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Link Ch. 2 – Revisiting Dr. Gerbner and TV Violence
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
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 2
Tagged cultivation theory, gerbner, mean world syndrome, media effects
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For my students – Covers, Remixes, and Mashups
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
Link Ch. 2 – Applying the Spiral of Silence to Social Media
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
Ch. 2 Link – Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and the NSA
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
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 2
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
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
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, mobile phones, privacy, questions, social media, television
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Ch. 1 Links – Web comics round-up
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
Link Ch. 1 – Paul McCartney’s Baseball Stadium Concerts
UPDATE: Name of Citi Field corrected. In 2009, Sir Paul McCartney played a concert at New York’s Citi Field, which was right across the road from Shea Stadium, where the Beatles played their first stadium show. Concerts like this illustrate … Continue reading
NFL & Sponsor Trouble – Part 2
Another day, another look at the National Football League’s violence against women and children crisis: Minnesota Vikings initially reinstate Peterson, then ban him from all team activities According to the Washington Post, the Vikings have banned Adrian Peterson from participating … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12, Chapter 14
Tagged crisis communication, ethics, NFL Sponsors, public relations
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When the sponsors get involved, you know the NFL is in trouble
If you’ve been paying any attention to sports news for the last couple of weeks, you know that the NFL has a crisis on its hands. A crisis of star players who have been caught committing a range of violent … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12, Chapter 14
Tagged crisis communication, ethics, NFL Sponsors, public relations
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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading