With the rise of print as a medium of distribution, resources to share information such as newspapers, pamphlets and books became much easier to access. This change not only began to keep the public more informed on current events, but also prominent individuals who were involved in them. Prior to this shift, the only household names […]
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Tags: Comm 455, count ernst mansfeld, kasibumgarner, media stars, Newspaper, Thirty Years War
Tags: Comm 455, count ernst mansfeld, kasibumgarner, media stars, Newspaper, Thirty Years War
As I spoke about in my first post regarding the history of coffeehouses, their purpose has changed over the years. However, I wanted to delve deeper into what replaced the purpose these meeting grounds once served. We know that when coffeehouses first arose in the 1700s, they were primarily a forum for spoken news. A very prominent […]
From the tipao to modern-day, China has a history of censorship. It was only over 2000 years ago that the tipao was the main source of news, exclusively for the elite. Now news and communication has expanded to anyone capable of buying a smart phone, even those under censorship. In modern-day Hong Kong, minor protests ensued last […]
Safety in numbers, safety measures, security. Americans take these words for granted, but we really should be paying more attention to these safety precautions. A big story in the news last week was the man who jumped the White House fence and ran inside. It came out that the intruder, Omar Gonzalez, got deeper into […]
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the most radical founder of them all: Thomas Paine
Posted by: brianjblend | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Thomas Paine was an influential British American political theorist who authored one of the most influential essays in American history known as Common Sense. The pamphlet, written in 1776, inspired Patriots to declare independence from Britain. His ideas were entrenched in Enlightenment-era classical liberalism and were the prevailing ideology behind the patriotic cause. […]
A brief history of the first American magazine
Posted by: bbukovic | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Magazines are publications that run on a regular schedule and are funded by subscription rates. The first magazine ever printed was published in Germany in the late 17th century. Less than 100 years later, with the idea of the magazine haven taken off as a form of journalism, a younger Ben Franklin decided to embrace […]
Isis is a militant terrorist group that aims to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and Syria. Recently, they have been sending threats to the US and Britain whilst expanding their extremist group bigger and more globally than ever before. But how are they doing this? Propaganda. Isis is using sophisticated strategies […]
When beheadings become headlines: The terrorists are winning
Posted by: sruffin | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Modern war reporting fuels war at home. We’ve all seen the videos. Bald, sullen faced men sporting shackles, orange jumpsuits and fearful eyes. Next to them, knife wielding beasts, dressed in black and holding an executioner’s stance. The videos end the same– a knife to the throat and the end of a life. This is […]
Harassing women online has always existed. However, it has gotten significantly worse in the past few months. [PAX East] Exposing The Harassment Female Gamers Receive Online According to the Huffington Post, someone with the username “headlessfemalepig” was tweeting many women journalists on twitter. Though the twitter account was deleted ASAP, many journalists noted the tweets. […]
Feature: life, loss, and the letters BORF writes to your children
Posted by: nakedraygun | September 28, 2014 | No Comment |We’ve all seen it. On telephone booths. In subway tunnels. Sprawled across street signs. Such a phenomenon seems almost inescapable. Since its explosion in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and earned a legitimate presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. […]
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Tags: "the man", Art, borf, change, children, crime, culture, culture jamming, DC, defacement, graffiti, identity, influence, John Tsombikos, life, mainstream, Media., public property, society, street art, sumbliminal, tagging, the government, the system
Tags: "the man", Art, borf, change, children, crime, culture, culture jamming, DC, defacement, graffiti, identity, influence, John Tsombikos, life, mainstream, Media., public property, society, street art, sumbliminal, tagging, the government, the system
Prior to the Revolution in 1789, press in France was heavily controlled. Reporters/writers who ignored these regulations and published seditious or defamatory material were quickly subject to consequences, increasing from public flogging on the first offense to the death penalty for any following. Jack Richard Censer discusses these conditions in his book Press and Politics […]
Storytelling: the shift from spoken word to paper
Posted by: kasibumgarner | September 23, 2014 | No Comment |To this day, storytelling via word of mouth is a prominent method of distributing information. The primary flaw in this method however, whether it’s a grandmother passing down family history or a recount of a recent event, is that it’s extremely difficult to keep facts straight when the same story is shared between multiple people. […]