Media law blog

 Privacy is something everyone takes for granted, even in the age of social media. We assume that we have privacy in our personal lives, regardless of whether it is true or not. The government has access to private information and can track you in a car. Police departments have a record of license plates from ordinary people. They have not done anything wrong, but their  record is being gathered anyway. It can be used to target people, as NYPD did to mosques. Your location is freely avalible to law enforcement. They can track a person using cell phone towers to know everywhere they go. Good for finding criminals, but not so much when it can be used on citizens who have done nothing wrong.  While surveillance happens many different ways, the most prominent is cell phones. People can access your phone calls or texts to  find out information about you without you knowing. Luckily with modern tech encryption has become better and it is no longer as big of an issue. Thi...

My EOTO topic was Youtube. Youtube was created in 2005. It was founded by former PayPal employees Steve Chen, Jawed Karim, and Chad Hurley. It was created for sharing videos, as many platforms exsisted for sharing pictures but not home videos.  Youtube was  bought for almost 2 billion in 2006, soon replacing their own service of Google Video. Google was able to negociate deals to allow copyrighted material to appear on the website, thus reducing the amount of copyright infringment lawsuits. Since then, Youtube has taken off as the site we know and love to use today. From a group of friends wanting to easily share videos as they did photos to the international corporation it is today, Youtube has grown a lot in the 15 years it has been here.  The invention of Youtube forever changed how we see videos. It was created as an easy video sharing platform, and has expanded from home creators to big name brands. Someone from one side of the world can upload a video and a person ...

 The first cell phone was invented in 1973 by Motorola. An employee used it to call New Jersey. The first phone went on sale in America in 1984. As technology advanced, more and more people got cell phones. Early adopters of this include businesses and rich people, as they could afford the high prices of the first cell phones avalible as the first Motorola  phone cost almost $4,000.  The phones that became what we know today started popping up in the late 2000s and in 2007 the first iPhone was introduced.  Some negatives about cell phones is that you pretty much have to have one, they are addictive, and it tracks you. In today's society, it is hard to find someone without a cell phone even if it is just a simple flip phone. Cell phones are also proven to be addictive. A  poll found that 50% of teenagers admitted to being addicted to their devices, while 59% of parents thought their children were addicted. A  Swiss research study concluded that higher cel...

From the article by the History Channel , I learned that the Supreme Court was made in 1789. I also learned that there would be six justices of the Supreme Court. I had always thought that there were supposed to be nine justices each appointed by the President. I also learned that the first meeting of the Supreme Court was in New York City. This suprised me because I thought the Supreme Court was located in Virginia and that seemed like a more likely meeting place as well as more convient. Another fact I learned from this article that I did not already know was that the first case the Supreme Court had ruled upon was a farmers financial issue.  I think the most important take away point about the Supreme Court is the system of checks and balances it has with others and within itself. To get a seat in the Supreme Court, a person must first be nominated by the current President of the United States. Then, the Senate must confirm the President's choice for a justice in order for them ...

 The first of the eight values of free expression are market place of ideas. This refers to the idea that a license should not be required to publish or print something. There are many examples of this in the modern world. There are a multitude of websites like  Wordpress where anyone can make their own website and start publishing content in minutes. All that is required is an email address and a username plus a password- the same things needed for any social media site, which means everyone is able to use it. I feel like this is one of the most important values because it allows everyone to have a voice, easily in this modern age.  The second is participation in self government. Citizens must be informed about all policies to be able to make a well informed decsion about the canidate or canidates they are selecting for office. One example of this is political ads . Each canidate usually lists what office they are running for, why they are qualified and what platform or...

 The first news source I like to use is Twitter . I check Twitter ever morning and see what’s trending. I like using this because there is variety and I often find out things I never would have thought about searching for, like new movies that are coming out and the latest international news as it is happening.  The second news source I like is CNN . It is fairly reliable about important events happening in the US and abroad, and I can also use it to cite if I am writing a paper. I like that it has such a wide range of topics that they cover, and you can always find a source there if you need one.  The third blog source I use is Facebook . I use it to find out entertainment news or the latest celebrity gossip. It’s not necessarily accurate all the time but it is entertaining. Facebook also highlights important current events at the top of the news feed, so I can get a basic idea of the current state of politics.  The fourth news source I use is Snapchat . I use it mo...