Friday, April 19, 2024

The Progressive Era : Blog #6


Based on ANTIWAR.COM and The American Conservative, they produce strong antiwar voices that hard hard to find on national media. The reasons for this would be that they cover topics related to war, militatism, foreign policy, and civil liberties. These topics posted aim to provide alternative viewpoints that advocate for peace and coverage of current events. 

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It's possible that individuals feel the need to seek out more alternative websites like Antiwar.com in order to hear strong antiwar voices because these platforms prioritize and focus specifically on antiwar perspectives that aren’t frequently talked about because the media restricts these types of topics truthfully. Mainstream media outlets may not always give extensive coverage to antiwar viewpoints, as their editorial priorities and audience demographics heavily influence the topics they choose to highlight and what they can approve for their media. 

The American Conservative is a website that provides news, analysis, and opinion pieces from a conservative perspective. It provides a platform for conservative voices that may differ from mainstream Republican or neoconservative perspectives, fostering debate and discussion within the conservative community. When it comes to researching these topics as they are three main issues that come with these posts, visibility, censorship, niche audience, and changing landscape. The visibility that these sites get is small because the funding towards mainstream media is not alot because they aren’t ranked as highly in search and promotion because those who overlook what is posted restrict this type of content so that other people real opinions and experience dont get “leaked”. This leads to censorshsip because the government or higher authorities so that there is a limit to those researching these educational topics. The niche audience that this creates is those who steer away from broader news and open outlets, simply searching up “anti war” on the internet pulls up articles about why finding certain topics are harsh and political topics like this is hard to find. Lastly, the landscape of the internet and what pops up on our explore page in this day and age could also be complicated because websites can come and go, change their original names, or shift their focus making it harder to find them. 


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