Category Archives: World News

Our Generation Likes the Cold, Hard Facts.

The good, old childhood metaphor, “if you give a mouse a cookie he is going to want more”, is not always accurate. When it comes time to news in our generation we do not respond well to “more” news. We …

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Declining quality of television and news reporting

It is no suprise that today’s journalism is full of sensationalism.  Before the internet and even computer, media had much less or no competition.  Should we be blaming the journalists who provide the sensationalist media, or ourselves for watching it. 

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Political Mirage: how pseudo-events influence citizens

Pseudo-events are staged or scripted events that are put on for the media. Ribbon cutting ceremonies and Presidential meet and greats are most obvious and common. There have been several pseudo-events used during wartime to help promote American agendas or …

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The Toppling of Saddam Hussein’s Statue Misleads America

After reading Article 14, The Toppling, I find it appalling that the media used to make the military create or recreate events just so the people at home had something to be entertained by. War videos should not be …

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Organized Action: The Power of Social Media

The rise of global networks and communication technology has essentially given every person a medium through which they can voice their ideas and opinions. Social media and networking play an integral role in our interconnected, global society but also these …

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The New Media: A Love/Hate Relationship

Our world is constantly changing.  People are changing.  With that, our needs and wants are changing.  We have become a society that requires information here and now.  We no longer have the time to sit down and read a book …

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North Korea: Comic Fodder or Legitimate Threat?

We need to decide; are we afraid of North Korea? Do we feel bad for it? Do we enjoy having a good laugh at it’s expense? Yes.

North Korea is terrifying. It is a totalitarian dictatorship run by a family …

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Social Media – Going Beyond Entertainment and Looking at The Tool that is Even Changing Countries

It is really interesting to see how the so-called social media goes beyond mere entertainment and has become a political weapon.
In the case of Egypt, a young man named Al Khale Saeed (identified in different articles as Khali Said) …

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One Simple Post can Change the World

The Internet is used by millions of people a day for millions of different reasons. Between news sites, blog posts, and Facebook, one can learn thousands of new things a day. When reading the story “Whence the Revolution” I realized …

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Brought to Justice through the Internet

In Article 15 “Whence the Revolution” in our book Annual Editions: Mass Media 12/13 the covered subject is journalists and everyday internet users in modern day Egypt rising against their government and police officers to see justice.  It is amazing …

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