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Link Ch. 2 – Julian Assange & WikiLeaks

Read more about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: The New Yorker: No Secrets: Julian Assange’s mission for total transperancy Rolling Stone: Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview Salon: Assange: Bond villain — or Bourne? The Economist: Missing the point of WikiLeaks … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 2 – Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” Broadcast

The original radio broadcast of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds:

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John Adams – On The Transmigration of Souls

In three parts, John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning composition in honor of the victims of Sept. 11th.

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Link Ch. 2 – Earthquakes, social media, XKCD and science

This week my students in my senior-level mass media and society class have been working at developing experiments to learn about how people use social media.  Most of them are trying to measure President Obama’s popularity (or lack thereof), rather … Continue reading

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