MEDIA LAW AND LITERACY

     News deserts is a term that is fairly new to me but after researching I have learned more about this growing problem. To start, what exactly is a news desert and why is this a problem growing today? A news desert is "a community, rural or urban, with limited access to the sort of credible and comprehensive news and information that deeds democracy at the grassroots level." (UNC Chapel Hill) This definition is on the newer side, it is more broad, and encompasses the risk of losing news through lost access. Lost access can mean one of two things. One being local news papers are not producing content anymore, or two, living in an area with no newspaper at all,  This problem mainly focus' on the local news level as more papers are cutting back on rural circulation/ coverage and people choose not to subscribe to the local newspapers anymore.      Many newspapers have stopped putting out as many issues as before, and it reflects in the quality of...

Privacy in this day and age is something that is taken very seriously, but is also something many people know little about. Social media and technology has become something we use everyday, and it's so important that we know and are inducted about what we are giving out when we use technology or social media. After watching many different TED Talks about the digital age and the treat it can pose on on individuals, its become more clear that the government, and anybody with an education in technology/coding can access information we thought was private.  One TED Talk that stood out to me personally was by Darieth Chisolm, who focused her presentation on "Revenge Porn" or digital harassment. She opened up with a very personal story about how her ex boyfriend created and shared naked pictures of her from Jamaica after she ended the controlling relationship. There was really nothing that she coul...