Intent 1 (revised)

The Change We Wish To See

((Note: these revisions are written solely from perspective of Loren Hubbard))

Abstract: A news publication that shows positive headlines to inspire people to help create the change they dream of.

Concept: A newspaper or ‘zine that has headlines of hope and solutions to uplift the people who read it and get them to think about if the contents could really happen or not. We also are considering taking it online and making a website that looks very similar to a major newspaper or magazine, like Time, People, New York Times, and/or a more local publication like the Bangor Daily News. The newsprint and site would imitate the Bangor Daily News

Why is this important and who is it for? It is for people in our local greater Orono community to try to stir their minds about changing the future. Seeing a physical news headline (digital or print) of news we dream of hearing can make the possibility seem more tangible. This is important as political apathy is much too common as it’s easy to feel helpless against corporate and government entities. I believe that “the system” is geared against the common person having power, even in large groups, but I think if we are organized enough we can make change. Capitalism is a means to control the civilian population and make an unfair profit from unfair labor. This lends a hand in how we as the US at least are governed, because, in the words of Bob Dylan: “Money doesn’t talk it swears”. These are some really dense concepts and I could write a book about it, but in short… I think the fact that the civilian is so steeply disadvantaged against the entities that create the quality of life for the civilian is sick and unfair. It shouldn’t be the responsibility of the civilian to mend the issues that much more powerful entities have created for us.  But if we are to work with what we have, I think this news paper publication is a means to at least bring prominent issues to the eyes, ears, and minds of the public.

New Media Strategy: This idea employs the “upstage the man” strategy, where we are impersonating something bigger than us to get our “smaller-person” message out there.

Audience and influence: The audience in mind is the civilian greater Orono population, especially those who may feel powerless in our current social and economic state. We hope it will wake people up to the potential of these good things coming true through more community involvement, and we want to try to break through the understandable apathy.

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