I am currently in Miami and while I am here I thought it would make sense to make this weeks post relate in some way to this beautiful city. School has just started in most cities and Miami-Dade County is not only welcoming returning students and teachers but also a new security system that will feature officers. This change has been implemented in both middle and elementary schools. According to the Miami Herald changes include new uniforms, new school IDs, and a 'unified network of 15,000 high definition cameras'.
I have just learned about this new change through a notification on my phone when I arrived to Miami. This week one of our course articles "A New Media Tells Different Stories" by Bruno Giussani discusses how the internet is not negatively affecting journalism but in a way becoming a way to reach a new audience. I must admit that if I would have never received the notification on the change in Miami- Dade county schools, I would have never knew of how schools were changing. Although some people believe that phones are bad for the new generation, I feel that if used correctly phones can help with spread news within seconds.
Sources:
Miami Herald
A New Media Tells Different Stories by Bruno Giussani
I agree with both you, and with Giussani. I believe that while the new technological advancements, in relation to the field of journalism, can be rather distracting and controlling, that in large part, they do help the transfer of news from source to public. Phones, in particular, have helped the world become so much smaller, and have helped a larger portion of the public to become informed about the inter machinations of the political sphere that they may be a part of. I do think, however, that these technologies should be taken with a grain of salt, so to speak, as they can become both draining and addictive, and while we may be connecting more with the outside world, and gaining knowledge, we can lose our sociability and become desensitized to the human contact that we so desperately need.
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