Invisible Children is an organization started in 2004 with the purpose of raising awareness of the ongoing war in Uganda. Specifically they raise awareness of what Joseph Kony, the Lords Resistance Army’s leader, was doing to the people of his country. The battle to show the world the truth began in 2003 when three college students Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to film a documentary about the war going on in Sudan. While going through Uganda though they noticed that
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ASSESMENT 2 – Report By Brenda Widjaja Lala Director, Corporate Communications South Africa HSBC Mandela Rhodes Place Cnr Wale Burg Street Cape Town South Africa April 23, 2012 Mrs. Grace Executive of the Local Network 3rd Floor, MPF House 32 Princess of Wales Terrace Sunnyside Office Park Park town Dear Mrs. Anne Marie Gutierrez, Executive of the Local Network Submission to Johannesburg the Local Network of South Africa This proposal is presented to the local network
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Since the start of time men and women have been divided into two separate categories. Men have been categorized as the protector and leader of his family. This could be due to a man’s common physical dominance or just the roles a man was taught when growing up. Women on the other hand have been categorized as the caretakers and breeders of their families. Yes, women physical have to breed a child in this world, but do only secondary responsibilities come with this burden. How come throughout the
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what is youtube? YouTube is a video sharing website that has changed the way we share and receive information, entertainment, education and advertising across the globe. YouTube was founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, ex employees of net banking system "PayPal."Within one year of its launch, in November 2006, YouTube was sold to Google for $1.65 billion. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6034577.stm Since then it has become a worldwide phenomenon. Four billion
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The Political Power Of Social Media In most of the inhabited land, before the 12th Century A.D, political power resided with the King/Monarch. Power was exerted through local feudal, and collection of taxes each year. In 1215 A.D, the Magna Carta was signed by the King of England, giving away some of those powers to the aristocracy. This initiative was replicated in Europe till the 18th Century. The American Revolution of 1775 and the French Revolution of 1789 were products of this period of enlightenment
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Viola Khalil 900094024 RHET 102- 28 20 Apr. 2012 Essay 3, final draft Rescuing Children, Whose Responsibility? Children are one of the most important public priorities because they are the future of any society. If a government wants to improve its country, it should care more for its children. “The quality of our shared economic and democratic future relies on providing all children the opportunity to reach their full potential (All Children Should Be given the Opportunity to Succeed). Many
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become the basis of its opinions than read researched position papers. The media wins out. This can also be seen in the modern day with so-called humanitarians attempting to help those who are miserable. A prime example is a viral video entitled KONY 2012. In this film advertisement for Invisible
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Kristen McNair ENC 1102 16 April 2012 Connecting through the Internet Connecting globally is possible because of great technologies such as the internet. The internet has evolved into a place where the whole world can connect and communicate with each other. The internet has tools such as email, instant messaging, social media sites and online video games that allow individuals to talk with almost anyone in the world as long as they have access to the internet. Having the capability to communicate
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topics when we’re talking about Social Media is the reachability of Mass and therefore the political Mass Movements that keep emerging from Social Media Platforms. We might only think about the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring or the most recent example Kony 2012. Those Movements do have the ability to transform our society worldwide by it’s unwritten power. This power drives every individual out of his passive position into an active and integrated one. Thanks to Web 2.0 a turning point is reached where
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We live in a world where advancements in technology are constantly changing, people are connected to each other almost every waking minute of the day, and our social lives are of the upmost importance. We can look throughout history and see how big business has always found its way into the next great technological advancement, and now is no exception. The sudden burst of social media websites onto the scene has created an avenue for business to target specific and large amounts of people. This
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