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Cancer is one of those topics…
I discovered that today (Tuesday, Feb. 4th) is World Cancer Awareness Day from a Facebook post from a former student of mine whose wife has been been winning the battle against cancer for the last two years. Seeing that post … Continue reading
Twitter and the Death of a Basketball Legend
As everyone knows, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and several others, including one of his daughters, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Without further comment, here’s a number of Tweets that have discussed the flow of news about this tragedy. Retweeting here … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 5
Tagged ethics, Kobe Bryant, reporting ethics, social media, twitter
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Ten Twitter Feeds Worth Following
The homework for my Commentary and Blogging class this week is for them to each make a blog post with ten interesting Twitter feeds to follow, along with a brief explanation of why each is worth paying attention to. I … Continue reading
Dr. King urged us all to be extremists for love and justice, not for hate
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s … Continue reading
Guest Blog Post: Little Women Spoiler Alert
This guest blog post is from my Dear Wife, author Pam Andrews Hanson. In the past she has blogged here and here. Needless to say, this guest blog post contains Little Women spoilers. Spoiler Alert: Beth dies in Little Women and … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 8, Guest Blog Post
Tagged 2020 Oscars, books, guest blog post, Little Women, movies, women and movies
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My Year In Movies – Some Thoughts on the Oscars
I didn’t get My Year in Movies blog post up yet, and the Oscar nominations just got announced this morning, so I guess I will combine the two into a single commentary. When I saw the list of Oscar nominations … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged 2020 Oscars, ch07Movies, favorite movies, Favorite movies of 2019, movies
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2019 in Media – When the chicken sandwich wars go viral
In retrospect, we all should have seen it coming. We should have guessed that one of the biggest social media battles of the year would be a corporate fight over … chicken sandwiches. The Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich empire has long … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10
Tagged chicken sandwiches, social marketing, social media
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LMM News Part 2 (sort of): Hamilton, impeachment and the current news cycle
I started tweeting about Alexander Hamilton and impeachment this morning as a way of avoiding working on my end-of-the semester grading, and it kind of got out of control. Here it is in mildly more coherent form: It all started … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, Chapter 7
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Donald Trump, Hamilton, impeachment, Lin-Manuel Miranda, LMM, Washington Post
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Lin-Manuel Miranda News Part 1: In The Heights finally makes the trip from Broadway to Hollywood
(UPDATE: 5/12/20 – The release of film adaptation of In The Heights has been delayed until the summer of 2021 because movie theaters have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though I wouldn’t be shocked if it ended up landing … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged Hamilton, in the heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda, LMM, movies
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Media Twitter: TikTok, ViacomCBS, Libel, and Marie Colvin
Just a quick round up of what’s been of interest to me on Twitter this week. On Tuesday, a German publication proved TikTok was suppressing videos by queer, disabled, and fat creators. On Wednesday, TikTok admitted it and announced it … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Chapter 3, Chapter 6
Tagged CBS, diversity, libel, Marie Colvin, social media, TikTok, viacom
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