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    documentary Citizenfour is an eye opening first hand tale of Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Administration who leaked top secret documents to reporters. The leaked information has transformed the understanding of the American people of the government spying on everyone and anyone they chose to, without probable cause, warrants or constitutional standing. The implications of his actions though specifically unknown at the time, were calculated and deemed well worth his own

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    debate and growing concern in the past decade. According to the OpenNet Initiative, the number of countries seeking to control access of content on the internet has been rising rapidly (Documenting Internet Content Filtering Worldwide n.d). Reporters Without Borders published a list of thirteen countries as ‘internet enemies’ in 2006. The list consisted of Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam (List of the 13 Internet

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    Ukrainian church of Moscow believes that the members of the church of Kiev are being too political. They say this because the members of the church of Kiev are saying that those involved in the Moscow church are not true patriots of Ukraine. The reporter asked one of the leaders of the church of Moscow if Russia was pressuring them in any of their actions against the church of Kiev. The leader said that Ukrainian orthodox church is autonomous. He stated that “[The Ukrainian Orthodox church of Moscow]

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    (UDHR): “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers” (UN 1948). Article 19 of the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) “1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek

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    speech, freedom of connection, contribution and nonviolent assemblage. If truth be told, the regime in Sudan is one of the worst regimes in the world when it comes to the access to free and assorted information, online and offline together. Reporters without Borders conducted a worldwide study regarding press freedom and ranked Sudan at 170 in one hundred and seventy0nine countries. In simple, people are not even allowed to express their views freely online and the online users are also impacted by this

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    Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in America. According to the dictionary definition, an illegal immigrant also known as an illegal alien is “a foreigner who enters a country without an entry or immigrant visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson”. From Renewing America, the U.S. immigration debate “Immigration has been a touchstone of the U.S. political debate for decades

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    Controlling, shaping and changing the general opinion fascinate me and the ability to give a voice to the voiceless has pushed me into learning the artistries of the media world. I believe that communicating is a fundamental pillar of human experience; we have to communicate with each other because, far from being a need or a survival instinct, media has evolved into something more than a visual aspect. Studying media at post 16 has opened my eyes on how media has the power to create and stop social

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    and other people support this issue. What do you think of when illegal immigration comes to mind? The definition of an illegal immigrant is, any foreigner who enters the United States without a Visa, especially someone who crosses the border by avoiding inspection. Countless amount of people considers the Mexican border the main source, which is true but, you must reflect the terrorist which come into America and intend to hurt the American citizens. All of this talk about building a wall, is good,

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    We are a world that revolves around our media outlets. This is because we depend on them to give to us the information that we need to be able to live our daily lives. Whether it is the news on politics or just events that are happening around your area. The real question though is has news changed? And the follow up question to that would be; how do historians think news has changed? The news media has changed throughout history because of the rise of technology. It is now possible to reach people

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    and form their own ideas based on what they learn from the goods available. In addition to private markets within the country, near the South Korean border, numerous exile radio stations broadcast unfiltered information. Reporters

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