Category Archives: Chapter 1

Fred Rogers reminds us to “look for the helpers”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by admin

There is an old quote from children’s television host Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) that started spreading virally following the Newtown massacre in December.  It goes like this: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the … Continue reading →

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When Super Bowls Turn Naughty – Do We Care?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by admin

During the 2004 Super Bowl, singer Janet Jackson exposed her nipple for 9/16ths of a second, resulting in 8 years of litigation over whether CBS would have to pay a $500,000 fine for the “fleeting nudity.”  In the end, courts … Continue reading →

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Watching the Inauguration

Posted on January 22, 2013 by admin

In my book, Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, I present “The seven truths ‘they’ don’t want you to know about the media.” These are essentially the seven thesis statements of the book, but that sounds so boring, so … Continue reading →

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Media in our Lives

Posted on January 16, 2013 by admin

On Monday, I asked my students in my 9 a.m. Global Media Literacy what media they had used since midnight.  Here’s what they had done during the first 9 hours of the day (during which they presumably slept a little…).  … Continue reading →

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George Carlin and Movie Trailers

Posted on January 11, 2013 by admin

In my Global Media Literacy class I’ve been showing and talking about several videos I’ve had around for some time. Thought I would share them with you this morning. We’ve been talking about how movie trailers can set an emotional … Continue reading →

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Sept. 12 Anniversary – We Choose to go to the Moon

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

No, not the anniversary of the day after Sept. 11, but the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University. “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to … Continue reading →

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Biting political and media commentary from Yelling Bird

Posted on September 4, 2012 by admin

Jeph Jacques over at his Questionable Content comic usually deals with crazy robots, crazy baristas, and crazy librarians, but every now and then Yelling Bird shows up to deliver truly obscene commentary on current issues. But today Yelling Bird kept it … Continue reading →

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Truth #3 – George Carlin moves to the center (NSFW language)

Posted on August 24, 2012 by admin

More than 40 years ago, George Carlin started explaining to us all the intimate details of the 7 dirty words you can’t say on television.  In addition to being very funny and very rude, his routine also illustrates how someone … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 1 – Truth 2 There’s No MSM: Fox and CNN get health care decision wrong; everyone turns to blog for accurate news

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

Among my Seven Truths They Don’t Want You To Know About the Media is Truth #2 -There are no mainstream media (MSM).  Of course we have big and small media; however, we use all kinds of media and our old … Continue reading →

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“The Media”

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin

Remember when you talk about “The Media”: The bestselling newspaper is The Wall Street Journal. The top-rated radio talk show host is Rush Limbaugh, who has more listeners than the top four liberal hosts combined. The top cable news channel … Continue reading →

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