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Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. With net neutrality, you should expect to use the internet and be permitted to use any website or app without being discriminated based on your age, gender, race, etc. Although several might believe that net neutrality is dangerous, however, I find it beneficial. With net neutrality,…

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Now serving children of all ages, they will be subliminally coaxed into buying the newest unhealthy fun food, and yes there is a prize inside! The tactics of television advertisement have become the driving force behind not just the United States food industry, but many countries around the world. Particularly in the United States, these major food companies target the most influential and vulnerable, children. Consequently, how does the emphasis on food advertisement in television affect…

“Since the World Wide Web was invented in 1989, it has remained free for public use” (Lee). This neutrality is due to the regulations put forth by the Federal Communications Commission. However, recently Internet Service Providers(ISPs) are objecting Net Neutrality and believe it is limiting their business interests. Net Neutrality is necessary as it allows for effective communication between buyers and sellers, it prevents excess charges to use the internet, and it prevents discrimination from…

The Internet Association group supports the top 40 internet companies and said that changing the rules wouldn’t do anything. The rules were working and there was no need to reclassify Title I or II. However, on December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt Chairman Pai’s proposal- “Restoring Internet Freedom”. His plans for his proposal were to ensure that broadband providers could block or throttle, allowing broadband providers to charge tolls to access their…

Introduction The rise of the internet has led to the creation of an industry based solely in gathering and selling mass amounts of user data. The companies who work in this industry are called data brokers. This term can be used to describe companies that only work in this business, such as Epsilon or Acxiom, but it can also be used to describe other companies that collect data like Facebook and Google. They collect and distribute information on consumers, and lately a lot of that collecting…

Defining Media Concertation The Neoliberal society threatens the public sphere and public interest by promoting privatization and profit. This equates to media concentration because companies develop strategic pressure to merge and integrate to ensure a broad place in the market. Media concentration has risen to unmatched levels. Only a few sources disperse the majority of mediain . Companies can have a presence across many platforms by having access to production and distribution process of…

Lately there has been a lot of media coverage about organizations behaving badly, and this news may be new to some but it is old news to individuals that are involved in the wrong doing or the individuals that are hurt by the organization’s bad behaviors. According to usatoday (2014) there are numerous organizations that can be placed on Santa’s naughty list, such as General Motor and banking giants Credit Suisse. Both of these organizations have been accused of poor judgements towards their…

Everyone in this room uses the internet, probably daily, but many of you may not realise a threat which could harm the way our internet works, net neutrality intends to protect us consumers from the threats. Net Neutrality is often mistaken to be related to censorship, or other seemingly unethical act, that's just a small part, the idea of Net Neutrality is, in a nutshell, that all data carried over the internet should be treated equally. This means that any organisation, government or corporate…

vulnerable because they can’t hear, they might not know a disaster could be coming to their area and they might have trouble getting to safety or a tornado or disaster shelter. For example, according to Barbara White, Ph.D. Gallaudet University, the federal response to deaf people failed during Hurricane Katrina, especially for the deaf African Americans living in the Lower Ninth Ward. In addition, a survey completed by the National Organization…