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Friday, January 25, 2013

Germany Media Information

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1. The country has 51.8 million telephones and 108.7 million cellular phones. “Germany has one of the most technologically advanced telecommunication systems in the world, that has caught up with the western world.” Germany has a mix of publicly and privately owned television and radio stations. Over 90% of households have access to these types of media. The country contains 20.043 million internet hosts and 65.125 million internet users.

2. Germany uses the social responsibility mass communication theory. Some of their media is privately owned, and some of it is publicly owned. This means that Germany isn’t libertarian, soviet or authoritative. Germany does not have full control over the media, but doesn’t allow everything to be published. A portion of the media is publicly owned, but there is private media. If you are responsible with your media in Germany, your opinions will be heard.

3. I found a German story regarding the new Facebook “graph search” feature. This affects my life in Roseville because the effect of this story is felt worldwide. Everyone’s privacy is at risk in another Facebook intrusion debate. The story was very heavy on prostitutes, maybe a difference in culture

4. Both “Die Welt” and “Bloomberg” were heavy on the aspect of privacy invasion. The German newspaper covered the story in a way where they were advising their readers on what this means and what they can do to stay more secure. The American news outlet was more about the extent of the privacy intrusion, and how the story relates to Facebook’s Company and the previous privacy issues from Facebook.



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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

politifact

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/jan/13/campaign-promises-in-progress/

I think this article was important to be fact-checked because it talks about how well Obama has achieved the goals of his campaign. I think there are a lot of opportunities to be dishonest and mislead those who read the article.