Category Archives: Chapter 15

Link Ch. 15 – The Danish Cartoons

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

In 2005, Flemming Rose, the culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, became concerned about what he saw as acts of self-censorship in Europe to avoid offending Muslims. In response, he commissioned a dozen cartoonists to portray the prophet Muhammad … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 15 – The BBC

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The British Broadcasting Corporation started out as a radio service with a  global reach.  It’s still all that, but it also has a big presence on television and on the Internet.  Here are links to just three of its host … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 15 – How Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez Controls Country’s Media

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

In 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made heavy use of authoritarian media control by denying the country’s oldest and most watched television network , Radio Caracas Television, a broadcasting license.  In doing so, silenced the government’s sharpest critic.  You can … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 15 – Remembering the CBC’s “Little Mosque on the Prairie”

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) has just closed out six seasons of the hit comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie about the life of muslims living in rural Canada in a post-9/11 era.  NPR’s On The Media did an interesting segment … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 15 – Differing Views of World News

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Want to see how different media outlets are cover news from around the world?  Here’s your chance to compare and contrast for yourself:  Sounds like that could be a great media literacy assignment…. Suggestions of sources to add or potential … Continue reading →

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A New Year in the Media World

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

A few thoughts from across the Interwebs on the new year: Will election year politics cause you to unfriend old friends from Facebook? I don’t know about unfriending, but I’ve been known to hide posts…. HT Romenesko. No flying cars … Continue reading →

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It’s a small, small world…

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Erik, my oldest son, views study abroad as an all-you-can-eat buffet.  He went to Germany when he was 16 as a high school exchange student; he did a study abroad through University of Nebraska at Kearney in Rostock, Germany; and … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

How did people learn about bin Laden’s death? Survey says — Television.  Though many of my students said word-of-mouth from people who had been watching TV. What parent wouldn’t love a book called “Go The @$#& To Sleep”? This book … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Are you watching this?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

If you are not watching Al Jazeera English this Friday, you should be!  Also be following the #Egypt and #Jan25 hashtags on Twitter. There is even an “unstalling dictator” tweetmeme going around.

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Link Ch. 15 – Al Jazeera Arabic carrying video of police running over protesters

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

In my commentary and blogging course today, we were talking about how Al Jazeera English differs from what Americans are typically used to seeing on television.  One of my students said he watched AJE for about 15 minutes yesterday and … Continue reading →

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