Media Law and Literacy

  Internet     Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1990. He worked for a company called CERN which was a European Organization. Positives - Limitless Information, more ways to communicate YouTube      Created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim on February 14th, 2006. Positives - Opened the door for new content needs, new form in income. Negatives - Allowed people to hide behind comments to be rude to others. Google           Sergey Brin and Larry Page struck up a friendship and launched their search engine "backrub". In 1998 the original "Google Beta" was created. Positives - Research Tool, Can be used for advertising, custom search engine. Negatives - Not everything you find is true, expensive to advertise. The Printing Press      Formally invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439. He created a specific metal that was durable enough. Impactful on the progression of the Renaissance, Reforma...

  The Radio     The Radio. One of the most influential inventions throughout history. An invention ahead of its time, that allowed people to enjoy media in a whole new way.  The Invention of the Radio     The invention of the current day radio can be attributed to 3 different people and their findings within their studies. The first person to contribute to the invention of the radio was Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell . In 1864, Maxwell discovered in his studies that light was an electromagnetic wave, and therefore came up with the theory that other types of waves could actually exist. This theory paved the way for future scientists allowing them to look deeper into Maxwell's theory. The next person to make progress in the invention of the radio as well as make serious strides in science was German physicist Heinrich Hertz . In 1885, Hertz discovered that a copper wire carrying an electric current would give off electromagnetic waves when going ...

The Eight Values of Free Expression     When talking about the First Amendment, there are eight values that talk about free speech and why it is important. To me, the most important of these in our country are: marketplace of ideas, stable change, and promote tolerance. Starting with the marketplace of ideas, something like this is important to our country since it not only allows all ideas to be exposed to the public and be heard, but according to John Milton , when truth and falsehood are allowed to freely grapple, truth will win out. This allows us to hear every idea yet still be able to find the truth. The next value, stable change, is especially important. This value, thought of by Benedict Spinoza , states that in a society where angry and alienated citizens are allowed to vent or speak their mind they are less likely to resort to violence. If we are to suppress these citizens and their ideas, it will only make them more angry, therefore forcing them to go to violen...

  Anti-War Sources     The two anti-war websites antiwar.com and theamericanconservative.com  are two sources where you can find information and news on everything do to with foreign policy and anti-war articles. The only thing is, I and probably many other people have never heard of such sites that have information regarding something as good as being against  war. The reason behind this lies within our media. Not only do our common media sources not take note of websites like this, they don't even cover information that has to do with anything being against war. The reason behind this is that they wish to get the highest ratings in order to bring in more revenue and more attention to their company. Why would they cover something being against war when they could promote half true information that hints towards a war or some violent act that would then pull in more ratings?      While these websites mostly cover things to do with foreign policy,...

  First Amendment and BLM Protests         The First Amendment is something that is heavily debated in this country and the question of whether or not something applies under the First Amendment can be applies to a number of recent events. Something that people don't realize is that the First Amendment is something that prevents the government  from interfering with your six freedoms (Separation of church and state, Freedom of conscience, speech, press, assembly, and petition). Where it becomes confusing is when a private corporation or property blocks one of these. It is difficult for someone who feels their First Amendment was denied by a private actor to sue and win, because they are not the government.      There are 3 Federal Law policies that apply to the First Amendment: F.A. protection is not absolute, F.A. is not a shield against laws of general applicability, and freedom of the press is a fundamental, personal right, not an ins...

Beginnings of the Supreme Court     The Supreme Court was established back in 1789 by Article Three of the Constitution, but its organization was not decided until later with the Judiciary Act of 1789. With this act, which was signed into law by President George Washington, decided that the court would be made up of six justices who serve until they either die or retire. The first Supreme Court was made up by Chief Justice John Jay and Associate Justices John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison and James Wilson. The first assembly of the justices was supposed to be on February 1, 1790, but transportation issues postponed it until the next day.            The court's first meetings did not actually hear any cases, but rather mainly worked out organizational procedures. The first decision handed down by the court was on August 3, 1791, only a day after hearing arguments for the case West v. Barnes . For over 100 years af...