Week 6 War Militarism Militarization Exam 2 o Preparation of war o Large standing army o military industrial complex o Amount of money spent in war 43 of global military expenditure o Not spending money on individuals spending money on technology and produce more Nationalism political ideological that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals weapons with a nation o Positive patriotism and negative o Patriotism devotion to one s homeland country Negative or positive Can you be proud of your control yet still critical Ideology set of ideas that constitute one s goals expectations and actions o Common sense o Set ideology based on a person s country o Not going to think beyond our assumptions because of a certain nation Censorship vs National Security o Censorship suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable harmful sensitive or inconvenient as determined by a government media outlet or other controlling body o National security the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power diplomacy power projection and political power by government operatives o Where do you draw the line Terrorism systematic us of terror often violence o Group of individuals State Terrorism terrorists acts of state governmental agents or forces o North Korea o Government country etc enacts terror not specific group of people Euphemism generally innocuous word name or phrase that replaces an offensive or suggestive one o Poor economically disadvantaged o Slums substandard housing o Fired let go o Used car certified pre owned Embedded Journalism news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflicts o Brian Williams o Journalists are critical observers o Hard to be critical of the people who are protected them o Where do you draw the line Because if you don t have protection many journalists are getting kidnapped and killed Is the US an Empire or Violent Nation o Empire many military bases influence o Violent conflicts operations Not necessarily violent But not necessarily peaceful View of war in US o Good for economy o Based on the reasons o Support the Troops either patriotic or not o Through the Media Film Sensationalism De sensitizing Romanticize Changing in the films o Sylvester Staloon o Platoon Oliver Stone Changed the war movies News De personalized Negatives of other countries without looking at our country War perceived through war photos instead of the news because more Critique what is going other places instead of here Militarization of Police powerful o American neighborhoods carrying war time weapons o Billions of dollars going into local policing o Mistrust of the police because police look like they are going to war Syria Short Film o Difference between terrorism and war Terrorism is an idea Military Industrial Complex o Warning about the overproduction of weapons o The overproduction is creating an environment for war o Until we are comfortable with the weapon being the best people will continue producing war Using war as an economy builder Military intervention Readings o Why We Fight o Difference between support peace keepers and troops with the intent of offense o Bamford Week 7 Media the Environment What is THE environment o The conditions we are in o Earth natural world o The world we share o Not one definition abstract o Earth vs conditions What is YOUR environment o Does it change o Where you grew up household where you are who you associate yourself with o What you know and what you don t know o Current state o Narrower form of THE environment How does media relate to environment o The noise that fills our space o Way to explain or show knowledge of our environment o Media is a way to show how we perceive the environment o The environment showed through media is not necessarily the true environment How has media represented constructed environment environmentalism o Media still uses the environment still sensualize o Environment reduces to a debate while leaving out facts The environment in news media o 1 of the news hole o Stories of crime and entertainment regularly account for 6 to 12 o Shows that it doesn t sell o Less discussion and concern The environment through entertainment o Discovery Channel Shark Week Animal Planet Nat Geo o Shows that the environment is dangerous o Much of it is false o Sensationalism The problem of media and environment moves beyond just news coverage and media portrayals Communications Technology o Where does it come from Coal Minerals Child labor Blood diamonds Low wages Sweat Shops o Where does it go to die Trash To China India Africa o Majority of our electricity comes from coal 2009 15 of residential electricity consumption 2030 40 Fifth largest energy consumer in the world Fastest growing sector of trash 15 million people make a living as ragpickers in Global South o Numbers Household Electronics The Cloud E Waste o Las Maquiladoras Free trade zone Cheap labor By the border labor exposure Global south Greenwashing o Form of spin o Green PR Marketing technique o environmentally friendly o Global Capitalism has altered peoples relations to environmental resources factories Consumerism remains the main contradiction in environmental issues o You can t consume and still be green o Capitalism is focused on growth and growth cannot sustain The Lived Social Environment o Environment is constructed through brands o Public transportation Environmental Ecological Citizenship o Environmental Citizenship idea that each of us is an integral part of a larger ecosystem and that our future depends on each one of us embracing the challenge and acting responsibly towards our environment o Ecological Citizenship obligation to ensure that ecological footprints make a sustainable rather than an unstainable impact Do what is best for the world not us Change in climate caused by greenhouse effect greenhouse gases absorbed and re emitted to cause heat Sustainability o The ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely o Environmental o Economic o Social Week 8 New Media What is new media o Mobile phones o Apps o Internet o Relative term new Gen M The Multitasking Generation o What is at stake regarding Our cognitive skills and habits How we communicate in interpret our world Much faster past society More access to the world Amber alerts Lack of voice inflection and non verbal Condense information world Everything digitized Truth edited How one