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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Oscars, the day after
An array of links, inspired by last night’s Academy Awards: Pete Docter’s student film Winter An art-school animated film from Pete Docter, director of last year’s Best Animated Film Up. (/Film) A short story not actually by James Franco about … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How on earth did Rocky beat All the President’s Men, Network, and Taxi Driver for best pix? This was just plain wrong. “I’m mad as hell….” Is Ridley Scott’s Prometheus an Alien prequel? And if so, does it matter? Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged movies, Prometheus, questions
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Commentary Through Impersonation: Wisconsin & Arizona
There’s been quite a fuss going on about a journalist from an alternative news source calling up a conservative politician and then impersonating a someone the politician would feel was sympathetic. The alt journalist then uses the material from … Continue reading
Radiohead vs. Dave Brubeck – Five Step
A Radiohead / Dave Brubeck mashup by Overdub. Brilliant!
Apple’s controversial new subscription policy
A little history, then talk about a current controversy swirling around Apple: If you want to accuse journalists of having a bias, you might start with how they portray Apple and its successful line of computer and media player products. … Continue reading
Link Ch. 11 – Finding success through mobile advertising
Advertising consultant Kathryn Koegel recently served as a judge of the GSMA Global Mobile Awards. She writes for Advertising Age that she learned a lot about how mobile advertising is being done around the world. What did she discover? That … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 11
Tagged advertising, global media, mobile media
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Deconstructing the Eminem / Chrysler Commercial
Although it was neither the most watched nor the most remembered, for me the 2-minute long Eminem / Chrysler / Detroit ad was by far the best of the Super Bowl commercials. Why? It told a compelling story in a … Continue reading
Link Ch. 2 – Are you watching this?
If you are not watching Al Jazeera English this Friday, you should be! Also be following the #Egypt and #Jan25 hashtags on Twitter. There is even an “unstalling dictator” tweetmeme going around.
Posted in Chapter 15
Tagged Arab Spring, global media, international news, Muslim media, twitter
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Return to Super Bowl Advertising
Here are a number of interesting followup articles on the success (or lack-thereof) for the Sunday’s Super Bowl ads: Chicago Tribune reviews the Himalayan Restaurant featured in the controversial Groupon ad. The fish curry is ok, but not amazing. Chicago … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 11
Tagged advertising, Super Bowl, television
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Fractured Fairy Tale Interval
Rumpelstiltskin as publicist from The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle