Category Archives: World News

Convergence in the Canadian press

The Canadian press has often impressed me with their analyses of issues that the American electorate either didn’t know about or didn’t know enough about to care. The Canadian press has yet to let me down on this front, as … 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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Journalistic Liberty is Journalistic Death

Journalistic integrity is a virtue held highly across the globe. That sounds good but there isn’t really anyway to hold journalists to as high a standard as we the public would like to. One can twist and bend quotes, studies, or statistics … 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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Leaving the Ways of the 80s behind for ‘Infotainment’

It’s always interesting to compare the past with the present. Oh how far we have come in technology, education, and even in fashion choices. In some of my past blogs I have been comparing the past with future in relation … Continue reading

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Introducing the Internet in Some Cultures Can Make All The Difference

Once a culture is introduced to the Internet, information is discharged at a constant frequency. Social Media, blogging, Internet news sites, and social media sites have become an equal force to conventional media such as newspapers and broadcast news. Internet … Continue reading

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Are We Really as Dumb as They Say We Are?

There is no question that our news media, and the way that we get our information today, has changed significantly. People no longer have to wait for the daily paper or nightly broadcast news for knowledge of events going around … Continue reading

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Public vs Private – Chi & Closer Magazine

On Monday, September 17th Italian Magazine Chi published pictures of a top-less Kate Middleton while she was sunbathing on a family owned private balcony. The pictures, already published by sister magazine Closer, have been a topic of debate specifically asking … 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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