Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Media are Evolving – Part II

Yesterday I posted a blog entry about how old media are changing to respond to new technology and new demands from audiences.  Today, I’ve got a couple of followups to these stories: Wired’s Chris Anderson discusses “Web is Dead” Chris … Continue reading

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New Media Are Scary Dept. – Media Are Evolving, Not Going Extinct

We get a lot of proclamations about the future of media, many of which involve the death of one particular medium or another.  For example, a week or two ago Wired magazine ran a story proclaiming that “The Web is … Continue reading

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Pakistan Floods Get Minimal Media Coverage

It’s been noted several places that the devastating floods in Pakistan haven’t gotten near the media coverage that the earthquake in Haiti did.  NPR’s Morning Edition had a good story about public opinion about the floods, and it has some … Continue reading

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Chapter 2 Links

Chapter 2. Mass Communication Effects: How Society and Media Interact Changes in Political Advertising (pg. 42-46) Political ads can now be independently produced and easily distributed over the Internet. Here are the two examples discussed in the opening vignette for Chapter … Continue reading

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

How are reporters covering/exploiting/abusing the Manhattan Mosque controversy? The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz covers the full range of stories on this.  And here are some interesting political cartoons on the subject as well. Should mobile media devices be required to … Continue reading

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Chapter 1 Links

I will soon have a single page posted with all the supporting links for the 3rd edition.  But until then, I’ll be posting the chapter links as I have them ready.  Here are the links for Chapter 1. Chapter 1. … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 15 – Media News from the Muslim World

When we look at the media world here in the United States, one of the things we understand the least is how media operate in the non-Western world, especially in the Muslim Middle East.  NPR’s On The Media had a … Continue reading

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Truth 7: There Is No “They” Dept. – Dry Erase Girl HPOA Is A Hoax

The story breaking on the humor site The Chive was just too good to be true.  Under the headline of “Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office,” comes a story of Jenny the Assistant who quits … Continue reading

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Because I Can Dept: Every Star Wars Lightsaber Ignition and Retraction

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Is TBD.com the future of urban community journalism?

All the D.C. journalists and bloggers are hot today about the launch of TBD.com, a TV station and website that puts out local news and community information about the D.C. Metro area. Is this urban community news? Mashable has an … Continue reading

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