Media Law & Literacy 2020

Social Media Use & Covid-19 The media is the prime way for us to receive information updates on the coronavirus. We rely on the news and social media outlets to inform us about what is going on within our world today, especially nowadays with the Covid-19 outbreak. We need to pay very close attention to the media in order to keep our society safe. However, what if I told you that social media platforms are not the best way to stay updated on the virus. According to this article, social media platforms are actually making the spread of the coronavirus worse because they are accidentally spreading misinformation. People are able to write their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on all social media platforms. Social media is all about expressing yourself and what you are feeling in the present time. Today, people are expressing their thoughts and opinions on the coronavirus and how the virus is making them feel. The public on social media is believing these thoughts and opinion...

Disney Parks & Covid-19       Covid-19 has taken a toll on our society as a whole, especially in the most magical place on earth. Disney World and Disneyland have both had to close due to the coronavirus outbreak. Disney is all about bringing together individuals from all over the world to celebrate light and laughter together. There is never a dull moment in Disney, it is constantly packed with people making memories with their friends and family. Everywhere you go to in Disney, you are surrounded by tons of people enjoying the same Disney stories as you. However, because of the presence of the virus, we don't even know if Disney will ever be the same again.       Disney World and Disneyland are taking very cautious measures to make that when they do reopen the parks that their customers are completely safe. Disney World is focusing on reopening in stages to make sure they are being extra careful. They plan to reopen up to 75 percen...

Will the Covid-19 End Reality Television Forever?       The Covid-19 outbreak has changed society forever. There is no guarantee that our lives will go back to the way there were before the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus has affected all industries, but especially the entertainment industry, All production for scripted movies and television shows have been rescheduled for a later date when Covid-19 has settled down a bit. But, what about reality television? How will reality television survive if they are unable to film many people in a crowded place at one time? Reality shows are all about people interacting with others in close corners. Does reality television even have a future after Covid-19?     All reality television shows airing on right now were filmed before the coronavirus outbreak got out of hand. Soon, those shows will run out. Televisions shows aren't able to film any new footage or content because of ordered quarantine. It is to...

Will Colleges Return to Campus For Fall 2020 Semester?      The big answer all college students are waiting to hear is that we are able to return to our college campuses this fall for a normal semester. However, at this point in time, colleges are unable to make that decision. The constant unknown related to Covid-19 will allow these decisions to be made at the last minute possible.      Some colleges such as Boston University have already realized that it may be unrealistic to open in the Fall of 2020. They have already expressed to their students and faculty that they are aiming to open up the campus in full for the spring semester, which would begin in January 2021. Ultimately, they would like to open up in the fall, but they take the safety of their students very seriously and would never put them in a dangerous situation.      The amount of uncertainty tied to the coronavirus is what is keeping colleges from making t...

New Stylish Protective Masks       As the Covid-19 has grown out of the control these past three months, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends to the public that they were medical masks in order to try to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Naturally, these medical masks have become scarce, because the whole country is constantly trying to buy them to keep their friends and families safe.        We need masks as a protective gear these days. Many designers and creative professionals took it upon themselves to design fashionable and colorful masks to sell online. I find these creative masks to be an amazing idea because these masks will work to keep individuals healthy, and they are also a fun and creative way to boost up morale during this pandemic time. I find it so inspiring that individuals and companies are trying to find a way to be helpful during this global health crisis. For example, Etsy is a website that focuses on...

Key Post: EOTO Terms & Concepts 2 Agenda Setting Theory      The way in which our society communicates with each other is through the media. The media is a source that everyone in the world looks at to gain information. Have you ever really thought about how the media is portrayed? There are many communication theories that display how the media can be portrayed in several different ways. One theory is the Agenda Setting theory. Agenda Setting theory focuses on how the media uses its influence to attract the public's mind to a specific story or issue they consider to be important. Agenda Setting theory focuses on information that is deemed to have priority over other stories. This theory is very important because it can be used to sway a person's mind to believe a specific perspective.    The Agenda Setting theory was developed by Maxwell McCombs and Donald L. Shaw in 1968 during the United States presidential election. The Agenda Setting theory can h...

Privacy, Online & Off      Technology allows us to connect with people from all over the world. However, sometimes technology doesn't allow us to choose who we want to connect with and share our information with. Online privacy is a massive issue within our digital society today. Some information we ourselves expose to the outside world, while other information is leaked to the outside world without us even knowing. I watched three separate TED talks about how our online privacy isn't as secure as we would imagine it to be.      The first TED Talk video I watched was called "Your Online Life, Permanent as a Tattoo". In this TED Talk, Juan Enriquez talks about just like tattoos, your social media profiles speak for themselves. People can make judgments and assumptions about the type of person who is based upon what is posted on your online profiles. Enriquez calls our social media profiles, electronic tattoos. These electronic tattoos are b...

Key Post: My Online Presence              It is so scary how much the internet really knows about us. We don't realize how much information we put out into the world through the use of social media. There is no such thing as privacy when it comes to the internet. The internet knows everything about everyone. When we create social media accounts and voluntarily give our personal information, we never ponder the consequences that can come from that. We all see the good in these social media sites and try to block out the bad. Our online privacy being taken advantage of isn't our fault, but what is our fault is what we allow to be out there about ourselves.       I decided to google my name to see what would come up. When I googled my name, my Linkedin profile is the first thing to appear. My LinkedIn photo is the first photo that appears. My Facebook and Instagram do not appear because I have made them private. There ar...

The Innovation of Snapchat    Snapchat is a mobile app that allows people to send pictures and videos to each for only a short period of time. It was created and displayed to the public in 2011.  The co-founder of Snapchat, Evan Siegel, created this app as a way to encourage a natural flow of interaction through the use of images. It allows you to have a private person-to-person conversation through the use of timed images. They're all different types of filters you can put on your images in order to make your conversations fun and interesting!    I think the reason, why the idea of Snapchat has caught on and spread quickly throughout the world, is because it gives you the ability to express yourself through a unique conversation. All the different filters within Snapchat allow people to be their real and funny self by not having to take conversations so seriously. The use of the different components on Snapchat caused the app to spreadly widely ov...