1. A better guideline would be consider the level of the damages and the people affected by the situation. 2. The judge final award was reasonable because it was also Liebeck’s responsibility to be more careful with his cup of coffee. 3. I think to be a public figure it requires more than a certain number of followers or likes. Social media it’s another way of entertainment. But not everything we read on it it’s true. 4. In Boeken v. Philip Morris the jury award was excessive. It was also Boeken’s fault because he chose to smoke throughout his life, even after having surgery in one of his lungs. Morris cigarettes were one of the causes of his death but he was also responsible. In Exxon Valdez case the jury award was reasonable because of
People demand to be acknowledged the likes they get satisfy that need. The more active you are on social media you are the more popular you are or so it seems. You will be considered friendlier and will be invited to more events. Some people get so mesmerized by their online profile that they put this before their family or friends something simple like going on a hike may not be for exercise but a photo shoot for the perfect picture. Murphy also says that people can get obsessed with the number of likes they get. They are willing to do anything for a picture even if it means endangering the people around
That should probably convince us that trial by jury is the best possible way of deciding an ordeal as all jurors should be consistent in their decisions. So after what we have discussed we might ask a question why not simply use a trained expert who would evaluate all the evidence systematically just as well as the jury? This might partially be because we are interested in the individual differences of jurors, we rely on their use of unique knowledge and experience to assure that each case is being looked at from as many different angles as possible; and employing multiple jurors gives us a great variability of these
Smokers all over the United States in recent years have brought class-action suits against the tobacco companies. Plaintiffs argue that the tobacco companies had knowledge of the health risks that could be associated with smoking, but they chose to withhold this information from the public. Since they chose to withhold this information the companies should be responsible for the cost of their health problems. Smokers have been rather successful in this endeavor especially since it has been a scientifically proven fact that smoking causes lung cancer. In Florida alone smokers and their families were awarded 200 billion dollars (Thomas ).
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In our general society today, many people are very focused on themselves, how to make themselves better, what cute clothes are on sale, who won the game last night. Youth and adults today all have social media in our society, no matter what social media, everybody most likely has one form of social media that they use. Very recently, people have started using these social media platforms as ways to create awareness for certain topics that need to be discussed as a whole. Things such as Black Lives Matter, Homophobia and Mental Health are all topics that are needed to spoken about and have recently surfaced. Many celebrities and people in general know about this, but choose to ignore it and focus on unimportant things. They choose ignorance,
In my opinion, social media is a way to bring the world closer and an assertion of consumer choice can be used for promoting issues that matter. A human rights activist can make an unknown story reach hundreds of thousands of people by the ‘simple click of a button’.
As humans we have come to the point technologically where we could send messages to our relatives in a blink of an eye. Not only have we advanced technologically, but equally socially in a former fashion relevant to our advances.Although we have gone through drastic changes, one thing that hasn’t changed in our species was our desire for popularity, take our nations youth for example .It is natural for teenagers to reach a peak of popularity and back in the day this was done by going to football games and parties.,To bring it back to current times this could be achieved from the inside of a room through social media, where they gain Instafame through Instagram. We as a a world are more connected more than ever before and this is due to our
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Citizens around the world are drastically influenced by the media around them. Every day life is constantly changing because of the new trends on what is popular. As Ms. Susie Orbach stated “Social media […]
So I ask, what is social media? Social Media is websites and applications that allow users to create and share contents or surf social networking. Social Media has its pros and cons. Some social media accounts ask a lot of questions and clarifications about your background, such as your number, email, birthday, and so on to confirm the account you want to make. Other social media don’t ask for much information, maybe just an email and number. Most social media sites say that you have to be at least 13 to make an account. It can be very addicting to people. Without social media, many of us would be bored because we don’t have that variety of didn’t entertaining or interesting things. You can post pictures on your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and so on and get a lot of likes and comments. Or if you post on snapchat, you’ll get a lot of views. Social Media gives you the control to post, like, comment, and share. It’s like having your own imaginary world that you have power over. As I said before, social media comes in all kinds of ways and everyone is dean to find something they like about it.
Social media has taken over the world of communication and has changed the ways in which we communicate on a daily basis. It is extremely influential on our lives because of how easily we are able to access these mediums of communication. I’m intrigued by the effects that social media has on people’s perceptions of their self-worth. Almost all of the social networking sites seem to measure, at least to some extent, the popularity level or status of its users. All have a number of ‘followers’ or ‘friends’ which if there’s a high number of followers or friends that seems to elevate a person’s popularity level or their online status. This in turn could make their self-esteem or ego rise, whereas if their follower level is low it may disappoint or aggravate that user. All of these sites also offer areas where followers can ‘like’ pictures or posts, ‘comment’ on these pictures/posts, ‘share’ the post, and what have you. How important are ‘likes’ and whatnot to our actual self-esteem? Do we value online popularity the same way or more than we value real-life interactions? How could this affect the mental health of those who use these networking sites? Is this kind of online community promoting more narcissistic persons in the community? So many questions… I’m not alone in asking these questions. I’m convinced that social media has a negative influence on the self-esteem of its users.
My first experience with Facebook was back in high school. I associated it with regular mobile phone chatting applications. Most of my real life friends were members of Facebook, and they encouraged me to join the social website and make a “friend request” so that we could get connected. It was an intriguing experience because I had just heard rumors that it was an awesome chatting platform. The article by Ian Daly “Virtual Popularity Isn 't Cool—It 's Pathetic” (Daly) presents arguments and situations that have been closely connected to my experience with social media over the past several years that I have been an active member of several social media sites. This personal essay will show the link between the arguments from the article and my experience as a user of social media. In my opinion, these experiences likely relate to those of many other social media users.
Many believe that social media is essential for being employed for a high paying job, such as a lawyer or doctor, but it’s very far from that.
Today, social media became a primary component of our spirit. Mariam Webster dictionary defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content” (merriam-webster.com, May 18-2014). The entire human population is plugged into the network with the help of blogging websites such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. It is highly rare to find an alienated person from the network, as this modern application of technology links everyone with the click of a mouse. It is the new generation of socializing method. Social media websites bridge the gap between different nationalities, cultures and mentalities generally and it is used nowadays for academic and business reasons.
of the view of the general population. Social media is a great way for celebrities to advance or