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4 The Chronicle January 24 - 30, 2017 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca PUBLISHER: Greg Murphy EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Brian Legree AD MANAGER: Dawn Salter Editorial CONTACT US NEWSROOM: brian.legree@durhamcollege.ca ADVERTISING: dawn.salter@durhamcollege.ca Cartoon by Toby VanWeston Leading young minds from Twitter For all Americans and probably most Canadians, the next four years will be remembered as the years of President Donald J. Trump. Republican candidate Trump was elected Nov. 8, 2016 after beating out his democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Depending on whether a person is conservative or liberal they might have different opinions on Trump. Regardless, Trump encourages more people to pay attention to politics. He has led more young adults to turn to social media for their news, and lastly Trump is gaining votes due to false media. Although some young adults did not take Trump seriously before the election, now that he’s president millennials are paying closer attention to politics. While Trump did not have more millennials voting for him in 2016 than Obama in 2012, he definitely has our attention. According to civicyouth.org Trump received 37 per cent of young (18-29) voters during the election, while Obama garnered 60 per cent of the young voters in 2012. Although Trump received a small portion of votes from young voters, only 50 per cent of the 48 million eligible youth voters turned out during the election: meaning 17.5 per cent of young people actually voted for Trump in the 2016 election. This shows just how little young people had wanted Trump in power or even how few took him as a serious threat. Although the exact numbers are unclear, it is evident through social media that 18-29 year olds in U.S. and Canada are now taking more of an interest in Trump. Trump’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts come to a total of 42.1 million followers on social media. It is this participation on social media, which has engaged so many Americans and Canadians during and after the election. While many people follow Trump for electoral updates, many people follow him to see what outrageous or salacious statement he will come up with next. For example, Trump’s recent comment about Meryl Streep after her speech at the Golden Globes stating, “Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a.....” This tweet received 39 thousand retweets and 125 thousand likes and was trending on Facebook. However, a negative aspect of Trump’s involvement with social media is the fact millennials use social media as a news outlet. The consequence? False news. Millennials may be collecting their political views from the social media, something baby boomers are less likely to do, since statistically boomers are less involved on social media platforms. With more millennials being of age to vote, social media can have a negative effect on election results because facts are misconstrued or misrepresented on Facebook, Twitter, etc. To combat fake news, Facebook has even started an initiative called the “Journalism Project”. The future elections are in the hands of millennials as they outnumber the baby boomers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is important younger voters have the correct information rather than rely on the power of social media to come to a decision. With the results of the election, it is clear to see that more 18-29 year olds are participating in politics. Social media is the outlet. Hopefully this outcome will encourage more millennials to vote in Canada for the next election. Perhaps millennials will now see how much power is in each citizen’s possession when voting for a nation-wide decision. Anyone can win when you don’t vote. Dean Daley and Jenn Amaro EDITORS: Jenn Amaro, James Bauman, Rebecca Calzavara, Sharena Clendening, Dean Daley, Alexander Debets, Travis Fortnum, Tyler Hodgkinson, Barbara Howe, Noor Ibrahim, James Jackson, Christopher Jones, Frank Katradis, Daniel Koehler, Angela Lavallee, Laura Metcalfe, Tommy Morais, Joshua Nelson, Nicole O'Brien, Samuel Odrowski, Devarsh Oza, Trusha Patel, Matthew Pellerin, Asim Pervez, Emily Saxby, Tyler Searle, Jessica Stoiku, Euvilla Thomas, Toby VanWeston, Kayano Waite, Brandi Washington, Michael Welsh, Jared Williams, Erin Williams. The Chronicle is published by the Durham College School of Media, Art and Design, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7L7, 721- 2000 Ext. 3068, as a training vehicle for students enrolled in Journalism and Advertising courses and as a campus news medium. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the college administration or the board of governors. The Chronicle is a member of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. MEDIA REPS: Brandon Agnew, Justin Bates, Zach Beauparlant, Kayla Cook, Nathalie Desrochers, Charlotte Edwards, Yannick Green, Madeline Grixti, Stephanie Hanna, Lijo Joseph, Sarah Judge, Shannon Lazo, Megan Mcdonald, Ashley Mcgregor, Josh Mcgurk, Katie Miskelly, Louisa Molloy, Jasmine Ohprecio, Alex Powdar, Olivia Randall-Norris, Kaela Richardson, Madeleine Riley, Alex Royer, Spencer Stevens, Rachel Thompson, Geroge Tsalavoutas, Alexandra Weekes, Cameron Westlake. PRODUCTION ARTISTS: Rachel Alexander, Angela Bahnesli, Sarah Bhatti, Anokhi Bhavsar, Steven Brundage, Chanel Castella, Brandon Clark, Scott Cowling, Leanne Howorth, Bryce Isaacs, Erin Jones, Natasha Kowo, Samantha Mallia, Alyssa Matthew, Alexandra Rich, Bethany Seaton, Kristian Seepersad, Georgina Tsoutsos, Marisa Turpin, Rachel Wendt, Travis Yule. Publisher: Greg Murphy Editor-In-Chief: Brian Legree Features editor: Teresa Goff Ad Manager: Dawn Salter Advertising Production Manager: Kevan F. Drinkwalter Photography Editor: Al Fournier Technical Production: Keir Broadfoot
chronicle.durhamcollege.ca January 24 - 30, 2017 The Chronicle 5 Opinion Easy. Breezy. Social media helps journalists Beautiful. CoverBoy. For years, makeup companies everywhere have been using females to model their products. In early October 2016, history was made. Cover- Girl took to their Instagram account to announce something to forever change the face of makeup: the first ever CoverBoy. James Charles, a 17-year-old You- Tube star is now the first CoverGirl male ambassador.CoverGirl is giving males who want to wear makeup a role model and in doing so erasing the gender roles previously assigned to makeup. For over 50 years, CoverGirl only used women in their advertisements. Celebrities like Ellen Degeneres, Queen Latifah, Katy Perry, have all been the face of CoverGirl. This time we get to see a male who is not afraid to represent male beauty. Charles started wearing makeup a year ago, and said he got noticed by CoverGirl on Instagram. Charles has his own style seen on his YouTube videos. He incorporates bright and bold colours on his face. Society is to blame for such a long wait on a male model for a makeup company. There are many groups online who petition for men to wear makeup. Change.org has two petitions titles “Allow men to wear make-up” and “Stop discrimination of men wearing makeup.” Musicians in rock bands like KISS and Green Day have been wearing makeup for years. Singer Adam Lambert said he started wearing makeup in his teens. So this Brandi Washington is not a new concept. It just hasn’t fully been accepted. Charles started his Instagram one year ago to inspire others. On his Instagram account he says, “I truly hope that this shows that anyone and everyone can wear makeup and can do anything if you work hard.” CoverGirl is the first makeup line to give such a positive change to the face of cosmetics. In August, YouTube star Georgie Aldous posted a video online and asked “Why can’t boys wear makeup?” Aldous says wearing makeup makes him feel gorgeous. Aldous said if guy is wearing makeup people often assume, they’re trying to be a woman. As for Charles, his parents asked him if he was transsexual because he started wearing makeup, he had to do a lot of explaining to convince them this was not the case. Hopefully people can start to embrace men who wear makeup and not question their sexuality. Men should be able to look glamorous just like females. CoverGirl is using the hashtag #LashEquality to brand this product which brings to mind #GenderEquality. Because we all can be a Cover- Girl. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat share stories around the world Social media is still evolving. There is no doubt some changes are needed in order to differentiate between what’s real and what’s not. It is clear there is a need for trained journalists, and social media is seeing the need for this change. Recently, Facebook launched the “Journalism Project” to work closely with journalists and to limit fake news. While there have been some concerns about what’s real and what’s not on the Internet, it is clear social media has allowed journalists to find news easily. Reporters are able to share and receive content in matters of minutes, reach a wider margin in one go and also created new job positions such as social media editors. This is remarkable, as social media has only been around for just about a decade. And yet the relationship between social media and journalism has been a controversial one. When news broke Facebook users were posting fake news during the U.S election. The conversation was moved to the forefront. Over the years, social media has evolved and become a platform for breaking news, and also Euvilla Thomas a tool for the journalism world. This new age of reporting has journalists scrambling to adapt. For readers, the Internet is the go-to place for news updates. According to a survey by Canada News Wire (CNW), 62 per cent of young adults in Canada prefer to read their news online. There has been a growing problem in journalism: social media has caused some hiccups between trained journalists and citizen journalists. Let’s use the recent U.S. election as an example. During the election debate teams of live fact-checkers on Facebook ensured the statements being made by the candidates were accurate. This tactic revealed some of the statements made by Donald Trump were false. According to Journalist Resource, 63 per cent of Facebook users get their news from Facebook. This could potentially pose a problem if this forum is spreading fake news. But Facebook is just one of a wide range of options. According to an article in Recode, an online media website, President Obama was quoted, on his last international trip as president, saying, “If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won’t know what to protect.” Daniel Dale would agree. Daniel Dale, the Toronto Star writer dubbed the “the lie-tracker” for his part in fact checking Trump’s statements, has received some great reviews. Fact-Checkers are very important to journalism, especially today when fake news is easily attainable and hard to detect. There is some room for improvement, but we can’t dismiss the fact that social media has changed the way we give and receive news in an easy to use format. This Facebook fake news conundrum has set back the collaboration between traditional reporters and the social media. But, let’s not forget the time when social media kept us updated on the news. On May 12, 2008 Twitter users tweeted an earthquake had hit Beijing, China’s capital city and had taken thousands of lives. The video was then later picked up by the press. In another instance, on Feb. 12, 2012, a Twitter user tweeted-out that famous singer Whitney Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel about 20 minutes before the press were briefed. These are not the only two instances when social media became a source of information for reporters. There are many more. Social media has not only affected reporting but also bring about new job positions. Canada’s own broadcasting organization CBC, now has 18 social media editors who only deal with the content that goes up on sites like Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It’s safe to say that journalists should not be afraid of social media. It should be embraced. It is clear social media has changed journalism for the better, and journalists should change with it or get left behind. We are the women of today; give us our freedom Brock University student, Harpreet Kaur survived child molestation. Her abuser was close to home. Once she found the voice, strength and bravery to speak out, the blame was put on her. At 16 years old, Harpreet was told she tainted the honour of her father’s Pagh (turban) by speaking of the unspoken. Many young brown women do not have the privileges, freedoms, or independence required to be considered equal to males. Women from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are being pressured by their own families to maintain a ‘good girl’ act in their community. This is so they do not taint their family’s name and honour in front of the community. This pressure to conform needs to change. Women should not feel guilty for being themselves, for living their life the way they want to, for loving and being with someone they want to be with, and for standing up against injustice. It is unfortunate Trusha Patel for women in Asia who do stand up for themselves, have limited freedom, are blamed for tainting family honour, and are victims of honour killings. According to the Vedas, the most ancient Hindu scriptures, which contain hymns, philosophy, and guidance, Hindu women have limited freedoms. For example, many young Asian women do not get to date. Bella De- Paulo, a Project Scientist of Psychology at the University of California says people who have not been in relationships are viewed as less happy, less well-adjusted, and lonelier than people who have been in relationships. For some Asian families, dating before marriage is seen as breaking a social norm, which would bring shame to the family’s honour. The concept of family honour is very extensive in India. According to the History of Sex in India journal, the term ‘izzat’ refers to honour or reputation in the culture of India and Pakistan. Izzat applies to both females and males, but in completely different forms. Women must keep the family honour by being chaste, compliant, and submissive. The men must be courageous, powerful, and have the ability to control the women in their families. Woman carry izzat (honour) like a materialistic object. When they are unmarried, it is their responsibility to not do anything, which would cause harm to the family name. When they marry, their izzat passes along to their new family: their in-laws. Without good izzat, a family’s reputation in a community means nothing. In the name of protecting the so-called ‘family honour’, women are shot, burned, buried alive, strangled, beheaded, and stabbed to death. Honour killings are unfortunately, a familiar act in the South Asian community. According to the statistics presented by the Indian parliament, the Indian police registered 251 cases of honour killings in 2015, 223 cases more than the year before. In Pakistan, 1,100 cases were reported in 2015, though the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) estimates another 1,000 were unreported. The act of vengeance, usually death, is committed by the males of the family against the females who are claimed to bring dishonor to the family. According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, in 2012, India ranked as the worst country to be a woman, because of the violent victimization through rape, acid throwing, dowry killings, marital rape, and forced prostitution of young girls. In a country where people worship female goddesses, voted for a woman president, and have had a female prime minister, it is a shame women are completely on their own when it comes to their safety. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.” 91 years ago, Gandhi encouraged Indian men to treat women with respect. It is truly upsetting to know that the lesson is yet to be learned. The voice of a strong, independent woman, fighting for herself, needs to be heard in this male supremacist world. Women can be independent, self-reliant and successful. Women to women relations are what strengths us and give us a voice that can be heard. A woman’s life is her own, and she can live it however she wants. The next generation needs to fight these fights, and stop the injustice.
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