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Russell Wilson American Football Player
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"When I first came into the NFL, I was just trying to be super, super ready to learn the plays and all that. Now, I've found more balance. I think that with new life coming in, and family and everything else, balance has been critical. That goes for the social media part, too - allowing the fans to come into our world a little is cool."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media."

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Fred Upton Politician
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"Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition."

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist
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"The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology."

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist
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"Today we are beginning to notice that the new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
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"We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic."

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Amy Jo Martin Author, Entrepreneur
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"Just as we teach our children how to ride a bike, we need to teach them how to navigate social media and make the right moves that will help them. The physical world is similar to the virtual world in many cases. It's about being aware. We can prevent many debacles if we're educated."

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Upton Sinclair Novelist, Activist
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"Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press?"

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Seth Musician
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"We have been brainwashed by school, indoctrinated by industrial propaganda, and mesmerized by the popular media into believing that compliance is not only safe but right and necessary."

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Media

"The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it."

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Larry Elder Political Commentator, Author, Radio Host
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"Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights."

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Paul Watson Journalist
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"We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change."

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