Category Archives: Chapter 2

NPR, Fox, & Juan Williams

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE 2: Full segment from Fox for Juan Williams comments. UPDATE: Jon Stewart weighs in on the Juan Williams dust-up. Here’s a round up of stories covering the endless debate over NPR firing news commentator Juan Williams and the role … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Will Netflix offer a “streaming only” subscription? Sounds like it’s coming. Netflix now has 16.9 million subscribers according to the company’s earnings report out today. Are readers capable of being civil in the online comment sections of media sites? Apparently … Continue reading →

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Does What Happens in Philly Stay in Philly?

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

That would be a no.  What happened in Philadelphia? The National Republic Senatorial Committee shot an ad disparaging the West Virginia Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for being too close to President Obama.  Perfectly acceptable political rhetoric.  What wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Civic and Public Journalism

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

We’ve been talking about civic and public journalism in my interpretive reporting class.  Here are links to several articles/blog posts I’m having them read: New book examinesPublic Journalism 2.0 From the Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group Jay Rosen – … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 Links

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Chapter 2. Mass Communication Effects: How Society and Media Interact Changes in Political Advertising (pg. 42-46) Political ads can now be independently produced and easily distributed over the Internet. Here are the two examples discussed in the opening vignette for Chapter … Continue reading →

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