Media Law and Literacy

       The telephone was invented in 1876 by a man named Alexander Graham Bell. This invention was revolutionary during its time because it allowed people for the first time to be able to communicate with people across the world in an instant and direct way. In terms department of technological advancement in human history, the telephone may have had the greatest influence on the way that we view modern-day society and other cultures. Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 and his family moved to Canada when he was twenty-three years old. When he got there, he worked with many deaf people and developed a great interest in acoustics. He founded his original telephone company in 1877 which was called the, "Bell Phone Company." Since this was the first invention of its kind, it had some issues at the beginning where the voice would be faded and the telephone would need new batteries quite often. The first major breakthrough in his invention was the discovery of using a ...

 The very first meeting that the Supreme Court ever held was in 1790 at the merchant's exchange building in New York City. The Supreme court basically only changed once in the whole time it has been around since 1869 when it changed to nine total justices as opposed to the previous six that had become the standard for the court. The supreme court is the head judicial branch in government which makes it the most powerful branch when it comes to setting laws and putting them into place. Throughout history, there have been many cases where the supreme court helped make a final ruling. Some of the most notable cases are "Marbury v Madison" as well as "Dred Scott v Stanford." These are just two of the many rulings that the supreme court has put into place. The decisions made by the supreme court over the years greatly impact how our society looks and feels today. 

 https://www.foxnews.com On the rare occasion, I go out of my way to look up the News, this is the source that I use. I do not really look at "News" much it just sort of comes to me on the sites listed down below. https://www.instagram.com Every day, there are constant news updates on what is happening in the modern world. There are so many news accounts on Instagram that provide up-to-date news to users. https://www.tiktok.com/en Tik Tok has become very popular since covid started and people have had so much time to waste on an app like this one. The only problem is that it's addicting and maximizes the effect on dopamine in the younger generation. Just being on tik tok for thirty minutes you will consistently see at least one video from some sort of source about modern-day politics or events. https://985thesportshub.com This is a radio show that is my main source of news, before eight am they talk about all the events that are going on throughout the United States. Othe...

 After reading about the values of free expression there were many things that stood out to me during the time that I was reading about them. The first one that sticks out is the ability to express yourself and your beliefs freely. As we can see in common day society, there are so many more people speaking out on what they believe in and voicing their core values all over the internet for people to either agree or argue with them. In today's society, it is far more common to see groups of people gather in an area to speak out or protest against something that they do not believe in. One other value that stood out to me was the value of self-fulfillment.  That does not always mean voicing your beliefs but this is the idea that you can create whatever you want for yourself in modern-day America. This belief I believe is the foundation for what America is built upon today. As citizens in the United States, the idea is that you can wake up any morning and just start over and do wh...