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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How could have better design skills eliminated Sunday’s Oscar disaster? Oddly enough, the cards read by the presenters at the Oscars only list the winner in a reasonable sized type. The name of the category is relegated to tiny type … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 5, Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, Brenda Buttner, cancer, design, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, motorcycles, Oscars 2017, Questions worth asking
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Washington Post adopts new nameplate slogan – Democracy Dies in Darkness
I’m not sure how long it’s been up, but I noticed it this morning. And I think it’s the most distinctive newspaper motto since the New York Times adopted “All the news that’s fit to print.” The new motto has been … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Bob Woodward, Democracy dies in darkness, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace, Washington Post
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A History of Fake Quotes – Lincoln, de Tocqueville & Alcott
Fake quotes, especially fake Abraham Lincoln quotes, are a popular thing online. Just this week, the Republican National Committee got caught out with one in a tweet celebrating Lincoln’s birthday that read: “And in the end, it’s not the years … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged de Tocqueville, Edward Abbey, fake quotes, lincoln
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Media News Keeps Changing – PewDiePie and Playboy
One of the challenges of writing a media literacy/intro to mass comm textbook is keeping it up to date. Even with new editions coming every two years, current events have a way of changing the media world we live … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 5, Uncategorized
Tagged men's magazines, PewDiePie, Playboy, Things change, youtube
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Live Stream Opens up Appeals Court Hearing on on Trump’s Travel Ban
By today (Friday afternoon), the big news is that the 9th District Appeals Court did not strike down the court-ordered stay on President Trump’s executive order banning then entrance of traveller from seven Muslim-majority countries and limiting entrance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13
Tagged cameras in the courtroom, live streaming courts, media law, President Trump
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Women’s Magazines Covering Politics
Journalist Lily Herman had a great Tweetstorm the other day pointing out the big contributions that women’s magazines have been making to political journalism lately. Without comment, here are her tweets with links. Lots of good reporting here. (And a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged journalism, Lily Herman, tweetstorm, twitter, Women's magazines
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Politics, Lady Gaga & the Super Bowl Halftime Show
A couple of weeks ago I put up a post that considered the intriguing, if extraordinarily unlikely, possibility of Lady Gaga singing a protest song by 60s & 70s folksinger Phil Ochs during her Super Bowl halftime show. However much fun … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 9, Pre-class video
Tagged All the verses, Lady Gaga, political speech, Super Bowl 2017, Woody Guthrie
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First Look at 2017 Super Bowl Commercials
So far, I’ve seen two new Super Bowl commercials which I admit I come to with complex reactions. The first commercial is for the Mercedes AMG Roadster and was shot by the Coen Brothers of Raising Arizona, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and Hail, … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 11
Tagged advertising, Budweiser, Coen Brothers, Mercedes, Super Bowl 2017
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