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Video Links

Video 1: Media Regulation

Description: How does the government interact with and influence the content we see? It may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real regulation of the media is determined by the consumers, but this isn’t necessarily true.

Video 2: Smartphone Privacy Concerns

Description: When you download apps for your smartphone, you could be giving companies the ability to access a whole lot of personal information

Audio Link

Audio 1: What Is the Patriot Act?

Description: A little over a month after the events of September 11th, 2001, an Act of Congress called the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by then President George W. Bush. Arguments for the continuation of the Patriot Act typically pivot on the belief that citizens who aren’t committing crimes have nothing to fear, but the role and impact of national government surveillance is more complex.

Web Resource

Web 1: Social Media Defamation: How “Netiquette” Can Cost You in Court

Description: Shutting down keyboard warriors can be a battle but with social media defamation on the rise, potential financial penalties may become a major deterrent to saying the wrong thing.