Theologian Mark D. Thompson of Moore Theological College says
that perhaps the most powerful image of despair at the beginning of
the twenty-first century is not found in art, or literature, or
even popular music. It is found in a single photograph.Moore
Theological College
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Richard Allen Davis, convicted murdered of Polly Klaas
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Elian Gonzalez Ten years ago this month, the saga of a Cuban
boy named Elian Gonzalez captivated the nation and much of the
world. Elian, 6, was found floating on an inner tube off the coast
of Florida, after his mother drowned trying to reach America.Elian
Gonzalez The Cuban immigrant community in Florida embraced the boy
as a symbol of the struggle of ordinary Cubans to flee the
oppression of Fidel Castro's communist regime, and rallied behind
the boy's extended family in Miami, which sought custody of young
Elian.young Elian But U.S. immigration officials insisted that the
boy be returned to his father in Havana. Agents of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service conducted an armed raid on Elian's
adoptive Miami home - yielding a powerful image of paramilitary
forces in America menacing a frightened 6-year-old.a powerful
image
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Elian Gonzalez, now 16, at a Young Communist Union meeting in
Cuba
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Boston.com: News in Pictures Toxic sludge in Hungary, Oct. 4,
2010 Toxic sludge in Hungary Legalization of marijuana on Calif.
Ballot Legalization of marijuana France on strike, Oct. 2010 France
on strike
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Your assignment 1. Identify an issue you are interested in that
illustrates sanity or insanity 2. Select a photograph to illustrate
the issue 3. Write a paragraph about the issue and why you think it
is interesting and significant and post the paragraph and photo on
Ning by next Monday (8 points) 4. AND, for 5 points extra credit,
attend the Rally for 101 Sanity on Sat., Oct. 30 at 11 am in Room
216 and present your idea to the group verbally.
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Ways to search for images Google image search Google Flickr
image search Flickr News organization sites Specialty magazines,
blogs
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Insanity examples
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Childhood obesity
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Gambling addiction
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Anti-American groups in the middle East
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Children going hungry in the U.S.: Poverty rate is now the
highest in 51 years Poverty rate is now the highest in 51 years
(14.3%)
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High high school dropout rates (The U.S. trails Canada, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Poland, the
Slovak Republic, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The countries
with a lower high-school graduation rate are Luxembourg, Mexico,
New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.
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Health in Haiti
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Flooding in Pakistan
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Americans knowledge and perceptions of Europe
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Coverage of human rights issues in Burma (Iran, North Korea,
Tibet)
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Facebook privacy and public consequencespublic
consequences
More available technology, computing power, connectivity,
information
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Think Kindness in Reno
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Community creation, crowdsourcing
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Sane or Insane? Wikileaks 24/7 cable news shows Tea Party
International news coverage LeBron James interview on ESPN
Popularity of GLEE
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Sanity / Insanity Salon.com Year In Sanity Salon.com Dylan
Ratigan, MSNBC host, talking about Muslimstalking about Muslims
Bill OReilly on The View talking about the mosque in NY, Obama and
MuslimsThe View talking about the mosque in NY, Obama and
Muslims
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"Look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've
written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I
get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in
Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves
first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous. Juan
Williams, speaking to Bill OReilly on The OReilly Factor Think
Progress (video)video Fuller video (video)(video) James Fallows
James Fallows on the controversy and the differences between Fox
and NPR Jay Rosen Jay Rosen on the controversy and the difficulty
of defining news analyst Juan Williams controversy
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Williams was doing the kind of stereotyping in a public
platform that is dangerous to a democracy," said NPR Ombudsman
Alicia Shepard. "It puts people in categories, as types not as
individuals with much in common despite their differences. When a
prominent journalist publicly states his personal fears of an
entire group of people, it unwittingly reinforces the paranoia
against Muslims and legitimizes the hostility toward them.
Minnesota Daily, Oct. 25, 2010
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Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things Rapper Diam accessorizes
with megaphone.
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Reading assignment Linked off the front page of the Ning site
Image is Everything from Feedmag Image is Everything