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Guest Blog Post: Media framing the news out of Ukraine very differently than that from Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan
Yesterday morning while I was reading Twitter, Dr. Rosemary Pennington, associate professor of journalism at Miami University of Ohio, had a great thread on how the news media have framed the story of what is happening in Ukraine so very … Continue reading
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Tagged guest blog post, MENA, Rosemary Pennington, Ukraine, war coverage
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Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer
Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor who devoted his life to serving the health needs of the poorest, most remote, and sickest of the world, died of an “acute cardiac event” earlier this week at a hospital in Rwanda he … Continue reading
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Tagged feature writing, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Tracy Kidder
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Are radically fewer people watching the Olympics this year? The simple answer is no. The more complex answer is, “What do you mean by watching?” As University of Main media historian Dr. Michael Socolow writes today in Slate, obviously the traditional … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, Bejing Olympics, CBS, ch02 business, CH08 TV, ch14 media law, libel, paramount, Questions worth asking, televsion, TV, viacom, what is television
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Why do news update e-mails insist on putting sports spoilers in the subject line?
Why do news update e-mails insist on putting sports spoilers in the subject line? Ok, I get it. It’s almost impossible to avoid results of a high-profile Olympic event that takes place early in the morning but gets aired on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bejing Olympics, e-mail, Olympics, social media, spoilers
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What a great year for Best Animated Feature Oscar Nominations
Generally, I have mixed feelings about the Best Animated Feature Oscar category. I mean, if Disney/Pixar comes out with a vaguely credible effort, they generally win. This was particularly true in 2016 when the oh-so-carefully constructed “important message” Zootopia beat … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, animation, ch07Movies, Disney, Encanto, Flee, Luca, Mitchells, pixar, Raya
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When did I realize I was all-in on e-books?
Last night. I had previously read and really enjoyed the first two volumes/decades of former Python/travel host Michael Palin’s diaries, but had held off reading the thick third volume, Travelling To Work, for several years. I mean, the book has literally … Continue reading
Sometimes you just need old favorites: A Year in Movies 2021 – Part 4
In December of 2020, when it became clear we were not going to be returning to normal life any time soon, we purchased a big honking 55-inch 4K TV and settled in for a year of watching movies at home. … Continue reading
Guest Blog Post – Looking Back at Banned Books
I saw on social media last week that my former student Stephanie Ballard Conrad was talking about studying banned books back when she was an undergraduate nearly 20 years ago. I asked if she could give us a look back … Continue reading
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Book Banning & How Students Learn About The Holocaust
Banning, challenging, parental control… Call them what you want, there’s a lot of people out there upset about a lot of books in schools and libraries lately. The United States has a long history of vocal parents being offended/upset by … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Spiegelman, banned books, challenged books, Maus, The Holocaust
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A Murder of Hitchcock Films: A Year in Movies 2021 – Part 3
In December of 2020, when it became clear we were not going to be returning to normal life any time soon, we purchased a big honking 55-inch 4K TV and settled in for a year of watching movies at home. … Continue reading