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 Public opinion has become an integral part in politics since the start of media consumption through radio and television. politicians found new ways to promote themselves and their policies, their personalities took center stage. Theodore Roosevelt, who was. one of the first presidents that had to deal with the new era of technology, was not necessarily known for his great speeches. but what brought him success was his energy and personality. he paved the way for using radio and newspapers to sway public opinion. Later on in the mid 20th century, franklin roosevelt often used the radio sto address the American people directly. Truman was the first president to broadcast the State of the Union on television and basically invited the people into the political arena, but in the comfort of their own home. (even though history will show that the media did not depict Truman in the kindest way) Eisenhower was however a hero in the broadcasting world. now let's skip a couple of decades an...

The quickest way to change the world is to change the narrative of issues that are plaguing the world, the easiest way to do this is coining new words or bringing terms that were not used in our daily life and popularizing them. We now talk about 'normalization', 'gaslighting', 'whataboutism', etc. and those terms don't necessarily have a negative connotation to it, depending on how you use it of course. But popular buzzwords that are used by populists, generally are specifically used to instill fear, anger, and various emotions. think of the Trump administration switching the term "family reunification" into "chain migration", or the Bush administration's ability to turn "torture" into "enhanced interrogation", doesn't that sound more pleasant than torture or my personal favorite, Ronald Reagan's "wellfare queen" which he used to justify cutting off government help for poor people. These "ne...

 For years we've heard our parents drill into our brains that our digital footprint lasts forever and to be careful what you put on the internet because it can come back to bite you in the end. A few days ago, the first member of congress gave a sworn testimony in regards to the January 6th insurrection. Marjorie Taylor Greene, representative of the 14th district in Georgia, had to appear in front of a judge for her role in the insurrection last year. However, her testimony didn't give much more insight, since most of her responses where in the line of "I don't recall" or "I'm not answering that question." But it appears that her responses didn't matter all that much, since her social media basically answers any questions that the people might have. But will these tweets that she liked and sent out herself lead to invoking the 14th amendment section 3 and should someone be judged by their social media content? Let's talk about it!  We all kno...

 A few weeks ago President Biden invited a handful tiktok creators to a zoom call to inform them on certain issues that are going on in the world today so it reaches a new generation that is not known to regularly watch the seven o'clock news. He makes use of these creators because he is well aware of their reach and the influence they have on young impressionable people, who if we're being honest probably won't do much more research that listening to what those creators have to say. The use of these creators is a genius strategy, since it is important in a democracy to have a well informed populace. That being said, how much information is being given, is it impartial and do these creators get any benefits by being kind of a liaison between young people and the government? Let's talk about it!  I think to start off this conversation we need to make clear that "social media journalists", i.e. people who "break" news solely through social media, wheth...

  The definition of cyber warfare according to the Oxford dictionary is "The use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state organization, especially the deliberate attacking of information systems for strategic or military purposes." And even though there are plenty of people potentially still engaging in this kind of cyber warfare at the moment, i would like to take a moment to reflect on how absolutely insane it is that we are witnessing war, not through the eyes of a seemingly omnipotent God who overlooks events taking place, but rather through the eyes of the actual people on the ground. The war that we are witnessing now, is unlike the wars in the middle east, the civil wars in certain countries in Africa, and any other wars that we have witnessed in history. Now we are literally in it, while being thousands of miles away. And is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Let's talk about it!  First let's talk about the the videos we are seeing online. b...

We have covered the fact that social media is an important tool that has come a long way from what it was originally intended to do. The original purpose of social media was to just connect and interact with your friends and family, share fun little pictures and memories, post how you are feeling etc etc. but boy, have we strayed far away from those days. So, let's talk about it!  When i open twitter or tiktok I get a curated feed of videos, tweets and the like of things that the algorithm has picked up that i might be interested in. however, this past month, my feed has been incredibly different from what it looked like last year. And you might attribute it to me getting another year older, and that might be true, my interests have changed over the passed year. but now when i am scrolling through my socials it's such a unique experience, because one moment you can see the funniest video and the next video is quite literally a video of a building getting bombed to the ground an...