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Media News Update
Hi, everyone. Been away on vacation, so no recent posts. Here’s a roundup of some recent media news of interest: So is it ok to have sexual exploitation featuring men in ads? Kraft is following in the footsteps of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 5, Chapter 9
Tagged advertising, photography, social media, television
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What if a student pretended to have a Mexican accent for an entire semester of a speech class, and then revealed his real San Diego accent on the last day of class? What kind of stories spread the fastest on … Continue reading
Newsweek to cease dead tree edition, going digital only
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 going digital, magazines
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Adele, Vogue, and Body Image: “I don’t want to be some skinny-mini with my t#%s out”
Adele’s been getting a lot of attention lately. Not only for her music, but also for her looks. Here’s a discussion from CNN about her new cover of Vogue in which she looks a good deal thinner than she does … Continue reading
Link Ch. 5 – Meet Editor Bonnie Fuller
For the last 20 years, editor Bonnie Fuller has been a driving force in the world of popular magazines. In this video, she talks about how she got involved with magazine editing:
Link Ch. 5 – State of the News Media: Magazines
Here is a collection of State of the News Media reports about the magazine industry: 2013 – News Magazines: Embracing Their Digital Future 2012 – Magazines: Are Hopes for Tablets Overdone? 2011 – Magazines: A Shake-Out for News Weeklies 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 5
Tagged magazines, Pew Research
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Link Ch. 5 – Beauty, Size & Age Part IV: A Very Special Issue
One issue that has stayed in my book Mass Communication: Living in a Media World has been the issue of beauty, size and age in magazine advertisements and editorial content. While the previous three posts date back a couple of … Continue reading
Link Ch. 5 – Beauty, Size & Age Part III: Kelly Clarkson & Self Magazine
One issue that has stayed in my book Mass Communication: Living in a Media World has been the issue of beauty, size and age in magazine advertisements and editorial content. Here is the third of three posts that look these … Continue reading
Link Ch. 5 – Beauty, Size & Age Part II: The Woman on p 194
One issue that has stayed in my book Mass Communication: Living in a Media World has been the issue of beauty, size and age in magazine advertisements and editorial content. Here is the second of three posts that look these … Continue reading
Link Ch. 5 – Beauty, Size & Age Part I: Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty
One issue that has stayed in my book Mass Communication: Living in a Media World has been the issue of beauty, size and age in magazine advertisements and editorial content. Here is the first of three posts that look these … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 5
Tagged advertising, body image, magazines, Secret 3, Truth 3
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