Sunday, 15 September 2013
Friday, 19 July 2013
Critical Investigation - How hacking is affecting our privacy
Research -
The News International phone-hacking scandal — dubbed "Hackgate", "Rupertgate", or "Murdochgate" by the press — is a controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of publishing stories. Investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 concluded that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. In July 2011, it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in a public outcry against News Corporation and owner Rupert Murdoch. Advertiser boycotts contributed to the closure of the News of the World on 10 July, ending 168 years of publication. Continued public pressure later forced News Corporation to cancel its proposed takeover of the British telecommunications company Sky.
Phone hacking may sound harmless, but there was a lot of private information that was let free into the media world that is now open for everyone to view. But compared to other hacking "scandals" this isn't even major. It may be the most popular news story about hacking in the past few years, but there are many that are hidden from the public. For example, hacking into the government.
In 2012,Time called Anonymous one of the "100 most influential people" in the world. Due to the fact that they single handedly take down companies that have mistreated the public or go against free speech. Originating from 4Chan in 2003, Anonymous have become the most infamous hacking group there's ever been. A quote from Anonymous "We just happen to be a group of people on the internet who need—just kind of an outlet to do as we wish, that we wouldn't be able to do in regular society. ...That's more or less the point of it. Do as you wish. ... There's a common phrase: 'we are doing it for the lulz.' " but soon became one of the most powerful groups in the world, having the ability to hack into government they gave free speech on the internet to multiple countries.
The News International phone-hacking scandal — dubbed "Hackgate", "Rupertgate", or "Murdochgate" by the press — is a controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of publishing stories. Investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 concluded that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. In July 2011, it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in a public outcry against News Corporation and owner Rupert Murdoch. Advertiser boycotts contributed to the closure of the News of the World on 10 July, ending 168 years of publication. Continued public pressure later forced News Corporation to cancel its proposed takeover of the British telecommunications company Sky.
Phone hacking may sound harmless, but there was a lot of private information that was let free into the media world that is now open for everyone to view. But compared to other hacking "scandals" this isn't even major. It may be the most popular news story about hacking in the past few years, but there are many that are hidden from the public. For example, hacking into the government.
ANONYMOUS
The hacking group Anonymous is known for breaking into the security of governments, being the American government, Israel government and a few more. Thought most hackers just do it to get money or just to mess around, Anonymous are known as "Digital Robin Hoods" because they take from the rich and give to the poor. Anons undertook protests and other actions in retaliation against anti-digital piracy campaigns by motion picture and recording industry trade associations. Later targets of Anonymous hacktivism included government agencies of the US, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda, and others; child pornography sites; copyright protection agencies; the Westboro Baptist Church; and corporations such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, and Sony.In 2012,Time called Anonymous one of the "100 most influential people" in the world. Due to the fact that they single handedly take down companies that have mistreated the public or go against free speech. Originating from 4Chan in 2003, Anonymous have become the most infamous hacking group there's ever been. A quote from Anonymous "We just happen to be a group of people on the internet who need—just kind of an outlet to do as we wish, that we wouldn't be able to do in regular society. ...That's more or less the point of it. Do as you wish. ... There's a common phrase: 'we are doing it for the lulz.' " but soon became one of the most powerful groups in the world, having the ability to hack into government they gave free speech on the internet to multiple countries.
LULZ SECURITY
Friday, 5 July 2013
Turkey Protests
Turkey and Egypt, left without politics.
Countries around the world are beginning to understand that the public can be more powerful than the government could imagine. Egypt to Brazil, normal civilians are breaking down the government and military using social media which will soon leave them alone and independent.
"Muslim Brotherhood spokesman says all his social media feeds are hacked ll #Egypt http://t.co/9b9fEe8MUv" A tweet posted by @AnonOpsLegion
In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood have been controlling the country for years. Finally, a hacking group known only as "Anonymous" has hacked into the spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood's twitter account during "#Op-Brotherhood". The hacking group was made to give free speech on the internet to different countries, many different operations have seen to it that middle-eastern countries have got their free speech.
Egypt's latest eruption has immediately followed mass protests in Turkey and Brazil. In the case of Turkey, what began as a protest against the redevelopment of Istanbul's Gezi Park mushroomed into mass demonstrations against Erdoğan's increasingly assertive Islamist administration, bringing together Turkish and Kurdish nationalists, liberals and leftists, socialists and free-marketeers.
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Demonstrators in Taksim Square.
Protests started in Turkey on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by outrage at a brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul's Takism Gezi Park protesting the park's demolition.
http://www.ehackingnews.com/2011/11/anonymous-launches-op-brotherhood.html
Monday, 24 June 2013
Body Image
Should photoshopping be illegal?
Throughout the media body image is represented in different ways.
Throughout the fashion industry, the "healthy" body imagine is portrayed a skinny or size zero. Many media institutions have picked up on this and have now begun to create their own representation of how people should look. The main controversy in the media world is that photoshopping faces or bodies of models should be illegal because it "lowers young people's self esteem".
Even though photoshopping makes model look different to how they are in real life, but it sells products easier, if someone sees a beautiful girl portrayed in a clothes or perfume advert they would want to buy that product which makes more money for the company.
In my opinion, photoshopping models should not be illegal for a number of different reasons. The main reason being that it makes people want to buy more products when they see a beautiful face on the side of a product. This makes a very effective marketing scheme to attract customers, because the viewers of the advert will believe that using the product will make them as beautiful as the model shown.
Further more, when people say it lowers young people's self esteem, it does not. It creates a healthy body image for young people to follow, if it does lower their self esteem it will just cause them to strive to become healthier. On the other hand, "healthy" body images in the fashion industry may create an unhealthy representation of body image, in the fashion world size zero is shown as healthy and beautiful, where as in reality many models suffer from being malnourished.
Throughout the media world (being on the internet or TV etc.) people will always try to sway your opinions on things. On the internet a lot of people will try to tell you what sort of girl/boy you SHOULD be attracted to. I once saw a comment on a forum stating "real men don't like skinny girls" but further on in the forum a man put "real men like who ever they want" which I completely agree with.
Presentation - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TAbHt6rcOG5XfNQ95e9xzw9wLmOaoOLssBDv2pkl858/edit?usp=sharing
Throughout the media body image is represented in different ways.
Throughout the fashion industry, the "healthy" body imagine is portrayed a skinny or size zero. Many media institutions have picked up on this and have now begun to create their own representation of how people should look. The main controversy in the media world is that photoshopping faces or bodies of models should be illegal because it "lowers young people's self esteem".
Even though photoshopping makes model look different to how they are in real life, but it sells products easier, if someone sees a beautiful girl portrayed in a clothes or perfume advert they would want to buy that product which makes more money for the company.
In my opinion, photoshopping models should not be illegal for a number of different reasons. The main reason being that it makes people want to buy more products when they see a beautiful face on the side of a product. This makes a very effective marketing scheme to attract customers, because the viewers of the advert will believe that using the product will make them as beautiful as the model shown.
Further more, when people say it lowers young people's self esteem, it does not. It creates a healthy body image for young people to follow, if it does lower their self esteem it will just cause them to strive to become healthier. On the other hand, "healthy" body images in the fashion industry may create an unhealthy representation of body image, in the fashion world size zero is shown as healthy and beautiful, where as in reality many models suffer from being malnourished.
Throughout the media world (being on the internet or TV etc.) people will always try to sway your opinions on things. On the internet a lot of people will try to tell you what sort of girl/boy you SHOULD be attracted to. I once saw a comment on a forum stating "real men don't like skinny girls" but further on in the forum a man put "real men like who ever they want" which I completely agree with.
Presentation - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TAbHt6rcOG5XfNQ95e9xzw9wLmOaoOLssBDv2pkl858/edit?usp=sharing
Monday, 17 June 2013
www.dailymail.co.uk
"Murray hits top form at Queen's before celebs Branson, Ross and Johnson join him on court as Hutchins watches on"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2342798/Andy-Murray-joined-court-Queens-Boris-Johnson-Michael-McIntyre-Tim-Henman.htmlThis story has several news values, currency may be the main news value because the story is very valuable at the moment, due to Andy Murray winning the Queen's after beating Marin Cilic. Simplicity is also a very big news value because it is a simple story but it's also humorous and easy to understand.
Positive Representation of British Youth
Tom Daley
Currently aged 19, he has multiple awards in the Olympics and other tournaments. The media world has warped everybody's (mostly the older generation) opinion of the younger generation. This could be done by program on TV, films, general news stories etc. Because the media industries know that if a story is negative about youth then it will get more views because everyone will jump on the "bang-wagon" and start despising young people.
Positive representation in the media is very hard to come by but in the 2012 Olympics there were many young people who won gold, silver or bronze. Tom Daley for example, after recently losing his father a year ago Tom Daley won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games (after winning 4th place, he received a tweet that said something along the lines of "your father isn't proud of you", soon after the person who sent this tweet was arrested)
Positive representation in the media is very hard to come by but in the 2012 Olympics there were many young people who won gold, silver or bronze. Tom Daley for example, after recently losing his father a year ago Tom Daley won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games (after winning 4th place, he received a tweet that said something along the lines of "your father isn't proud of you", soon after the person who sent this tweet was arrested)
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