New and emerging forms of social media are not only changing the way organizations attract supporters, but are also changing the way we look at politics all together. In essence, nearly all Americans have a cellphone or at least access to a computer these days, and the majority of us have evolved to a much, […]
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Tags: "liking", America, connectivity, democracy, donations, Facebook, new media, News, old media, politicians, Politics, power, progress, sharing, snail-mail, the future, the internet, TV, tweets, websites
Tags: "liking", America, connectivity, democracy, donations, Facebook, new media, News, old media, politicians, Politics, power, progress, sharing, snail-mail, the future, the internet, TV, tweets, websites
The Impact of media on people with eating disorders
Posted by: nakedraygun | November 10, 2014 | No Comment |We live in a media-controllled world and it is hitting us the hardest where it hurts. The truth is, mass media provides a significantly influential context for people to learn about body ideals and the value placed on being attractive. Here are some statistics: American children participate in growing amounts of media usage, a […]
A web without a spider: the impact of the internet on society
Posted by: nakedraygun | October 27, 2014 | No Comment |The internet. It’s influence is undeniable. People everywhere around the planet are logged in and almost unknowingly succumbing to the role it plays on their lives, certainly more so than any other social medium since the invention of the newspaper. Essentially, it has created kind of a revolution in society, allowing people from all over […]
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Politricks 2: Why a consumer-based economy needs a republican
Posted by: nakedraygun | October 21, 2014 | No Comment |“What’s great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a […]
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Tags: BMW, buy, capitalism, consume, consumerism, Economy, Geroge Bush, goods, Heineken, Invidisible Hand, McDonalds, republican, W
Tags: BMW, buy, capitalism, consume, consumerism, Economy, Geroge Bush, goods, Heineken, Invidisible Hand, McDonalds, republican, W
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
The Feature Article; specs and speculations
Posted by: nakedraygun | September 21, 2014 | 2 Comments |The Impact of Feature Writing What IS feature writing? Feature writing is the researching and writing of a special, in-depth article for a newspaper or magazine. It is considered special because it focuses on one particular, core topic, and is not a regular part of the periodical in which it is published, the way a […]
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Tags: article, blog, breakdown, daily, explorative, feature, feature article, illustrative, important, in-depth, informative, magazine, News, Newspaper, Op-ed, Opinion, purpose, specs, speculations, writing
Tags: article, blog, breakdown, daily, explorative, feature, feature article, illustrative, important, in-depth, informative, magazine, News, Newspaper, Op-ed, Opinion, purpose, specs, speculations, writing