Here are some of the videos we have shown in class and will be relevant study aids for the midterm. McLuhan on “media is the message” Glen Beck on the CPI Jon Oliver on Net Neutrality Arthur Jensen on global…
How do you know what ethical reporting is?
If you flip through any of the news channels that are on TV, you will get a wide range of news casting. From unwelcome editorials on stories to not enough information being made available, there is always something that is…
FCC again? net neutrality
For the past two years or so, more now than before, there has been a rising focus on the issue of net neutrality. Earlier this year in the case of Verizon v Federal Communications Commission the supreme court ruled that…
What Has Social Media Done to Us?
The emergence of social media has become such a big part of our lives that so many people cannot live without checking the latest updates on the newsfeed on different social media every five minutes. Some may argue that social…
Casting of Disabled Characters in TV
Disabilities and their representation on TV will always be something in Hollywood poised to add diversity to television shows. This raises the question as to why characters with disabilities are not often represented by people with that specific disability and…
One story, many Views: What are ‘Radicals’ thinking? Symbols of Islam in Various News Sources.
Lots of discussion about militant groups in the Middle East is floating around. The United States has its own history with these conflicts but it is not alone; China has an ongoing conflict with the Muslim Uighur minority, a historical…
Media Classification
Nowadays, no one has doubts that mainly the digital computer technologies and Internet define the future of human communication. Although the traditional producers of the printed media like dictionaries, books and magazines do not want to accept such development of…
Instagram Life vs. Real Life
Instagram has revolutionize the social media with the idea of sharing images.The idea of sharing images is to provide a form of communication to share memories and experiences. The power of sharing images on the popular social media platform of…
Televisual Media as Vehicles of Cultural Expression in Korea
The image above is a poster of a Korean drama “Life is beautiful.” This drama was broadcasted in 2010. I remembered that I was surprised about one of the topics of the drama. It dealt with a topic of…
Ebola on social media
Ebola on social media Ebola virus disease is known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, it often causes fatal illness in humans. Ebola breaks out into the human population through contact with infected animals’ blood, secretion, organs or other bodily fluids. In…