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Return to “Is There Ever Grace For Being Stupid on Social Media?”
You may have seen the heartwarming story about Carson King, a young man who held up a sign at a recent University of Iowa / Iowa State University football game soliciting beer money. The sign, seen on ESPN’s GameDay, went … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged beer guy, ethics, social media history, stupid on social media
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Media Tweets: Joseph Maguire Edition (with a T.S. Eliot shout out)
A brief roundup of media news on the Twitter machine. The main focus today is on talk about Acting Intelligence Chief Joseph Maguire’s testimony because the House Intelligence Committee: Reminder: It was the Wall Street Journal that broke this story … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 5
Tagged journalism, media ownership, media tweets, poetry, Wall Street Journal
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How Should Brands Remember 9/11 in Social Media?
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, have left scars on the United States, and indeed the entire world. And it is only natural to respond to those intense feelings every year on what is now observed as Patriot Day. The … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11 – In the movies and on the road
Today is the 18th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. In memory, here are a couple of posts I’ve put up in the past. The first is a look at cameos the Twin Towers made in numerous Hollywood films: … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 8, Diabetes, Motorcycling
Tagged 9/11, motorcycle, movies, National Parks, Twin Towers, United 93
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Guest Blog Post: World of Warcraft Classic Sinks its Claws into Twitch and Ninja
Today’s guest blog post comes from occasional contributor and friend-of-the-blog Aaron Blackman. Aaron often streams video game play on Monday nights at 7 p.m. at https://www.twitch.tv/flagg05 and he can be found on Twitter at @flagg05. On August 26th 2019, Blizzard Entertainment did a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Guest Blog Post
Tagged Aaron Blackman, guest blog post, ninja, online gaming
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Return to Bed Bugs, NYT & Thin-Skinned Columnists
When last we met, NY Times columnist Bret Stephens was being mocked on the Internet for complaining rather publicly about Dr. David Karpf, a relatively unknown associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University making a mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Bret Stephens, free speech, Godwin's Law, name calling, new york times, Streisand, twitter
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Media Twitter: On Bed Bugs, the NYT and thin-skinned columnists
Updated 8/28/19 It all started with a story on Slate Monday noting that several locations in the New York Times building were infested with bed bugs. This led to the following tweet from NY Times visual journalism director Stuart Thompson: “Breaking – there are … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Bret Stephens, free speech, name calling, new york times, Streisand, twitter
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Everything can be Explained by Hamilton: Politicians and Media, Then and Now
The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office – John Adams, not Donald Trump — WaPo https://t.co/nH5W6HHN1E — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 24, 2019 People who say we’ve never had politics before like we do today are just … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Aaron Burr, alien and sedition acts, Hamilton, John Adams
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Media Twitter: Digital Detox, Fancy Phones, Creepy Speakers, and Facebook 51
Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019 I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10
Tagged apple, digital cleanse, distracted boyfriend, Facebook, Google, smart speakers, smartphones
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Media Twitter: Candidate playlists, digital history & one more distracted boyfriend meme
Going to try to get back to blogging on a more regular basis this fall. On days I don’t have essay posts, I’m going to share some of the media issue Twitter posts that might have scrolled by your feed. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6
Tagged archives, campaign coverage, digital history, distracted boyfriend, memes, multimedia
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