Blogging Experience

Blogging has been able to change the world itself. The invention of blogging shook up the world of News. The ability to start a website and make your own news articles and reports within seconds and for free has given anyone the power to gain a following.

Over this semester we were tasked with making one blog post per week. This was an eye opener for showing us how much more beneficial it is to read an article then right up a summary of it. So much more information sticks with you when you write about it. It also let us have the ability to have others look at our posts that we have made. Some of us even gained a small following on the posts. It was really interesting to be able to blog this semester and learn about how it changed the world of mainstream media.

Armed Soldiers to the Border

Sending Armed Soldiers to the US/MEXICO Border

The US has had our military at the border for quite some time now. There main purpose has been to help enforce building of the wall. They lay down barbed wire etc. However, in a new development, it has been reported that at the border Mexican troops pulled gun and aimed at Soldiers in the National Guard. Trump is now sending armed soldiers to the border to combat the incident that had happened.


SOURCE: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-sending-armed-soldiers-us-mexico-border-132914220.html

Female Draft

                              FEMALE MILITARY DRAFT?

The draft has always been an option in the US Military. Currently not in use, we are an all volunteer force. However, this could always change at a moments notice. If another World War were to break out we would have to open up the draft again to get the numbers we need to stay in the fight.

The popular question in recent years has been " Do we include women in the draft?". A gentlemen in Texas certainly thought so. He sued the US government under the grounds that it was unconstitutional for the US to only draft males. The District Judge ruled in his favor that within 30 days of being 18 women must register for the draft. The Trump administration just files an appeal to defend eh all male Draft

Propaganda

Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. A lot of times. You can see this in a military area a lot of the time. It’s not as direct as it was in WWII with uncle same but when you get closer to say, Camp Lejeune , you are going to see a lot of pro military and recruitment signs. Propaganda is not always a bad thing. In the example of being near a military base, it helps boost the motivation of our military which in exchange could make them work more efficiently. 

The bad side of propaganda can be seen in places such as North Korea. It is common for them to push out posters that have false information on them saying various things such as them being the biggest world power. They also made a video a few years ago about them destroying a US aircraft carrier which was not true and made with CGI. 

Citizen Journalism

Citizen Journalism 

Citizen journalism is becoming more and more popular these days. Also know as "Street" journalism, it is  collection of citizens collecting news and sharing information to one another. You most likely see citizen journalism every day but don't even realize it. It can be as simple as someone putting something they say at school today on there snapchat story. In some cases, it can be used to ensure that the bigger news companies are doing a good job at being factual. Some of these street journalists have reached such a big audience due to their popularity that there are able to effectively spread the word around of whatever news. 

Citizen journalism is one of the best ways to exercise your Freedom of Speech. It is frequently used for protests and political movements that don't have the "big news" companies to support it. It is also changing the way that the world runs. For instance, as a Firefighter, I know that whenever I show up to a call,  I am most likely being recorded so immediately I need to censor my language. The down side to this is that is an already stressful job so being filmed just makes it a bit more stressful.

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/2386/citizen-journalism

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/11/rise-of-citizen-journalism

Media Security

  The Importance of Social Media Safety 


Similar to the article we just read in class today, I too was not allowed to have social media until the age of 13. I also did not get a phone until the age of 12. Most of my friends had these electronics and social media platforms by the 6th grade and that made me really eager to want to get them.

I remember on came called "FarmVille" that my older brother used to play on facebook everyday and it made me want facebook so badly. Then the day Finally came that I was able to get social media and the first thing I did was make a facebook. Before I was allowed to do anything on it however, my parents made sure that the privacy settings were in order. Then everyone started to get Instagram and it was a race to see who could get more followers. Many of my friends made their account public so that they could get more followers at a faster pace.

It is always important to make sure that your settings on social media are private that way it ensures your safety is at its full potential on that platform.  Personally I am luck to never have been a victim of harassment on social media but I do know of people who have been and its not something that you want to experience. This is why I encourage everyone to make sure that they have their settings on private so that not just everyone can look you up and find out personal information about you.

Amazon

 Amazon is without a doubt one of the most popular companies in todays age. I vaguely remember as a kid when it first came out and was just an online bookstore. However it caught on fairly quickly, at least for me I new about it early because my father was an early adopter of Amazon due to his love for reading. In my eyes by around 2012 the majority of people were hooked on amazon because it was now an epicenter for almost anything you could think for.  Within reason Amazon almost has everything on their website. Laggers to amazon make no sense to me because it's just inefficient to not use the very time effective website. Now Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) was at one point the richest man in the world. Due to a recent divorce he no longer holds that title. Amazons value changes all the time with the fluctuation of the market, but it has hit the trillion dollar mark mid last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/technology/amazon-stock-price-1-trillion-value.html

Individual Self-Fulfillment

           Freedom of speech is undeniably one of the most important things in the US Constitution. It's something that we brag about and pride on for being a free country that freely speak about whatever they want to. Without freedom of speech then we would be violating the "Near" rule (Prior restraint). Having citizens of the US be able to speak out about what they want to, even if its anti government, is very healthy for this country. It lets people release what they want to say; rather than be censored and feel like your trapped in a country that doesn't let you speak your mind. The Self Fulfillment theory explains that it is a man or womans capacity to think, wonder, and imagine. "Speech is protected not as a means of a collective good but because of that value of speech conduct to the individual." (Professor C, Edwin Baker) This quote is essentially explaining that it is a persons natural habit to think, wonder and imagine and if they aren't able to speak about it freely then theres no point to thinking freely.



http://uscivilliberties.org/themes/4465-self-fulfillment-theory-of-free-speech.html

Raising Tensions between Pakistan and India

             

 The past few months the tension between Pakistan and India have been getting out of control. Almost to the point to where it should concern all of us. Recently Pakistan sent a suicide bomber into India and killed 40 of their troops, India responded by airstrikes followed by Pakistan shooting down two of their fighter jets and capturing on pilot. There are now threatening each other with nuclear power. While you might think we are out of harms way if they launch nukes at each-other, we aren't. Because if they launch nukes, it would be a environmental and humanitarian catastrophe to this planet.

LINK: https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/nuclear-war-india-pakistan-famine

Pulling troops out of Afghanistan

1,000 TROOPS TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN

       I recently read an article on We Are The Mighty, one of the news sites highlighted in one of my previous pieces, it stated that we are pulling more troops out of Afghanistan. I was happy to read this article as I think it is time we start to give the ANA (Afghanistan National Army) more control as we have trained them up for many years. The article also mentioned that we are attempting to negotiate with the Taliban with officials in Kabul so I am interested to see where that goes. Trump intends to pull roughly 1,000 troops under the efficiency drive.

Link to article: https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/us-expects-withdraw-troops-afghanistan?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2 

Door Dash

Door Dash is such a convenient app and is definitely in my top three favorite pieces of technology to use. DoorDash is an app where you can select a restaurant thats listed on the app and then order food from there and have it delivered to you. The benefit of this app is that it will create a delivery option for most places that never deliver. The benefits of door dash are endless, I typically use it because i have minimal time to go eat on campus so I am able to order food on door-dash and have it come at a set time to ensure that i will have time to eat my food and then be able to move on to my next project that day.

My 5 Go-To News Sites

 Wearethemighty.com 

We are the Mighty is a news site that its geared towards the service men and women of the United States. It keeps up on the latest in military technology, possible conflicts with other countries and current war zones we are currently in. The site also has articles that have "military humor" to help brighter your day.

Yahoo News

I really enjoy going on yahoo news specifically for their financial news because I think that it is the most easy navigate and has the most up to date on current stocks and economy statistics. 

ESPN

If you watch sports then you know that this is the go-to spot for the most up to date news on sports. It's easy to navigate, fun to read, and most importantly very rarely incorrect about anything. You can also get text alerts on your phone for when a major sports related event occurs which I think is very use-full.

FOX & CNN

I grouped these two together because they are the two most popular news sites. I like to read from both of them because I feel that by doing this I am able to take away a less bias opinion on the news and can really pull away just the facts instead of the opinions that may sway in a certain direction.