An example I found that deals with
free speech and content control was dealing with a college newspaper. The point
of a college newspaper is for students to have the ability to o be able to
express their own opinions freely. It can get serious if they write things that
can be taken the wrong way. So of course colleges would want to try to control
the content being put in the newspapers. If they are talking about politics and
clearly call candidates’ names and quote people on it that can cause some
issues for that particular person. Also, since most colleges post their papers
online, this would be viewed by many more people than the person quoting had
though. I completely agree with freedom of speech and expressing your opinion,
but to some extent. If more students have some opinions that they would like to
get out there, maybe organize some sort of open discussion about any issues
dealing with politics for example. This ways, they are still able to express
themselves freely but in a safer environment.
An example of photo sharing that I have
found was the website flickr. Here, you are bale to upload and share photos
from your everyday life. Their slogan is: “Share your life in photos”. I think that’s
very creative. On this particular photo sharing site, you are able to upload
pictures by using a photo application. Once uploaded, you are even able to
share them on Facebook. It’s almost like all these virtual community sites are
linked together. Flickr also states on their photo sharing site that you are
able to view the world from other people’s eyes by viewing their photos. This
is creative. My understanding of flickr is mainly the use of taking pictures of
what’s around you every day and sharing that with flickr viewers.
A way of enhancing your blog would
be through the heading. This is what is really going to grab someone’s
attention right away. But you must have a creative or well-known one to do so. The
heading is what everyone will look at before reading something, or not. If there
is an eye catching heading, more people will most likely want to continue
reading. Another good example of enhancing blogs is keywords. Using specific
keywords in a blog post is important because it will give readers a full
understanding of what a person is talking about. Also, having the keywords
listed throughout the content and in the title, is also a great way of having
readers like what you have wrote.
sources:
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2010/122010sec1.html
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/26-ways-to-enhance-your-blog-content/
sources:
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2010/122010sec1.html
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/26-ways-to-enhance-your-blog-content/
I agree with you that people should have free speech with something like a college newspaper. I think young people need a place to express their opinions without being censored over every little thing. I also agree with you that this should be to a certain extent, for example, the content should not be things that offend a lot of people and cause problems.
ReplyDeleteBut was does free speech mean? It is one thing to express your opinion about an issue and another to tell untruths about someone. How do you help people make the distinction between expression of opinions and telling lies about someone or something? At what point does someone learn the difference?
ReplyDeletefree speech to me means that people are allowed to freely speak their opinion about something. If someone chooses to share their opinion that is a very distinct lie and everyone realizes it, then they are the ones who should feel embarrassed for making up things, thats when someone will learn.
ReplyDeleteHi Nina!
ReplyDeleteI do agree with your statement that everyone wants to be heard. And now a days the easiest way to do that is through social media. Perhaps if we were given more social discussions, society would have a better control of their freedom of speech.
Nina, I agree with the free speech part of it. I do believe that people should be allowed to say their opinions but now a days people take a lot of things offensively so now there has to be restrictions on what they are allowed to say especially if they are writing in a college's newspaper!
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