FAKE NEWS: 

       The topic of what news is today is a very controversial subject between many. It is being stirred up because of the fact that Donald Trump seems to claim that many things that are said about him is "fake news". I personally do not watch much news because of this fact, you never know what is true. I have found myself in the past to believe many ideas portrayed in the media that ended up being completely false. Which led me to give up hope in believing what many people say. Today I see that more and more news articles are beginning to step outside the box and challenge our political leaders. There are still many cases where journalists are still deemed to follow what their publishers want and decide to not step outside of the box. When looking through multiple articles I found there to be a lot of more challenging articles than I thought. Obviously given the many angered U.S. citizens lately this makes more sense. Given the recent news about Trump wanting to removing the gender neutral bathroom there were many pieces written challenging his character and many others. I found one piece to stick out most to me because it was written through a young transgender opinion. He made claims of his feelings and the harm that is being done to those who are trans ever since Trump was elected into office. I think to have a journalist publish through a young boys perspective and challenge authority is that much more powerful. 

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-grimm-transgender-students-trump-administration_us_58ae0260e4b057efdce8b1de?section=us_education 

JOYSTICK WARRIORS 

When thinking of the connection between violence and video games I am on the fence. There are arguments that participating in the violent video creates violence in the real word and a more want for them but from what I have witnessed from my brother and friends that I have who play violent video games, I have not seen this. My brother was not aloud to play these types of games until he was 13 because of the graphics and violence, when he began playing these games I did not witness an increase in aggressive behavior. In fact, I think he was more rough with others when younger. 

I did some research and there were many articles that were pros and cons of these beliefs but one that stuck out to me was "Violent Video Games Create Aggression, but Do They Cause Kids to Commit Crimes?"  by Giovanna Albanese Jr. It listed different psychological studies that each had different results. One study stated that there is no real single risk factor that leads to violence, it is a build up. For instance when interviewing school shooters they stated a list of illnesses that the shooter carried, as well as participating in violent video games. This links to my view on violent video games, I think you should know who your kid is as a person and what age you allow them to engage in these games 

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/violent-video-games-create-aggression-but-they-do-cause-kids-to-commit-081415#3 

"What is "happy violence?"  Describe it in your own words. 

What are some examples of happy violence from movies or television that you've seen recently?  Provide examples and share links (or images or screenshots).  Why are these examples of happy violence?  How do they make violence glamorous or humorous?"

       To me, happy violence is what everyone watches on TV or in movies whether they know they are or not. It is suspenseful, ineffective to ourselves, and will always end with something good happening to someone. We love to watch it because it rises suspension within ourselves and does justice at the end. When thinking about happy violence shows or movies that I watch there happens to be a lot. The main TV shoes would have to be Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy, Law and Order SVU, and Stranger Things. They all are suspenseful, people die, and good things happen to the good people. With movies the main ones I love are all of the Marvel series, The Town, and Star Wars. The story lines keep me interested as well as make me cringe at times. They make it seem okay because justice is always served at the end of it all so the bad things that happen are always put to bed. I have grown up watching movies likes these and will always have an interest because of the thrill within them. 

Who owns the Media? 

• When looking through the owns what media company I decided to look at the top 3 I use; Apple (because of my phone and my laptop), CBS (a lot of the shows I watch are on this channel, and Time Warner (this is my cable company). One thing that I noticed they all had in common was that all their revenue was at least in the billions. Not only are they filthy rich, they all own major networks that I watch mostly everyday. All three of them happen to be the major media tech companies, which makes sense regarding the fact that these are main sources because they have enough money to draw people in and make you want to watch or use their products.