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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Link Ch. 9 – NY Times Draws Controversy Calling Shonda Rhimes an “Angry Black Woman”
The story in the New York Times started out provocatively: When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called “How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.” That opening line, and a story that went on to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 9
Tagged diversity, Shonda Rhimes, television
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Link Ch. 9 – I Love Lucy
As I write this in mid-October, 2014 it is hard to know which, if any, of the episodes of the classic TV series I Love Lucy will remain available for free online. CBS has just announced their new pay service for … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 9
Tagged I Love Lucy, streaming video, television
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Box Office Mojo mysteriously disappears/reappears
Box Office Mojo, the source of endless movie box office financial statistics, disappeared for a couple of days in mid-October 2014, prompting speculation that the site had been absorbed into IMDb.com, which owns BOM. But then it just as mysteriously … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged box office, movies
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Link Ch. 8 – D.W. Griffith’s ‘Intolerance’
Intolerance was D.W. Griffit’s epic followup to Birth of a Nation. You can now see a nearly 3-hour cut of the film on YouTube.
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 8
Tagged intolerance, silent movies
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Link Ch. 7 – Meet David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff is one of the most influential people in the foundation of American broadcasting, having been the president of NBC from the radio era into the days of television. Here are a couple of great resources on this pioneer: … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 7
Tagged david sarnoff, NBC, radio, television
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Link Ch. 4 – Young Adult & Children’s Bestsellers
The New York Times has several bestseller lists that deal with books targeted at children and young adults. Take a look to see if your favorites are still on the list. Note that books for children and young adults typically stay … Continue reading
Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of Redemption for Mortenson?
Greg Mortenson, author of the memoir Three Cups of Tea, faced enormous criticism in 2011 when several investigations turned up evidence that he had fabricated substantial portions of his two books about building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But now, in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 3
Tagged memoir fabrications
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Link Ch. 2 – Revisiting Dr. Gerbner and TV Violence
By and large, most people who aren’t media scholars would be hard pressed to name a single media theorist who isn’t Marshall McLuhan. But the one possible exception would be George Gerbner because of his cultivation theory. Dr. Gerbner testified … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 2
Tagged cultivation theory, gerbner, mean world syndrome, media effects
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For my students – Covers, Remixes, and Mashups
Today in class I was talking about both cover songs, remixes, and mashups; and we looked at and talked about a number of videos. Here are links to them: Talking and Watching Mashups Links to Girl Walk, Girl Talk, and … Continue reading
Link Ch. 2 – Applying the Spiral of Silence to Social Media
German media scholar Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, with her spiral of silence, has raised the question of why people become unwilling to express what they perceive to be a minority opinion. Central to Noelle-Neumann’s argument is that when people believe they are in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 2
Tagged social media, Spiral of Silence
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