Media Law & Literacy

 Emojis and Emoticons Emojis and Emoticons and Their Impact on Communication Today https://www.pngkey.com/png/full/899-8999285_purple-crown-emoji-emojis-tumblr-stars-png-tumblr.png What's The Difference? Emojis are defined as digital pictograms used to depict objects and ideas such as human emotions, animals, geography, food, and flags. Emoticons are defined as symbols that are intended to represent a facial expression that communicates the state of the author.  The biggest difference between eh two is that emojis are little pictures of whatever item or emotion is trying to represent while emoticons are made of colons, semicolons, dashes, and parentheses. Emoji comes from two Japanese words, "e" meaning picture, and "moji" meaning written character. The word emoticon comes from the word emotion and icon smashed together. While they may serve similar purposes there is a distinct difference between emojis and emoticons. https://toppng.com/uploads/preview/transpare...

  Say What You Want To Say! A Look Into the Eight Values of Free Expression https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/free-speech-issue-image.jpg Eight values of free expression are outlined by Professor Dean Smith of High Point University The eight values of free expression are... 1. Marketplace of Ideas      When you allow people to freely share both the truth and misinformations/falsehoods, the truth will always find its way to the surface. By allowing falsehoods the truth will inevitably be made stronger. 2. Participation in Self-Government     Those who participate in elections should be able to be informed about the candidates. The people should be able to acquire information during elections in order to make educated decisions. 3. Stable Change     Allowing outcast societies and citizens to speak freely and vent out their aggravations will help keep violence away. Outcasts will not feel the need to resort to violence to get their poin...

  Congress Shall Make No Law... Power of The Supreme Court https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/55a1666/2147483647/resize/1110/quality/100/?url=https://static.politico.com/39/b2/14e9fff64a588059588c412a6f89/2021-0902-scotus-1160-12.jpg What did you learn about the Supreme Court that you didn't already know? Reading - I was not aware that William Howard Taft served as both Supreme Court justice and President. - I was aware that prayer wasn't allowed to be initiated in public schools, but I was unaware that it was because of a Supreme Court ruling. Video - I didn't know that they receive over 100 case requests a day. - I thought that it was really cool to hear that they all shook hands every time they enter the room. What is the most important takeaway point about the Supreme Court? - The Supreme Court has been a crucial part of the development of the US. Ruling by ruling helps the people further protect their civil rights. What was the most surprising thing you learned?...

https://miro.medium.com/max/961/1*zFBUK3UKDuX5p6mDDiYk7g.png THIS IS A " SAFE " SPACE My Take on Digital Privacy WHAT ARE THE ISSUES I had always known that my life online was monitored by someone out there. This concept got widely popular when people discovered that Alexa and Google Home were always listening to what you say. It was never a surprise when you would mention something in a conversation, like a cruise for example, and then later that day you would receive all kinds of ads for cruise lines. When this occurs we often make a joke about how there is always someone listening and then we move on with our lives. The truth is that it's not just people who are listening to it's people who are gathering data on your life and your daily patterns. WHY IS THIS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN BEFORE The digital monitoring of our lives is something that was kept hidden from people for a long time. I would almost go as far as saying if it weren't for Edward Snowden leaking ...

https://data.whicdn.com/images/333849103/original.jpg THIS JUST IN... My Top 5 Sources of News and Information. Fox 8 News Fox 8 News is my local news network. I included this on my list because this is the news that I grew up watching. I recommend Fox 8 to my peers because it focuses on local news around High Point which includes the school that I go to, High Point University. When I was in High School I occasionally got the pleasure to appear on the news. I recommend this news outlet to those who are looking to learn about what's going on outside of the gates passed what they can see. I will also add they do a good job with the local weather as well. https://myfox8.com/ https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/HVGnoYf5zr35TWnbbZwyWOx0ZiO5Ka8zAQiWrsnJz17ESi9mi-2ic-H2cVu8UmCwOFs CNN 10 CNN 10 is a collection of the 10 most popular new stories developing around the world squeezed into a quick 10-minute news segment. CNN 10 was a replacement for a very popular news program known as CNN ...