Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Link Ch. 8 – D.W. Griffith’s ‘Intolerance’

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Intolerance was D.W. Griffit’s epic followup to Birth of a Nation.  You can now see a nearly 3-hour cut of the film on YouTube.

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Link Ch. 7 – Meet David Sarnoff

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

David Sarnoff is one of the most influential people in the foundation of American broadcasting, having  been the president of NBC from the radio era into the days of television.  Here are a couple of great resources on this pioneer: … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Young Adult & Children’s Bestsellers

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

The New York Times has several bestseller lists that deal with books targeted at children and young adults.  Take a look to see if your favorites are still on the list.  Note that books for children and young adults typically stay … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of Redemption for Mortenson?

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Greg Mortenson, author of the memoir Three Cups of Tea, faced enormous criticism in 2011 when several investigations turned up evidence that he had fabricated substantial portions of his two books about building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But now, in … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Revisiting Dr. Gerbner and TV Violence

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

By and large, most people who aren’t media scholars would be hard pressed to name a single media theorist who isn’t Marshall McLuhan. But the one possible exception would be George Gerbner because of his cultivation theory. Dr. Gerbner testified … Continue reading →

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For my students – Covers, Remixes, and Mashups

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Today in class I was talking about both cover songs, remixes, and mashups; and we looked at and talked about a number of videos.  Here are links to them: Talking and Watching Mashups Links to Girl Walk, Girl Talk, and … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Applying the Spiral of Silence to Social Media

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

German media scholar Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, with her spiral of silence, has raised the question of why people become unwilling to express what they perceive to be a minority opinion. Central to Noelle-Neumann’s argument is that when people believe they are in … Continue reading →

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Ch. 2 Link – Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and the NSA

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to several in-depth articles about the NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden and Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who reported on Snowden’s documents. Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets Great article by Janet Reitman from Rolling Stone. … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Does Google need your consent before using your data to create a profile of you? Looks like they do in Germany. Are consumers the only ones cutting the cord? Nope.  Smaller cable/internet providers are starting to get out of the … Continue reading →

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Ch. 1 Links – Web comics round-up

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: While none of the comics discussed here go much beyond PG-13 in art, they do sometimes have offensive language in them. This is a major update of a post I originally did about 3 years ago: Regular readers here … Continue reading →

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