In my life there is only a brief moment at a time when I am not connected to the world. From the lab top, cell phone, I-pod, newspaper, magazine, and radio my world seems to be way to over connected. Being a huge golf fan I have an app on my smart phone that gives me up to the minute coverage of what's happening in the golf world. This trend has found its way into politics and now practically anyone can have up to date information that was never available before. Currently, we have so many news outlets and channels such as CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and BBC that all specifically cater to constant political news and updates.
Shanto Iyengar is an expert in the field and has just published a book called 'Media Politics' It talks about how the media's influence in the world has shaped people's opinions and thoughts on politics. Mr. Lyengar refers to this phenomenon, as the 'era of a permanent campaign' that all politicians are now apart of. I completely agree with Nikko's statement that 'image and politics have shared equal importance on the campaign trail' because it is no longer the most suitable and best person for the job. Instead it is the man that can speak the best and run the best campaign trail. This leads to another controversy ...
is a day set aside to commemorate the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet at Sydney Cove on the 26 January 1788. On the day of his arrival, Captain Arthur Phillip declared the area that became the colony of New South Wales to be a British possession. This landing started the first permanent European settlement on this island conti...
He cut me off.' 'She wouldn't let me pass.' 'Nobody gives me the finger.' 'I would never had shot him if he hadn't rear-ended me.' 'He practically ran me off the road'what was I supposed to do?' These and many other frightening 'reasons' came from those who were associated with incidents that had resulted in injury or death on our roadways, b...
Pornography - Its Place in Our Society As the debate over pornography and its place in society grows hotter every day, several authors in particular shed a new light on the subject. Both their intuition and insight involving their beliefs can help the reader a great deal in seeing aspects of this debate that might have otherwise gon...
?? We live in an age where lots of information sources are available to us. We are now even in the internet. But newspaper will always be with us. They have something for everyone. It brings us news views from all corners of the world. Our little island has a great history for the newspaper. The modern newspaper in srilanka was born in 17th Janua...
We live in an age where the brutality and the vigilante justice of the knight errant is no longer acceptable for people with positions of stature in society. While courage and honor are still praised by society, one rarely finds a man true to his word regardless of cost. towards ladies is sometimes mistakenly decried by those supporting equality f...