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Posted in Readings on Oct 6th, 2008
Blog for We the Media Chapters 1-4
Chapters one and two of We the Media is an introduction to the technology that can be used in respect for journalism. All of the advances in technology discusssed in the beginning of We the Media have allowed the average citizen the chance not only to state their [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Oct 2nd, 2008
The financial crisis is bringing today’s generation of students back to a time before they (or we) were all born. The financial crisis is affecting young adults who have yet to enter the work force because they have to find jobs when there aren’t many openings. According to the Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama in an [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Oct 2nd, 2008
Comparisons between the current economic crisis and the Great Depression may be exaggerated thus far given that unemployment during the 1930s was at 25% and currently unemployment in the U.S. stands at 6% and declining according to the BBC.
Another big difference between now and the great depression is the FDIC, which did not exist during [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Sep 30th, 2008
Markets around the world are reacting to the recent events in the U.S. markets. Brazilian newspapers are reporting that oil prices are down. This is bad for Brazil, but good for the U.S., as The Gazeta Mercantil reports: “Brazilian exporters have started to be affected by the global credit shortage. The sector relies on Advances [...]