artin Luther King Jr. delivered a stirring speech on August 28, 1963, during a civil rights march in Washington, D.C. The electrifying speech became known as "I Have a Dream" and was carried live by TV stations around the nation.
According to your reading in Topic 2, how did televised events like King’s speech impact the civil rights movement of the 1960s?
What was seen on television, including violence toward protestors, supplanted what was written in newspapers or heard on radio and shifted opinions in favor of an egalitarian society.
Press coverage on television was used as a way to present both sides of the issue, and television became a platform for education.
Television allowed for companies that supported the civil rights movement to advertise across the nation and gave them more exposure and power.
The national programming affiliations of local television stations allowed people to see and learn about parts of the country they had never been to before.
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On March 24, 1959, Texas Instruments, a leading electronics firm in the United States, introduced a new device called the microchip that transformed the conveniences of modern life—including personal computers, the internet, and anything else using digital technology.
Which of the following statements best explains the impact the microchip has had on communications?
Innovation in microchip technology has allowed for information of all types to be shared digitally through small portable devices.
The microchip has made it possible for companies besides Texas Instruments to increase their profit margins and return on investment for their shareholders.
The invention of the microchip has led to the transformation of all companies around the world and allowed these companies to become multinationals for a very small cost.
The invention of the microchip allowed for people wherever they are to start businesses as they are now able to connect wirelessly to resources that previously required a wired connection.
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Statues have been torn down for thousands of years. The Assyrians did it, as did the Romans, the Greeks, and the Taliban. Statues are expendable as new regimes come to power or as events trigger people to anger. Recently, statues have been torn down in the United States, in England, and in Belgium. Some people say removing statues is justified because the people being honored were cruel, supported slavery, or were racist. Others disagree and say you can’t erase history by toppling a few memorials. Communication plays a major part in determining history, and its presence, or absence, is dependent on the people who recorded history.
Based on your reading, which of the following statements best explains why the accuracy of recorded events can be questioned?
Many common beliefs in the past have now been debunked because people are no longer susceptible to misinformation and untruths.
History is dependent on people with their own limitations and biases. We should recognize our own limitations and tendency to compare past events to our modern-day expectations.
The recounting of what happened long ago is less likely to be accurate because human intelligence was not as advanced as it is today.
History based on detailed archival records should be the only history allowed in schools and universities in order to reduce the risk that inaccurate information is taught.
