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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Has the University of Illinois repealed the First Amendment for its faculty? New tenured prof gets contract dropped over “vulgar and insulting” tweets. What can marketers learn from the Ice Bucket Challenge? Make it fun. Make it easy. Make it … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, advocacy, first amendment, media law, public relations
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And we’re back!
After a busy summer with only an occasional post, the Living in a Media World blog is back – Now in it’s 11th year (Yup, started back in March of 2004!) If you aren’t already, please follow us on Twitter … Continue reading
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Getting Old
Years ago when I got my first job as an assistant professor at Northern Arizona University, Jack Sisco, the gruff, old director of the program looked at me and said: “It’s bad enough when the incoming freshmen could be your … Continue reading
Dealing Globally With Free Speech
I saw a fascinating series of Tweets this morning about the conflict between public safety, ethnic violence/civil wars, and free speech around the world – especially in Turkey and MENA (Middle East/North Africa). I’m not able to come up with a good … Continue reading
Link Ch. 11 – Creativity, Tastelessness, and Grabbing the Advertising Audience
In advertising, a tension often exists between creativity and salesmanship. An ad may do a great job of grabbing people’s attention and generating talk, but if the ad doesn’t have a solid sales message, consumers will not remember the product or … Continue reading
Link Ch. 15 – “Control Room” documentary on Al Jazeera’s Coverage of War With Iraq
Broadcast via satellite from the small Arab country of Qatar since 1997, Al Jazeera has carried interviews with everyone from Osama bin Laden to Colin Powell and has been criticized for doing so by both the United States and Arab … Continue reading
Into Thin Air’s Jon Krakauer on Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer was reporting on the commercialization of Mt. Everest for Outside back in 1996 when a sudden storm killed eight people, including four people in the group Krakauer was climbing with. His reporting became the bestselling book “Into Thin … Continue reading
Live Blogging Everest Tragedy
Mt. Everest is seemingly one of the most remote places on earth, but when news breaks there, we are often able to get up-to-date news there from connected climbers and journalists who can post photos, videos, and text to their … Continue reading
The Right to Free Speech According to XKCD
Nailed it….