2. Social Media Buzz is Google’s new social network It is not Google’s first attempt a social media It will be integrated with twitter Facebook has nearly 400 million users (twitter 18 million) In Dec 2010 average user spends 5 or more hrs on social media sites ( 82% increase from Dec 2008)
3. Social Media US law enforcement are actively using social media for investigation Facebook is completely willing to cooperate with authorities in case of emergency Twitter does not preserve any data without legal process Evidence found on social site CAN and WILL be used as evidence against you: BEWARE!!
4. Reality Televison The investigation of reality TV's tendency to fend the public’s appetite has become quite controversial TV now glamorizes crime and violence as interesting and exciting and it is affecting youth According to child development expert (Jennifer Jones) putting children on TV is exploitation and a crime
5. Zodiac Symbols The “Mars Effect” was launched in 1955 by Michel Gauquelin He tested planetary positions relative to the horizon and the results were positive To date, six approaches have been advanced to explain Gauquelin’s findings most of them not mutually exclusive Reported caseload reductions in the US since the launching of TANF in 1996 are certainly dramatic, with cuts of 30–50 percent calculated after study
6. African American Authors Harlem Renaissance (1919-1940) era was rich of black development Sonia Sanchez poems depict the struggles between black & white people, men & women, & cultures In 1977 There came a shift in black women’s writing which raised critical issues about the nature of sexism in America (Barbara Smith) “Black English” is a term the refers more to a dialect than an actual way of communication
7. Freemasonry Fraternal organization developed in the 16th or 17th Century Membership in the United States estimated to be about 2 Million Members share moral and metaphysical ideas and worship a higher power Fraternity is organized into Grand Lodges or sometimes Orients Traces back to the beginning of hip hop Some of the symbols are present in US gov’t
