This course provides an overview of the basic concepts of communication and the skills necessary to communicate in various contexts. Emphasis is placed on communication theories and techniques used in interpersonal group, public, intercultural, and mass c
Bloomberg. (2018, Jun 22). Google engineers refused to build security tool to win military contracts. SQL Server Pro, Retrieved from https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2057799210?accountid=13601
Roettgers, J. (2018, Mar 27). For social media, this is no way to treat a friend. Variety, 339, 17. Retrieved from https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2025298766?accountid=13601
Personal information of up to 87 million people — mostly in the United States — may have been "improperly shared" with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign that has recently come under fire.
Shaw, Lucas. "YouTube to make Musicians 'Rich and Famous'." Daily Gleaner, Jan 09, 2018. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1985827442?accountid=13601.
Frankel, Todd C. "Why Musicians are so Angry at the World's most Popular Music Streaming Service."ProQuest, Jul 15, 2017, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1919041141?accountid=13601.
SISARIO, BEN. "Musicians and YouTube Struggle Over Copyright Law." International New York Times, Jun 01, 2016, pp. 16. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1792642390?accountid=13601.
The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world, investing in great artists to help them reach their potential and connect to their fans. Nearly 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States is created, manufactured or distributed by RIAA members.
Morris, Betsy. "Most Teens Prefer to Chat Online, rather than in Person." Wall Street Journal Online, 10 Sep. 2018. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Willingham, A. J. "Social Media Filters Mess with our Perceptions so Much, there's Now.." CNN Wire Service, 10 Aug. 2018. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Seay, Elizabeth, and Jeanne Whalen. "Is Screen Time Bad for Children's Mental Health?" Wall Street Journal Online, 25 Jun. 2018. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British users and 6% of American users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram, one presentation showed.
Keveney, Bill. "LGBTQ Presence on Broadcast TV Hits High." Usa Today, Oct 26, 2018. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2125130545?accountid=13601.
Lawler, Kelly. "Will #MeToo Finally make Us Question Violence Against Women on TV?" USA Today (Online), Oct 23, 2018. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2124330484?accountid=13601.
Herther, Nancy K. "Global Efforts to Redefine Privacy in the Age of Big Data." Information Today, vol. 31, no. 6, Jul, 2014, pp. 1-36. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1554332726?accountid=13601.
The Google+ social network inadvertently gave app developers access to about 52.5 million users' information — even data not meant to be public — because of a bug in its software, Google says.
Personal information of up to 87 million people — mostly in the United States — may have been "improperly shared" with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign that has recently come under fire.
"The Marriott Breach Compared with Past Security Breakdowns."ProQuest, Nov 30, 2018, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2140146166?accountid=13601.
Shaban, Hamza. "What You should do After the Marriott Data Breach."ProQuest, Nov 30, 2018, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2147754688?accountid=13601.
A woman has been charged in connection with a hacking breach at Capital One bank that exposed information from more than 100 million credit applications over a 14-year period – what is thought to be one of the largest such attacks in recent years.
As more and more activities, processes and assets move to the cloud, it will become increasingly difficult to secure transactions, especially since general awareness of the breadth, depth and severity of threats is ill-defined and underappreciated, and because cybersecurity funding is incredibly inadequate.
Google says it has received more than 650,000 requests to remove certain websites from its search results since a European court ordered the company to allow Europeans the "right to be forgotten" in 2014.
A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed Google's legal bid to limit individuals' "right to be forgotten" to searches in Europe.
Nordlinger, Jay. "Reporting Under the Gun." National Review, Mar. 2018, pp. pp. 21-23. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Stella, P. (2018, Sep 28). Impunity, harsh laws trouble journalists in south asia as protesters march on the U.N. for release of bangladeshi journalist. Inter Press Service Retrieved from https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2113760783?accountid=13601
Oppel,Richard A.,,Jr. "Violence Aimed at Journalists in the United States."ProQuest, Jun 29, 2018, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2061435790?accountid=13601.
Time has chosen a group of four journalists and a news organization as its Person of the Year for 2018, hailing them for "taking great risks in pursuit of greater truths" in what the magazine called a "war on truth."
Smith, Todd. "More than 1,300 Communities have Lost News Coverage." The Mississippi Business Journal, vol. 40, no. 43, 2018, pp. 6. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2134170848?accountid=13601.
Glamour magazine is going digital. After 80 years, Conde Nast announced Tuesday that the women's lifestyle magazine will end its monthly print edition, opting to focus solely on multimedia content.
Roderick, Leonie. "How Brands are Switching Up their Approach to Magazine Advertising." Marketing Week (Online), Aug 23, 2017. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1931406498?accountid=13601.
Jackson, Jasper. "Magazines in the digital age: Why some titles are thriving as others fail." New Statesman, 20 Oct. 2017, p. 17. Literature Resource Center, https://link.galegroup.com.proxy154.nclive.org/apps/doc/A514513285/LitRC?u=nclive&sid=LitRC&xid=f2745b85. Accessed 11 Dec. 2018.
Cranston, Emma. "The Year Ahead for... Magazines." Campaign, 2018, pp. 90. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1988891459?accountid=13601.
Careers - 5 facts about the state of the news media in 2017 - Pew Research
Every year since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual assessment of the state of the news media that tracks key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors within the U.S. news media industry.
Profiles for hundreds of occupations including sections like What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections for the 201020 decade.
The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database also provides the basis for our Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.
Jefferson, Graham. "Sponsored Ads Encroach on Amazon Searches." USA TODAY, 09 Nov. 2018, pp. p. B.1. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Guynn, Jessica. "Who Paid for that Political Ad in Your Facebook Feed? it's Not.." USA Today (Online), 07 Nov. 2018, pp. n/a. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks-sirs-com.proxy154.nclive.org.
Edwards, Haley Sweetland. “The Masters of Mind Control.” Time, vol. 191, no. 15, Apr. 2018, p. 30. EBSCOhost, login.proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=129021679&site=ehost-live.
Bosker, Bianca. "TRISTAN HARRIS BELIEVES SILICON VALLEY IS ADDICTING US TO OUR PHONES. HE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE IT STOP." The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 318, no. 4, 11, 2016, pp. 56-58,60,62,64-65. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1858228137?accountid=13601.
Snider, M. (2018, Aug 09). Why facebook can stop infowars and not break the first amendment: Analysis. USA Today (Online) Retrieved from https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2090685895?accountid=13601
Controversial Infowars star Alex Jones' removal from Facebook, YouTube, Apple and Spotify over the past 24 hours, prompting even some of the bomb thrower's staunch critics to voice censorship concerns.
While Facebook and Twitter have come under heavy criticism for the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories, Instagram has flown relatively under the radar. That's allowed the platform to increasingly serve as a home for hate speech and extremist content, according to Taylor Lorenz, a reporter for The Atlantic.
Digital divides remain, both within and across countries
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CIA World FactbookProduced by the CIA of the U.S. Government, the World Factbook offers information for 266 world entities. This information covers topics such as: history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, & transnational issues. This resources also shows you country flags, regional maps, and allows you to perform country to country comparisons.
Around the world, the flurry of diplomatic efforts to salvage the June 12 summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dominated headlines. But there's one place where it hasn't: North Korea itself.
Journalist describes experience listening to Russian radio, Sputnik, which operates in 34 countries in more than 30 languages, including, as of this past summer, on an FM station (and now an AM) in Washington, D.C.
Fake news isn't a 21st century creation of the digital age. It has a long track record. Selvage says the Soviets used dezinformatsiya during the Cold War to harden people's existing beliefs and fears, to sow divisions among Americans.
Jankowicz, Nina. "The Disinformation Vaccination." The Wilson Quarterly, Winter, 2018. ProQuest, https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2008261863?accountid=13601.
