Classification has always been the main source of the simplifying all of the information
that has been found throughout the span of human thought. Science in its most basic from is
nothing more than just a quest of knowledge “to seek what regularities there may be”(Sagan)
and the existence of that knowledge is explained by classification(Foucault). Today’s society is
dominated by an absurd amount of technologically powered apparatuses like: cell phones,
computers, tablets, tables, cars, and the list ventures endlessly forward and like every “small
step for a man, and one giant leap forward for mankind” there are repercussions(The Space
Race). One of the things ...view middle of the document...
Same type of
concept applies to articles and “news” reported online. The internet is one of the most effective
and speedy ways of attaining information and has easily simplified the lives of many with a
special little impact on college students. Although be warned everything on the internet should
be taken as a grain of salt and not assumed to be true unless confirmed by multiple sources or
the main source is someone that can be trusted. Even with confirmation there will be many
discrepancies between similar articles it becomes a hassle to be able to believe something
With the rapid progression of technology newspapers and news reporters on the
television have had to drastically change the way they reported the news and have ushered in a
new way of classifying news. Things that would be reported on CBS Evening News with Walter
Cronkite were not about the latest celebrity gossip nor were they about the difference between
fake breasts and real breasts. That’s what much of news has become, it has brought forth a new
era where people are only selectively learning what they want and are ignoring anything no
pertaining to what they are interested in. Given that being able to go in-depth on something
can someone finds rather peculiar and thought provoking has definitely been one of the pluses
with this new system to receive news, yet what was lost in return is a fuller grasp of what is
going on in the world. Unless it becomes something really big that if they don’t know the basics
of the situation people will laugh of their obliviousness most people will not bother reading
about nor hearing about something that is happening in Africa, prime example the latest social
movement to rock the world “Kony 2012”.
Kony 2012 is a mini-video directed by Jason Russell(Kony 2012) with the main intent to
have people around the world recognize that there is injustice happening somewhere in the
world and something has to be done. Joseph Kony is, as they tell it, the world’s worst war
criminal and when he took over leadership of a rebel army and began stealing children away
from their homes at a really young age and converting them into soldiers(Kony 2012). The video
was geared towards young adults and people in their early 30s and below because it was
savagely popularized by Facebook sharing. Within the first the video has already received a
whopping 100 million views(Kony 2012 Encourage).
The video itself gives a very basic view of what is going on in Africa and has left out
many details that do not allow people to get a full understanding of what...
