Archive for June, 2004
Chapter 4: The 21st Century Issues – Globalization, Terrorism, Outsourcing/Immigration, and the Quality of Life
Chapter 4: The 21st Century Issues – Globalization, Terrorism, Outsourcing/Immigration, and the Quality of Life By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) June 30, 2004 Introducing Globalization Little attention was paid to the centuries-long process that in the early 1990's was finally labeled [...]
Chapter 3: Spin — From the Media — Via the Media
Chapter 3: Spin — From the Media — Via the Media By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) June 25, 2004 News comes through the media. Whether it's TV or print, the media mediates. It hovers over all the regular news sources and stands between the people and news information. If something is [...]
Chapter 2: How to Tell a Good Poll from a Bad Poll
Chapter 2: How to Tell a Good Poll from a Bad Poll By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) June 16, 2004 So, you would like to spot the spin. You want to know how to tell a good poll from a bad poll, to see examples of the confusion caused by misleading polls. Well, why not? We all need a little help [...]
Chapter 1: Elites vs. the People – The 2004 Election
Chapter 1: Elites vs. the People – The 2004 Election By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) June 7, 2004 The Setting Today we see elites with wealth and power dictating the course of government for their own benefit. The rest of us are getting a small, and falling, share of benefits. Even [...]
