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  1. Jan 2025
    1. free speech,

      My question is; How can we balance the protection of free speech with the need for accountability in a world where media messages can quickly spread misinformation or harmful content?

    2. cultural values

      One thing I learned throughout this text was that cultural values significantly impact the way media is produced and consumed. These values influence how concepts like free speech, obscenity, and copyright are interpreted and enforced over time all over the media.

    3. Shifting ideas about what constitutes obscenity, a kind of speech that is not legally protected by the First Amendment, is a good example of how cultural values impact mass communication—and of how those values change over time

      How do the shifting definitions of obscenity and free speech challenge the effectiveness of current laws, especially in the digital era?

    1. the story of the lost cell phone would be a great introduction for a text on understanding media and cultur

      People don't realize that a small event like losing a phone could blow up into so much more and be a global phenomenon due just one media post because media often amplifies and spreads stories more.