Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Pakistan Floods Get Minimal Media Coverage

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson
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Is TBD.com the future of urban community journalism?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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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And we are back!

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Living in a Media World is officially back up and running. After six years of being a homemade blog coded using my own html (helped out with Dreamweaver), it is now up and running as a mostly modern WordPress blog. … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

I’m finally getting the new WordPress version of Living in a Media World up and running.  Be watching for frequent changes as I get this all figured out.

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