Media transparency

Open Development 1. What are the main challenges to aid effectiveness, and how does open data address these challenges? The main challenges to aid effectiveness are high complexity, enormous transaction costs, lack of strategic and holistic approaches, and lack of country ownership. High complexity involves the coordination between numerous international aid agencies, and within those aid agencies. The United States, for example, has been said to have contradictory, as well as competing,…

Dave Eggers’s book “The Circle” efficiently discusses the negative impact that technology has on society. This book revolves around 24-year-old Mae Holland, a graduate of Minnesota’s elite Carleton College, who lands a job at the Circle thanks to her old roommate and friend Annie. The Circle is a powerful technology company created by “three wise men” who initially created this company to make life easier on the internet and in daily life. The company creates programs like TruYou which combines…

than 2600 hiring managers are using today social media sites to learn about prospective candidates (Brown & Vaughn, 2011). Social media is becoming a significant tool used to recruit, to hire, to promote and to fire employee. Social media shows a lot how candidate are in real life. So, using social media to make important organizational decision can be time and cost effective. In the recruiting process the resume and the interview are…

Digital media and social media have changed the way we receive the news. Instead of a few television stations or newspaper companies, there are thousands of outlets to receive the news. With more and more ways to get the news, there naturally must be more people involved in reporting and interpreting the news. This paper will discuss how digital media and social media have diluted the power that ‘old media’, such as television, radio, and newspapers, once had in reporting the news, which has led…

implication could have been some one dying from drinking a Pepsi which would have resulted in a PR crisis nightmare. Four: Pepsi had several options and chose the strategic route. Their options were to recall Diet Pepsi in the affected areas, create a media strategy that showcases the safety of their plant, or they could have been defensive. Even though Pepsi did lose 3 percent of their sales, which is a substantial amount, a recall would have cost them far more in revenue. At the same time…

Social Media And The Erosion Of Journalism Overtime, everything must evolve. From fashion trends, to the human understanding of the universe, the world is a never ending string of fluidly shifting events. Even the way information is created and consumed is relentlessly altering and adapting. In the digital age, journalist, the gatekeepers and protectors of public information, are hard to distinguish from the herds of bloggers, and the countless soap box preachers. Often, the lines between fact…

of the platform is new, at least for politicians. His tweets have drawn much attention from the mainstream media and citizens alike, leading an accruement of approximately 25 million followers. Looking past ideology, Quill writers discuss the role and implications of social media in modern-day politics, examining whether Trump’s actions underline a general trend toward increased transparency and directness within our government. There is no doubt that Donald…

change and willingness to explore more. Sources: media has an affinity of over-relying on the executive basis. They should be aware of the political perspective used in the story. This, in turn, leads to underrepresentation of the public and progressive voices. Thus, the media should…

Brooks details how the use of social media comes into play with the new shaming culture. Anyone who does not conform with the liberal thoughts of their peers finds his or her opposing viewpoint plastered all over Facebook or Twitter. The push for gender fluidity, transparency of thought, and acceptance of anyone being able to do anything they want makes those individuals who wish to live more conservatively…

merely exist, let alone effectively function or flourish, the media and government must co-exist, while retaining independence, and healthy levels of scepticism. This symbiotic relationship informs the general public of significant issues, and, theoretically, safeguards against power or influence corrupting either of these institutions. Politicians rely on the media to relay their policies, values, and actions, to wider audiences, while the media need this information to fulfil their fourth…