Wednesday, July 10, 2013
MA 260 / Week Three Discussion: How Did Government Regulation of Radio Help To Consolidate the Network Structure of Broadcasting Media?
The Radio Act of 1927 seemed to create "law and order' in radio communication and facilitated radio stations to act in the public interest. But some will argue that government regulation actually led to an oligarchy control of radio communication by the "big three" networks, which was a perfect model for commercial rather than public broadcasting. What's your take on this debate?
COM 325 / Week Three Discussion: Deep Structure: Are We Destined to be the Prisoner of Our Culture?
Western pioneers were smart to follow the wagon ruts of frontiersmen before them in order to arrive at Oregon City before the winter came. A civilization's deep structure (God, family, and history) differentiates one culture from another. It is also exactly where the civilizations clash with each other in our contemporary world; technology only facilitates this clash. It is time for all the civilizations to seriously reflect back on their deep structure and ask themselves: are we destined to be the prisoner of these "ruts"? Can we stop using suicide bombers or drones to solve our differences?
MA 260 / Week Three Discussion: Wired or Wireless? How Did Radio Set off the Battle between Wired and Wireless Television, Video Service, and Internet?
Please describe the battle between wired and wireless technology in the past century. What's the true nature of this technological battle? Is technological progress a "natural" outgrowth of human genius or a social construction by which the powerful people, not the geeks, determine which technology flourish and which technology have to be quietly killed before they are "born." Think about how the electric car got killed by GM, the oil industry, and the California state government in the nineties.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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