COMM 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jonas Salk, Minivan, Occupy Movement
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Occupy movement student debt will soon be more than credit card debt, and you cannot declare bankruptcy concerning that corporate media portrays it different, since it represents anti-corporate ideals. Reactions can be either blackout ignore it or treated like a circus. 1950s, american"s feared one thing more than the atomic bomb, the polio viruses discovery, jonas salk, creation of vaccine for polio. Common enterprise to look out for each other. 1990s, south africa hugely affected by hiv could not afford for the brand named medicines. South african government had to do something, create cheap generic drugs. Drug industry claimed it would effect their own industry. Drug companies won, as a result those who could have saved were not, corporations won. Only the market can deal with these social issues. Kids and marketing role and influence of corporations in the daily lives that have to do with health, resource depletions, economics to deal with something you have to understand it.
