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Category Archives: Chapter 10
What does the 1st Amendment mean? Stories from the the insurrection, Part 3
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Chapter 5, Chapter 6
Tagged 2021 insurrection, books, first amendment, President Trump, social media, twitter
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Poetry, paint and mysterious art edition
Why does Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” resonates so strongly now? Poynter Institute’s Roy Peter Clark agues that’s because it always resonates. (And I would argue Auden does, too.) Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" while his wife was recovering from … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 4
Tagged Auden, poetry, Yeats
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Remembering Herman Cain – The presidential candidate who loved Pokémon
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza) died today of the novel coronavirus. He is one of the most prominent American political figures to have died from COVID-19. While I was never a political fan … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged COVID-19, Herman Cain, pokemon
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The media world on Twitter: Short takes on complex issues
I’m spending most of my time right now trying to complete the eighth edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World for my publisher Sage. I’ve been blessed with some friends who have been kind enough to write guest blog … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6, Chapter 8
Tagged body armor, Canada, covid19, journalism, movie theaters, Neil Postman, net neutrality, news, NPR
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Guest Blog Post: Executive Orders & Social Media`
Today’s guest blog post is from TCU journalism professor and media lawyer Chip Stewart who tweets as @MediaLawProf. He is the author of multiple books, including Media Law Through Science Fiction: Do Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? Social Media and the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Guest Blog Post
Tagged Chip Stewart, guest blog post, media law, social media, twitter
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Putting popularity of government action on COVID19 in context by comix XKCD
XKCD is a comic about range of geeky issues, but it is often about how to present data in interesting and honest ways. This one does a great job of putting the popularity of government efforts to protect us from … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged comics, covid19, XKCD
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Lin-Manuel Miranda talks with AP History Students on Primary Sources and Writing Hamilton
Our time of COVID19 isolation has led to a wide range of unusual media content out there. But for me, nothing has been as cool as all of the Hamilton content that has sprung up in the last month. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6
Tagged covid19, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, youtube
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Why do we still care about radio in the age of online media? "While our phones and internet did not deliver – the radio was always there and it performed a vital service as well as created a feeling of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 4, Chapter 8
Tagged Facebook, gender identity, music videos, OED, radio, social media
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Twitter and the Death of a Basketball Legend
As everyone knows, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and several others, including one of his daughters, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Without further comment, here’s a number of Tweets that have discussed the flow of news about this tragedy. Retweeting here … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 5
Tagged ethics, Kobe Bryant, reporting ethics, social media, twitter
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2019 in Media – When the chicken sandwich wars go viral
In retrospect, we all should have seen it coming. We should have guessed that one of the biggest social media battles of the year would be a corporate fight over … chicken sandwiches. The Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich empire has long … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10
Tagged chicken sandwiches, social marketing, social media
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