questions must be asked. What should be censored? Most would answer explicit content such as sex, violence, and gore for things like movies and TV shows (How Media Censorship Affects the News You See). One must explore the benefits of censorship, as well as the detriments, to get the full picture. Some of the “pros and cons”, as people call them, of censorship in general is that it helps save children from seeing crude and vulgar content. However, to a certain extent, censorship can be harmful.…
Leader Blod, March 2016). By using web filtering and Internet restrictions, schools believe they can have some control over what students are exposed to. It is also seen as a way to offer reassurance to parents that their children aren't accessing content or materials that could mentally or physically harm them and assurance that only positive or ‘good’ values are being taught. (Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick, March…
Seat Belts do Work Over half of the crashes in the United States end in deaths because they were not wearing a seatbelt or any harness that secures them to the car. All cars had some form of seatbelts; first, they had shoulder belt then in 1974 they had the same design of seat belts that we have now. A survey in a few places said that only ten percent of the population in 1982 used the seatbelts. After new York had passed the first seat belt law, the percentage of seat belt use rose quickly to…
“The crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood” would define drunk driving. Throughout these 50 great states in America there are too many people that are committing to drunk driving at all times of the day. People believe that there is no harm in doing an act if you are caught doing such act [drunk driving]. People that are convicted of drunk driving, once or more should know that they shouldn’t be doing it because such of heavy consequences. The consequences are tragic…
The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance Sleep deprivation is caused by having insufficient sleep and results in reduced alertness, decreased performance and deterioration of health (Abrams, 2015). The effects of sleep deprivation on driving performance has been researched by many psychologists to observe the potential effects sleep deprivation could have on driving performance (Jung et al., 2010). This essay will argue that the effects of sleep deprivation decrease driving…
Prior DWI and non-DWI involvement in the justice system, involvement with alcohol and drugs as well as mental health and mood adjustment problems were found to be risk areas (Voas & Fisher, n.d.). Previous research on DWI recidivism has established its causal factors to be a combination of alcoholism or…
sections: the first part is the main issues proposed in the 25 news articles, and the second part is the results of content analysis of tweets. The final part will discuss the differences and similarities of the discussion about the social issue on the two types of media in detail. A. Six key points of the 25 news reports B. Findings about the 250 tweets The absolute findings resulted from content analysis will be discussed without the analysis about the figures (It will be further compared to…
#OptOutside. One example is how Subaru of America focuses on outdoor life and dogs. Their call-to-action is to use both hashtags #OptOutside and #MakeADogsDay and they will donate to the ASPCA. REI developed another layer to the user-generated content. They deployed peer-accountability to kick off the campaign’s second year. Established outdoor experts or brand ambassadors were given signs that read, “Will you go out with me?” - a new way to challenge people to #OptOutside. This has created a…
In our modern world, social media platforms like as Facebook exist as ‘free’ spaces for social interaction with our friends and family, freedom of expression, and connecting with other users. However, many scholars argue that the convenience of social media – where we can use Facebook without paying money– comes with the cost of our privacy and our free labour. User commodification are significant issues in studies of social media. In his book The Political Economy of Communication (2009),…
quadcopter and aerial imagery allows imagery to be more than just an extension of the user. It allows for a birds-eye view offering a refreshing and unexpected twist to personal videos. This goes against GoPro’s existing style of immersive first person content.…