EL HIMDI CHEDINE
My Cultural Diary
Chapter One
PART ONE
Introduction
For this first chapter, politics is the main theme.In this chapter, we have studied the different forms of government. Next, we looked at the 6 roles of the president, and the Electoral Process in the United States. Finally, we studied the Electoral College.As part of this chapter, we then asked, "To what extent does voting express the voices of the American people?"
-Chapter studied: Voting to be heard-Theme: Politics-Reference Axis: Make one's voice heard- Representation and participation
Sequence documents:
During this chapter, two documents we studied caught my attention more than the others. The first is "Who Rules? Even though it contains a lot of text, this document gave me a good understanding of the different forms of government in the world. Thats why it was one of my favorite.First of all, there are the autocracy. This is a government in which one person has all the power. There are two types of autocracy: the monarchy, in which a king or a queen rules the country.Then, there is the dictatorship. It is a form of gouvernment where one leader has absolute control over citizen’s live.
Sequence documents:
Secondly, there is the democracy. Citizens hold the political power. There are also two forms; the representative democracy, where citizens elect leaders to represent their right and interest in government, and the direct democracy, where there are no representatives.On the other hand, there are the oligarchy. It is a small group of people who has all the power, and the theocracy, which is a government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority.Finally, there are the anarchy: nobody is in control, or everyone is, depending on how you look at it.
Sequence documents:
The second document that caught my eyes was "The six roles of the president". I chosed this document because it is colorfull and represent well.In the center of the image is Article II of the American law: "The excutive power shall be vested in a President of the Unites states of America". As I said earlier, this document explains the different roles of the President of the United States. The first is the «Head of state».The second is «Commander in chief». The third is «Chief executive». The next is «Agenda Setter».The fifth role is «Keeper of the economy».And the last role of the president is «Party Chief».
My Personal Documents
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uzqi-xnWNQ
My first personal document is a video. This is an advertisement called "Be heard. Make history. Vote", dating from the 2020 presidential elections in the United States.This ad aims to encourage people to vote, because “their vote, their voice is important, and making history takes all of us”. There we find the different ways to vote: the first is to go in person to the polls on polling day. The second is to go to early voting, and the last is to vote by mail.I chose this document because I find that it is very simple, and that it is completely related to the chapter that we are studying, and that we find several elements of the latter there, such as for example the day voting, or even early voting..
My Personal Documents
2)
My second personnal document is this image. This is a graph representing the total number of votes cast for Democrat and Republican presidential candidates. I found this graphic on the BBC.com website. I chose it because I find it linked to the chapter we are studying, and also because it is very easy to read. We can see that the voting record for the US presidential elections is for the 2020 elections, or the last ones there were.
Conclusion
This chapter allowed us to understand in detail and as a whole the American government, which is nothing other than a republic. We first addressed the subject of the roles of the president, which are very important, then we saw the presidential elections as well as the Electoral College as mentioned in the introduction. All these documents studied, such as texts or images, have deepened our knowledge on these subjects.We were then able to answer our problem "To what extent does voting express the voices of American people?". Well, you should know that voting plays a crucial role in expressing the voices of the American people. The choice of each citizen counts, and allows them to express their opinion on the politics of their country through the election of the president they support, and whose ideas they share. I quite liked this sequence, despite some difficulties with vocabulary and understanding the texts, because it was an interesting subject. This was a total discovery for me, because I only had vast knowledge on this subject, and it amazed me to see all these different stages and aspects of politics.
Date added: September 30
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of September 22
Elon Musk's Neuralinks Startup Seeks People for 6-Year Brain Implantation Trial
Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists announced a ceasefire on Wednesday, September 20, in the disputed conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region
Date added: October 08
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of October 04
Joe Biden Joins Michigan Picket to Show Support for Striking Auto Workers September 26
Saudi Arabia unveiled a plan on September 25 to expand the use of nuclear technology, which would also include the construction of the kingdom's first nuclear power plant.
Date added: October 14
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of October 11
Donald Trump leaves his civil trial in New York on October 4 and attracts taunts from the prosecutor
Finally, 148 days after the WGA strike began, the bitter and long-running dispute ended on September 27.
Date added: November 13
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of November 08
An impending eruption of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano has prompted the evacuation of the small port town of Grindavik
Police in Germany are dealing with a hostage situation at Hamburg Airport after an armed man drove through a security barrier and onto a tarmac
Date added: November 19
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of November 15
Trump suggests that if elected in 2024, he would use the FBI to go after his political rivals
A US rights group sues Biden for “alleged failure to prevent genocide” in Gaza, Monday, November 13.
Chapter Two
PART ONE
Introduction
For this second chapter, media is the main theme.In this chapter, we have studied the evolving media landsape and the Mediaocracy. Next, we looked at the need to defend traditional media and the Fourth Estate. Finally, we studied the media under influence and the attacks on freedom of the press.As part of this chapter, we then asked, "To what extent is ruling the media a way to rule the world?"
-Chapter studied: Information is power-Theme: Medias-Reference Axis: Representation – Inform and learn
Sequence documents:
The first document I decided to analyze is "The Evolving Media Landscape". These are diagrams that first show how people obtain information. We can see that more than 50% of people use social networks to get information, 46% get their news online at least 3 times a week and as of 2012, online news revenue has surpassed print newspapers revenue. We therefore deduce that social networks have taken an important place in the world of media. Then we can see several figures explaining that social media has become of the top news sources and that they represent almost 30% of news sources. Among the social networks, the most used for information are Facebook and Twitter.
Sequence documents:
Then we can see the different pros and cons of social media news, like the immediacy and the stories disseminated quickly as pros and the inaccuracy and character limit as cons. Furthermore, we can see that online news sources aren't always trustworthy, since 49.1% of people have heard breaking news via social media that turned out to be false, proof that we must pay attention to the news we read on the networks social despite becoming one of the top news sources.
Sequence documents:
The second document that I decided to analyze is “The Media under influence”. This document is divided into 2 parts. First, we find a source from BBC Research which allows us to see different billionaire people known for being the founders of big companies or for owning large businesses. Like for example, Jeff Bezos, the Amazon's fiounders who bought The Washington Post. Then, we find an article written by Lucy Hooker and published on BBC News on 18th September 2018, which deal with the recent trend of extremely rich people purchasing newspapers and exploring the reasons why they do so.
My Personal Documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Y-z6HmRgI
My personnal document is a "lesson" and animation called "How to choose your news" dating from 2014. This short video explains how to choose your news carefully, so as not to believe false rumors and even worse, to continue to spread them. I chose this document because I find that it is easy to understand thanks to the animation, and that it is completely linked to our chapter, since it mentions several subjects that we saw in class, such as for example the censorship of information in certain countries, linked to our document "Attacks on freedom of the press". In addition, this document was easy for me to understand thanks to the simple vocabulary used, and the fact that my knowledge on this subject expanded following our chapter.
Conclusion
This chapter allowed us to understand in detail the world of media which has occupied a large place in our lives for some time. We first saw the evolving media and the truth about the news. Then we saw the Mediaocracy, and how to be an informed digital citizen in a democracy relying more and more on social media, then The Fourth Estate, with the recent trend of extremely rich people purchasing newspapers and exploring the world. To finish this chapter, we studied the attacks on freedom of the press. All these documents have allowed us to broaden our knowledge on this important subject of the media.We were then able to answer our main question: "To what extent is ruling the media a way to rule the world?" Well, controlling the media can be a way to influence the world, but not to control it completely, because you have to take into account several factors such as politics for example.I quite liked this chapter. I found it interesting even if it was sometimes complicated, especially in terms of understanding the texts. This was as captivating as the previous chapter, because once again, I didn't know as much about this topic as I thought I would.
Date added: December 17
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 13
Council and Parliament strike a deal on the first rules for AI in the world
The UK's only two giant pandas leave Edinburgh Zoo and will return to China at the end of their 12-year loan.
Date added: December 23
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 20
Shetland is first UK spaceport for vertical rocket launches
Australian military was called in as far north Queensland devastated by floods in December 22
Date added: December 29
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 27
Biden convinced Netanyahu to halt a Pre-Emptive strike against Hezbollah
COP28 concluded in Dubai, after two weeks of negotiations and multi-stakeholder commitments to advance climate action
Date added: December 07
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 03
Biden faced growing pressure from Democrats over border crossings,January 05
U.S. killed 10 Houthi fighters as tensions grows in Red Sea January 02 2024
Date added: January 14
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 10
The man accused of shooting inside the Colorado Supreme Court building on Jan. 2 appeared in court Wednesday, Jan. 10
American justice revealed the complete list of Epstein's names in unsealed court records
Date added: January 20
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 17
Boeing 747 makes an emergency landing in Miami on Thursday 18 night following an engine malfunction.
The Panama Canal is locked in a crisis that is disrupting global trade. But it will take years and billions of dollars to repair
Date added: January 27
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 24
British billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading in the United States on Wednesday January 24
Ron DeSantis drops out of Republican presidential race, January 21
Date added: February 04
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 31
A new method of death penalty has been used for the first time in the United States.
Trump has been ordered to pay the New York Times nearly $400,000 in legal fees for a failed lawsuit.
Date added: February 17
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 14
King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has shocked many in the UK
A Russian plane allegedly carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed near the Russia-Ukraine border
Date added: February 24
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 21
A sudden change in wind direction contributed to the explosion of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire, which has burned at least 850,000 acres in Texas.
Former President Donald Trump won the South Carolina Republican presidential primary
Date added: February 28
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 28
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer film won SAG Awards' top prize
A 25-year-old American soldier set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington
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EL HIMDI CHEDINE
My Cultural Diary
Chapter One
PART ONE
Introduction
For this first chapter, politics is the main theme.In this chapter, we have studied the different forms of government. Next, we looked at the 6 roles of the president, and the Electoral Process in the United States. Finally, we studied the Electoral College.As part of this chapter, we then asked, "To what extent does voting express the voices of the American people?"
-Chapter studied: Voting to be heard-Theme: Politics-Reference Axis: Make one's voice heard- Representation and participation
Sequence documents:
During this chapter, two documents we studied caught my attention more than the others. The first is "Who Rules? Even though it contains a lot of text, this document gave me a good understanding of the different forms of government in the world. Thats why it was one of my favorite.First of all, there are the autocracy. This is a government in which one person has all the power. There are two types of autocracy: the monarchy, in which a king or a queen rules the country.Then, there is the dictatorship. It is a form of gouvernment where one leader has absolute control over citizen’s live.
Sequence documents:
Secondly, there is the democracy. Citizens hold the political power. There are also two forms; the representative democracy, where citizens elect leaders to represent their right and interest in government, and the direct democracy, where there are no representatives.On the other hand, there are the oligarchy. It is a small group of people who has all the power, and the theocracy, which is a government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority.Finally, there are the anarchy: nobody is in control, or everyone is, depending on how you look at it.
Sequence documents:
The second document that caught my eyes was "The six roles of the president". I chosed this document because it is colorfull and represent well.In the center of the image is Article II of the American law: "The excutive power shall be vested in a President of the Unites states of America". As I said earlier, this document explains the different roles of the President of the United States. The first is the «Head of state».The second is «Commander in chief». The third is «Chief executive». The next is «Agenda Setter».The fifth role is «Keeper of the economy».And the last role of the president is «Party Chief».
My Personal Documents
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uzqi-xnWNQ
My first personal document is a video. This is an advertisement called "Be heard. Make history. Vote", dating from the 2020 presidential elections in the United States.This ad aims to encourage people to vote, because “their vote, their voice is important, and making history takes all of us”. There we find the different ways to vote: the first is to go in person to the polls on polling day. The second is to go to early voting, and the last is to vote by mail.I chose this document because I find that it is very simple, and that it is completely related to the chapter that we are studying, and that we find several elements of the latter there, such as for example the day voting, or even early voting..
My Personal Documents
2)
My second personnal document is this image. This is a graph representing the total number of votes cast for Democrat and Republican presidential candidates. I found this graphic on the BBC.com website. I chose it because I find it linked to the chapter we are studying, and also because it is very easy to read. We can see that the voting record for the US presidential elections is for the 2020 elections, or the last ones there were.
Conclusion
This chapter allowed us to understand in detail and as a whole the American government, which is nothing other than a republic. We first addressed the subject of the roles of the president, which are very important, then we saw the presidential elections as well as the Electoral College as mentioned in the introduction. All these documents studied, such as texts or images, have deepened our knowledge on these subjects.We were then able to answer our problem "To what extent does voting express the voices of American people?". Well, you should know that voting plays a crucial role in expressing the voices of the American people. The choice of each citizen counts, and allows them to express their opinion on the politics of their country through the election of the president they support, and whose ideas they share. I quite liked this sequence, despite some difficulties with vocabulary and understanding the texts, because it was an interesting subject. This was a total discovery for me, because I only had vast knowledge on this subject, and it amazed me to see all these different stages and aspects of politics.
Date added: September 30
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of September 22
Elon Musk's Neuralinks Startup Seeks People for 6-Year Brain Implantation Trial
Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists announced a ceasefire on Wednesday, September 20, in the disputed conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region
Date added: October 08
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of October 04
Joe Biden Joins Michigan Picket to Show Support for Striking Auto Workers September 26
Saudi Arabia unveiled a plan on September 25 to expand the use of nuclear technology, which would also include the construction of the kingdom's first nuclear power plant.
Date added: October 14
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of October 11
Donald Trump leaves his civil trial in New York on October 4 and attracts taunts from the prosecutor
Finally, 148 days after the WGA strike began, the bitter and long-running dispute ended on September 27.
Date added: November 13
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of November 08
An impending eruption of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano has prompted the evacuation of the small port town of Grindavik
Police in Germany are dealing with a hostage situation at Hamburg Airport after an armed man drove through a security barrier and onto a tarmac
Date added: November 19
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of November 15
Trump suggests that if elected in 2024, he would use the FBI to go after his political rivals
A US rights group sues Biden for “alleged failure to prevent genocide” in Gaza, Monday, November 13.
Chapter Two
PART ONE
Introduction
For this second chapter, media is the main theme.In this chapter, we have studied the evolving media landsape and the Mediaocracy. Next, we looked at the need to defend traditional media and the Fourth Estate. Finally, we studied the media under influence and the attacks on freedom of the press.As part of this chapter, we then asked, "To what extent is ruling the media a way to rule the world?"
-Chapter studied: Information is power-Theme: Medias-Reference Axis: Representation – Inform and learn
Sequence documents:
The first document I decided to analyze is "The Evolving Media Landscape". These are diagrams that first show how people obtain information. We can see that more than 50% of people use social networks to get information, 46% get their news online at least 3 times a week and as of 2012, online news revenue has surpassed print newspapers revenue. We therefore deduce that social networks have taken an important place in the world of media. Then we can see several figures explaining that social media has become of the top news sources and that they represent almost 30% of news sources. Among the social networks, the most used for information are Facebook and Twitter.
Sequence documents:
Then we can see the different pros and cons of social media news, like the immediacy and the stories disseminated quickly as pros and the inaccuracy and character limit as cons. Furthermore, we can see that online news sources aren't always trustworthy, since 49.1% of people have heard breaking news via social media that turned out to be false, proof that we must pay attention to the news we read on the networks social despite becoming one of the top news sources.
Sequence documents:
The second document that I decided to analyze is “The Media under influence”. This document is divided into 2 parts. First, we find a source from BBC Research which allows us to see different billionaire people known for being the founders of big companies or for owning large businesses. Like for example, Jeff Bezos, the Amazon's fiounders who bought The Washington Post. Then, we find an article written by Lucy Hooker and published on BBC News on 18th September 2018, which deal with the recent trend of extremely rich people purchasing newspapers and exploring the reasons why they do so.
My Personal Documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Y-z6HmRgI
My personnal document is a "lesson" and animation called "How to choose your news" dating from 2014. This short video explains how to choose your news carefully, so as not to believe false rumors and even worse, to continue to spread them. I chose this document because I find that it is easy to understand thanks to the animation, and that it is completely linked to our chapter, since it mentions several subjects that we saw in class, such as for example the censorship of information in certain countries, linked to our document "Attacks on freedom of the press". In addition, this document was easy for me to understand thanks to the simple vocabulary used, and the fact that my knowledge on this subject expanded following our chapter.
Conclusion
This chapter allowed us to understand in detail the world of media which has occupied a large place in our lives for some time. We first saw the evolving media and the truth about the news. Then we saw the Mediaocracy, and how to be an informed digital citizen in a democracy relying more and more on social media, then The Fourth Estate, with the recent trend of extremely rich people purchasing newspapers and exploring the world. To finish this chapter, we studied the attacks on freedom of the press. All these documents have allowed us to broaden our knowledge on this important subject of the media.We were then able to answer our main question: "To what extent is ruling the media a way to rule the world?" Well, controlling the media can be a way to influence the world, but not to control it completely, because you have to take into account several factors such as politics for example.I quite liked this chapter. I found it interesting even if it was sometimes complicated, especially in terms of understanding the texts. This was as captivating as the previous chapter, because once again, I didn't know as much about this topic as I thought I would.
Date added: December 17
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 13
Council and Parliament strike a deal on the first rules for AI in the world
The UK's only two giant pandas leave Edinburgh Zoo and will return to China at the end of their 12-year loan.
Date added: December 23
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 20
Shetland is first UK spaceport for vertical rocket launches
Australian military was called in as far north Queensland devastated by floods in December 22
Date added: December 29
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of December 27
Biden convinced Netanyahu to halt a Pre-Emptive strike against Hezbollah
COP28 concluded in Dubai, after two weeks of negotiations and multi-stakeholder commitments to advance climate action
Date added: December 07
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 03
Biden faced growing pressure from Democrats over border crossings,January 05
U.S. killed 10 Houthi fighters as tensions grows in Red Sea January 02 2024
Date added: January 14
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 10
The man accused of shooting inside the Colorado Supreme Court building on Jan. 2 appeared in court Wednesday, Jan. 10
American justice revealed the complete list of Epstein's names in unsealed court records
Date added: January 20
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 17
Boeing 747 makes an emergency landing in Miami on Thursday 18 night following an engine malfunction.
The Panama Canal is locked in a crisis that is disrupting global trade. But it will take years and billions of dollars to repair
Date added: January 27
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 24
British billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading in the United States on Wednesday January 24
Ron DeSantis drops out of Republican presidential race, January 21
Date added: February 04
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of January 31
A new method of death penalty has been used for the first time in the United States.
Trump has been ordered to pay the New York Times nearly $400,000 in legal fees for a failed lawsuit.
Date added: February 17
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 14
King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has shocked many in the UK
A Russian plane allegedly carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed near the Russia-Ukraine border
Date added: February 24
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 21
A sudden change in wind direction contributed to the explosion of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire, which has burned at least 850,000 acres in Texas.
Former President Donald Trump won the South Carolina Republican presidential primary
Date added: February 28
PART TWO
Weekly News Presentation
Week of February 28
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer film won SAG Awards' top prize
A 25-year-old American soldier set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington