Media Law & Literacy

Privacy These issues affect me because it is my privacy that is at stake. And it is my information that is out there without my permission. To me it is the same as having a camera crew record your life from the time you are awake to the time you are asleep and to make matters worse you didn’t give them permission to do so and you can’t get rid of them. We actually have a term for people who follow other people around without their knowledge or permission , those people are called stalkers. The online difference is that they are physical beings where as those people on the internet are faceless. The issues of privacy affect my friends and family since they use a lot of social media and use the internet and as such they are getting there data and privacy rights ripped from them without them even knowing that it is happening. The government needs to be reigning in these companies and protecting our right to privacy. They need to put limits on what these organizations are allowed to do an...

  In the Age of AI When we think of the future, we think of things like self-driving cars, robots, and flying cars. We think little about how those things have been created. And many of us prefer to stick our heads in the sand and not think about how those things will be created, used, or how they will affect us.  We like to think that it is either all sunshine and rainbows or is all terminator level apocalyptic bad. It has only been in the last few decades where we have seen a middle party of it has the potential to be either good or bad depending on how you use the information given to you and how we are currently at a crossroads as one-race humans are going to be possibly be going on a journey that we have no really proper equivalent to in terms of experience so there are many unknowns to us that we have to try and learn and consider. The video brings up a lot of information about AI and the possible future outcome of AI. It starts off somewhat positive with the Go game AI ...

Printing Press June 22, 2021 Throughout history many amazing innovations have been created that have changed the world. The printing press is one such innovation. It is the precursor to the modern day printer. Which is something I know almost everyone uses to printing out assignments or class work of printing out forms for work. Printed items are used in so many aspects of our day-to-day lives. From books, magazines, photos, newspapers, textbooks, money, etc. That if it hadn’t been for the creation of the printing press, we would probably not have access to these items as easily or at all.  The printing press also contributed to increasing the literacy rate since it made it easier to create and print books. Since you could mass produce the books using the printing press, you would decrease the time it took to create the book. Which made more books available in a shorter amount of time and decreased the cost of the book. This meant that books were more available to people, ...

Diffusion of Innovations June 20, 2021 The internet is something that everyone uses. We are using it right now in order to take this course online. It offers us so much from funny cat videos to articles about the latest news to answers to our every question. The internet is a library of online data that we can access with the click of a keyboard or tap of a finger. It is versatile and unique, unlike anything else that has been created  adopt before. Internet caught on and spread because it has so many dense networks which contain a variety of information and have a system that allows you to access that piece of information thus connecting you to the World Wide Web. So many people become early adaptors because of how adaptable the internet is and because of how much information you can access. Many people saw you could use the internet to communicate with other people and change the way people viewed certain things or to even create new things or look for information more easily. ...

 Military Operations June 20, 2021 The U.S. compared to the rest of the world spends more money on the military than any other country. In 2019 , we spent $732 Billion dollars on defense spending.  About half the annual U.S. budget is money for the military . As of 2018 , we have 1.3 million active-duty servicemen and women.  As of 2017 ,  the United States has around  2,200 fighter jets , including about  1,400  operated by the Air Force.   As of 2017 , the U.S. Army possesses in total some 225,000 vehicles of all types.  U.S. ships as of June 16, 2021. Aircraft Carriers:  11 Surface Combatants:  115 Submarines:  68 Amphibious Warfare Ships:  31 Mine Warfare Ships:  8 Combat Logistics Ships: 29 Fleet Support:  33 Auxiliary Support:  1 Combatant Craft:  0 Other:  0 Total Battle-Force Ships in Inventory:  296 Total Active Ships in Commission:  251 The U.S. Department of Defense is the m...

 Thoughts on the Eight Values of Free Expression June 11, 2021 The Eight Values of Free Expression. Marketplace of Ideas Participation in Self-Government Stable Change Individual Self-Fulfillment Check on Governmental Power Promote Tolerance Promote Innovation Protect Dissent Government Monitoring Within The Eight Values of Free Expression  I find that number three Stable Change is relevant to our daily lives. In this value Benedict Spinoza says that allowing people to vent and speak their mind especially the alienated and discontented to speak freely makes it easier for our government to monitor potential threats better. Spinoza is emphasizing that allowing this type of speech which is protected by the first amendment is good for our national security since it allows us to know who to look out for. I also find that number six Promote Tolerance is relevant. In this value, Lee Bollinger emphasizes that having hate speech and such out there is a good thing since it teaches other...