connected to the network. A direct by-product of the internet is the creation of contemporary forms of communication, which we will broadly categorise as ‘Social Media’. Social Media revolves around user generated content in interactive platforms allowing the kind of freedom that traditional forms of real and virtual media lack. Social media platforms can be divided on the basis of their content; Blogs (BlogSpot), micro-blogs (Twitter), content communities (YouTube), collaborative
not. This is what we call the “flashbulb memory” wherein one is more likely to store an event once it has an emotional significance on the person (American Psychological Association, 2011). For instance, a person who loves watching movies is more likely to remember a film that made him/her cry, scared, or laugh than a movie which did not really affect him/her emotionally. However, negative emotions are not
acronym to help one remember how to know if a certain site has validity. This easy-to-remember acronym is a great way for journalists to quickly know if the information they are looking at is a good source of information for their research. Because they have limited time to research a particular event, conflict, or issue it is great that the CRAAP Test can help journalists become more efficient in their research. The “C” stands for currency which ultimately means how old the information is and
national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation. Psychology a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.” Resistance literature was about liberalism, freedom of thought and democracy. Writers such as Jack London, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s arose to struggle and finding a way to improve the life we live and speak for human beings. Works written in spirit of resistance truly moved us; as writers felt that it is enough and
In the Article “Built to Trash,” Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin reflects on the evolution of American consumerism. Bloyd-Peshkin shares that growing up she felt as if she was “straddling two worlds”. Being born to parents who lived through the depression era, she was raised in a home where everything that was broken was repaired, and the things they
The media plays an important role in delivering news to the public. The media must be fair to all of the religion and people in this world. They must not be racism especially when creating and writing their news. It can be seen that, after the attacks of Charlie Hebdo, most of the west media start to call the criminal as a terrorist because they are Muslim. Thus, it is not fair to the other Muslim and not a good example of the media. The Muslim people might feel that the west media is unfair
Race, gender and class shape the experience of all people. This fact has been widely documented in research and, to some extent, is commonly understood. New studies interpret race, gender, class as interlocking categories of experience that affect all aspects of life. (Anderson, Collins, 1997:8) For a long time, society on and off screen, have been automatically constructed to what are considered 'norms'. Recent films of note to challenge this expectation, and will be discussed in further detail
revealing the evil nature of the enemy, and the sacrifice of Americans. Feature films also created a realistic image of the battlefield for non-combatants, often using actual combat footage for realistic take on portraying to the public. How has the film industry impacted American society during times of war, for instance, during World War One,Vietnam, and the Cold War? The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It
expressions as ‘brainwash’, ‘lie’, ‘manipulation’, ‘disinformation’ and everything that’s connected. This term became pejorative and, consequently, «whirled in a fuzz of guesses and presumptions» . One 1 of the most difficult and debatable questions is ‘How to define propaganda?’ It was studied since the
Neo-liberalism is not really new at all. It is premised on the nineteenth-century liberal belief that unregulated markets, rather than the state or public institutions, will produce all of the social or public goods we need. This Neo-liberal ideology was grounded in the 'classical liberal tradition', which was primarily hailed by Adam Smith in his treatise, The Wealth of Nations, in 1776. For Smith, the individual should be freed from government