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…
Worried About Our Younger Generations Not Reading the News?
In a society where technology has been growing and giving us new ways to communicate with one another through media, are we worried about our younger generations not reading the news? Many of us worry because through our current technology,…
Internet surveillance program in Russia
SORM-2 is a system, which allows Federal Security Service (FSB) to monitor the telephone and Internet communication. Under the law of SORM-2, Russian Internet service providers (ISPs) are required to install a special device on their servers for FSB to…
Media Censorship in China
Since we talked about free speech in class, I thought it would be interesting to bring up media censorship in China. China, technically a communist country, has always enforced policy that restricts the freedom of speech on all media outlet. Everything that…
Surveillance through Media at Workplace
In the high-developed media era, we subtly experience surveillance through media. I watch many videos on YouTube site. YouTube provides some recommended videos which are appeared on YouTube site, and I realized that the videos are related to a video…
Globalization, who are the winners?
Globalization is very controversial issue that people are arguing for a long time. There are people whose income was increased, where other group’s income merely changed, and even growing negatively. Who are the winners and losers resulted from globalization? …
Cameras on Police Officers
There seems to be absolutely no trust towards the police after the incident of John Brown in Ferguson. Missouri. The conflicting reports of John Brown’s death from the police, witnesses, and Brown’s autopsy report has citizens furious. The tragedy in Ferguson…
Mistaking Appropriation for Appreciation
Cultural appropriation is a term that refers to the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It differs from acculturation or assimilation in that ‘appropriation’ or ‘misappropriation’ refers to the inclusion and absorption…
Hilton is back for Carl’s Jr. commercial
Advertisement is one of the forms of marketing for sellers to sell their products to the customers. Advertisement encourages, and persuades customers to buy their products. Nowadays, there are a lot of brands and companies who are using sexual aspects…
Masking in the Sun: Facekinis is getting global attention
On 7th August 2014, CR Fashion book updated the latest design of Summer Beauty on its website. Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of Vogue Paris, is trying to make the Facekinis (the mask ) happen by featuring models wearing brightly-colored…