Category Archives: Chapter 3

Questions Worth Asking – Journalism Edition

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

How does local television news change when Sinclair Broadcast Group buys a station? As shared by Prof. Jay Rosen, a paper being published Gregory J. Martin and Joshua McCrain in American Political Science Review shows that “news coverage tilts more … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post: Jeremy Littau on what’s gone wrong with the news industry

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

On January 24, 2019, my friend Jeremy Littau, a journalism professor at Lehigh University, started a tweet storm of 30 or so posts that outlined an argument of why news media layoffs keep happening. Within three days, the thread had … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Littau’s tweet storm on the news business goes viral

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

On January 24, 2019, my friend Jeremy Littau, a journalism professor at Leigh University, started a tweet storm of 30 or so posts that outlined an argument of why news media layoffs keep happening. Within half an hour I had … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3 – The Changing Face of Media Ownership

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

It’s July of 2018 as I’m finishing up copy edits for the 7th edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, and the question of who is going to own what in corporate media is somewhat of an open question. … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post: Digging in the (White) Trash

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

Please welcome Dr. Tasha Dunn, one of my colleagues in the UNK Department of Communication with her guest blog post about her upcoming book, Taking Out the “Trash”: Mediated Representations and Lived Experiences of White Working-Class People, coming soon from Routledge Books. … Continue reading →

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Ch. 3 Visual Media Literacy: Google Doodles

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

Here are several of the Google doodles I discuss in the Ch. 3 Test Your Visual Media Literacy exercise: The original Burning Man Google doodle Lotte Reiniger’s 117th Birthday Google doodle The 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop … Continue reading →

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Disney To Acquire Large Portions of 21st Century Fox

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Yes, I know this was news a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been busy, and this will be around for a long time, assuming it gets approved… There’s been a lot of talk lately about one of media conglomerates acquiring … Continue reading →

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In the Battle of Disney vs. The Press, The Press Won

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, Disney recently entered into an ill-advised battle with the Los Angeles Times because the media conglomerate didn’t like how the newspaper was covering the company’s business relationships with the city of Anaheim. Disney (aka … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – All-Disney Edition

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

How many African-American writers does Hulu have working on their series? Zero, none, zip, nada. (And just 4.8 percent of all TV writers are black.) Behind-the-camera diversity can be as important as in-front-of-the-camera. (Disney is one of the major owners … Continue reading →

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AT&T Buying Time Warner – Which Apocalypse Will It Be?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

Oh, wow, a tech giant is buying up Time Warner, one of the big legacy media companies for an unheard of amount of money. The tech company is talking about how the purchase will help them leverage synergy in the … Continue reading →

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