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How can you tell when women have significant roles in movies?
There are lots of movies with great relationships between men. There are a number of movies with interesting roles for women. But how many movies out there feature multiple major female characters who interact with each other? That’s the question … Continue reading
Media News I Learned From Twitter
Celebrate Willa Cather’s birthday by reading one of her stories Thanks to @ebertchicago and @czuegner for this link to “The Sentimentality of William Tavener.” And after this beautiful link to Cather’s story, Ebert gives us Jane Austin’s Fight Club. iPad … Continue reading
Summary of Why WikiLeaks Matters
Here’s a great summary article from the Nieman Journalism Lab on why we, as journalists and citizens, need to be thinking about the implications of WikiLeaks. Thanks to Jay Rosen for pointing out this article.
The Real Meaning of WikiLeaks
The Economist has a great blog post up explaining why the importance of WikiLeaks transcends Julian Assange and his merry band of leakers. The magazine’s writer argues that we are undergoing a huge shift from paper documents that are heavy … Continue reading
WikiLeaks and Journalism
The website WikiLeaks has continued its project of posting huge numbers of secret government documents, generating a lot of news and a lot of controversy. There is debate over whether the website is damaging national security for the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged first amendment, global media, Secret 6, social media, Truth 6, WikiLeaks
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Disability, Humor, and Pop Culture
One thing we have an awkward relationship with is humor connected with disabilities. There is the crude movie humor, there’s the “very special” episode humor, and finally, rarest of all, genuine humor that deals with the disability from the point … Continue reading
Digital Media News Roundup
WSJ’s Walter Mossberg says Google TV not yet ready for prime time. Google’s entry into the set-top box tries to merge Web video and television into a single universe. He likes the idea, but says it isn’t a smoothly operating … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 9
Tagged digital media, Secret 1, Secret 5, Secret 6, television, Truth 1, Truth 5, Truth 6
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Link Ch. 14 – NY Times Ombudsman – Q&A with Clark Hoyt
C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb talks with Clark Hoyt, former ombudsman for the New York Times: “Clark Hoyt talked about his career in newspapers and the state of journalism. He recently finished a three-year stint as public editor of the New York Times. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged C-SPAN, ethics, newspapers, Secret 6, Truth 6
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Great Journalism Myths – Q&A with W. Joseph Campbell
NOTE: I’m going to be posting a host of C-SPAN Q&A interview programs today that deal with journalistic issues. I’ll embed the video and provide a link back to the show in the C-SPAN Video library. These are great programs … Continue reading
Complete Rachel Maddow interview with Jon Stewart
Last night MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow had a long interview with news satirist and critic Jon Stewart. I’m going to have a lot more to say about this later, but in the mean time, here’s the complete, uncut interview.