Information Age
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There is a growing disparity between rich and poor in the world, and this disparity is evident within the confines of the United States as well. This disparity will gain a new dimension with the growth of the use of computers, for there will be a new element separating rich and poor--access to computer services. As the Information Age develops, there may be an information gap as there is a wage gap today. Another unfortunate problem facing us in the 1990s is international terrorism, the willingness of certain groups and even states to use terrorism as a weapon to gain an advantage. With the lessening of world tensions because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, we may have thought the world would become a safer place. This is not happening, though, because there remain certain groups and states that refuse to comply with certain world standards for comportment. Economic issues between the so-called Third World and the rest of the world have been co-opted by some of these groups as they demand changed economic and social conditions. These issues will also be affected by the developing post-industrial, information age. Developing countries often find themselves in the middle of disputes between larger powers in the First World or may see themselves as being asked to carry out environmental policies that will protect the polluting and wasteful First World at the expense of the developing countries. The rain forest issue is such an issue, for the farmers of the ra
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worthy cause. It has the reputation, however, of being nefarious (Ginsberg 3-4).
Propaganda is also not something that is found only in war situations or in dictatorships, and we are surrounded by forms of propaganda all the time in our media-driven society. Advertising is a form of propaganda and uses slogans, euphemisms, and sometimes outright lies to sell a product. Political advertising does the same thing to sell a candidate. In a
democratic society, public opinion is widely sought as an indicator of what the people want, and politicians rely heavily on polls. One might think that a poll could not be propaganda, since it reports what the people think, but pollsters know that the way a question is phrased can influence the outcome of the poll:
Legitimate pollsters who seek accurate responses will go to great lengths to avoid bias in the wording of questions. Those who seek to use polls for their own advantages to convince people that everyone else supports their policy or their political candidacy will not be so careful (Smith 61).
American actions in different parts of the world entail propaganda both at home and abroad. The Gulf War has been analyzed for the propaganda used to gain support. A recent book d
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