Ed-op: Why We Care About Privacy By Anna North Noah Dyer, a professor at Tempe’s University of Advancing Technology ,mentions that we have privacy too much. He wanted to live without privacy, so that he paid a camera crew to…
Failed invention: the selfie brush phone case
Nowadays, selfie becomes a fashionable way to take photos, and it plays more and more indispensable role in our daily life. Selfie is no longer used exclusively for one person.When people meet their friends, they would like to take the group-selfie ,…
Kim’s Strategy of Propaganda
I am from South Korea. I lived in there for 23 years. I have not only heard of North Korea plenty of times but also seen lots of images of reality of North Korea. I conclude that Jungeun Kim, the…
What makes Chanel a successful fashion brand?
The fashion brand–Chanel, is easily recognized by everyone all over the world. In last year report, Chanel was labeled as the most popular luxury brand in China. Also, it kept being ranked as one of the top luxury brands in…
New Era of Communcation
Have you ever dreamed of having telepathic powers, or to be able to control objects without moving a finger? An International group of Neuroscientists and robotics engineers successfully demonstrated a brain-to-brain communication between humans. This experiment was conducted “to find…
why is free speech in danger at universities? (Op-ed)
As I was reading opinion section of CNN, there was an interesting title. “Is free speech at risk at our universities?” It was posted yesterday which was September 4th. As a university student, it caught my attention and I read…
How Much “News” are Millenials Really Reading?
This week, Andrew wrote a blog titled, “Worried About Our Younger Generations Not Reading the News?” and it drew my interest. During the course of our Comm 100C Summer Session classes, the professor brought up important news stories throughout the…
Activism Through a Spray Paint Can
In this example of culture jamming, infamous political graffiti artist Banksy humorously depicts the truths of social media users. Although the piece illustrates Instagram, the intended message can apply to many other social networks, such as Tumblr, Facebook, etc.…
Why Posting ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Videos Matters
Recently, we have been seeing many videos being posted on different social media, promoting the awareness and donation for ALS. As expected, negative comments bashing on this campaign started to emerge. Why do people post their ALS ice bucket challenge…
Media Transparency on Recent Import/Export Sanctions
In discussion this week we discussed censorship, and in class we have discussed journalistic glossing-over of important information, many times at will of the government. The recent Russian ban on all U.S. imports and exports in respects to food (specifically…