Societal Problems
Media Series: Post 2–Societal Direction, How medias’ focus determines what WE see.
Sunday, April 20th, 2008What is important today? Is it Brittany Spears’ pregnancy? Is it the war in Iraq? Is it another political scandal? Who determines what is important? We know simply from observation that it is “the media” that determines what is foremost in the national consciousness. Who determines what SHOULD be important?
Fine, but who determines what SHOULD […]
Media Series: Post 1–Media in Macro, How Information Flows
Friday, March 28th, 2008How does the media work on a large scale? Why do national events grab the spotlight? If you pay any attention, you see the “it bleeds, it leads” mentality at work in the media. Fewer people bother to go deeper than a cynical comment or two in asking how news is made. That question is […]
Going deeper and asking why.
Monday, March 24th, 2008It’s fairly easy to just rave on about this or that being wrong with society. It’s even easier to go picking through news stories and columns like a sniper, then tearing them apart and putting them back together again. (It’s also rather fun, and, yes, it can be more than a little instructive.)
Frankly, that’s exactly […]
Why Global Warming?
Thursday, March 13th, 2008“Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming….Originating in Sydney in 2007, the Earth Hour campaign has now gained global attention. As […]
Social Networking Sites
Thursday, March 6th, 2008According to an Associated Press article posted at Newsmax.com, Facebook has hired Google’s vice president of global online sales and operations to be their Chief Operating Officer. The article mentioned that Facebook, with 66 million users, has become the internet’s most populous social network.
As always, when Facebook is mentioned the whole specter of social networking […]
Feminism: Society’s Great Faux Pas
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008When I saw the “Outlook” headline today on The Washington Post’s website, I could hardly believe my eyes. The words “Why Do Women Act So Dumb?” headed a column by Charlotte Allen that touched on everything from politics to driving to home economics. I couldn’t help being interested, and once I got into the column, […]