Blog post 9 (Turned in the right way)

Brandon Penny

Professor Harris

English 1101

April 2, 2020

Opposing Viewpoints

"Mass Media." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2020. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999226/OVIC?u=ggcl&sid=OVIC&xid=168b7ef3. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.

This article goes over how media is slowly taking over traditional media. For example, Television is being completely overthrown by streaming platforms. YouTube has already been doing this for a while but when you include Netflix, Hulu, Twitch, etc. It’s inarguable at that point that new Media is becoming better than old traditional media. It also explains the problem of Mass Media with articles and news. Fake news is a big problem with Mass media since its mainly activist that are publishing these making people change political views. Mass media just basically causes positive and negative influences on people.

"Online Gambling." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2020. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999067/OVIC?u=ggcl&sid=OVIC&xid=cd627603. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.

Online gambling has been a problem but not a huge problem like gambling. Online gambling definitely seems like it breaks a law it doesn’t. This article is explaining what Online gambling is and if it should be checked for legality. The Internet has allowed new types of gambling to be available online. Improvements in technology have changed betting habits just as video lottery terminals and scratch cards changed the gambling industry in the 20th century. Gambling has become one of the most popular and lucrative businesses on the Internet. This is partly due to the wide range of gambling options available to many different types of people. For example, Fantasy Sports allows those who not only like sports but are able to basically be put in the hands of a GM of a team. This allows more satisfaction for people since they're in more control of what they’re betting on. While normal sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. There’s also online poker and casinos which have more risk of course. But most of these were legalized in the late 2000s by most states.

"Arms Trade." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2015. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999257/OVIC?u=ggcl&sid=OVIC&xid=f1f48b61. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.

This article is discussing Arms trade and how it’s hurting the US. The arms treaty was established common standards for the international trade of conventional weapons and seek to reduce the illicit arms trade. This article basically thinks that The Arms Trade Treaty is not in the interest of the United States. Over time, it will constrain the U.S. while having no effect on arms exporters such as China. It also thinks that it’s not serious about addressing the real challenges of maintaining peace and security. Since it’s growing more and more dangerous over time with it not being controlled as it used to be. It was more controlled during the cold war and arms race.