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Lakewood Church, the Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen, has opened its doors to more than 400 victims of Hurricane Harvey this week and started operating as a donation center after the nearby American Red Cross shelter had reached its limit. Speaking to The Christian Post on Aug. 30, Lakewood Church spokesperson Don Iloff announced that they are already housing around 400 people and are receiving relief items that will be distributed to shelters. The announcement comes after the…

Introduction In today’s modern world of technology, there are many new streaming services available from metropolitan networks allowing people from all over Australia to stream from their phones, laptops, tablets, and even smart televisions. As wonderful as this may be for residence who live in regional areas of Australia, it is becoming harder for the regional networks to keep up with the metropolitan networks. Earlier this year in February, the ABC quoted “Media companies have generally…

programs, little is known about the kind of influence these new media genres are having in the public sphere. However, there are a number of factors that may explain where the Daily Show and the Colbert Report fit to into informing the public. Knowledge Levels of the Audiences: There are significant differences in the knowledge levels of the audiences for different news outlets. Nevertheless, there is no clear connection between news formats and what audiences know. Study shows that…

BuzzFeed: Can We Consider it Professional Journalism? News practices and values have shifted dramatically since the rise of online media. Following this phenomenon, there is the quick development of what we now know as citizen journalism. This allows the general public to share news instantly without being a professional journalist. However, the term has created many debates in this field as it there is a fine line between being a professional and being a citizen. The added aspect of online…

The entire realm of news is undergoing major organizational shifts, whether influenced by economic changes, new digital platforms or an audience that is demographically younger and more diverse. The move online is a key reason there is a growing public distrust of news media sources (Abdulla, 2002). Free access, along with the sudden influx of bloggers and social media users, has inundated the internet with information – some more reliable and verifiable than others. The 2016 presidential…

and news articles (Global issues in context online collection par6). Social media allows people to express their own opinion about certain topics, and also interact with other people around the world. Social media enables people to communicate about political ideas and organize quickly. It also allows journalists to see how other people think and the opinions they have. Journalist can rely heavily on social media. Social media…

Consequently, the bias of the news and media in their reporting of news has tainted the opinions of the American people. By creating a strict set of laws pertaining to the reporting of news, bias within reports will have to decrease; causing a less opinionated audience, people will feel better about themselves and humanity, and the United States will grow stronger as a country. The media in today’s world is far too opinionated. On a regular basis, the media and news…

p. 1). Feral cats thrive in all Australian environments with the exception of wet rainforests and have been declared a primary threat to many native species. The estimated population of feral cats in Australia is anywhere between 15 and 23 million (ABC, 2014). These figures demonstrate the critical nature of this issue as the feral cat population is growing exponentially and may overtake the entire human population of Australia in the near future. According to the Australian Government (2011, p.…

information and bias in the news. Democrats run the media. For example - in 2012, when interviewing President Obama 60 Minutes never referenced his past problems in college. They only mentioned what He had a done in politics. Likewise, in an interview with CBS - Mitt Romney was attacked for…

In today’s society, people are oblivious as to what is the truth and what is not the truth. People should educate themselves on which news sources are reliable. For example, Fox news is conservative, which is considered as the truth seekers and is the most reliable news source because it does not favor any sides of a story. Unlike Fox news, ABC, CBS, and NBC news are liberal which are bias towards every story. Moreover CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC are also biased towards the media but are liberal plus.…