This weeks blog topic is to choose an online video that explains or explores a topic that is mentioned in the textbook. A topic I have become interested in during the course so far is censorship. I went on you tube to find something depicting censorship and media and came across a short video titled," Project Censored".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwtgVex1
Length: 7:54
Description: The effects of media censorship and how news in censored so the public is only capable of viewing certain controversies. Also the effect that censorship can have on journalism and journalist jobs. How exploiting a provocative yet true story can damage ones career for life. Whats right and whats wrong...? Can and will the truth ever be told?
Quiz Questions: Why were certain journalist fired for the stories that they composed?
Answer: The stories they mentioned were either to controversial and in depth, or depicted a truth that the mass media didn't want told.
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