Media Law & Literacy

     Garrett Norberg 6-19-22 (COM-1450-01) As I was reading and learning about the Eight Values of Free Expression, I could not help but think about the horrific scene on January 6th of last year.   This recollection includes the role social media played during the events leading up to January 6th, during the attack on the Capitol as well as the many post-attack activities such as the arrests, hearings, protests, and media reports.   I will start my key post with the events leading up to the attack on the United States Capitol. President Trump ran for his second term and lost to Joe Biden.  During election time, social media outlets such as. Twitter restricted Trump and other voters from posting comments that were believed to be misstatements or information not factual. This is strange to me because participation in self-government value allows people to communicate their position so there can be an informed debate.  If that is restricted, how can...

Garrett Norberg 6-19-22 (COM-1450-01) I did not know that the supreme court was established in 1789. Also, I had no idea they have the power of judicial review over local, state, executive and legislative decisions. Furthermore, I learned that the supreme court is led by a Chief Justice who is essentially the manager of the rest of the group.  The most important take-away that I took from the supreme court information is about their appointment. They are nominated by the president and must be confirmed by the senate. This makes this process very politically motivated. I remember seeing all over the news information about Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. I now better understand why there was such an issue about Trump.  There were many surprising and new things that I learned. One of the most was that the justices have lifetime appointments which means they will serve until they die. I also learned that the Chief Justice oversees the president's impeachment trials. I recal...

Garrett Norberg  I get most of my news from Youtube podcasts and Social media such as Instagram and Snapchat. The first podcast is the JRE podcast or the Joe Rogan experience podcast on Spotify. I find this podcast to be very interesting and full of endless conversations about literally anything you could think of. Joe recently just got offered 100 Million dollars to switch from Youtube to Spotify so I know I'm not the only one who thinks this podcast is something special. https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk The next news outlet I would like to share that I use is Instagram I think many people are like me and use Instagram for news because you can follow so many different accounts and that allows you to see any type of news you want to be informed about. https://www.instagram.com/ The Third news outlet I would like to share is Snapchat. I think this is a cool news outlet because it shows you along with your stories what some other news outlets think you s...