was a time before I went to college that I thought wikipedia was a reliable online source. After reading The Reconstruction of American Journalism by Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Shudson, it has come to my attention that the … Continue reading

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Watch out!!! They’re everywhere!!!

That is how I feel about the political ads on television right now. Every time I turn on the television, there is a political ad either slamming Obama or slamming Romney.  It’s Slam-A-Thon 2012 and us Floridians have a front … Continue reading

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The Power of Blogging and Journalism In an Injustice Nation

I found Franklin’s article on the revolution in Egypt and the role of workers, journalists and bloggers  to be astonishing. We come from a world where one’s opinion is most certainly heard but rarely to the scale of provoking action … Continue reading

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Mass Media and Their Audience

After reading the article about The Toppling, I couldn’t help to think about the U.S. Ambassador that was killed in Libya recently and how the media portrayed his death. Although it is controversial as to why he was killed, some … Continue reading

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New Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

“Learning to Love the New Media” by James Fallows is peppered with comparisons of the old fashioned and new-aged media. Back in the day, you had a much cleaner, clearer news-based output that had a fraction of the stories, but … Continue reading

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Collaborative Journalism: Putting Our Minds Together for the Greater Good

Collaborative Journalism, that is two or more publications working together to provide the news, is on the uprise. As stated in “The Reconstruction of American Journalism”, “A growing number of newspapers also are supplementing their reduced resources for news reporting … Continue reading

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