Sunday, December 11, 2022
Final Blog
Thursday, December 8, 2022
EOTO Presentation Reflection
Awareness Topics Refelction
I was very impressed with the amount of information that I learned and how little I understood about these topics prior to today. The awareness topics presented by group 1 caught my attention in many ways.
I found a lot of the privacy issues such as Total Information Awareness and Five Eyes to be most informative because of how it affects us. There are many things that you do not learn through the media, simply because they may not want you to know. It is important to understand our privacy especially in todays world where technology and social media is used every single day.
I knew information on propaganda prior to this presentation but was interesting to learn how propaganda has changed and is used in 2022 with technology, social media, mainstream media, advertisements, celebrities, etc. Disinformation uses propaganda with intentions to mislead information, most of the time for their own good. False flag is the use of pinning blame on an opposite party, again for their own good.
These are important to understand as we move forward into becoming more comprehensive of the information that is being presented to us through different types of media.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
EOTO: Overton Window
Overton Window
What is the Overton Window?
Overton window is the concept that was introduced by Joseph P. Overton in the 1990s, and it is a model of the range of all the political ideas that are accepted by the public during a period of time. There are certain issues and policies that were once accepted or not accepted in the past that have changed up to the present political ideas that we focus on in the media today. This applies to news topics in the mainstream media as well as political topics that are used in debates and campaigns to help gain the publics vote on a candidate.
How does it Change?
Shifting the Overton window will most definitely be ever changing, but it cannot be forced upon politicians since this concept is based on what the public accepts. Typically the Overton window typically does not change quickly, although it is possible. Politicians that are seeking election use the Overton window to determine key policy issues that are important to the public so they can be in accordance with it.
There are many factors that can cause shifts within the Overton window, all of which really depend on the current state of government. For example, Covid has been, and still is a topic of news, it would have been included in the Overton window all of 2020 as well as majority of 2021 and even 2022. Policies about social distance and wearing masks would have been unthinkable prior to 2020, and since then, these policies have become major topics for political debates and campaigns.
How does it Affect Society?
The Overton window is not a good or bad thing, it simply only describes the range of possibly political ideas that society will accept. However, this can affect society because the politicians become more like followers than leaders in the sense that we ultimately determine what types of policies they are to get behind and address.
Why its Important to Understand the Overton Window
Most people don't even know that the Overton window exists, mostly because we are used to hearing the same things on mainstream media and typically don't question the topics that we're hearing. It is important to understand the impact that we as a society have on the information that is being covered by the news. We have power to influence what type of news is being covered by the media as well as issues that are being addressed by politicians. It is also important to understand in order to maintain literacy and understanding of the news.
There will always be shifts to new topics and focuses of political parties and the Overton window proves just that.