...Miscalculated Manipulations Micha Konopka, 06.09.17 The well oiled machine that is our media has sparked a fiery, journalistic debate surrounding the success or failure of Centrelink’s robo-debt recovery system. The system uses a series of calculations in determining its “victims”, not unlike the media when they decide exactly what and how the information is delivered and perceived by the public. In mid-2016, Centrelink launched an automated debt recovery system, with little to no human supervision, tasked with the recovery of welfare overpayments. Since its launch, it has successfully returned approximately $300 million to the government. However, it has also received major backlash due to errors in the system sending false debt letters...
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...SURVEY: NEW MEDIA Among the audience The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media, says Andreas Kluth. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole [pic] Apr 20th 2006 | From The Economist print edition THE next big thing in 1448 was a technology called “movable type”, invented for commercial use by Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith from Mainz (although the Chinese had thought of it first). The clever idea was to cast individual letters (type) and then compose (move) these to make up printable pages. This promised to disrupt the mainstream media of the day—the work of monks who were manually transcribing texts or carving entire pages into wood blocks for printing. By 1455 Mr Gutenberg, having lined up venture capital from a rich compatriot, Johannes Fust, was churning out bibles and soon also papal indulgences (slips of paper that rich people bought to reduce their time in purgatory). The start-up had momentum, but its costs ran out of control and Mr Gutenberg defaulted. Mr Fust foreclosed, and a little bubble popped. Even so, within decades movable type spread across Europe, turbo-charging an information age called the Renaissance. Martin Luther, irked by those indulgences, used printing presses to produce bibles and other texts in German. Others followed suit, and vernaculars rose as Latin declined, preparing Europe for nation-states. Religious and aristocratic elites first tried to stop, then control...
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...The Effects of Media Globalization By Mary Hickman Media globalization cannot be stopped. It is a result of new communications technology. It is also the prerequisite and facilitator for all other forms of globalization. Multi-national media is critical to global industries. Many Americans feel that we ought to enjoy the benefits of media globalization, such as global communication, rather than fearing and attempting to avoid the consequences—which ironically include hindrance of free speech. Communicating internationally has never been easier. Thanks to new media platforms, we can have a video conversation with a loved one who is 10,000 miles away or keep up-to-date on the stock market with our cell phones. The internet can also improve our health or save our lives. Your doctor may send an X-ray or MRI to another doctor in India or China for a second opinion and have it within hours. “…An Israeli company is making big advances in compression technology to allow for easier, better transfers of CAT scans via the Internet so you can quickly get a second opinion from a doctor half a world away” (Friedman, 2005). Thomas L. Friedman, quoting Craig J. Mundie, a chief technical officer for Microsoft: “‘The Windows-powered PC enabled millions of individuals, for the first time ever, to become authors of their own content in digital form, which meant that content could be shared far and wide’”. Friedman’s book underlines his belief that media has the power...
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...power and influence the media has in contemporary Australian politics. Arguments for, suggest that the concentration of media outlets is too great, with too few parties having a controlling interest in the industry. Consequently, leading to a misrepresentation of political parties in accordance with the interests of the media owners. Others however, argue that the transition away from traditional methods of media promote a greater level of diversification in the industry, deeming the concentration of media irrelevant. Valid arguments stand for both positions on the issue, unfortunately it is difficult to depict a clear favourable position, this is due to complications in drawing a correlation between media publications and political...
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...Essay 1 – First Draft New Media is Shaping Our Lives In the contemporary world, the importance of new media in people’s lives can never be dısregarded. Everybody should realize that new media has been affecting today’s world. This is mainly because; new media types help people at various issues. However, some people believe that new media is not preferable and ıt has a lot of drawback, some others believe that new media is useful and preferable. Even ıf mostly argue that. New media is not beneficial for individuals; in fact; new media is fundamental for today’s human-beings. In terms of education, business and socialization. The most prominent benefit of new media is education. This is because; todays chıldren benefit from new media types. Thanks to new media such as the ınternet, chıldren who use this kind of facilities might learn more effectively. Therefore, lecturers tend to educate chıldren with the help of new media. In addition, children need to learn new media types since since ıf they want to be successful in today’s world, children have to be knowledgeable about new media. They have to know, how to use computer systems or being knowledgeable about new technological devices. In addition, ıt is significant for university students. This is mainly because, a score of university prefer to use new media types. For this reason some of the universities disturbing laptops and tablets. Thanks...
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...I survived, and after 24 hours I am not at all ashamed to review my results. Everywhere I go, media surrounds me; at home, school and most definitely at my workplace. I spent a day this past weekend in a state of isolation. It was difficult to ignore all facets of media, and find other activities to substitute them. I felt alone, bored, out of the loop, and tired. My dependence on media is strong, and I felt as if there were a piece of myself missing. To be more specific, the use of media technology is one aspect that ties my family together. We rely on constant communication for safety purposes. My parents, siblings, and I are on opposite schedules, so it is very important to make sure we keep in contact and update one another. What I missed the most was having my iPhone in hand. I really missed listening to a voicemail from my mom telling me to have a great day, or receiving a text message every twenty minutes from my sister, blabbing on about something cute our cat just did. I use media not only for communication with family members, but also as a hobby of mine. One of my favorite past-times is working with media technology to create works of art. I focus a lot of my attention to all different aspects of media communication and apply it with my artistic ability to put together videos. My main ideas develop from the local news stations, movies, and magazines. The media plays a...
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...Communication is an act of conveying information from several forms of exchange, such as, speech, message, visuals, writing, signals, and behavior. This form of exchange can be between two or more individuals. When communicating with someone there are several important steps to take when you are needing to succeed in a task. Such as a disaster or a form of a crisis, proper communication is critical in the situation. Once a crisis arise in your community pertaining contaminated water there are vital steps to take to address within your organization and out side of the organization. Working in a regional emergency management office having a plan before anything happens is essential in the work place. By anticipating the crisis will prepare you for a possible situation and place you ahead of miscommunication. Once the crisis does arise there are steps to proceed with. These steps will assist with active and effective communication to inform and give instructions. In this situation a step to take within and outside of your organization is to identify your crisis communication team. The team should consist of the CEO, Vice President, safety officer, organization lawyer and chief of public communication of the organization. The senior manager of the division in charge of the involved area should be included also. The individuals assigned to this team should be able to identify as to what actions should be taken and be key to the situation. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control...
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...technology and electronic media, which could further amplify the voice around the globe with just a tap on the screen, what wonders it can fulfill if handled or regulated rightly to spread the information to educate people and how much hazard and disaster it can create if handled wrongfully to spread the misinformation to manipulate groups of people and although regions to accomplish any personal goal at the dispense of majority of population. State of Pakistan has a turbulent history of the freedom of press since its birth as many dictators with the blend of some rich masters have ruled possessing personals objectives. Before the rapid expansion of electronic media there were few sources of information like print media and a state owned channel “PTV” which had always been exploited and used for setting personal political agendas to highlight the importance of issues which were only important for few individuals. September 11 was an important episode of our history which exposed our importance of position in the international arena. That position made the then military ruler Pervaiz Musharraf a key role player. He abruptly steered state’s policies toward unprecedented Islamic terrorism and war on terror along with the image building of Pakistan by some liberal measures in account of women rights, minority rights and freedom of expression. However those measures had outweighed by some irregular restrictions in other areas. Expansive explosion of the mass media after 9/11 in Pakistan...
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...Communications Coordinator As the Communications Coordinator for the Cobbs National Drug Manufacturer (CNDM) there is rising concern around recent events from the media exposure on the adverse effects one of our nationally advertised medications has had on the Chief-of-Police. According to Athena du Pre, PhD, “Lack of communication can lead to duplicated efforts, costly (and sometimes life-threatening) delays, frustration, and wasted time” (Du Pre, 2005, p. 289) and our goal is to maintain open communication. Today’s meeting will help identify several ways to deliver our message. Today’s meeting will help to brainstorm communication methods regarding the negative publicity surrounding the event with the Chief-of-Police. Today’s meeting will help decide how to address the issue with the public while minimizing any additional loss to the company and how to communicate the ideas without violating HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, guidelines. Advantages and disadvantages of communication methods First, we will discuss advantages and disadvantages of using traditional media to distribute our message. Traditional media covers how the majority of the public access health care information. Magazines, newspapers, radio, and television are the outlets for traditional media. The message we need to communicate to the public would reach a large audience through these four avenues. This is an advantage regarding the recent events. Use of the four outlets will...
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...accountability and responsibility of the policy-makers. All these have also become central to establishing sustainable development. Based on the concept of transparency, one significant development that took place in the late 1990’s in Thailand was the promulgation of an Information Act. This Act, which stipulates the openness to the public of information in the possession of state agencies, clearly underpins the universally held concept of the right to know of the people. It has taken quite some time before the public, or even the government officials who are in possession of information, could adequately understand the necessity of information disclosure. Therefore, it was expected from the beginning that it would be the duty of the media to bring this new concept to the attention of the society. To...
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...pre-crisis, to establish notification systems that will allow you to rapidly reach your intended audience using multiple modalities. The Virginia Tech campus shooting catastrophe, where email was the sole means of alerting students initially, proves that using any single modality can make a crisis worse. Some of us may be on email constantly, others not so. Some of us receive our cellphone calls or messages quickly, some not. If you use more than one modality to reach your stakeholders, the chances are much greater that the message will go through. (Bernstein, 2013) To have effective communication in time of crisis, our organization has implemented plans that allow us to effectively deal with the situation, the media and those that are effected. With the use of all forms of media, as well as documented known conditions we hold a strong belief that we can correct this current situation. It has come to the attention of the county and this office of the Emergency Management that an unidentified contaminate has leaked into the local water reserves. This contamination has been found in all city water tabs in the county. We are first reassuring the public that we are taking every precaution, starting at the lowest levels, to ensure our communities safety. With safety in mind first, it is important that we identify the unidentified contaminate, and...
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...Communication Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2011, pp. 246Á251 (Re)conceptualizing Intercultural Communication in a Networked Society Damien Smith Pfister & Jordan Soliz We offer four theses about how intercultural communication is altered in a digitally networked era. Digital media shape intercultural communication by (1) producing new public fora capable of (2) hosting rich, multimodal ‘‘spaces’’ of contact on (3) a scale of many-to-many communication that (4) challenges traditional modes of representation. Keywords: Digital Media; Intercultural Communication; 2009 Iran Protests; Networked Communication As internetworked media technologies gradually diffused throughout the world, they have often been sparks for intercultural dialogue. Internet websites enabled web-savvy organizations, like the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, to circulate their views throughout the 1990s. The power of citizens to communicate directly with each other through digital media was not fully apparent until late 2002, when the pseudonymous Salam Pax began reporting through his blog what life was like for Iraqis in the run-up to the 2003 combat operations. Since then, citizens have relied on the tools of digital media to coordinate protests internally and communicate with outside audiences in a number of colorful revolutions: Rose (Georgia, 2003), Orange (Ukraine, 2004Á2005), Saffron (Burma, 2007), Green (Iran, 2009), and Jasmine (Tunisia, 2011). In January 2011, Egyptian citizens, mobilizing...
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...world. To do this we will explain how the use of social media, video and satellite conferencing, and Internet meetings will place Smith Systems at the top of their class in communications. Social media can contribute to success and growth in all areas of Kudler Fine Foods by providing networks and new channels for your brand's voice and content. Social media offers the opportunity to increase your visibility and grow brand awareness. Utilizing social media allows your customers to connect and interact with your business on a more intimate level. Interacting with your customers regularly is a show of accountability and good-faith for other customers. The Kudler Fine Foods brand will be mentioned on social media, i.e. Facebook, Yelp, where people can go to compliment a product or service received by the company. The more talk that is created by the people on social media, the more valuable and authentic your brand will seem to new customers. Almost all social media sites are free to use. This means that your company will be in direct contact with potential customers without having to pay a dime. Initially, you may need to send an email to current customers, asking them to follow, join, like, or friend you to get the process up and going. The cost associated with traditional marketing strategies are a lot higher than social media advertisement methods (10 Benefits of Social Media for Business, 2015). Social media is great for creating...
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...American culture relies heavily on media, and that is not as valuable to learning as literature. I completely agree. It stated that an American child from age five to age eighteen has viewed over 20,000 hours of television and electronic media. That is an abundant amount of time spent doing that opposed to spending time doing homework and studying. There needs to be more of a balance in the use of electronic curriculum and traditional curriculum. I know that when I was a child, my family didn’t even have cable, so it was a real treat when I would get to watch a movie, or any television on the non-cable channels. My family pushed the importance of reading books, and figuring out the message in everything I read. Television and media is making us lazy. We rely too much on electronics to do the work for us. Television requires very little brain activity, which is why when we watch it, we tend to zone out, or easily forget what was just said. When watching television we only tap into the emotional side of our brain, and never think logically. Everything we learn from television goes into our short-term memory, but when we use traditional curriculum, we have to think and comprehend everything, which goes into our long-term memory. For me personally, I am a much better learner when I have to read and comprehend something on my own. To summarize, people are becoming more dependent on electronics. If we start to think on our own, without the help of the media, we will become better cognitive...
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...Also the difference in communication processes used in this crisis situation. The potential advantages and challenges associated with communicating within the organization. You will also read about the different media opportunities during the management crisis. As a director of a regional Emergency Management Office I have been receiving reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with life threating biological agents. It is my duty to address this to the organizations without causing a panic. I will allow one spoke’s person to talk about the crisis and answer any question. This spoke’s person will tell the truth and the facts and do it in a fast manner. I will also form a crisis team; the team will involve individuals who are the key to the crisis. Once the team is formed each team member will be educated on his or her responsibilities. I will also have the spokes person schedule a press conference with the media to inform the public what is going on. Also the spokes person will be someone who is comfortable in front of a TV and with reporters. I will also ask the Governor and Director of the Water Waste Manger to attend the press conference. I will take lead of the proper use of proper technology for instance social media, affecting communication throughout this crisis...
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