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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
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
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
Posted in Chapter 15, Chapter 6
Tagged international news
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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
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
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Chapter 6, Chapter 7
Tagged first amendment, mobile media, questions, Secret 7, Truth 7
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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
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
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 15
Tagged global media, Muslim media
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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
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
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged community journalism
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