Thank You for Smoking

 When taking a look at the film as a communications major, I found it very interesting and very insightful to me. One of the biggest takeaways and one of the biggest points was how just the manipulation of words can make such a big difference in advertising. The way that Nick Naylor was able to change the way things were perceived was very eye-opening to me, and before the film, I had never thought that something like that could happen. Taking a look at myself. I feel like that's one of the things that I lack is communication. So, when looking at his job as a whole, could I do it? I would say no. I think I think that Nick Naylor had a one of a kind talent that to be honest, not a lot of people could do, which was showed in the film that he was one of the only people in the office that could do what he do, what he could do. So, to be honest, I actually don't think that I could do a job anywhere close to that, no matter how much the pay was. I feel like the pay could be a million dollars, and I don't think I could do anything close to what Nick Naylor was able to do. 

When taking a look at why the government allows the advertisement of cigarettes and alcohol, even though they've been proven time and time again to be bad, I think it falls back into free speech and the openness of that law. I feel like when you take a look at candy and other sweet products, I feel like the research has been done that those products, in large consumptions can be bad too. So, if you take away the right to be able to advertise alcohol and cigarettes, I feel like you have to look at candy and other harmful products in a different type of way, too.

When taking a look at the ethics of editing old movies to remove things like cigarettes, I think that takes the validity away from the movie entirely. I feel like a movie like this, cigarettes were really needed visually to represent what they were at the time. I feel like whenever you hide those types of things, I feel like it takes away the realness of it and the impact. For me personally, I think that this movie had a lot of impact on me, and if cigarettes were taken away fully from the movie, I don't think that it would have the same type of impact that it did. So, when it comes to that, I think that movies should keep the integrity even though times have changed, but a thing that could help is maybe adding a higher rating to the movie. So, for example, if the movie was okay for kids to watch back in the day, but different ethical things have changed, maybe make it only okay for adults to watch.

Invention of Bluetooth

 Before starting my research on the invention of Bluetooth, I didn't realize how much we use it on a day-to-day basis and how much it's impacted society and the way we move in our day-to-day lives in general. But before we look at the total impacts of Bluetooth, we first need to look at how Bluetooth first came about. Bluetooth was invented in 1994 by Yapp Hartenson. Bluetooth was originally created to replace wired connections, and in turn, it was invented to create short-range connections between mobile phones and accessories such as headsets with low power, to also be inexpensive, and to utilize radio technology. Bluetooth was created to have a universal open standard for wireless short-term communication. As you can assume, Bluetooth wasn't a thing that was just formed overnight, and it was a process, and different things had to go into it to make it happen. One of the things that was a big step in the creation of Bluetooth was the formation of the industry group to make Bluetooth happen and to make it universal. Multiple tech companies joined forces and assembled the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Some of the founding companies were IBM, Intel, Nokia, Toshiba, and Ericsson. While Bluetooth was a revolutionary invention, it did come with some challenges while it was being created. The speeds were slower in comparison to Wi-Fi, and it also had capability issues between devices, and limited battery efficiency in some of the earlier chips. Although Bluetooth creation did have challenges, the creation ended up prevailing, and the first consumer product to incorporate Bluetooth was a hands-free mobile headset. The product was debuted in 1999 at the Comdex Computer Expo, and at the Computer Expo, it won the best show award.Yo, yo, yo. This early consumer-focused Bluetooth device was created by Ericsson to bridge phone and audio capabilities wirelessly and was very influential and pioneering for the time. As I stated before, Bluetooth was a major invention and had a big impact on society. One of the biggest impacts that I found during my research was wireless convenience. Bluetooth eliminated the need for cables between devices such as headphones and smartphones, keyboards and computers, speakers and tablets, and smartwatches and phones. Another one of the big impacts that Bluetooth had on society was the rise of wireless audio wearability. Bluetooth made it possible for wireless earbuds, fitness trackers, smartwatches, portable speakers, and many more devices. The last global impact that I wanted to take a look at when it comes to Bluetooth is the economic impact. Bluetooth created billions of Bluetooth-enabled devices worldwide. It also generated multi-billion dollar industries and accessories, and it reduced manufacturing costs by replacing the physical ports and cables. In conclusion to everything that has been stated so far, Bluetooth has had many impacts globally. Everywhere you go, there is some sort of device that is using Bluetooth, from your computer to your gaming console, to your earbuds. Almost every electronic device has some sort of Bluetooth compatibility to it, and it was a revolutionary invention and has had impacts from the day it was created.

Age of Ai

 AI really changed our lives, and we haven't even realized it. I was at a Bojangles the other day, and it wasn't a person talking to me; it was a robot taking my order. Whenever you just look at simple things like that, it really puts into perspective how much AI is taking over in just normal jobs. It feels like every other day, I'm seeing something online that AI is just taking over a different job position where companies don't have to hire somebody, and they are just using AI and robots to fulfill that position. And it's solely creeping over to almost every field of work, and looking at my major, I'm a media production major, and I want to do something in videography. And when looking at that perspective, I don't know if there's necessarily technology that could take over my job and what I want to do, but in the near future, I could definitely see something taking over that, whether it's a robot holding the camera or the robot has the camera already engraved in it, so it's honestly scary. I think in creative fields now with AI being so prominent, I think you just have to be really, really good at what you do to where AI can't possibly keep up with you, but in the next 10 to 20 years, if AI keeps advancing the way it is, I don't think anybody will be able to compete. So, looking at it from my perspective and how it affects my major, I think I just really have to be good at what I do so that people can't even think, okay, AI would be better than what I'm doing. When looking at communication as a whole, what my major falls under, I think that's a very personable thing, and I don't think that AI would be able to fully take over it, but there are definitely certain positions in communication where I think AI could definitely take over and be easier. At the end of the day, companies save money by building an AI system and not having to pay for AI per hour. You have to pay a person per hour to work for you, but AI once you build it and construct it the way you want it to be, is no, it costs no money. So, there are definitely some positions in communication that AI will take over in the near future. 

Privacy

When taking a look at privacy in today's society, it is a super important topic with the rise of new technology. The 2nd ted talk I took a look at talked about how the local police stations are tracking data from our cars and get to see exactly where we are going, including private places like churches and therapy. When taking a look at how this would directly affect my family and me, we have been going to church every Sunday since I was little, and the fact that there are people who can keep track of that is scary and very alarming. I truly understand them keeping a tab on places like government buildings or somthing of that sort, but keeping track of people's day to day where abouts is a big breach of privacy in my opinion. Even when it comes to webisted them, keeping a tab of all the faces it has is also scary. When the first ted talked explained that our online data outlives our physical bodies, that quote really put everything into perspective for me. I was like wow there is so much going on about us on the internet that we don't even know about. When looking at this from a government's perspective, I feel like there are some things that they can do to keep our data protected. One of the things is limit how much data these online companies can keep about us. In my opion there is no reason why Apple should have everyone's face in there data base there data base. There is nothing you could possibly need all that information for. When taking a look at the things we can do to protect ourselves, I would say to watch the websites we click on and watch who we are allowing to track our data. 

are allowing to track our online data. 

Eight Values of Free Expression

 When taking a look at all the prompts, the prompt "Marketplace of Ideas" really resonated with me when I saw it. New ways of thinking and ideas are the future of society. If we are stuck in the past and not progressing like other countries will only get ahead more and more while we are stuck behind. A big way of getting ahead is letting people give opinions to the public. The way that I am, I love to get ahead in any way possible, for example, getting ahead of AI and seeing what ways it can help me advance in my profession and in my day-to-day life as well. If we couldn't freely give our opinions, how could we possibly get ahead? There is someone in their room inventing and thinking of new ideas, and if they can't freely say their thoughts, how could we possibly learn from what they have been creating and inventing? The internet has its good and bad parts about it, but one of the beneficial parts of the internet is the fact that we can talk freely and share ideas where people can look at it and build on someone else's idea and turn it into somthing way bigger than it what it orginaly was. A great example of this would be Bitcoin. Bitcoin was a random idea that was posted online in 2008, and people picked it up, and developers started building on it, and now it is a global financial asset worth hundreds of billions. Without the internet and people being able to give ideas freely somthing like Bitcoin would have never become what we know it is today. Freedom of speech is a big part of what makes America America; with that being said, the number of ideas that have been shared and brought to life is almost endless. Being able to put an idea out on the internet and the whole world is special because not every country has that amount of freedom to do things like this, and we as Americans can sometimes take it for granted or just overlook it because it is somthing that is given to us, but there are people in other countries that are actively fighting for the things that are given to us birth. So it's something that we should be really appreciative that we have because being able to share ideas out to the world is super beautiful and very empowering and the amount of people that you can inspire and the amount of things that you can create is something extremely special and I think that Americans should not take advantage of it and we should look at it as a gift and really take advantage of it because to be honest, we aren't really using this freedom to its max capacity. This could be something that is super built upon to where our future generation is looking back at older ideas taken from them and building upon them because we have more resources.
And there have been different things created to build upon these certain ideas.

Top 5 Sources of News

 My number one source of news is a TikTok creator by the name of NizzyHypeTalks. Nizzy is an online creator who keeps up with all the current events and different moments that are going on on social media space. Nizzy In a way, has dedicated a lot of his time to social media news. I am really into social, and I have been keeping up with it since I was eleven years old. Ever since then, I have liked to stay in the loop with everything that is going on, and for the last two years or so, Nizzy's TikTok videos have kept me in the loop with everything going on. Nizzy's TikTok videos do a great job of informing people on what's going on in the social media space, with sources on where his news is coming from and debunking fake news. 

My Number two source of news would have to be ESPEN. I am a big sports fan and have been
playing them since I was a child, and ESPN is the way I keep up with the scores of the games, where different players are getting traded too, and also general news across all major sports leagues such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, and many more. Throughout the day, I always get ESPN notifications on my phone because they have people working around the clock to get the latest sports news out fastest, which is why it is at my number two spot. 

For my number 3 source of where I get my news from, it would have to be X, formerly known as Twitter. For the most part, when scrolling on social media platforms such as TikTok, it really only shows things that you are interested in and bases your algorithm on it. X is very similar in that way, but from my time on the app, it does a good job of showing you current events that are going on worldwide. Another feature that I like about X is that they added a text bar, which tells you if a tweet is spreading false information
so you know what the truth is. 

For my number 4 source of where I get my news from would have to be Google News. Ever since I could remember, everyone always tells you if you don't know somthing just google and that's what I have been doing since then. Google is not the direct source, but it does a great job of pulling information from a bunch of different sources that you can go through and read. Every time I hear about somthing and want to learn more google is the place that I go to. 

For my number 5 source of where I get my news from would have to be the local news station. When I was younger, my mom always had WXII news on in the morning, and it is a thing I carried into adulthood. Knowing what is going on globally is great, but knowing what's going on in your own community is even more important because it directly affects your day-to-day life.