Category: Review Article

Communications, Ethics, Philosophy, Review Article

Reviewing Mike Martin’s ‘Meaningful Work’ on Professional Motives

To preface his own thoughts, writer Mike W. Martin, in chapter two of his book Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics (2000), reviewed two separate individuals whose ideas on professional integrity and motives contrast greatly. First, Martin analyzed Adam Smith who wrote esteemed business ethics novels in the late 1770s. Martin wrote that while Smith may have been self-contradictory in some areas, Smith consistently concluded that … Continue reading Reviewing Mike Martin’s ‘Meaningful Work’ on Professional Motives

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Communications, Ethics, Public Relations, Review Article

What Public Relations is and Why Businesses Need It

Public Relations, often abbreviated simply to PR, is the part of businesses that aid in communication both outwards and inwards. The PR department is the one who deals with news sources, social media, and then also every level within the business.  Having one department to distribute communique helps keep brands and company statements organized and comprehensive. With this, all peoples within a business will know … Continue reading What Public Relations is and Why Businesses Need It

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Communications, Ethics, Public Relations, Review Article

NPR’s Look into Facebook’s Oversight

NPR’s episode titled ‘How Facebook Takes On Fake News and Hate Speech’ from last October goes over Facebook’s policies and how the platform deals with problems, such as relying on users reporting issues themselves. Within the podcast, guest, Monika Bickert, the head of product policy and counterterrorism on Facebook, talks about the amount of difficultly is it to oversee all of the posts on Facebook. … Continue reading NPR’s Look into Facebook’s Oversight

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Communications, Ethics, Philosophy, Review Article

The International Problem of Addiction: How Technology and Drugs are One in the Same.

In an interview on France 24, the Director of the French National Centre of Scientific Research, Jocelyne Caboche, speaks about how addiction today is no longer seen as a moral wrongdoing but more as the straightforward disease that it is. In the interview titled ‘Whether it’s drugs or social media, addiction changes chemicals in our brains,’ Caboche explains to interviewer Eve Irvine that addictions come … Continue reading The International Problem of Addiction: How Technology and Drugs are One in the Same.

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Ethics, Philosophy, Review Article

Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation: Thompson-Hernández on the Lowrider Culture in Japan

The article “How My Southeast L.A. Culture Got to Japan” was written to accompany Walter Thompson-Hernández’s short film on L.A. Chicano/Chicana lowrider culture’s presence in Japan. The short film he made by Emily Rhyne, Walter Thompson-Hernández, and Alexandra Eaton for the New York Times highlighted how the lowrider community “came to represent rebellion, resilience, and youth” and how that feeling is not unique to L.A. … Continue reading Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation: Thompson-Hernández on the Lowrider Culture in Japan

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Ethics, Philosophy, Public Relations, Review Article

Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Wants to Give $1000 to All Monthly

The Democratic candidate for the 2020 election, Andrew Yang, spoke with Joe Rogan on Tuesday about his forward-thinking plans and why traditional capitalism is toxic. [Capitalism is] pushing our population to a mindset of scarcity, of nastiness. And that’s why Universal Basic Income is so crucial. Because it gets the boot off the people’s throats. And replaces the mindset of scarcity with a mindset of … Continue reading Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Wants to Give $1000 to All Monthly

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Creating Human-Like AI with 87% Accuracy

Computer scientists are nonstop working on improving artificial intelligence software (AI) to ease the lives of humans. Modern AI is found on phones and computers, most either have Siri or Google, that answers simple commands and questions. To further improve humans’ lives, scientists are trying to find ways to teach AI the ways of humans nonverbal cues, currently with a 70 to 87% accuracy, according … Continue reading Creating Human-Like AI with 87% Accuracy

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Communications, Ethics, Philosophy, Review Article

The Importance of Communication

Success can bring itself into the workplace and life with one thing: fantastic communication skills. In the modern age of engineering, there are a few skills that have deemed to be necessary, as told by Susan Fortané in Interesting Engineering, and sometimes found on job descriptions. Over the past few centuries, there have been a number of inventions that have created a revolution in the … Continue reading The Importance of Communication

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Communications, Ethics, Philosophy, Public Relations, Review Article

‘All Natural’ Doesn’t Always Mean Natural

“What exactly is ‘Natural Flavorings’?” from Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks The modern trend of wanting to eat as closest to the natural food chain as possible, this podcast highlights that the food we buy is not as regulated as we thought it was. Near the beginning of packaged foods, the FDA defined what ‘low-sodium’ or ‘fat-free’ was. The … Continue reading ‘All Natural’ Doesn’t Always Mean Natural

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