Posts Tagged ‘ Barack Obama ’

“Hope” for Net Neutrality?

November 13, 2014
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“Hope” for Net Neutrality?

President Obama’s statement calling on the FCC to implement the strongest possible net neutrality regulations is significant for many reasons, including what it signals about citizen engagement in communications regulation and the politics of media policy.
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Two Futures for Football

January 30, 2013
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Two Futures for Football

The new findings on player concussions have caused an onslaught of negative media attention for the NFL, and may soon bring the sport of professional football to a crucial crossroads.
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“Depiction is not Endorsement”: Representing Torture in Zero Dark Thirty

January 22, 2013
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“Depiction is not Endorsement”: Representing Torture in <i>Zero Dark Thirty</i>

Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has ignited a virtual powder keg of controversy regarding its depictions of the use of torture as a means of getting information during the ten-year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Despite complaints that it justifies the use and effectiveness of torture, the film cannot be dismissed so easily.
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