Media Law & Literacy

  When the photo sharing platform Instagram was created in 2010 pioneers created a fun and interactive way for people to communicate and connect with others through sharing photos, allowing people to follow their friends and then comment and like photos. The app allows people to express themselves through the photos they take. Whether that be a selfie, a picture of their family, food they love, the list could go on. Instagram allows you to see how others express themselves through what kind of photos are posted to their feed. Early adopters started using this platform because it was another way besides the already popular Facebook and Twitter at the time to connect virtually through a social media app. Another reason is because people wanted to keep up with what was popular at the time and that was Instagram. People wanted a way to share what they were doing through pictures and this allowed them to do so through something as easy as posting a photo. A positive to this app is that ...

       The EOTO presentations were very interesting as we were able to learn so much history about products that we use in our everyday lives. Each group and each presenter was able to teach me at least one thing I did not know about a device/product. One form of media I want to talk about today is about SMS or text messaging.       Every day you see humans holding their cell phones with them everywhere they go. A lot of us can’t leave the house without it in hand. So when SMS messaging became a thing in 1992 people went crazy. I had no clue how this messaging was developed as Julia went on to present that the SMS concept was first developed (1984) and the first text message was sent on   December 3rd, 1992 from Neil Papworth who was a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms. Mobile phones did not have keyboards at the time, so Papworth had to type the message of a PC.       When Julia went on to present the pros and cons ...

       For my group each one teach one my focus was on the social media platform Instagram. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger who both graduated from Stanford University. Kevin Systrom was the first man behind this app. Symptom had no formal computer science training when he decided to first develop an app. He learned how to code during his nights and his weeks were spent working at Nextstop. Systrom ended up building a prototype app called Nurbn, which would soon turn into Instagram. During a party one night in California, Systrom met two venture capitalists who learned about his vision and helped him raise $500,000. This allowed him to start building his team for his new entrepreneurial venture. This is where Mike Kreiger comes into play. Mike knew Kevin from both being students at Stanford, he was the first to join Systroms team. After reinventing and redesigning the Burbn they decided to take a step back by stripping Burbn down to just photo...

      Out of all the eight values of free expression the one I believe to be most valuable is Individual self-fulfillment (aka self-actualization). This value states that an individual has a right to free speech allowing them to express themselves and therefore create their own identity. “Freedom of speech thus becomes an aspect of human dignity, human agency and autonomy.”       “Self-actualization” represents a concept created by Abraham Maslow. When looking more into this specific theory I came across psychologytoday.com where it went more in depth into this theory. While on this site I read that according to Maslow, this value of expression represents growth of an individual toward fulfillment of the highest needs for human life.       Under Maslows theory of individual self-fulfillment there is a 5 step hierarchy that allowed me to better understand this value simply. The hierarchy is as follows:  Physiological needs,...

     There has probably been at least one time that you have questioned yourself after hearing news wondering, “how in the world is this not making mainstream media why aren’t more people talking about this?” I know I have. 2020 has been quite a year and one that has come with a lot of social changes surrounding the systematic racism that has gone on in this country and continues to happen. The countless number of protests, marches and riots that have happened because of this is something that we all have seen on the front page of papers, magazines and the headline on all news tv. It is normal for us to turn on the news or open the paper to see this being reported on but why do we never see any coverage covering antiwar voices and writings?  I am not one to join in on any conversation surrounding politics as I like to keep my beliefs to myself. I believe the lack of coverage surrounding antiwar voices has to deal with the government and bias. The media is biased towa...

  Under the first amendment we have 6 freedoms, one being freedom of the press. Freedom of the press amplifies the right to assemble. Ignited by George Floyd's police murder on May 26, the demonstrations of the Black Lives Matter 2020 sparked discussions about systematic racism and police violence in newspaper pages, schools and in homes. They also marked a turbulent moment in the U.S. for freedom of the press, as journalists around the world were faced with relentless assault and detention. During recent protests in Washington there was video footage of police in riot gear striking news crews as officers were attempting to clear the media and protests from an area near the White House. The video, captured on June 1, was of a scene replicated during Black Lives Matter protests in cities across the United States. There have been countless incidents of journalists being tear gassed, hit with rubber bullets and detained even after proving they were press by showing credentials to...

     The United States Supreme Court is the country's highest federal court and the head of the government's judicial branch. Created by the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court has sole authority over all laws in the United States and is responsible for determining their constitutionality.      The Justices of the Supreme Court are nominated by the United States President however it is the Senate’s responsibility to vote on the appointment of the new judge and needs the majority vote to officially swear in the judge. The chief justice also presides over impeachment hearings against the U.S. President. Chief Justice John Jay and Associate Justices John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison, and James Wilson made up the First Supreme Court. In the early years of the Supreme Court John Marshall was the Chief Justice and during that time helped move the Supreme Court towards the prestigious institution it is today.      It is di...