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                         Citizen Journalism

                     News delivery now can start from your comfort, and it can be you!

 News and information by the public is known as citizen journalism. This has grown over the years with the ease of spreading and accessing information online. This is conducted by people who aren't professional journalists but disseminate information using the websites. Choosing their own style and their own way of spreading the news.

     Journalism produces reposts of news and information with different new qualities and values: 

Timeliness, proximity, nature, oddity, Human interest, conflicts, Impact, Helpfulness, Celebrities, and entertainment.

 

 Being a citizen of Journalism has its benefits and its negatives.  As a Citizen Journalists you are able to spread the information to locals and the world, giving you the opportunity to talk about issues that people might not be aware of, by doing this, you have a responsibility of spreading newsworthy information.

    Citizen journalism can focus on a specific topic and new qualities of their interest. With the growth on Social media through different platforms and the gaining of users,algorithm in social media can become an advantage for those already using your social media to raise awareness on the issues important to you or passions that you follow.

    Most Citizen Journalism that has built a big platform tends to focus on a target market on which they focus the most values and the qualities of the news that you can do can be broad, with celebrity or entertainment focusing on sports news, and it could even be gossip that's happening around celebrities, influencers, or musicians. But if you have other values as making sure and spreading awareness and letting people be aware of conflicts and impacts that are happening in proximity around the world, you could have the ability to do so too.

    Since Citizen journalism is based on online news, there could be much more interaction with the public, where you could do a journalist Poll, chats, questions, and promo with the viewer. 

    As a citizen journalist, you should be aware that everyone can access it whenever, wherever, so it's really important that your work is reliable. Have factual sources and be prepared to answer some doubts of the audience. By being in the public eyes, citizen journalism has provided an alternative to traditional news media, often filling gaps in coverage and offering perspectives not represented in mainstream reporting.

    The impact that Citizen journalism had created ‘‘There is a trend among study respondents that citizen journalism can undermine social and political control over media content. This is related to their belief that citizen journalism plays an important role in the fight for information accessibility and freedom of expression.’’

    I think in the future Citizen Journalism is going be a massive part of the future media industry; with the wave of users constantly growing with the technology in hand im my honest opinion, this could affect the point of view and perspective in the audience, with a huge impact in society.

    With the influence of trends on apps like Instagram, TikTok, an Twitter, people may start being a citizen journalists for fun and not as a profession. By this, the misinformation that could be circulating the internet could be big if not taken seriously.

That's why I encourage you to become a trustworthy citizen of journalism where not only you're an influence and opinion, but a journalist with value and structure. 

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                   Privacy Within Technology

 

    Privacy & Technology - American Civil Liberties Union

 state that the government argues that the Fourth Amendment protects information that you keep on your desk but not information that you keep online, like old emails or pictures.

    Surveillance equipment, NSA-style mass surveillance, is enabling local police departments to gather vast quantities of density information in a way it wasn't before. The government can detail a detailed portrait of how private citizens interact with each other.

     Personally, I found that really impressive and concerning by the high quality of information they have of every single one of us. 

    Even with the plate of your car, police nowadays can know the date, time, location, where, and when you were with. The Federal Data Is collecting all the individual pots of data. 

    This made me wonder,  Where is the privacy of the public self? 

    

    Is a severe threat because of the abuse of the lack of privacy; someone can hack through your devices and no longer be a government-related threat, it becomes a closer proximity, which people could take advantage of. 

    With the telephone Industry growing, and phones from the beginning were monitored by wiretapping telephone users. In today's present, it is recorded and listened to daily; could it be the government of another country with the greater and smarter way to hack into your phone. Not too far someone that you just met could be a hacker, and you don't know it by the lack of awareness and the lack of information on how to protect yourself from others behind our phones and information. 

    While the private self-users want privacy, the government doesn't think the same. Using a cell tower dump, law enforcement can know the usage of multiple towers, with this, they know the location. The government believes all email, voice mail, call, and other should be monitored by the government.

     The only way we can protect surveillance is with Encryption with the protection of not allowing access to your information and decreasing the information being in on criminals, stalkers, and foreign intelligence agencies without knowing

    This affects my security and my personal privacy, and I really think there should be a law that protects everyone from the spread of information without consent. We need to fight for the private self and, work toward safer of using information.

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                          Diffusion Of Movies

The Movies started from a simple motion picture of a horse galloping to the big screen years later, after becoming an impactful moment for the society of the early 19th century. Movies were a long process in which slowly they became longer films and what are known today of Movie films in the industry.

The first motion movie also known as movies, was projected on a film camera and projector that could display moving images on a screen. This was a big time when the working class was the consumer on these movies. They were the early adaptors of the industry. Being able to see stories and be something with movement and action had an impact on the short film. Later on Movies started parts of viewer's life, leading others to see themselves as this, that is called so much attention to the public.

Later on, adopters were hit by the downside of television and the increase in the cost of watching movies. Later on, the timeline. Movies started to become more of a lecturing to see at home, which made later adaptors come into perspective.

Coming in today's era, the movie industry has made a huge hit in the movie industry which day by day is getting bigger and bigger. The Propaganda in the films seems to become more subtle every time there are movies that scream their belief and want the audience to follow them too or encourage them to.

This brings and holds the conflict in hand because while this brings a newer audience, it takes some out. Some big complicit in the movie industry right now is, being able to be inclusive while not being disrespectful. And while some parts of society are more liberal in 2023, there are others that are conservative.

My personal opinion is that the creation of movies has brought people closer, to others and maybe even closer to themself by relating to a character on screen. Another reason is Driving Economic Growth - Motion Picture Association impact that Movies and films have on the nation. I really believe that Movies are made for everyone. With different types of genres, it is up to you to enjoy and find the one that is made for you. 

The Progressive Era, Marketplace

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                     The Progressive Era, Marketplace                                                       AntiWar

The propaganda of the Antiwar has been growing in silence for years, even If no one talks about it. With the power of media in today's present, people get influenced by what they see; If you notice the antiwar movement its not shown. Only you can find it if you do a big in-depth search.

The pick of the antiwar was right after the Vietnam War and the  involment of  U.S. actions on November 1955- 1975. The Vietnam War was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. 

The report of what was happening on the other side of the war caused citizens to turn against the U.S. involvement in the war because of the destruction and deaths happening for power. While there was people that wanted the United States to stay in the war a huge number of citizen wanted to stop the  war, creating the antiwar movement.A movement campaign against entering or continuing a war. 

This creating a huge impact in todays society

When visiting the  American conservative page, you're able to find various of antiwar writers and one that took my eye was  '' Protecting the Chief Business of the the American People." Conversations about "trade" must encompass the national interest, broadly drawn, rather than a narrow set of economic parameters. Showing a policy marker and showing trade is not free. 

  “ “Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser” said Phil Gramm and Donald J. Boudreaux. Then the next week, from Lighthizer, “In Defense of the Trump Trade Policy.” The same day, the Journal published former Senator Pat Toomey’s negative review of Lighthizer’s book.

But you never hear in the news all these things happening to protect the politics and protect their power of the country  much as they can, avoiding the search of different active war writers and voices that have the power to influence and drive people to become anti-warsitizens.

Com Tech Technology & what I Learn

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                    Instagram and Its Growth 

Since the beginning of this App,  Instagram has come to a huge popularity causing everyone to have it and enjoy it. From Just taking photos to uploading them and allowing the world to see a single moment from your day-to-day life on Instagram has become one of the most used apps in the world.

Instagram was released on October 6th, 2010, and on its first day it made and it gained 25 thousand users, In witch now is currently up to 2 billion users. It's crazy how many people are quickly attracted to be in it. I knew the number of users where high, but I never thought it would be at 2 billion.

I also learned that Instagram even with all the demand of users, had 450 employees, Instagram generating and providing a revenue of 116 billion USD. I personally think and would have expected the employment of people to be over a thousand, but I was wrong.

One of the biggest competitors of Instagram is Facebook, that while its has a similar way of working and interacting with the user. Instagram makes a great competition against a source with years of differences in the market.  Facebook was released in September 26, 2006. With almost of a have of a decade of difference, Instagram was able to scale up now having 96% of the top fashion brands to use Instagram and businesses to promote their brand with public relations and online marketing. Over 70 Countries had blocked countries due to their copyright violation, still not stopping the users from having an average of hour spent on Instagram of a 11.7 hours monthly.

 This had made me realize how big the social media has become in our live. It had take over ten hours of spending and interacting with people on the daily to interact with more from afar cutting the face-to-face interaction with others. Not only Instagram is only the reason, but while it brings us more connection it sometimes takes others. The history of Instagram
may seem short but a future impact would be extended.

History of Movies

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                                            History Of Movies

Throughout the years in the Hollywood Film industry its production has changed. From the storyline, visuals, cuts, audio, scenes, acting, and character development, the movie industry. This started way before Hollywood Movies came alive.

When was the first movie made, people may think movies were like we now know them. Mostly more. than an hour, different genre but in reality, everything started with just Horse Gallop.

The Horse in Motion the first motion picture by Eadweard Muybridge October 19,1878. The first phase of the moving picture was just movement, with no sound or color at first. Really focusing in people and their actions like dancing, walking, vendors, the movement of trains, bicycles or even kids playing. For this era, this was a complete shock and now everything could have been captured in motion picture being things from another lens.

A man by the name of Charles Frances Jenkins is documented as creating the first “film” with a motion picture camera, a view of people dancing in 1894, which later he sold to Thomas Edison in the United States.

Filmmakers began to move beyond the technical aspects of just reproducing and showing movement and delved into storylines, plots, and characters. Creating the beginning of the movies as silent films. In 1903, Great Train Robbery (1963) a duration on 10 minutes was seen and was the first to be recognizable as a “Western” genre narrative with a plot. Filmed by Edwin S. Porter, the film amazed audiences and its production company quickly became a household name the Edison Manufacturing Company.

D. W. Griffith began experimenting with longer films until he successfully produced the first feature-length film in 1915, using twelve full reels of film, entitled Birth of a Nation.  This made a huge impact on the political views and controversial injustice, while at the same time opening a new lengths and techniques in new movies. Most importantly, Griffith’s feature film proved America’s place as a leader in the most innovative filmmaking techniques.

Classical Hollywood cinema

a star-studded, extravagant, and dramatic era for filmmakers and actors on the West Coast, stretching from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. As the Movie industry grew, the filming industry was relieving more on “celebrities” which were the people that the viewers where expecting to see in the next motion picture.By this, the filmmakers realize they where not only now bringing back the audience because of the movie or motion picture but also relying on the actor and charismatic action, that portrait through the camera.

With time Movies started to create propaganda against political views and religious beliefs, with morals and values questioned. which the code era was created.“The Hays Code was this self-imposed industry set of guidelines for all the motion pictures that were released between 1934 and 1968,” says O'Brien. “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, and sexual persuasions. "No picture shall be produced which will lower the moral standards of those who see it.

Later on, this code was taken back due to all the loops and sides the filmmakers where able to find do the scenes Movies Now are a huge part of our sources and things to do in life, even if the history of films, motion pictures, and movies may seem long it's a huge part of most people's lives. With the new genres of action: action, western, thriller, Romance, Comedy adventure, and more. Everyone can find their own interest in different movies. And if by any point yore not enjoying the movies you just might be watching the wrong movie.

Seat, Watch & Enjoy

 

 

The Supreme Court

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                         The Supreme Court                                The Founding Era & The Idea of America

While learning about the founding era and the Idea of America, I learned about The power that has the Judicial Review and how long it took for the Supreme Court to create a branch that they would protect its law and other branches' distribution of power. Preventing others part of the court from using power to get what they want.

                         

The idea of America started before the Slave Trade in 1619, wish became a thread through the history of America. Later on, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence asking for the states to write the Constitution. The federal Constitution was created in 1781, with the idea that the state would be loosely tight together with the idea that the power would reside in the state. 

This followed the states trying to fix the Articles of Confederation being contentious, and almost not getting the Constitution 20 years before the federal government would discuss slavery. 1789 the constitution was ratified. This means that not every state was ratified because not all the states had a Bill of Rights. In the same year, Madison got to work on the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment. 

In 1798  John Adams, got Congress to write the   Alien and Sedition Acts making it a crime to critique the government, while Jefferson and Maddison created the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.

 The Supreme Court and the general system were weak in the1801, in reality, Congress had the power. John Marshall wanted to increase the power and prestige of the court case; which 2 years after was created the legal term for Judicial Review. Judicial review is the power of the court to review all actions of all branches of the government and deem them constitutional or not. This era ending with the end is slavery in 1803 seems the rule of the 20 years has finally ended.

Being able to learn about the Supreme Court, allowed me to learn about the power behind the image of the president, which is more than a person being multiple branches with a long impactful history.  

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Promote Tolerance

  Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech

 "It has been argued that freedom of speech, especially through our practice of extending protection to speech that we find hateful or personally upsetting, teaches us to become more tolerant in other aspects of life — and that a more tolerant society is a better society," said Lee Bollinger.

How is it that in today's society, we need to be more tolerant of hateful, comments? Have we not learned to be more respectful to shut the vile words in exchange for better and adequate words. The meaning and value of Freedom of speech are really important. Freedom of Speech being able to express an opinion without government interference.

Now People have created Extremist Speech taking advantage of what used to be a safe place to speak Now is where you need to promote tolerance in Extremist Speech. 

One of the various ways that we see the use of extremist speech is Racism and discrimination. This is a topic that sadly is one of the most common in The U.S. and around the world. We are all different, with different backgrounds, cultures, morals, and values, and even the way we are taught, makes a huge impact on the way we see the world and project ourselves. 

"I didn't expect people to be racist when we are countries known as brothers and sisters" Said, a Puerto Rican who visited one of the neighbor's islands. 

From just speaking another language, dressing differently, or acting another kind of way due to culture; there are people who expect you to tolerate racist comments allow extremist comments, and accept that they are pushing you down and keep your mouth shut because you're in their country. When the Freedom of speech should be mutual, as long we both show respect to one another and value the other person's opinion.

Extremist speech has become nowadays, part of a media culture where people would take advantage of a source. Coming from different media like Instagram, Snapchat, and even TikTok Tok users tend to interpret videos or posts taking them out of context to make the influencer of even normal people that don't take media seriously and It's just having fun in the app look bad. Where, users would attack the person behind the video, disrespecting making hateful comments, being racist or at a certain point start bullying. Changing the freedom of speech into Extremist Speech

In today's Generation, I feel people are not using the freedom of speech, the reason was created to take advantage of the privilege that we have by having it. Missing the meaning of freedom of speech, with Extremist Speech. 

To make a difference from today to the future lest change the Hate speech versus freedom of speech ...

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Even If our differences keep growing over time let those differences hold us tight to grow together. Freedom of Speech wasn't made to keep us apart, it was for everyone to have a voice and the power to express what they might be feeling, thinking that before they went able to.