The Media As A Valuable Outlet For Free Expression

In his article, “How technology created a global village – and put us at each other’s throats,” Nicholas Carr stresses the great changes and transitions that have been made in technology and social networking over the last several years. He comes at this from a very apparent stand point – that the advances that have been made in recent years regarding media communication have not helped society. However, they were originally intended to.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The first amendment to the United State's constitution is one of the most important writings in our short history. The first amendment has defined and shaped our country into what it is today. The amendment has constantly been challenged and ratified through literature, court cases, and our media. In fact, media is driven by the first amendment. Without it, we as citizens wouldn't be able to view or listen to what we want,

One can appreciate the modern technology and how it simplified life, but fail to use it to the full extent. Throughout these past decades, technology has brought both advantages and disadvantages to the humankind. One of the disadvantages deals with government involvement, giving them the access to information and the power to make sure they have everything under control which leaves its users with limitation and undemocratic. The good news is this situation only leads to certain measure leaving the users with freedom. Freedom giving people a chance to express themselves, even though they fail to see the immunity they own. Democracy tends to be part of the technological system as well, most users use it to ensure democratization is all around the world by including its part of communication. Democratization theory is that Cyberspace provides a various amount of internet sources for people to access, whether it is to communicate or share moments with one another. “Democracy in Cyberspace: What Technology Can and Cannot Do for Us,” is a text written by Ian Bremmer, sharing evidence-based information sources that point out the real deal of internet and it’s reflection towards its users. One’s experience of freedom is determined by the amount that is given to them, including their dependence on one another, as well as, providing the chance to define technologist’s neutrality. Advanced developments have occurred a lot throughout these years for the sake of technology.

The First Amendment states that “Congress shall not create laws that abridges the freedom of speech and the freedom of press (Cite).” The freedom of press is a constitutional protected right that allows individuals or media outlets the right to publish information without the government censoring the information or fear of being punished. This protected right is applicable to all forms of printed and broadcasted information, such as newspapers films, or television broadcasting.

    In today’s modern time, social media has a huge impact on political environment. How the World Changed Social Media claims, “ Such political activity as there is on social media is usually at a national level and is conducted mainly by supporters…” (Miller 142,143). Social media presents a national level bias. During the last ten years, politics has gained much traction on these sites.  For example, campaigns for national

The Internet has been changing the world since it is created. As a part of new media, social media is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. It has been helped to create a digital global village that 26% of the world’s population is using social media and the number is keep increasing. (Qualman, 2013) This essay will attempt to discuss how has the social media changed the public sphere, mainly focus on the improvement of public participation, social relations and information dissemination. Also Mainland China is taken as an example to show that social media enabling democracy in a developing country. Social media is also being used in good ways to spread information. There are some disadvantages to be analyzed, too. The issues like lack of privacy, social media violence and social media out of control will be discussed in this essay.

(Felczak et al, 2009). These rights include unfettered access to information and knowledge and the free exchange of ideas in the public sphere where everyone may participate in a mutually accountable debate, exchange of reasons, and opinions. (Habermas, 2004). In the 21st Century, the Internet has facilitated the equal opportunity for all participants to share information in a highly flexible environment. While the design of the Internet was to exist as a cooperative, non-hierarchal, communicative system for information sharing, it seamlessly developed into an extension of the public sphere. However, the advent of this new version of the public sphere came with a dark side of anonymity as exampled in the phenomena of

This essay explores the different relationships between social media platforms and the government to provide insight into the different ways the government uses media masses to further their agendas and how its good business is used for political gain. This essay also discusses the different ideologies and fallacies individuals have of the media’s role in society. This essay wasn’t written to persuade one either way, but rather to bring the important relationship to light, so with better understanding people can make wiser decisions as voters, consumers or investors.

The United States constitution gives Americans many rights. One of those rights is the freedom of speech. The Supreme Court has started hearing arguments in a case that could rewrite the rules for television stations now prohibited from pushing nudity or profanity on public airwaves. In the United States, while most American families view television shows with nudity, violence, and profanity as a threat to the traditional family structure. Some see it as their right to have those programs available to them on television. In The New York Times article “More Than Ever, You Can Say That On Television” by Edward Wyatt, the author addresses that the issue is not that the language and content on television is more inappropriate that previous years, but that it is show during all hours. I believe that these programs do not reinforce family values; they have a negative influence on children, and should be show after 10:00 PM.

Like any other form of media the Internet can be censored, which means that full access to materials on the Internet can be restricted. To the general public, this is not considered a good thing, since it restricts their access to knowledge. One of the hallmarks of a repressive government is the restriction of information to keep its citizens under control. Yet, at the same time the unrestricted power of the Internet can cause much social and political harm, which is why there are many who support the idea of Internet Censorship. At the same time this restriction dulls a community, diversity and growth of ideas come from the unrestricted flow of information. An isolated community generally does not synthesize new ideas on its own.Thus,

The statement: “The Impact of Web-based communication on public attitudes and political policy making”, has been a fiery hot topic for the past couple of years. As the internet grows and becomes more engrossed with people online, and their opinions, it becomes a domino effect of sorts on public attitudes, and the making of political policies. The internet as established online forums, where people who share the same opinions are able to go and “meet up” with one another to discuss the issues of the day. However, these online forums have a greater impact on society than people realize.

One of the most important American documents is the Bill of Rights. This Bill of Rights essentially protects Americans from the government. Among the ten original amendments, the first amendment is often looked at as one of the most important, protecting the right to practice religion, to assemble, to petition the government, and the freedom of the press. The protection of these rights is essential to help maintain the United States a free and democratic country. I believe the most important rights are the right to practice religion and the freedom of the press. As I will explain in my essay, these two rights are paramount to the success of a democratic country.

The country is going through major shifts and with the convenience of social media, it is easy for individuals to express themselves and be heard on a global level. As time progresses academic freedom must change to cover new developments and resources available to citizens of this country, such as social media, blogs and other forms of mass communication. Although academic

With the development of the Web 2.0 which made Internet participative, the Internet users are now capable of expressing themselves, interacting, and giving their opinion onto everything (products, services, brands, companies, cultural property) and on everybody, via multiple platforms on Internet. To criticize a restaurant on Cityvox, to note a seller on eBay, to denounce the actions of a brand or a company via a viral video on YouTube, to support a candidate for an election, to

With the decline of the professional and the rise of the citizen journalist, boundaries are indeed needful in reinstating the authority of the professional journalist and controlling the malleable yet powerful public opinion. With this new purpose in mind as concluded in this paper, further work could be done in exploring the methods where journalists could establish themselves as respected moderators of public discussion on new platforms such as social media without getting sucked into the torrents of public opinion.