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A Journalism student at Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Mass Communication Department. Journalism Technology, Fall21 #Mass3101_10 #JourTechnology_21

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Date: November 23, 2021

Assignment #3 Video based on your data collection

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Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The Olympic Equestrian Rules of Expulsion 

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Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021

Word: 350

                                    Deepfake Technology

 Technological advances have changed the way we live and communicate. A form of artificial intelligence that has emerged recently was deep-fake technology. This technology uses real photos or videos and turns them into fake photos and videos for a specific purpose. All this is done in complex ways. So that it becomes difficult to distinguish between real photos and fake videos.

 Deepfake technology has brought great advantages to social development, but also disadvantages that are expressed individually and collectively.

 The main risk of deepfake technology is to would be used to create fake videos with the aim of political disinformation and manipulation of public opinion by targeting political figures and celebrities.

 For example, videos on the Tik Tok application of American actor Tom Cruise topped social media platforms around the world, and millions of people watched them but, the surprise was that those clips were fake, which raised concern about the improvement of deep-fake technology has reached.

 Actor Miles Fisher embodied the character of "Cruz", where there is a great similarity in behaviour and voice, which seemed to viewers as if the video was real and not fake.

Experts who specialize in technical crimes were deceived by this video and were unable to find indications that the videos of Cruise were not real.

despite that, deep-fake has a lot of positives. Experts expect that our voices will be used in the future with the help of voice assistants such as “Alexa” from Amazon, to allow users to stay in touch with their friends after Death.

 However, one of its benefits is its use by filmmakers to create classic scenes in movies and to create new films starring long-dead actors.

 Deepfakes also allow us to simulate entire aspects of our personality after death and train them with our voices on social media.

  Deep-fake techniques will continue to evolve and will be used for negative purposes in the absence of legal oversight. While deep forgery raises concern on the larger social and political level, it should be a concern for business owners whose financial assets and personal information may be at risk.  

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Returning to University

On sebtember 12, University student bagan studying after a year and half of Corona pandamic. University life is full of experiences and enjoyable activities. Getting back to university means doing various activities, contributing with lecturer, and more socialising.

Credits by: Lama & Mohamed

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Pegasus is a spywere developed by NSO Group. This spywere can access covertly on mobile phones and others devices.

Pegasos softwere was capable of tracking calls, harvesting information from apps and reading text messages. Also, collecting passwords and location tracking.

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Date: Sunday, December 6, 2020

Course Code: MASS2113/10

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TEDTalks 5 title:  Death Cleaning: Things to Do While Still Living

There are many rituals that people celebrate in the early stages of their life, but what about later years. In this contemplative talk that was taken from “TED Talks Health”, published on March 20, 2018, Bob Stein proposes a new tradition of letting go of things. And sharing the stories behind them as you get older.

 Bob Stein grew up on white, secular and middle class of the 1950s America. He was interested in radical politics as a young man. He wonders in this talk about the kinds of new rituals and traditions that may emerge as society expands to include increasing numbers of people in the 1980s and 1990s.

 Stein believes that celebrating Halloween and watching fireworks on the Fourth of July and placing gifts under the Christmas tree are rituals that have no other value than commercial profit and make him feel empty inside. Filling that void need communicating with many things. When Stein son turned 13, a different idea of the rite of passage blew up in his mind, the idea of the "Thirteenth Birthday Trip". Stein idea is how to take anyone to anywhere in the world that made sense to him.

Stein's rush to make the ritual began when his family asked him to get rid of 250 boxes of his stuff.  He thinks about the idea of "cleaning up death," which is the Swedish term for clearing cupboards, basements and attics before death so that children do not have to do it later.

 Things that Stein had memorized were not essential; It was the stories that accompanied it that gave them meaning. Stein used these storytelling objects as a new ritual and began implementing his idea where he got a few dozen items from the boxes and put them in a room. Then he invited people to come and ask him anything they found interesting. This idea was a launchpad for deeper discussions, as his visitors made meaningful connections with their private lives. Stein's goal was accomplished when his friend Darius asked him about the Leonard Peltier shirt he wore frequently in the 1980s, as it opened up room to talk about political prisoners in US prisons and the legacy of the black liberation movement in the 1960s. Darius then requested the shirt as a memory to keep.

For Stein idea, he found that conversations established common ground, especially across generations. And realized that it opened up space for people to talk about the things that matter to them.  He began to see himself with a renewed sense of purpose - not as an old man on his way out, but as someone with a role to play in the future. Stein idea principal is thinking about life so far and opening the door to everything that comes next.

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Here are the top 10 best sports academies in the world based on production levels and performances in recent years.

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Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020

Topic: Two Incredible Athletes with Disabilities

Disability need not be a difficulty to achieve goals, so here we have two athletes from different country achieved greatness despite all odds against them.

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Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020

Word: 350

                       Sports: Health and Leisure Activities

In ancient times, sport involved preparing for war or training as a hunter, which explains why many early games included the throwing spears, pegs and rocks, and competing for a one-on-one with opponents.

 Greco-Roman wrestling is the oldest sport in the world, a sport that is still has practised until today. Its history goes back at least 3000 years BC and, it has presented in the first version of the ancient Greek Olympic Games that took place in the year 708 BC, and it is still practised, until now in the Olympic Games.

 Nowadays, many types of sports have emerged. The attitudes of athletes and fans have differed. The major global sporting events that happen once, every year or every few years has found to be the starting point in the world of sport.

For sports fans, many popular major international sports events featured around the world. The top three world sporting events are the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup and the Rugby World Cup. Despite that, there are many more major sporting events like the Commonwealth Games, European Games, Asian Games, World Military Games, Youth Olympics and Other World Major Events like Football Super Bowl Cycling Events, such as the Tour de France, Tennis Grand Slam and Baseball World Series and World Classic.

 At the beginning of sport appearance, the sport has restricted by men. Women did not have the chance to participate in sports competition. According to what Buzz Bissinger mentioned in his article which is about sport sociologists studies "The Full Story", that many of them proved the effectiveness of women and their contributions in this field.

 Playing a sport requires a lot of effort, but it refers to many Physical health benefits for athletes, like maintain a healthy weight, lowering the chance of osteoporosis or breast cancer later in life. Moreover, sports enhances self-esteem, reduces pressure and stress, as exercising is a natural way to loosen up and get rid of stress.

 Many sports fans consider some athletes as role models for them, as they have influenced their Scientific and practical life and contribute to sporting development.

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Date: Sunday, November 22, 2020

Course Code: MASS2113/20

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TEDTalks 4 title: I am Silent, But My Art Speak Loudly

Against the backdrop of history and dialogue, many artists use their artwork to raise issues in creative ways, using painting, sculpture, video and performance. The importance of art attracted one of the artists to speak on Ted Talks.

Sanford Biggers is a Conceptual artist from America uses art to discuss various issues. Biggers created a lotus in 2007 and, it is one of his most important artworks. It is a seven and a half foot in diameter, a 600-pound glass drawing board of lotus blossom.

Artists use symbols in their works and sculptures. Each artwork has different meanings according to the tools they use. Biggers pointed out in this talk that the lotus in Buddhism symbolizes Supremacy, character, elevation, and purity of mind and spirit.

Despite this sense, Biggers depicts an essential issue in the petals of the flower he made. Each petal reveals the cross-section of the slave ship. The iconic diagram used in the artwork was taken from the British Slavery manual and later used by abolitionists to display the horrors of slavery.

In America, people ignore many social issues, like Biggers said: “We don't like to talk about slavery, nor do we look at it as a global industry,”. But art has to be there to discuss these issues, as Biggers said of his use of Buddhist symbol that used in Lotus "With this Buddhist symbol, I hope to generalize and transcend the history and trauma of black America and encourage discussions about our common past,".

To create "Lotus," they sculpted over 6000 figures. That later led to a commission from New York City to create a 28-foot-tall version of steel as a permanent fixture at Eagle Youth Academy, a school for black and Latino students, the two groups hardest hit by this history.

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Have you ever visited a historical museum?

Did you like the antiques?

Have you read a review of this museum?

There are many beautiful museums in different countries. Have you read about the 10 most beautiful auto museums around the world?

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Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020

Topic: Cars Will Be Immortalized By Global Cinema Memory Forever

Do you like watching movies?

Is your memory associated with a movie actor?

Have you ever remembered the name of a car that used in a movie?

 Here are examples of cars that are immortalized by international cinema

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Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020

Word: 350

Day by day, transportation is developing. Your dream that you have your plane, will be achieved. But, it is not a normal plane. It is a flying car.

                              Earth to Sky: Mode of Transport

In the early 15th century, the first idea and practice of transportation began when the Portuguese arrived in China. The interaction between the two cultures led to a variety of new technologies. It included the creation of a wheel that transformed with its power.

 After the year of the revolution, the emergence of cars began to rise clearly in the early 1800s. The first car appeared on January 29, 1886, who was patented by Karl Benz. This invention considered the birth certificate of the automobile.

 Cars are the only means of transportation in many areas. In the past decade, cars have had several advantages, such as flexibility. It facilitated transportation. It also gave individuals a kind of independence when owning a private car.

 Despite the advantages of the appearance of the automobile, it suffered from some defects. The quality of the steam engines used at that time is not good. Also, it became so noisy, danger. Moreover, the smell induced by the explosion of the boilers too bad.

Many car inventors were known by their amazing designs, as Karl Friedrich Benz and Henry Ford. One of Henry Ford's famous, quotes about the Model T was, "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black,". Benz also said, "The human relationship with humans is like the relationship of cars to cars. If you don't leave enough distance between you and them, you have a lot of shocks!"

 With the development of the automobile industry, the flying car appeared as the latest global update in this field, as it is considered a revolution in the world of modern technology. Flying cars may seem like a futuristic, fanciful idea - but it could become a reality.

 Flying cars are real, and they could shape the way we move, work and live in the coming decades. Advances in battery power density, materials science, and computer simulations have spurred the development of a host of personal flying vehicles and the navigation systems that will allow them to operate, from electric gliders to fixed-wing aircraft and drones.

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Date:  Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Course Code: MASS2113/20

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TEDTalks 3 title: Never Suppress, Just Express

  A few years back, Nikki Webber Allen was diagnosed with two psychiatric illnesses, generalized anxiety disorder and depression, which usually accompany each other. She did not tell anyone about her suffering.

 As time passed by, and concealing her painful suffering, she began sharing her story in front of everyone as a black-skinned woman who had to show strength to succeed. Many people in their communities believe that these illnesses are a sign of weakness, which is what Nikki Webber Allen thought about her depression but, then she realized that she is wrong.

 Against this belief, Nikki has a great accomplishment, she obtained a master's degree in media and held a range of high-level positions, In the film and television industry, she even won two Emmy Awards because of her hard work.

 Nikki lost enjoyment of her interests during the depression, as she was exhausted, suffered from a loss of her appetite, restless, and felt isolated and depleted. She kept accepting the situation for several weeks, as she did not think she had the right to be depressed like she said that she was living a blessed life with a loving family and a successful career.

On July 4, 2013, she got a call from her mother to tell her that her nephew Paul has committed suicide after years of struggling against depression and anxiety. Nikki tried to heal herself as she spent the next two years of the suicide incident, looking for information about depression and anxiety, and what she discovered was exciting her. According to the results of her research, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that depression is the leading cause of illness and disability in the world. While the main cause of depression remains unclear, research suggests that there is a cause for any mental disorder due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and a hidden genetic predisposition.

  Because of stressors are like racism and social and economic disparities, more than 20% of black Americans are making vulnerable. Despite that, they seek mental health services at half the rate of white Americans, for one reason which is stigma. Around 63% of black Americans, they incorrectly understood depression as a weakness. Unfortunately, the suicide rate of children Black people has doubled over the past twenty years.

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How did advertisement contribute to spreading the smoking habit?

Here are a number of ads which Jim Heimann shown in his book, “20th Century Alcohol & Tobacco Ads.”🤷🏻‍♀️🚬

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Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020

Topic: Smoking Cessation Stories

Have you heard about the “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign?

Here are a number of stories shared by quitters about smoking after experiencing many health problems🚭

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Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020

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When you face any difficulty or, you have family conflict, shall you smoke?  If your answer is “yes”, Do you feel better!

                                                                                                                                                         I am Depressed, Shall I Smoke?

 Because of smoking habits, more than 8 million people die annually. On last 2017 statistics, more than 7 million who use it directly and about 1.2 million non-smokers who are exposed to it involuntarily.

 A relationship between cigarette smoking and the number of deaths is very related as WHO statistic showed, around half of all children breathe air polluted with tobacco smoke and 65,000 children die each year from diseases related to second-hand smoke. The World Health Organization classifies tobacco as a " major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases".

 Many civilizations have different looks on smoking and smoker. While it was a symbol of men and women strength in America, it was an unacceptable habit in some Arabian countries. Several people believe that smoking is a manifestation of strength and masculinity and independence despite that, it is a cemetery of dreams that destroyed after the absence of one's health.

  Smoking has many effects on the lives of the smoker and non-smoker. The physical effects are Lung Cancer, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Heart Disease, Stroke, Asthma, Reproductive Effects in Women, Premature, Low Birth-Weight Babies, Diabetes, Blindness, Cataracts and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Over 10 Other Types of Cancer, Including Colon, Cervix, Liver, Stomach and Pancreatic Cancer. 

Despite the physical effects of smoking, it has psychological effects that appear over time. It increases anxiety and tension, schizophrenia and depression instead of helping people to relax. In the United Kingdom, smoking rates among adults with depression are twice as high as smoking rates for adults without depression.

  Smoking bans do not affect economic businesses as indicated by several studies, that there is no negative economic impact associated with smoking restrictions and many of the findings that there may be a positive impact on local businesses. According to a 2014 meta-analysis, there were no significant revenue gains or losses in restaurants and bars affected by the smoking ban.

  The World Health Organization has declared the dangers posed by tobacco and smoking. Moreover, it has banned smoking in public places and, it has put in place laws for those who break the regulations.                                                      

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