Donald Johanson

A house divided against itself cannot stand, and America is currently divided. This is not to say as a country we have not always been divided politically ,but in the recent election the divisiveness has become glaring. People have stopped being friends with others, disowned relatives, boycotted businesses, and even gotten divorced over the anger they feel about opinions other people hold. The anger attached to this cycle is palpable and is the root of the problem. This cannot be blamed on one…

highly misinformed about the person they are voting for or against. According to research done in March 2016 by tracking firm mediaQuant: “Donald Trump received nearly 2 billion dollars’ worth in free media exposure this past year” (Calderone). The research found that Clinton has 746 million dollars in free coverage. To me, this information shows that candidate Donald Trump is scrutinized a lot more by the media than is Hillary Clinton. This is not surprising since most of the mainstream media…

I interviewed my father how he uses technology to inform his knowledge and feelings regarding world news and affairs. My father is a 63-year-old white male with an associate's degree. He was born and has spent the majority of his life living in the United States. A self identified independent, when probed he said his views align slightly more with the Democratic Party. He explained that he primarily uses the television and Internet on his computer to receive the world news. Often times he…

podcast was the idea of Donald Trump providing false information towards the public. Many believe that we have entered a post-truth era as Mr. Trump’s election shifts into an authoritarian leadership. The professor has mentioned that his leadership has shifted into an authoritarian leadership as he tries to manipulate the people by appealing to their emotions through propaganda. He tries to heighten fear and anger to help win votes rather than through rationality. Due to Donald Trump’s methods,…

In the “Fighting for Our Lives” article, I found the statement about the “boy who cried wolf” effect in our societal dialogue interesting. The author wrote that heated, warlike argument is so common that we are losing the ability to differentiate between debates over extremely important issues and over unimportant, and unnecessarily sensationalized issues. This reminded me of an article I read about the effects of sensationalization in news media. For example, CNN presents the news relatively…

family patriarch died. The will, which was written previously with the help of Donald Trump, gave every Trump child a share of the money. However, Fred Trump got a significantly less amount. Also around that time, Fred’s wife, Lisa, gave birth to a child with a mental illness, which requires more than $300,000 over the child’s lifetime for hospital visits, frequent check-ups, and more. Because of this, Fred accused Donald of excluding him from the will and sued Trump.…

Donald Trump came back from many bankruptcies. He also been very successful throughout his life. he is a child of a imagrant parent. He had good parent who became very successful. Donald trump had it made since he was a kid. He was raised in a wealthy home with four brothers and sisters. He is the fourth out of his parents children. When Donald Trump finished high school he borrow a million from his father to start his life. Donald Trump's father play a big influential part from when Trump chose…

This article from The New York Times describes Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States and the chain of events that led to his victory over other presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Early in the presidential campaign between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump the majority of the polls indicated that Hillary would secure the presidential title. However Hilary's inability to gain the country’s trust and her multiple email scandals vastly affected…

I did my FOA on the influence of Donald Trump’s words in a speech he delivered in West Palm Beach, Florida. In my presentation, I analyzed his language and its impact on his audience through the form of a presidential speech. I gave a speech to convey the feelings that might have been felt by his audience on that day, to my fellow peers. In my FOA, I used the speech terms taught in the first semester to help discuss what the person who wrote Donald Trump’s speech might have wanted the audience…

Donald Trump pros and cons Donald Trump can be described many different ways. He is a businessman, very successful, and quite honestly bombastic. Trump has many different characteristics and differences from the other candidates. He is not a politician, he is not experienced in foreign policies, and he is not afraid to state his claim about others and their viewpoints. There are pros and cons to Donald Trump being president. The pros may be that he is a very successful businessman, he can…