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Media Business in the News
Amazon to start selling subscriptions on streaming services to Prime customers. Includes Showtime and Starz. Lebron James signs lifetime deal with Nike Not entirely clear whether it’s his life lifetime or professional lifetime. Anyway, he’s getting a Michael Jordan level … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12, Chapter 9
Tagged advertising, Christmas Twaddle, holidays, streaming video
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Sentimental Twaddle – A Host of Christmas/Holiday Ads That Will Make You Cry
Advertising Age’s morning newsletter had a lot of interesting news this morning, but none better than a story on a number of Christmas and holiday themed ads guaranteed to make you blubber like a baby! Among the best/worst is a German … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 11
Tagged advertising, Christmas Twaddle, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Sentimental Twaddle
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Trying to Control the News
There’ve been several stories over the last few days of governments attempting to control the news. Here are links to two of them: Judge forces Florida paper to “unpublish” information According to Columbia Journalism Review, a judge in Florida has … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 15
Tagged censorship, prior restraint
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What’s wrong with a Bloomingdale’s ad that suggests you secretly spike your date’s drink? ‘Cause date rape is always in style, Bloomies… (To be fair, after they got ripped on social media, the store apologized. How do you make money … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 4
Tagged advertising, Anne Frank, books, ethics, online book sales, social media, Yik Yak
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Guest Blog Post: Understanding Mizzou’s Melissa Click
The following is a guest blog post from Dr. Brian Steffen, professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Simpson College. This was originally published on the Small Programs Interest Group (from AEJMC) listserv in slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 2, civil rights, critical theory, free speech, Mizzou, protest, student free speech
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Mizzou Protests: Media Attention Is Not A Faucet You Can Turn Off And On
If you follow the same kind of people and media outlets on Twitter as I do, you’ve likely been overwhelmed with the firehose of news and opinions about the events at University of Missouri (Mizzou) over the last few days. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Tagged civil rights, free speech, Mizzou, New Secrets, protest, social media, student free speech
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Thinking About New Media Secrets: Everything is Data
When the second edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World came out as a CQ Press title back in 2007, one of the biggest new features was the introduction of the “Seven Truths They Don’t Want You To Know … Continue reading
Posted in New Secrets
Tagged Everything is Data, New Secrets, Seven Secrets
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Who was behind the brilliant @IsPaulSpeaker Twitter account?
I can’t believe that everyone interested in national politics wasn’t following the @IsPaulSpeaker Twitter account for the last couple of weeks. The account, run by Topeka, Kansas attorney Angel Romero Jr (also a proud Washburn University grad), presented a series … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Uncategorized
Tagged political communication, social media, twitter
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No more nudes for Playboy; Maxim goes upscale – What will the lads read now?
In the past, supposedly enlightened men claimed that they bought Playboy magazine for the articles. And for a long time, it could be a truthish claim – Playboy did run good articles and paid top writers good money for them. And sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 5
Tagged magazine covers, magazines, men's magazines
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Who Exactly Are The “Mainstream Media”?
Overall, I’m with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz on this one. I’m not sure how appropriate it was to report on the rumors of an affair by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. On one hand, there were a lot of questions … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1
Tagged Kevin McCarthy, mainstream media, media ethics, Seven Secrets
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