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Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory explains how new inventions and technology grow. This is one of the oldest social science theories. New ideas start attracting early adaptors and they start to spread the product out to multiple different people. Some people adapt more to innovation then others. The first part of Rogers Diffusion of Innovation is Innovators these are the people that are the most excited about innovation. They are the risk takers. The second part is the early adaptors, these are the opinion leaders. They are very comfortable adapting to new ideas. The third part is early majority, these people need evidence that the innovation works before they can adapt to it. The fourth part is late majority, these people will only adapt to change and innovation after the majority has tested it. The last part is laggards, these people are very conservative and they tend to be the hardest group to bring on board new innovation.

                                                            

One product that grabbed the attention of many as soon as it came out on the shelves was Amazon Alexa. Alexa is a product where basically you talk to it and tell it what to do and it will complete your command. For example, you can say alexa play a song and it will play which ever song you want. So many people became early adaptors to this product because there wasn't any product like this. There also are people who waited to see how dependable this product was before running to the store to buy it. There were also those people who thought this invention wasn't worth there time or money. 

I personally have no yet purchased any type of Amazon Alexa. I feel as though its just not necessary and all the features that it has are simply just not worth it. I think this investment would be good for families I just don't find a need why I would need it for myself 

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 History of the Google

Google was founded in 1995 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They discovered google at Stanford University. At first Google was called Backrub. They changed the name to google which was supposed to be a play on a mathematical expression. In August of 1998 Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 and soon after that google was up and running. The first Google doodle was made from legos and that was in 1998. In 2004 the company raised 1.66 billion dollars. 

Google has grew so much through out the years. It now makes products for so many people all around the world. In 2006 google apps and chrome came out. The first programs were google calendar, google talk, and google page creator. Shortly after apps like google docs, sheets and slides were created. Google has its own email server and so many other attachments that are used today by endless amounts of people. With out google people would be lost. Everyday this search engine is used for a variety of different things. 

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 The History of the iPhone

The first iPhone came out in 2007 and was invented by the one and only Steve Jobs. The iPhone was the first smartphone to come out that was not half keyboard half screen. This phone was a full touch screen phone. This phone came with an iPod feature, camera, web browsing, and other unique features no other smartphone at the time had. But the first iPhone did not come with an app store. The first iPhone was called “revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.” People were lined up outside waiting to purchase this phone. By November of 2007 1.4 million iPhones were sold. The iPhone helped turn Apple in the right direction when it came to making money.

Ever since the first iPhone was sold iPhones became more high tech, bigger, thiner, and overall just better. It is interesting to see for myself who has had multiple different iPhones in the past how each one gets better and better every time I purchase a new one. Every app has gotten so many new features and the phone never fails to impress people all over the world. The newest iPhone now has amazing camera quality with three lenses on the back of the phone it is a little thicker then the rest as well. Another crazy transition iPhone has made is they went from typing in a password to touch ID to facial recognition. This is a huge upgrade for they company. Overall the iPhone gets easier and easier to use everyday. 

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 The 8 Values of Free Expression

1. Market place of ideas

2. Participation in self government

3. Stable change

4. Individual self fulfillment

5. Check on governmental power

6. Promote tolerance

7. Promote inovation

8. Protect dissent 

Within the eight Values of Free Expression they all represent different ways we live everyday. The value that stood out to me was number three stable change. Life is changing everyday and people are changing everyday. It remains constant but change is normal. The environment and society is undergoing change everyday. 

After looking over what Madison has said about the 8 Values of Free Expression, I strongly agree with what he is saying. “The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.” This is a quote from Madison himself about how he feels about these values. 

Everyone should be to speak there mind and say how they feel. Personally in my opinion I think it is wrong to throw someone in jail for stating how they feel. There are things in life that we just know we shouldn't say. For example: racial slurs are extremely disrespectful and uncalled for. But thats a reflection on the person speaking not the person being discriminated against. People who use racial slurs on the regular will have trouble finding a career and it will stay with them forever. I have personally witnessed some girl get removed from a club because she was being racist. Once you say something like that it manages to stay with you forever. That is why understanding the first amendment is super important. Saying things out of context shouldn't cause you to get a legal punishment. But, it will remain in your life for a period of time. 

There are so many different views on the Eight Values of Free Expression. And that is ok. But this should not cause violence amongst people because everyone is entitled to there own opinion. “from discussing and proposing abstract propositions, of which the judgment may not be convinced. I venture to say, that if we confine ourselves to an enumeration of simple, acknowledged principles, the ratification will meet with but little difficulty.” This is another quote from Madison that discusses how the First Amendment wasn't made to start controversy. 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-1/freedom-of-expression-speech-and-press

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    After, reviewing both of the websites it took me a little while to figure out why they are allowed to post the content they post. I think these websites post what they post to reach a specific audience They want to provide this information to everyone but I think the only people that view it are people with the same beliefs. They write about their opinion on different things in the news. Regular mainstream news broadcasters don't state their opinions about how they feel on the specific topic.  These different websites can do what they do because they do not have an owner. The regular mainstream news channel is not allowed to state there opinion because they are owned by specific companies.

    I have never heard of websites by this. I think that is because went out of my way to look for the. People in the world find these websites because they go out look for this information. They want to find people who believe the same way they do. People go out looking for specific articles based on their beliefs. I have never been interested in looking for this type of information I am not an opinionated person so I feel that this is why I have never came across either of these websites. 

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What are the six clauses? 

The six clauses are the first six rights in the first amendment. The first is freedom from religion, the second is freedom of religion, the third is freedom of speech, the fourth is freedom of the press, the fifth is freedom of assembly, and the sixth is freedom to petition.

The black lives matter movement was a social and political movement that went against issues of police brutality and violence against black people. Their goal is to build power to get in the middle of violence on black communities. 

When related to the first amendment and the black lives matter movement the first clause that comes to mind for me is freedom of speech. It has been known that people are allowed to express the way they feel through their voices. People chose to use their voice and peacefully protest to express how they feel about the situations that have occurred involving BLM. Expressing how you feel by peacefully protesting cannot cause any harm, just awareness for your beliefs. 

Another clause of the first amendment that relates to the black lives matter movement is freedom of assembly. Groups of people gathered to express how they feel during these protests. They did this because there is power in number and it shows how many people care about this situation.

Some of these peaceful protests have turned into violent riots which is exactly what shouldn't be happening. Violence is not protected by the first amendment. This is why some people believed that these protests should not have happened in the first place. 

https://blacklivesmatter.com

Blog Post #2

 The supreme court of the United States remains the most powerful body of government. There are a total of one hundred supreme court justices's. They are elected by each president of the United States. The is a confirmation process when electing the supreme court and it is extremely important. There job is to tell the president and all the different states what they can and cannot do. One thing that was said in the video was that congress had no rule to ban slavery. The 14th amendment was known as "the second bill of rights". It was a common misconception of what the statement "we the people stood for. "We the people" stands for everyone. To ensure that everyone knows that they are included. Every time there is a new cases opened the justices meet usually once a week to discuss.  The legislature talks about the issues going on within the government. They are not allowed to promote these issues to the public. After giving your argument to the supreme court three points go through your head. First the argument you planed to give, second the argument you gave and third the argument you wish you gave. The power of the court is the power of the trust earned.