April 19, 2022

Media Censorship Around the Globe

Abstract In today’s world, access to the internet provides people with the ability to communicate and gather information instantaneously. Our entire globe is connected by the internet, however not those people in news restrictive countries. Governments are realizing that with modern technology comes a new way of keeping citizens in the dark. When national governments

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A Psychological Evaluation of Hamlet

For the final creative project in my Shakespeare course, I created a visual representation of how Hamlet‘s personality traits would be treated in the modern-day world of medicine. In today’s world, someone like Hamlet would be prescribed a plethora of pills to help cure his unfortunate mental disorders. My goal for the project was to

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The Rise of Rap Music

The most popular music genre in the world did not appear out of thin air; Hip hop’s ascent to the top involved a lot more than just catchy rap songs, it embodies a creative expression and aesthetic that first emerged in the depths of New York City. More specifically, hip hop developed throughout African American,

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Feminism in Hip Hop

The task of defining a massive movement, such as hip hop feminism, in just a few words is difficult. “In hip hop culture, where language bent and broken is art, insisting on a single label as a definitive moniker for a collective seems pointless… the name itself does not bring our causes to life” (Jeffries,

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Hip Hop, Society, and the Youth

The United States during the 1980s held a significant weight in regard to both the political direction of the country, and the emergence of hip hop amongst the youth. The executives in control, such as President Reagan, took the already active “War on Drugs” and redesigned it with a much more aggressive strategy, explicitly targeting

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