Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Tumblr Blog Humanae Categorizes Skin Color as Pantone Codes

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

There is a fantastically cool Tumblr blog called Humanae that presents simple photos of people showing their skin (in a safe-for-work way) along with the Pantone code that describes the person’s skin color. (The background for each image also uses … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 10 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Link Ch. 3 – Disney buys LucasFilm, now owns Star Wars – Is that really such a bad thing?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

So, Disney has bought out LucasFilm from George Lucas for $4.05 billion in cash and Disney stock and now owns the rights to Star Wars, a partial interest in the Indiana Jones series, Industrial Light and Magic special effects house, Skywalker Sound, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Link, Chapter 3, Chapter 8 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Everything is a Remix

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Kirby Ferguson has put together a fantastic series of videos explaining the notion that we are living in a remix culture where most cultural products are created by recombining previous ones.  Here’s the complete series in order, along with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 2 | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Repost – Puppets Explain TV Audience Ratings

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

A repost from last April for my Media Literacy students: A great video explaining how Nielsen’s television ratings work created by data visualization agency JESS3 for ESPN.

Posted in Chapter 9 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Newsweek to cease dead tree edition, going digital only

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Newsweek (and Daily Beast) editor Tina Brown announced Oct. 18, 2012 that the long-time news weekly (is that redundant?) would put out its last paper edition on Dec. 31, 2012. After that date, it will be named Newsweek Global and be … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 5 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Link Ch. 9 – Mary Tyler Moore on the Dick Van Dyke Show

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

In the 1950s and 1960s, networks and advertisers imposed strict controls on what could be shown on television. For example, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke played the married couple Laura and Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Link, Chapter 9 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Do journalists ever leave a great story unreported? Ted Koppel knew about the story the movie Argo is based on as it happened and didn’t report it because he didn’t want the people involved to be killed. (Hollywood Reporter) How … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 4, Chapter 7 | Tagged | Leave a comment

Chapter 8 – Movie links

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Here are the links to the silent films we looked at in class this week. Great very early examples. A great scene from Singing in the Rain that illustrates the difficulty in moving from silent to talking films. Another great … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 8 | Tagged | 1 Comment

Girl Talk & Girl Walk Links

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 – Meet Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis Link Ch. 7 – Girl … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 7 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Guest Post: Why Gangnam Style matters to us – Part 2

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

This is part 2 of Charley Reed’s guest post on the  global phenomenon (even galactic at times) Gangnam Style! You can read Part 1 – What the heck is Gangnam Style, anyways? here. There is no telling what plans manager Scooter … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15, Chapter 7 | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments