Media Access Control

The future of cord cutting is headed down a road of uncertainty. While recent Net Neutrality rules have provided hope for more affordable internet access and content, the future is gloomy for a couple reasons. Not only has there been rumors of the incoming administration overturning net neutrality. There is also a gaping whole in the current Net Neutrality rules. With the 5G wireless spectrum promising faster speeds and more internet coverage nationwide, this gaping hole called "Zero-Rating"…

is made of 28 countries, ruled that phone companies can charge internet services like Netflix and Google a fee to deliver their content faster than small companies that can't pay the fee. With this ruling, it allows big companies to completely control the market and stop small start ups from having a chance at giving their content. It creates a division between large and small companies that can hurt consumers by practically forcing…

Net Neutrality and Data Discrimination “They who can give up their essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin. When you sacrifice your freedoms for security you deserve neither. The same goes for internet freedoms. When you sacrifice the freedom and openness of the internet for any type of law you deserve nothing. The internet started on the basis of the words, free, open and…

Media has always been a way to positivity and news but there are some things that has not have been perfect like showing men and women as poorly in commercial and ads. “Toxic Culture 101: Understanding the Sexualization of Women” by Shadia Duske where she talks about how males and females are sexualized in ads, which affects the younger generation when it comes to what they should be seeing at their age is good or bad. In “‘Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt’: Advertising and Violence” in her essay…

"The study determined that the more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed.” (Chowdry, n.d.) According to the survey, there is a direct link to the amount of time young adults spend online and people that exhibit symptoms of depression. The depression is called Facebook depression…

the advancing popularity in social media platforms. Adolescents are mainly exposed to modern media sites because they’re growing up in a time where technology is advancing rapidly. Advocates of social media platforms claim that the internet is what connects the world together; it is an efficient and helpful way of communication, a modernized way for students and teachers to search for information and conveniently spreads informative news faster. However, social media manages to put society 's…

every day, social media and society become inseparable. Society as a whole relies on social media to get through the day, from merely checking early morning emails, to video chatting with family across the country. This strong connection between society and social media increases interactions with others near and far, yet, points out the issues of trust, security, and privacy in relation to applications and websites used. Who has control over information posted through social media? Will…

Analysis I In his article “Social Media: Establishing Criteria for Law Enforcement Use,” Robert D. Stuart discusses law enforcement officers' role when using social media. His claim is one of policy. Despite social media's advantages to share information, and the right of free expression, law enforcement agencies must set a standard for the officers regarding the information that is available to share in social media, in order to avoid dishonoring the institution and themselves. The warrants of…

The media has the most impact on people. Television and internet, play a significant role in spreading information to our society. With technology advancing every day, the media has various of ways to influence us with a wink of an eye. Television and computers have parental controls, but the controls don’t stop kids from viewing inappropriate sites and channels. Kids that are clever enough have ways to get through such controls. Body image affects both male and female alike. In Katherine…

(1973) argued that the role of media is to shape how we think about the world we live in. He further went on to suggest that audiences are rarely informed about issues such as inequalities in wealth or why poverty persists. A Statement by Cohen (1963) stated that the press may not be successful much of the time in telling people what to think, but it is stunningly successful in telling its readers what to think about. In this case the owners of the media tell the media which issues to…