Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

First Media Memories – Part I

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

This week in my Global Media Literacy class we’ve been talking about our first media memories.  I’ve put together a list of links below based on what the students in my class (who are all freshmen or sophomores) have talked … Continue reading →

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The Mako Mori Test – An alternative to the Bechdel Test

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

You all know the Bechdel Test for the role of women in film, right?  Very simple three part test for the importance of women in a film: Are there at least two female characters with names Who talk with each … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Al Jazeera America gives viewers a more serious look at the news This summer I had my online media literacy students watch Al Jazeera English online for half an hour.  They were all surprised at how serious of a newscast … Continue reading →

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Return to Kickstarter

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

At AEJMC this year, I was part of a great panel about using Kickstarter to fund journalistic and other media projects – hence the recent number of posts on Kickstarter… Here are two more crowdfunded projects that have just popped … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s Washington Post Front Page

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

The news started breaking on Twitter this afternoon that there was a big meeting coming up at at the Washington Post today.  Not long after word came that Amazon founder and space memorabilia collector Jeff Bezos had purchased the paper for … Continue reading →

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Journalistic Projects Funded Through Kickstarter

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Sacred Poison: A documentary Homicide Watch – A one year student reporting lab

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Kickstarter and Books

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been reading up on Kickstarter the last few days – hence the last couple posts.  Here are a few more: Getting advance support from readers dates back to at least the early 1700s Alexander Pope used pre-funding in 17134 … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Using Kickstarter to Help Fund Movies

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Kickstarter Page for Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus  Small-town movie theaters theaters threatened by shift to digital cinema Story from the LA Times on how smaller communities are using fundraising and Kickstarter to try to buy digital projectors for drive-ins and … Continue reading →

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Univision is winning the summer

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Remember back in March when I noted that Spanish-language broadcast television network Univision had finished fourth in the February sweeps among adults age 18-49?  Well, for the last three weeks, Univision has been winning with that prized audience. At a … Continue reading →

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