Using advanced technology readily available today, citizen journalists like UC Davis student Louise Macabitas are able to create compelling content that reaches a wide audience.
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Marie Christine Polymenacou shares her view of global politics at the start of 2012
Today’s show compares media coverage of Greece and the Arab world with what local people are actually communicating via social networking tools like Twitter.
Filed under Government & Organizations, National, News & Politics
John Edmonds and Joni Dahlstrom address the legal genocide of wild horses
As shared by our two guests, there are both ethical and health concerns associated with a newly signed law that allows wild horses to be slaughtered for food.
Filed under Government & Organizations, Health, National, News & Politics
A. D. Coleman describes the evocative impact of images in the social networking era
A. D. Coleman, an authority on photography and media, shares how people’s views are shaped by modern technology that enables images such as the pepper-spraying of UC Davis students by Lt. John Pike to be broadcast instantly.
Filed under Government & Organizations, National, News & Politics
John Edmonds says, Overturn the law permitting horses to be killed for human consumption
Last month, Obama signed a bill making it legal for slaughterhouses to sell horse meat. Meanwhile, a bale of hay has more than doubled in price over the past year.
Filed under Government & Organizations, Health, National, News & Politics