The Dark Side

The June 1994 cover of Time Magazine features the mug shot of OJ Simpson from his arrest on murder charges. I chose to analyze this picture because is it a perfect example of the media manipulating the public to make them have a certain opinion. Time Magazine manipulated the mug shot by darkening the picture both the surroundings and OJ. They did this to make him seem more threatening and to draw in the attention of readers. If they wrote a story about the dark side of OJ Simpson this was a way to show their readers what their side of the story is about. I believe that this is a harmful manipulation because by making OJ look more menacing and dark than he actually is can change the opinions the population has about him under false pretenses. It is wrong for the media to manipulate any picture of a person without getting permission from the person in the picture.

CLT! Who Knew?

When I bought my new MacBook Pro in August I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever worked with! So it came as a shock to me that at Trinity we have an entire center on the bottom floor of the library full of technology and equipment that put my laptop to shame. In CLT there are PCs and Macs filled with amazing multimedia editing software at the disposal of Trinity students. Along with these there are laser printers and scanners that can be used as well. There is an Innovation studio in CLT that is dedicated to teaching faculty about programs such as TLEARN and a video conference center that contains a satellite system that allows two way video conferencing. Along with these facilities there is also a digital audio lab where students can create and edit digital projects, and a Media Presentation Lab with projection equipment a a screen to make presentations on. Not only are all of these facilities at the disposal of the students but there are also people down there that can help students wishing to use the equipment. Now that I know CLT is there I will be able to use the software and equipment to do work and make presentations that are very unique and interesting for all of my classes.

Copyright

While listening to Jason Hardin talk about copyright I learned many interesting facts about copyright. The most interesting and controversial piece of information I learned was that copyright covers the author's life plus 70 years. This means that the copyrighted work doesn't enter the public domain for 70 years after the death of the person benefiting from the work. I also learned that the law used to only cover the author's life plus 50 years until the Disney corporation fought to have irt extended so that they could keep making money off of Walt Disney's work. Proponents of this law believe that relatives of the author should be able to benefit from the copyrighted works after the death of the author becauise it is just like any other property that can be inherited. I, however, believe that this amount of time is overdoing it. I think that once the author is dead the revenue from their creation should only serve to pay for the author's existing expenses and the work should then go into the public domain. The family did not create the work and should therefore not be able to benefit from someone elses work for 70 years after the death of the true creator.

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