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If your mother says she loves you, check it out…
Updated 1/18/13 I was sitting in the dental chair yesterday afternoon, waiting for the dentist to come fix my chipped tooth when I came across a tweet pointing me to the Deadspin story about Manti Te’O’s fake/made up/fraudulent (choose your … Continue reading
Media in our Lives
On Monday, I asked my students in my 9 a.m. Global Media Literacy what media they had used since midnight. Here’s what they had done during the first 9 hours of the day (during which they presumably slept a little…). … Continue reading
Link Ch. 13 – The Hazelwood Decision’s 25th Anniversary
Twenty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a high school principal in Hazelwood, Missouri, had the right to censor articles in the student newspaper about pregnancy and divorce. The court, in its ruling, wrote: The First Amendment … Continue reading
What is Gangnam Style? And how did it turn Klingon?
Last fall our friend Charley Reed gave us an in-depth analysis of the insanely popular Korean video Gangnam Style. Me? I added in the wonderful parody video of Klingon Style! We talked about it in class today, so if you … Continue reading
George Carlin and Movie Trailers
In my Global Media Literacy class I’ve been showing and talking about several videos I’ve had around for some time. Thought I would share them with you this morning. We’ve been talking about how movie trailers can set an emotional … Continue reading
Blogs From My Commentary Class
As I mentioned the other day, I’m teaching commentary and blogging this semester, and I’ve got an interesting group of students who will be commenting on just about everything over the semester. Here are their blogs! Eric Nelson – nelsonej2’s … Continue reading
25 Years of Opinion
Twenty-five years ago this week I started teaching college at Northern Arizona University. Among the classes I taught that semester was Opinion Writing. Today, I’ll be starting in on a fresh section of that class, only now it’s called Commentary … Continue reading
Would You Run This Photo?
The Washington Post ran this photo on the front page of its sports section this morning of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III injuring his knee during Sunday’s playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. A long-time friend of mine (and … Continue reading
Link Ch. 6 – NBC Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his Crew Freed in Syria
It is sometimes easy to forget how much danger reporters face to get us news from war zones around the world. On Monday, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his crew were freed from their captors who had held … Continue reading
How did Leonard Cohen’s song Hallelujah become an anthem?
It’s a long story, and there’s actually a book out on the subject. But here’s a link to The Atlantic’s short version of the comprehensive history of Leonard Cohen’s best known song (with videos!). Leonard Cohen’s original: Jeff Buckley’s version: … Continue reading