Category Archives: Science and Technology

Colleges and Universities: Effects on Independent News Reporting

As a growing number of college and university students seek majors or classes in journalism, schools are beginning to promote the publishing of student reports to local and state news services.  This is beneficial for student learning and the surrounding … Continue reading

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The Downfall of going to 100% digital Textbooks

School text books are a very large expense that college students like myself have while in college on top of the tuition, lab, technology and whatever kind of fee that university like to take on to make college more expensive. … Continue reading

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Overload: Are you truly a Multi-tasker?

In an age where everyone believes they are great multi-taskers and are able to retain large amounts of information in little to no time is the greatest fallacy of them all. Studies have shown that people who think they are … Continue reading

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Does too much information make staying relevant difficult?

In this day and age, there is so much information out there, that as a journalist it is so hard to determine what is important verse what is not. Not only that, but to every person, different things are important. … Continue reading

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Information Overload – No Longer an Old Man’s Game

For this younger generation, it seems their interest in news is seriously lacking. As consumerism continues to run teenagers’ lives, it seems they care less and less about what is going on outside their little worlds. Young people seem to … Continue reading

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Is The Internet a Blessing or a Curse?

Some may say that the Internet is the best thing to happen since sliced pie. Others may argue that it is the worst thing ever created and it needs to be destroyed. Then you have those few that are in … Continue reading

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The Relevance of Journalism in Today’s Society

In Overload! Journalism’s Battle for Relevance in an Age of Too Much Information, a new method of strategic planning took place.  When The Associated Press hired Context, a research company, to conduct a study of young-adult news consumption around the … Continue reading

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Television Can Be a Good Thing if Given The Opportunity

In Tele[re]vision, researchers take another look at television. Society is used to hearing the negative effects of television and how it ties in with failing grades and obesity in our children of today.  Nicknames given to the television are “boob tube” … Continue reading

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The Extinction of Journalism

There are a many people who believe that journalism is a dying art, but is it really? The simple answer is, no. Journalism is merely changing. Back in the “old days” of the media, journalists studied, pursued and worked in … Continue reading

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Filtration and Empathy – How Journalism Will Stay Relevant in the Future

There is a common, and important theme developing in many of the essays we read. This theme is given many names such as “overload,” “information pollution” or ” social narcissism,” but at it’s essence it all boils down to the … Continue reading

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