... The role of the government Government whistleblowing How Snowden formed society Introduction Whistleblowing, an act of certain controversy, has provided material for many a discussion. It has filled our newspapers, televisions and radios on a daily basis, since Wikileaks went public with its first act of exposing illegal activity. ‘Whistleblowing’ is a dynamic process involving at least three social actors; the wrongdoer, the whistleblower and the recipient, each of whom takes actions in response to the other’ (Near et al., p 509, 1996), while accepting the associated dangers and risks. Current events relating to Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning have sparked intense debate throughout the world regarding policy changes, creation of new laws and the conduct of government and corporations. It is widely agreed that whistleblowing exists and happens on a daily basis. Scholars have examined the topic over the years narrowing it down to ethnical divergences or even to how the act of wrongdoing can impact a whistleblower. The importance and understanding of whistleblowing Age has a significant impact on the way an individual perceives situations and actions, indeed the way he looks at the world, due to experience, lifestyle and the effects of media. There are major differences between 18 year olds and 50 year olds when it comes to the influence of media. The scope and size of the Internet has grown from 16 million in 1995 to...
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...Media has revolutionised tremendously since the past century. Before the era of social media, only recognised news authorities with distinctive powers could report and spread the word of information to the general public. It helps to shape people’s thoughts and perceptions by providing information across the lands and seas. The mass media industry as stated by Steinberg (2007) is “involved in the production and distribution of messages to large audiences” (p. 253). Mass media includes platforms such as newspapers, radio, and TV and now with advance modern technology, information is also available instantly on our fingertips. Severin and Tankard, Jr. (2010) explain that three characteristics define mass media. First characteristic about mass media is that it is “directed toward relatively large, heterogeneous, and anonymous audiences” (p. 4). The other two characteristics involve also as mentioned by Severin and Tankard, Jr. (2010) are that timed messages that go out to the public and the communicator operates “within a complex organisation” (p. 4). However, with the times changing and technology evolving around us, media is available everywhere very easily now. Even though anyone these days can easily report or spread information, higher power still dictates over complete media control. The most well-known term given to an individual who has complete control of the spread and flow information through media is media mogul and the greatest living example of a media mogul is...
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...Globalization and Organization “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Albert Einstein Devin Brown Economics 2015-2016 How I interpret this quote by Mr. Einstein is that humanity will one day annihilate themselves close to extinction, by the weapons they have and will create in the future. When it happens, the remaining inhabitants will have to repopulate and use the ancient methods of living again. In this assignment, the key debates are the socialist against the capitalist system respectively, how it affects the political, economical and cultural aspect of globalization, with reference to theories and examples to illustrate them. The dependency theory states that the poverty of low-income countries stems from their exploitation by wealthy countries and the multinational corporations that are based in wealthy countries. This is used due to the example of Coca-Cola (a multinational corporation from the west) abusing India’s water supply in villages to make their products because of the capitalist system of minimizing production costs without governmental interference (as India is quite high in terms of corruption) and the pollution it created. This situation got so problematic that India had to shut down the factories that produce the product, which may end up hurting their political ties with United States of America (U.S.A) and the economic as it losses jobs for the low...
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...The novel “1984” describes the results of drastic totalitarianism which tramples the dignity of humans who are under the control of an omnipresent, Big Brother. Many people do not believe that the novel “1984” is significant to our society. Likewise they think that the novel itself posses very little relevance to the modern world. Though many people might think 1984 is solely relevant to the post after World War II politics, but the fact is that today any of us could become Winston or Julia. It is clear that the circumstances of novel “1984” are revealing to our society with the three slogans; War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength, invasion of privacy and physical Control. This essay will go on to discuss these points in greater detail. “War is Peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is Strength” which is the three slogans of the English Socialist Party of Oceania emerges the...
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...It has been said that the US is renounces the Monroe Doctrine but Secretary of State John Kerry said, “ that the era of the Monroe Doctrine is over”. Kerry said that Monroe’s state address it has asserted our authority to step in and oppose the influence of European powers in Latin America also through out history that our nation’s president have reinforced the doctrine and made a similar choice but we made a different choice that the era Monroe Doctrine is over that the relationship we have seek that we have worked on fostering is not the U.S declaration on how it will intervene in the affairs of other American states. It’s all of our countries viewing one as equals, sharing responsibilities, cooperating on security issues, and adhering...
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..."George Orwell’s Letter on Why He Wrote ‘1984’." The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 12 Aug. 2013. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. Orwell’s electronically published letter to Mr.Willmett on why he wrote 1984. He tells of how he fears that the future is getting no better than what he lives in now. That Hitler will disappear but a new force will rise, and how the world is head to a centralized government. Orwell writes about how history is already ceasing to exist and the world is moving one step closer to not caring about politics. He also answers Willmett question on if he thing the world tend to fascism. Which he answer by on why he like war and how he likes war because it's a fight of the choice of good or evil. The letter George Orwell writes is athenic and his own work which gives his view on why he wrote the book. Orwell give insight to what was going on during which it was wrote, using Hitler as a prime...
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...attacking America. Another reason America made things worse with the Middle East was sending 500,000 troops to Saudi Arabia in 1990. The second cause or reason why 9/11 happened was because of America’s foreign occupation in the Middle East namely in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The third most likely cause of the 9/11 attacks was the influence of the CIA. In 1979, the same time as the Soviet Union deployed troops in Afghanistan, the United States began giving several hundred million dollars a year to the Afghan Mujahedin insurgents fighting the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Army (Abehind). Bin Ladin released a video in 2004 saying that Al-Qaeda was responsible for 9/11. The terrorists were Islamic from Saudi Arabia also other nation. Some effects that this had is an ongoing war. The United States has been fighting with Al-Qaeda for 11 years from 2003-2011 and to this day there are still troops over in Saudi Arabia. America has made many changes over the previous years since 9/11. One of the many changes made was security, as in security in the airports more cameras, etc. Domestic spying is another effect that was brought out by Edward Snowden in 2013. This allows the government to listen to phone conversations and Inspect emails.(Poladian) Tourism after 9/11 decreased for a couple years because people were afraid to come to America after the tragedy had happened, but later started to grow in 2007. Security is much more intense too for those people that are coming...
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...Khalif Nunnally-Rivera The American Civil Liberties Union: Strategy and Vision The American Civil Liberties Union, otherwise known as the ACLU, has an extensive and influential history in the United States. The ACLU has ambitious legislative goals in the near future. In order to accomplish these goals, this interest group must fight vigorously for the public’s hearts and minds, as well as the democratic power of Congress. The organization started in the year 1920 after years of anti-war protests and the Red Scare that lead to the infamous Palmer Raids. A group of citizens banded together with the purpose of protecting the basic rights of everyday Americans. While initially, most of the ACLU’s support was directed towards socialist and communist rights, the organization eventually expanded to include minority groups oppressed by discrimination, women’s rights groups, and virtually any citizen who felt their civil liberties had been violated. The goal of the ACLU is to make sure that everyone in the United States is equally protected by the Bill of Rights from government abuse. Although the ACLU is a non-partisan organization, its views tend to typically lean towards the left, and many of its supporters tend to be either liberal or libertarian (votesmart.org). The interest group tends to run into controversy often since it is willing to defend the rights of certain infamous groups such as the Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. It’s important to note that the American Civil...
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...civil disobedience theory, which pushed American Civil Rights Movement forward. This essay focuses on the origination of the civil disobedience and briefly introduces its development. Key Words: Civil disobedience Conscience Government 1、 Thoreau’s Imprisonment The Mexican-American war, which started from 1846, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico over the territorial dispute of Texas. Most abolitionists and transcendentalists were against this war, because they thought that this war was an act of a bullying government anxious to grab land from a weaker nation. Some even thought this war was a conspiracy of the southern slaveholders. Then Texas admitted slavery, while Mexico forbade slavery. They regarded this war as the expansion of slavery, which could strengthen the influence of the south in federation. Therefore the abolitionists and transcendentalists did their best to resist this war. Among them, Henry David Thoreau was a famous representative. Thoreau did not agree this aggressive war. To resist, he refused to pay the Massachusetts poll tax, which was a “per head” tax imposed on all citizens to help support the Mexican War. His refusal landed him in the Concord jail in 1846. As he stood considering the walls of solid stone in prison, he ridiculed the foolishness of the administration. He criticized the administration for imprisoning him, because his chief desire was not to stand in the other side of that stone wall. He declared...
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...Summary of post war coalition 1918-1922 The problems of post war reconciliation * Demobilisation * Health facilities * Unemployment * National insurance& pensions * Housing * Set against grim economic circumstances – high inflation and falling demand in British goods. The Anglo Irish question * Legacy of the Easter rising 1916 * IRA VS The Black and Tans * The Anglo Irish treaty * Treaty was major achievement, but essentially a compromise. * Mutual bitterness remained between LG and IRA. * Civil war in the New Ireland. * End of the 1918-22 coalition * It fell because 1) Policy failures – economic (Geddes axe) ,social, foreign affairs, 2) LG corruption ( using power of patronage to sell honours on a commission basis) 3) Conservative had labour doubts. 4) The coalitions decline in reputation. 5) Foreign affairs (chanak) 6) Conservative abandoned LG – (Carlton club meeting, Baldwin described LG as a dynamic force. Summary of the conservative government 1922-24 * A government burdened by debt. * Chamberling’s housing act (1923) was the only major measure * Baldwin fought elections on the protection ticket * 1923 election left labour as the larger opposition party. 1) Decline in liberals. * Split between Asquith and LG during war created a breach within the labour party – never properly healed. * Liberal values such as freedom of individual, been compromised by restrictive Gov. measures...
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...themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. 2. Tobacco It is well know that tobacco smoking kills millions. But it also exacerbates poverty, contributes to world hunger by diverting prime land away from food production, damages the environment and reduces economic productivity. Second hand smoking also affects other people’s lives. Despite many attempts to prevent it, a global tobacco control treaty became international law in 2005. However, challenges still remain as tobacco companies try to hit back, for example, by targeting developing nations, increasing advertising at children and women, attempting to undermine global treaties and influence trade talks, etc. 3. COP19—Warsaw Climate Conference Posted Monday, December 02, 2013. An overview of the Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 19), held in Warsaw, Poland in November 2013. Predictably and sadly, the same issues have resurfaced: West stalling on doing anything, lack of funding, disagreement on priorities, etc. Climate Change And Global Warming Introduction Last updated Monday, November 11, 2013. The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many are agreed that climate...
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...seven years the N.S.A was taking information from our phone calls. This all started while Bush was president through a program called prism. Prism would let the F.B.I. and N.S.A. into many social media websites and was able to access all of our information. These people were trying to spot out terrorists, and will go to any means necessary. According to Obama, they necessarily can’t hear the conversations; they are just able to learn about who we call. They also are saying that they don’t collect the information, which doesn’t add up. This show how desperate the country has been since 9/11 has happened. It’s almost as if they are trying to do anything to find what’s not there. 3. 6/9/2013 Mark Mazzetti and Michael S. Schmidt * Edward Snowden who is a former CIA computer technician, opened up and answered questions about the CIA and the doings of it. He had answered...
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...Section 702 of FISA: Is discrimination between US and non-US persons justified? 1. Since the release of NSA’s classified documents by the NSA ex-contractor Edward Snowden, the controversy of morality and legitimacy of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), and, in particular, section 702, has become a major issue of public debate in the context of national security and privacy rights. To understand the underlying controversy, it is important to understand what powers section 702 gives to the US intelligence agencies. Section 702 of the Federal Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) is the section that elaborates on the procedures and regulations for surveillance of non-United States persons while they are located outside the US. It...
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...Why state Intelligence agencies engage in international intelligence liaison? 9/11 terrorist attacks, 7/7 terrorist attacks, Paris attacks are the implementer of what is called international intelligence liaison. These major terrorist attacks have put intelligence agencies in a place where they need liaison to face the problem. 21st century is witnessing the increase in globalization of intelligence. The phenomenon of international intelligence liaison is central to this process, it is an area where intelligence and international relations come in to connect. This article highlights the key themes that are currently developing within international intelligence liaison relationships. International intelligence liaison which may be defined as the the process of communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between intelligence organizations and law enforcing agencies of many states and countries. Intelligence agencies act as frontline of homeland defense and security. Right now, no any single state or country is facing the challenge of terrorism. These days international intelligence liaison is occupying space in academic research, political discourses and in state matters. As Adam Svendsen says: ‘Liaison today represents the most significant dimension of intelligence.’ It is high time for world to recognize and realize that existentialist issues such as, pandemics, overpopulation, climate change and now terrorism, are of global level. Therefore...
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...AS LEVEL Specification HISTORY A H105 For first assessment in 2016 ocr.org.uk/alevelhistorya We will inform centres about any changes to the specification. We will also publish changes on our website. The latest version of our specification will always be the one on our website (ocr.org.uk) and this may differ from printed versions. Copyright © 2014 OCR. All rights reserved. Copyright OCR retains the copyright on all its publications, including the specifications. However, registered centres for OCR are permitted to copy material from this specification booklet for their own internal use. Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England. Registered company number 3484466. Registered office: Hills Road 1 Cambridge CB1 2EU. OCR is an exempt charity. Contents Introducing… AS Level History A (from September 2015) Teaching and learning resources iv Why choose an OCR AS Level in History A? 1 1a. Why choose an OCR qualification? 1 1b. Why choose an OCR AS Level in History A? 2 1c. What are the key features of this specification? 3 1d. 2 iii Professional Development 1 ii How do I find out more information? 3 4 2a. Overview of AS Level in History A (H105) 4 2b. Content of AS Level in History A (H105) 5 2c. Content of unit group 1: British period study and enquiry (Units Y131 to Y143) 8 2c. ...
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