Down To Earth By Lisa Schwoch

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In Lisa Parks and James Schwoch “Introduction” to Down to Earth, it shows the impact of global imagery. Space exploration began to increase more and more, and satellites were thought of to create world peace and stability, but also increased military power. In most of these readings, there is a connection between military power and the development of images. This increased of military power caused for satellite imagery to become a growing movement, especially after 9/11. Due to the production of satellites, television was introduced into everyday life. People could check the news, weather, sports, and many other forms of entertainments. In this second reading assigned for today, it starts off by saying that the military has large influence

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