Poems from the ‘Book of matches’

I have decided to use two poems from the book of matches, ‘Those bastards in their mansions', ‘I've made out a will' and the poem ‘Kid' to compare and contrast. Simon Armitage wrote ‘Book of matches' in 1993. It is a selection of poems without titles. Each poem is meant to be read in the time that it takes for a match to burn down. There is a pun in the title, a packet from which we tear out the matches a book, but this is also a book in the normal sense, with words for us to read. Both of these poems are fourteen lines long, but they are not strictly a sonnet in form. ‘I've made out a will' has irregular rhymes, both full and half rhymes. It is split so that there is a first block of eight lines, then a second block of six lines, which is split into a four and a two. The final section is split so that it ends in a couplet like a Shakespearean sonnet. Some may argue that this poem is not a sonnet because it does not follow a conventional sonnet form, such as a Shakespearean sonnet or a Petrarchan sonnet. ‘Those bastards in their mansions' has some weird features to its structure. Ten of the first eleven lines end in an unstressed syllable, and there are some rhymes such as â€Å"ditches/britches†, â€Å"porches and torches†, and there is the part-rhyme in â€Å"shackles/ankles†. At the end of the poem, there is short lines and true rhyme on one syllable, â€Å"sun† and gun†. This may suggest the power of the shadowy outlaw, who eludes his wealthy foes. Like ‘Those bastards in their mansions', in the poem ‘Kid', every line ends with an unstressed syllable. Every line ends with the ‘-er' sound. The poem starts off with heavy syllables to emphasise that Robin, the persona of the poem is annoyed. The heavy syllables are almost like Robin is shouting, and they show that he is in a mood. It is almost comical how the poet manages to end every line with ‘-er'. As the poem progresses, the reader wonders how the poet is able to continue with this pattern. The poem is ideally suited to be read aloud, as the ending lines accumulate, the listeners wonder how the reader will keep up. ‘I've made out a will' is about an organ donor with a reservation. The speaker in the poem explains how he has decided to donate his body to the National Health Service. He says how he is going to donate everything apart from his heart. Not only is he going to donate his organs, but he has also ‘made out a will' so that his wishes are taken out after he has died. He lists all of the parts that he is ‘sure they can use', but some things would only be useful for research, such as veins and nerves. In ‘Those bastards in their mansions', the persona of the poem has a grudge against people. He mentions words such as ‘mansions', ‘palaces' and ‘castles'. Here this is probably a large exaggeration, but it could be taken literally as the poem could be set in the past, there is mention of ‘burning torches' and ‘cuffs and shackles'. Like in ‘Those bastards in their mansions', in ‘Kid', Robin has a grudge against Batman. Simon Armitage imagines that Robin has separated from Batman and that he has succeeded and that Batman has turned into a failure. It says how Batman has ‘nothing in the walk-in larder'. This is the opposite to ‘Those bastards in their mansions' because in that poem the persona has nothing compared to the people he has a grudge against and is jealous. At the end of the first eight-line section, the speaker concludes his list with the one exception, ‘but not the heart, they can leave that alone'. And at the end of the poem, he repeats this, ‘but not the pendulum, the ticker/leave that where it stops or hangs' he does not say why he does not want his heart to be used again, maybe it is because it is the part of him that keeps him alive, and he does not think that it would be right if someone else used this part. To the national health, the heart is the most valuable organ, so we do not know why the reader wants so much to hold onto his heart, he emphasises how much he wants his heart by the amount of times that he says that he does not want it to be used. This poem has a vivid series of metaphors, which are in lists. The metaphors portray different things. Some of the images have medical overtones, ‘tubes', ‘stitches' and ‘wounds'. These are quite graphic words and show us that the reader predicts dying maybe in an accident, and that he could receive surgery. There are words to do with workshops such as glues and chassis. Others respond to food or cookery such as ‘jellies', ‘syrups', ‘loaf' and ‘gallon†¦of bilberry soup'. There are a lot of different images only for one thing. The skeleton is known as the ‘chassis', ‘cage', and ‘cathedral of bone'. Throughout the second part of the poem, there is an extended metaphor. This is one of a clock. Here there is ‘loops and coils and crockets and springs and rods, the twines and cords and strands, the face, the case, the cogs and the hands,' ‘the face' and ‘the hands' are already words for parts of the human bo dy, but other parts of this phrase can be worked in to go along with other parts of the human body. In the last two lines he says how he does not want his heart to be touches, he compares this with ‘the pendulum, the ticker'. These are the parts of the clock that makes everything work, just like the human heart. In this passage, Simon Armitage uses lots of metaphors. This is to emphasise points. For example, he uses not only ‘pendulum', but also ‘ticker' to talk about the heart. Throughout this poem the poet describes the human body merely as lots of parts, he shows no emotion towards anything apart from the heart. This could be because the speaker sees the heart as being the most important part of a mechanism, like a pendulum in a clock. It also maybe that he values the heart as a symbol of all things that make life worth living, a heart is the symbol of love, affection, energy, desire, and much more. Or, perhaps he feels that he is inside his heart, and it is like a soul, and if he gives up his heart then he is giving up his immortality.

Slave Hollers

Roger Longfell Professor Lederdeck MUS 201 2/20/13 Slave Hollers Field Hollers were first developed in the cotton and rice fields of the American slavery era. They were desired for their familiarity with rice cultivation. It was founded in South Carolina’s Waccamaw plantation district during the eighteenth century. Low Country slaves cleared plantation land similar to their home country of Africa. In an attempt to meet the overseer's rigorous demands, slaves continued efficient African practices of harvesting when they came to America.Field Hollers emerged from what the African’s previously used to fuel productivity. Most importantly Field Hollers enforce cooperative work and help numb the mental pain of their bondage. Slaves sang group work songs that we call Field Hollers today. Similar to  spirituals, field hollers followed a model of call and response. It began with one of the more respected field hands leading the workers in a song. The others responded in sync w ith the rhythmic tone of the call. The task at hand determined the tempo of the song and the pace in which they worked.Most commonly, slaves born in Africa sung songs that remind them of their homeland. American born slaves were considered African-American because of their African roots. African-American sung about the hardships of enslavement mainly because many were born and raised in enslavement. This theme can now be seen in the lyrics of blues songs, a form that developed at the turn of the 20th Century. Blues incorporated both the rhythmic patterns of field hollers and their subject matter to form its unique sound

Essay on Real Estate Development in the Ski Industry

Real Estate Development in the Ski Industry The NH ski industry has been a part of my life since day one. I literally have grown up at the bottom of the slopes of Dartmouth Skiiway. I have been a racer all my life and have for years had my fair share of extensively traveling NH mountains and sampling all that the NH ski industry has had to offer. It was not until recently that I have come to understand that my beloved ski mountains are also well entrenched in environmental issues. Being a resource economics major I now realize that the NH ski industry is no longer the perfect wonderland it seemed to me as a child. Topics such as wildlife habitat, water quality and stream health, air pollution and much more are now all directly impacted†¦show more content†¦This sort of strip development can lead to housing inflation, traffic congestion, and poses many problems for the social and economic infrastructure of the towns it effects. Many #8230;ski resorts are no longer the 800-pound gorilla threatening mountain valleys. Ra ther, the villan of rampant commercial over-development is bigger and more complex: thousands of people moving to the mountains for reasons additional to skiing. In a few towns, skiing is no longer the engine of growth, but is becoming a mere amenity like golf. (http:www.wildwilderness.org/wi/skiarea.htm) To me this is what may begin to lead to the decline of the industry. No longer will the NH ski industry offer the homely mountain feeling it always has had if trends continue the way they are. Developmental sprawl is something almost every American has witnessed in their life. If there is an attraction, whether its recreation or the weather pretty much almost anything, people will begin to show up and alter the social and economic life that is already established in the area. 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Analysis Of The Book Uncle Tim - 2093 Words

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Clara Barton free essay sample

# 8211 ; American Red Cross Essay, Research Paper Imagine being a soldier in the Civil War. You get shot in the leg and there is no manner you will be able to last without aid. There are no sawboness or nurses around to help you and no proper stuffs to repair the lesion yourself. Clara Barton grew up as a immature school teacher traveling from topographic point to topographic point. Later in life, happening out that much aid was needed during times of war and catastrophe, she started the American Red Cross. Clara Barton was remembered and honored for her service she gave in times of demand, she is a good remodel to all. Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas twenty-four hours, December 25, 1821. She was born in a little infirmary in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara was born to Stephen and Sara Barton. She was the youngest of five kids ; she had two brothers and two sisters. Clara # 8217 ; s parents thought she was particular because she was a Christmas kid. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 1 ) Clara # 8217 ; s parents decided when she was 3 old ages old that Clara should get down traveling to school. So at the age of 3, Clara enrolled in school for the first clip. Clara # 8217 ; s instructors saw her as a really promising pupil. The instructors gave her much attending and praise all during school. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 1 ) All through Clara # 8217 ; s life her male parent, Stephen, had his kids sit around the life room listening to his narratives. When Clara was 11, she learned a great trade about military etiquette, conflict scheme, and first assistance tips ( Hamilton 17 ) . So when Clara # 8217 ; s brother David fell from the barn balks, Clara left school to take attention of him at place ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 2 ) . At the age of 13, Clara realized that there were many households that were in demand of aid. Clara helped nurse hapless households and tutored kids. She could non go a certified nurse because there were no nursing schools, so she had to larn everything she knew while on the occupation ( Hamilton 39 ) . Nursing was difficult for Clara, non cognizing what she was making. So when Clara turned 16, Doctor Lorenzo Fowler, a craniologist, told her parents that Clara should get down learning school ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 2 ) . Following Doctor Fowler and her parents advice, Clara started learning at a little school in her town. While Clara was learning, she found the school supplies to be really unequal for the kids. She knew she had to make something about it so she made a program to convey this to the town meeting. She was granted her petition to better the school and within the twelvemonth Clara was really pleased with her first large achievement. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 2 ) Though Clara liked instruction, she didn # 8217 ; t experience she was making plenty. She felt like she should being making more for herself, her hereafter, and her household. In 1845. Clara started a school on her ain for the factory workers. She started a free public school, a edifice was built for her. She was denied the place of principal because she was a adult females. They found a male principal. Clara was upset about this and left the school. ( Curtis 1 ) When Clara was 25, she was unemployed. That is when her brother David became earnestly sick with a febrility. Her household could non afford to acquire him a nurse to remain at the house and her parents were excessively busy to remain at place with him. Clara was given the undertaking of nursing her brother. She learned about all of his medicines from the physician and about what to make when there were serious jobs. ( Hamilton 21 ) After Clara # 8217 ; s brother recovered in the mid-1840s, Clara began assisting the less fortunate and households in problem ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 2 ) . Clara went back to school to larn more on how to assist the less fortunate. She left place in the early 1850s to travel back to school. She went out of province to Clinton Liberal Institute out of province. However, Clara # 8217 ; s female parent, Sara Barton passed off in July 1851 and Clara was left with many troubles on her shoulders. She was burdened with the household # 8217 ; s fiscal jobs, so she that knew she could non travel to school. She knew that she would hold to travel to work alternatively, so she moved in with some of her friends in Highstown, New Jersey and started learning once more in a local school. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 2 ) The Civil War broke out in April 1861 when Fort Sumter was fired upon. Clara heard and went right there ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 3 ) . Harmonizing to William D. Hasley, writer of Collier # 8217 ; s Encyclopedia, # 8220 ; She rented a warehouse, filled markey baskets, and petitioned friends in New England and New Jersey to direct amenitiess for the soldiers # 8221 ; ( 645 ) . The cognition Clara gained about the battleground from her male parent # 8217 ; s inspiration in his narratives to assist her out with the war. Womans were non allowed to be on the battleground, but Clara knew she had to pull off someway. Once Clara was allowed to assist out the sawboness. ( Hamilton 40 ) The first clip Clara was in a fieldhouse was on August 2, 1861 when she delivered supplies to Fredericksburg. Clara was disgusted with how soiled the infirmary and supplies were. Clara aided in the war attempt by acquiring commissariats for the soldiers in Washington. When Clara helped the soldiers by doing patchs, fixing nutrient, cleansing infirmaries, and helping in many surgeries. Clara had seen plenty surgical processs to be able to make them herself. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 3 ) The U.S. Sanitary Commission provided the Civil War with nurses, supplies, patchs, and vesture. The U.S. Sanitary Commission watched over the nurses to do certain that what they were making was right. ( Hamilton 39 ) Clara felt she needed to acquire onto the battleground but they were still really rigorous with respect to leting adult females on to the conflict field. This made Clara really mad, so she walked many stat mis to mouse in. Clara was caught and labeled a undercover agent until a adult male stood courageously from the crowd and admitted cognizing Clara right before she was put to decease. So wherever Clara went she had to have on an armband that identified her as being a nurse. After this, adult females were allowed on the battleground. ( Hamilton 77 ) Harmonizing to William D. Hasley, writer of Collier # 8217 ; s Encyclopedia, # 8220 ; It was her Fe boiler, hot gruel, and much that were welcomed after the conflicts # 8221 ; ( 646 ) . In the summer of 1863, Clara met up with her brother David. He was a quartermaster of the Department of the South, so she assisted him, until July 16, 1863. When Fort Wagner was attacked right where Clara was stationed. Clara was shot while assisting a hurt victim ; she was non killed, but she was shot in the arm. There were few sawboness available, so Clara had to maintain everyone in high liquors. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 7 ) On June 23, 1864 Clara was put in charge of X Corps Hospital in Virginia. She had to go forth the infirmary in January 1865 because she heard about her deceasing brother, Stephen. Clara went back place to care for her brother and heard that her male parent had died 3 old ages before. ( Curtis 5 ) Right after Stephen recovered, Clara became really sick with typhoid febrility. It took her months of convalescence before s he could travel back to assisting on the battlegrounds ( †The True Heroine† 4 ) . When Clara went back to the war in 1866, she became overseer of nurses for the Army ( Hamilton 63 ) . After the Civil War ended in the autumn of 1866, Clara went around from province to province to present talks about the Civil War. She told people what the war was like and advised people to assist out during these times. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 5 ) Clara went even farther after the war by looking for losing soldiers. Before Abraham Lincoln # 8217 ; s blackwash in April, he gave Clara permission to seek for losing soldiers after the war. Clara worked really difficult allowing everyone know the names of the losing soldiers, by publication, poster, and administering lists of the soldiers names every where in the United States. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 5 ) While looking for the losing soldiers, Clara had to place Gravess of 1000s of the Andersonville captives. About 13,000 Gravess were identified and 400 marked # 8220 ; Unknown Soldier # 8221 ; in mid-August ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 5 ) . After Clara published the newspapers with the losing soldier # 8217 ; s names, she received many answers. Clara worked on happening the losing work forces for over four old ages. She notified the household members of any work forces she found during her hunt. After Clara finished her hunt, she received $ 15,000 to c over her disbursals. ( Hamilton 65 ) Some groups were non pleased with the work Clara was making. The Sanitary Committees and Christian Commission about forced Clara off from her work, take a firm standing that she needed to work with them and non so independent. So Clara had to alter her ways, cognizing she didn # 8217 ; t want to halt nursing. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 5 ) Clara joined a right to vote motion on November 30, 1867 with Elizabeth Cady and Susan B. Anthony. They raised money for catastrophes and used this money any manner they could to assist the victims. Clara made certain that all victims of catastrophes were aided by voluntaries. ( Hamilton 90 ) In 1868 Clara spoke around the universe about Women # 8217 ; s Rights. During this clip, she was paid $ 75-100 per talk that she gave about the Civil War and Women # 8217 ; s Rights. In December, 1868, Clara lost her voice while giving a address due to mental jobs and weariness. Clara traveled to Europe to recover and recover her voice in 1869. ( Curtis 7 ) Clara stopped giving talks to travel visit her sister Sally when she was 48. While sing her sister, Clara heard about the International Red Cross that was founded by Henri Dunant in 1864. Clara signed up with the International Red Cross on July 18, 1870. Clara liked being portion of the Red Cross because of its effectivity and efficient preparation of its members. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 6 ) Clara met up with Antoinette Margot in September 1870. Margot became Clara # 8217 ; s colleague. Clara was called # 8220 ; The Angel of the Battlefield # 8221 ; by James I. Dunn because she was ever willing to assist out in any conflict. This name stuck with Clara the remainder of her life ( Hamilton 39 ) . Clara was awarded for her human-centered work with the Augusta Medal in 1871 ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 7 ) . Clara once more traveled to Europe to recover after losing her seeing from nervous exhaustion in 1872. While at that place, Clara heard about her sister Sally # 8217 ; s decease in the Spring of 1874. Clara became really depressed over Sally # 8217 ; s decease and spent a great trade of clip in a sanatorium in New York. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 6 ) While Clara was in New York, she came up with the thought of organizing the American Red Cross in 1877. Clara worked hard on this thought, and on May 21, 1881 the American Red Cross was born. The first chapter of the American Red Cross opened on August 22, 1881. The United States Conference adopted the American Red Cross principals. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 7 ) Between 1884-1890 Clara traveled to talk and advance the American Red Cross ( # 8221 ; Clara Barton Chronology # 8221 ; 8 ) . The American Red Cross helped victims in fires, temblors, inundations, and twisters during the 1880 # 8217 ; s. They besides supplied apparels and supplies to infirmaries and put up orphanhoods and soup kitchens. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 9 ) Clara took the American Red Cross in the first abroad operation, she was helped by Julian Hubbell ( Curtis 10 ) . Later, Clara started learning foremost assistance categories through the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross has 7 principals: catholicity, integrity, humanity, nonpartisanship, service, independency, and neutrality. The American Red Cross promotes common apprehension, friendly relationship, cooperation, and peace. They stand for neutrality used for national alleviation societies. ( # 8221 ; The Early Years # 8221 ; 1 ) The president of the American Red Cross was Clara Barton ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 7 ) . A few stat mis north-west of Washington a edifice is built for Clara. For old ages this edif ice was used for the American Red Cross. The edifice used for the American Red Cross became Clara # 8217 ; s primary abode. ( Curtis 10 ) Clara left the American Red Cross to work at a adult females # 8217 ; s reformative prison in Massachusetts on May 1883. Clara returned in 1884 to take the American Red Cross Mobile to handle 200 unwellnesss in 6 yearss in the National Drill and Encampment. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 7 ) The International Red Cross neer had a adult females delegate until Clara joined when she was 63 old ages old ( Hamilton 93 ) . At 77 Clara was still working 16 hours a twenty-four hours assisting victims at the American Red Cross. She was forced out of her presidential term at the age of 82. When Clara was in her late 80 # 8217 ; s she developed a bad instance of pneumonia. Clara left the American Red Cross in 1904. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 8 ) The American Red Cross was wholly reorganized after Clara # 8217 ; s surrender ( Hamilton 103 ) . Clara was still working from her place in 1905 when she made the original first assistance kit. Clara indulged in her involvements in star divination, faith, and spiritualism. ( Hamilton 104 ) At the terminal of her life, Clara wrote an autobiography entitled The Story of My Childhood which was published in 1907. Clara Barton died on April 12, 1912. After Clara # 8217 ; s decease, the American Red Cross was still stationed in Clara # 8217 ; s place. ( # 8221 ; The True Heroine # 8221 ; 8 ) From so on Clara was remembered in history as the laminitis of the American Red Cross. Many people remember Clara as a really brave lady in the times of the Civil War. We should give tonss of thanks to Clara because if non for her we may non hold the proper medical aid that we have today. I hope I helped you to understand more of what Clarissa Harlowe Barton did and how the American Red Cross was founded. # 8220 ; Clara Barton True Heroine of the Age. # 8221 ; Barton: www.geocities.com/Athens, 1999. Curtis, Jade. # 8220 ; Clara Barton Chronology 1821-1912. # 8220 ; Barton: www.nps.gov/clba.chronl, 1998. # 8220 ; Early Old ages of The American Red Cross. # 8221 ; Barton: www.redcross.org/pre1900, 2000. Halsey, William D. # 8220 ; Barton, Clara. # 8221 ; Collier # 8217 ; s Encyclopedia 3 1978 erectile dysfunction. : pg. 645-646. Hamilton, Leni. Clara Barton Founder, American Red Cross. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.

Issue in Media Law

Table of Contents Introduction About Snapchat Is Snapchat Safe? Legal Issues How Can Snapchat be regulated? Conclusion References Introduction The media was traditionally associated with print and broadcast, but the birth of internet media is slowly transforming communication. With the introduction of several online forums, people now have a variety of communication channels to use when either sending or looking for information.Advertising We will write a custom report sample on Issue in Media Law specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Besides, the traditional text messaging has been transformed into more interesting and engaging forums, all thanks to the development of applications such as Snapchat, Viber and WhatsApp. This report presents important insights into Snapchat. The paper provides an overview of the application including the inherent legal issues. About Snapchat Developed by two Stanford college students in 2011, Snapcha t is a mobile phone application that allows users to send and receive picture messages from their Android or Apple phones (Urban Dictionary, 2013). The founders were interested in developing an application that is engaging to users, but in which information circulated cannot be re-used in the future. With this in mind, Snapchat was designed to auto-delete pictures and videos sent within ten seconds of opening. This was meant to be a good security measure to guard users against the risk of other people downloading their images and inappropriately using them. However, this security check has been misused since users are aware that it is impossible to obtain the information circulated later on. For this reason, Snapchat has become a platform for bullying and sexting (Urban Dictionary, 2013). Just like any other application, Snapchat has both pros and cons. The application provides a free new way of communication, which allows users to be goofy without fearing repercussions. However, it is not possible to record long videos using Snapchat. Besides, the application does not provide any self-privacy as it claims since users have found means of saving and misusing photos. This, therefore, leads me to the question; just how safe is Snapchat? Is Snapchat Safe? Every user of an online forum is usually concerned about his/her privacy. While Snapchat promised its users of their privacy, the users felt deceived when news broke out in 2013 that the company has been handing unopened photos to the American law enforcement agency and now the recent hacking. Besides, Snapcha does not store all the information in its sandbox to ensure that all the information is auto-deleted. There has been proof that Snapchat stores some information outside the sandbox hence not everything is usually deleted. The hackers would not have obtained the photos if everything is usually deleted. This is a clear breach of users’ privacy rights.Advertising Looking for report on common law? L et's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Further, the Snapchat’s find friends feature is not protected making it easy for hackers to retrieve information about users and their friends. In simple, Snapchat is not safe and users should be wary of their privacy when sending their photos through the application. Nevertheless, it is a great application that is easy to use and a faster way of communicating. You will always find it intriguing so long as you use the application for the right purpose. Legal Issues There were claims sometime in October 2014 that Snapchat had been hacked and user photos where being circulated in 4chan.org (Isaac, 2014). The company admitted that the application had been hacked by another application, Snapsaved, which has the ability to save Snapchat images. While many other online service providers can get hacked, many users are left wondering whether it is true that the images actually get deleted or they are s tored somewhere within the application server. Even Snapchat managers admitted that they are not able to prevent the recipients from capturing and saving images using other devices. Hence, the privacy of Snapchat users is at risk. However, Snapchat managers are doing their best to regulate the usage of the application. For instance, the company admitted handing unopened photos of its users to American law enforcement agency as a way of taking precautions to ensure that information being circulated using the application is safe (Holpuch, 2013). While this caused an uproar among users, with many questioning whether images get completely deleted from the server, the company defended itself and stated that it was not possible to provide images already opened since the application deletes images a few seconds after opening. The company is also considering adjusting the application so that it is possible to view images repeatedly for 24 hours before they are deleted. This will give law en forcers a chance to investigate and track down misusers of Snapchat. But are governments doing enough to regulate internet messaging services such as Snapchat? Regulating social media forums has been a challenge mainly because of the large number of users involved and the worldwide scope of their usage (Holpuch, 2013). Nevertheless, governments are to blame for not being able to develop robust laws to regulate the usage of applications like Snapchat. In Australia, for example, Snapchat is considered a small media platform, which does not fall under the legal scope of the federal government’s crackdown hence crimes committed often go unpunished (Johnson, 2014).Advertising We will write a custom report sample on Issue in Media Law specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More While some governments like the United States have set up bodies to deal with crimes emanating from social media forums, such bodies often have no legal mandate to deal with the offenders directly, but can only ask managers of the forums to remove information considered inappropriate. There is a need for mechanisms that focus on punishing individual offenders to deter misuse of applications like Snapchat. How Can Snapchat be regulated? Despite the challenges, there are ways that can assist in regulating information being circulated in Snapchat. First, law enforcers should make it a policy for companies to take responsibility for allowing illegal material to be circulated through their forums. Companies that are reluctant to remove illegal material once asked to do so should be charged under civil law for not discharging their responsibility accordingly. Second, social media services tolerating the circulating of inappropriate material should be named and shamed. However, this might not be effective as the culprits will be left untouched. Besides, embarrassing the companies is not a guarantee that its users will stop circulating inappropriate i nformation. Third, given that the majority of social media users are underage, laws governing cyberbullying will be appropriate. Such laws should cover both big and small companies. In Australia, for instance, the government enacted a law to curb cyberbullying against children, but this law does not apply to small companies such as Snapchat since the government does not consider their usage significant enough to warrant regulation (Bilbao, 2014). Last, users of Snapchat should be human and stop misusing this application. They should stop for a moment and imagine that they might need the person they are currently bullying in the future. Even without laws, users need to act responsibly and self-regulate their actions (Jefferson, 2014). Users have a moral obligation to use the application for its intended purpose, which is connecting with friends and not bullying and sexting. Conclusion From the discussion, it is clear that Snapchat has privacy issues. But which application does not ha ve flaws? Even Facebook has flaws. It is up to the government to up its game and regulates the usage of social media. Snapchat is fast and has transformed text messaging all over the world. It is an application I would recommend to anyone who loves sending pictures and videos. References Bilbao, B. (2014). Cyberbullying laws in Australia don’t cover Snapchat. Web.Advertising Looking for report on common law? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Holpuch, A. (2013). Snapchat admits to handing unopened ‘snaps’ to US law enforcement. The Guardian Magazine. Web. Isaac, M. (2014). Links to photos said to be stolen from Snapchat users flood message boards. The New York Times. Web. Jefferson, R. (2014). The deal with Snapchat safety. Web. Johnson, B. (2014). Snapchat not covered by cyberbullying laws. The Sydney Morning Gerald. Web. Urban Dictionary. (2013). Snapchat. Web. This report on Issue in Media Law was written and submitted by user Cory Z. to help you with your own studies. 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