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Reposting: Girl Talk & Girl Walk Links
Had a request from one of my students to repost this: Here are links to posts talking about mashup artist Gregg Gillis’s performances as Girl Talk, and of the great dance film Girl Walk // All Day. Link Ch. 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7
Tagged copyri, Girl Talk, legal issues, long tail media, movies, music
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Director Brad Bird Tweets on Gravity
Brad Bird has directed a bunch of movies I really love, including The Incredibles, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and the woefully underappreciated Iron Giant. Over the last few days he has sent out a series of Tweets about what makes Gravity important and … Continue reading
Gravity Shows the Limits of the Bechdel Test
Let me start by saying I’m more than a little bit obsessed with the Bechdel Test. As I wrote back in August when Pacific Rim was released: You all know the Bechdel Test for the role of women in film, right? … Continue reading
Why Gravity is Grabbing So Much Attention
The Sandra Bullock 3-D space movie Gravity has opened to spectacular reviews and record-breaking October box office numbers. And after going to see it last Tuesday in 3-D at my local theater, I have to say that the movie has earned … Continue reading
Using narrative and other techniques in depth reporting
I’m posting here the readings that I’m assigning to my Depth Reporting Students. Why? So they will be easy for my students to find and because these are great things for anyone interested in journalism to read: New York Times: … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged narrative, newspapers, reporting
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Media News Roundup
USB ports replace cigarette lighters in Hyundai cars As if we needed any more proof that mobile media devices are addictive! iPhones are more important than cigarettes! FAA backs letting people use mobile media during take-off and landing And they … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 4, Chapter 9
Tagged books, cable TV, mobile media
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Four Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again
An open video letter to J.J. Abrams from Sincerely Truman. This is brilliant and correct. And as one commenter on YouTube put it: “So basically… Make Firefly.” Pretty much. Shiny!
Link Ch. 4 – Portrait of an Attempt to Ban a Book in Minnesota
Omaha author (and former newspaper columnist) Rainbow Rowell did not grow up well off. She wrote back in her column back in 1997 that, “We went from desperate to poor. And poor felt so good.” In Eleanor & Park, her award-winning … Continue reading
Banned Book Week
It’s the American Library Association’s annual Banned Book Week, which draws attention to books that have been challenged in libraries or classrooms over the last year. I’ve long had somewhat ambiguous feelings about Banned Book Week. On the one hand, … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Who has America’s oldest college newspaper? At least eight different papers claim the title. Of course, each paper uses its own standard to determine the “oldest.” (Thanks to College Media Matters from the Associated Collegiate Press) How sexist were ads … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 15, Chapter 6, Chapter 7
Tagged advertising, because i c, media and religion, music business, newspapers, questions, student media, video games
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