I did not know about the relationship between social media and revolution until I read the article named “Expulsion and Explosion: How Leaving the Internet Fueled Our Revolution”. I came to know about the power of social media and how social media motivated the revolution in Egypt.
Politics has been being affected by international opinion. Since the Mubarak Administration might know that social media could be a strong weapon of anti-Mubarak protesters, they cut protesters from the rest of world by cutting off the Internet. However, this action led protesters to unite. Egyptians got angry with the government’s action because social media was the only way to communicate with protesters and the rest of world during the revolution.
My country, South Korea, also suffered from the same issue about 30 years ago. Korean government oppressed not only protesters but also journalists, so the government tried to make the protest to be limited in certain province. However, protesters were united, and fought against the Korean government as the government oppress protesters. Although the revolution was suppressed by the government, it was a opportunity to show people’s longing for democracy to the government. Koreans never forget its 1043 casualties and their spirits.
The wind of change is blowing at the base of Egyptian democracy. I hope that the protesters’ desire for change will be accomodated. The wind will be harsh whenever the government oppresses protesters.
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From the Vault: Purdue Men’s Basketball & Football
All of these photos are from The Exponent- Purdue’s Independent Daily Newspaper. Our group has estimated the dates on these photos range from the late 70’s to 1997. The only “star” athlete we recognize in the gallery, is Mike Alstott, a 3-time MVP who went to the NFL after his Purdue career in 1998. The theme we were going for was emotion that conveyed passion, drive, desire and enthusiasm. We saw all of these emotions in these photos of the Purdue Men’s Basketball and Football teams.
The first photo is Running Back Ed Watson in 1992. Ed Watson is ranked 12th in Purdue history for most yards rushed. The 4th photo is Tom DiCillo, 1992, followed by Arlee Conners, 1992. The 8th photo is Mike Alstott (the one where he’s beating the ground), Purdue’s all time leading rusher. Alstott went on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers until 2007. Finally the last photo we could give a description for is the 10th photo of Purdue students rushing the field. On this day in history, Purdue beat Michigan State 22-21 on November 8, 1997. The Spartans had previously been 16-0-1. This was Drew Brees’ first season with the Boilermakers.
By reading the Columbia Journalism Review, I came to know that how important slideshows are in the US jornalism. I am from South Korea, and it is not too much to say that I scarcely read the article which is published on the US news websites. Even for now, many Korean news websites use a single implied photo that best decribes the article rather than slideshows. I think this difference is caused by ethnic difference that Koreans relatively tend to be rash more than Americans.
I agree with the author’s arguement that the slideshow increases the number of click and the profits of the advertisers. I think visuals have been attracting people since the dawn of mankind. When Maura showed us the slideshow of ESPN Gameday, most of classmates including me seemed to be interested and to expect to see the next slides. And surely increasing the number of click affect the advertisers in a positive way - definitely it is about $$$.
It is hard to judge, but I think the slideshow can be a savior as a type of effective journalism if the quality of the text is preserved.
Podcast Assignment 1 (Antoinette, Prateik, Ken)
Culture
These pictures fully represent my campus life. Hilltop Apartment is my first dorm in my campus life. I lived here for 224 days with two Chinese friends.At Ford dining court, I finished about 150 bowls of Vietnamese noodle soup.
I purchased 53 textbooks(18 new, 35 used) at the University Bookstore. I consumed 240 pieces of pizza at Villa Pizza, and 340 cups of americano. 11 group projects were completed at the Union. I spent almost 300 hours for sitting on chairs in the Hicks library. Even now, I am spending most of my time for taking COM classes in Berring Hall.
The unforgettable event in my campus life is a volunteer activity named De-trash the Wabash that is cleaning up the Wabash trail. As a research of COM 114 group speech, me and my group mates joined this activity. It was fun and was my first volunteer activity in the United States.
This photo was taken 3 years ago when I was a staff sergeant in Korean Air Force. Since there is a 2-year military duty for every Korean man, I had to join the military. This photo has special meaning for me because I experienced something special through my military life. During training season, I launced missiles toward UAV(unmanned aerial vehicle) as a fire control officer in the anti-aircraft brigade. Although I am smiling in this picture, my military life was tough because of lots of trainings. However, I think those trainings made me strong. The military experience was an opportunity for me to think about my family and country.
I embedded this video from C-Span archives to try to embed a video clip to a blog. And also I am intersted in the U.S. automobile industry.
