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Media Twitter: Digital Detox, Fancy Phones, Creepy Speakers, and Facebook 51

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019 I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they … Continue reading →

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Looking back 10 years to the original iPhone’s introduction

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Today Apple is introducing their 10th anniversary iPhone along with other new products and upgrades. Here’s what I had to say ten years ago when Apple announced the iPhone.  How’s it hold up?  (For the record, it took me almost 5 years … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

After an end of the semester break – we are back. With all new questions! Is this the changing of the guard? MSNBC on top, Fox on bottom No probably not. But it is no longer automatic that Fox News … Continue reading →

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An in-depth look at the man who now leads Apple

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

Tim Cook does not have an enviable job as the CEO of Apple. Following in the footsteps of Steve Jobs, one of America’s most iconic and successful CEOs, can’t be easy.  Trying to establish yourself as a leader when everyone … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

After a month of vacation and travel for family reasons, I’m back with mass comm posts (though national parks will keep sneaking in on occasion!). Is Rush Limbaugh still sticking around? Yes, he reportedly has a new four-year contract with … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

How did Google pass Apple to become world’s most valuable company? Bad question, because most of the time it isn’t – but Google is sometimes.  Investors bullish on Google/Alphabet’s future; wondering what Apple’s next big product will be. Why is … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

How does Apple feel about the court order requiring company to unlock iPhone? Hint: They don’t like it. Did the press do a good job of covering the pope’s remarks about Donald Trump? No, they did not.  In fact, many, … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

What’s going to happen now that Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox now owns National Geographic magazine? National Geographic magazine, long known for its serious presentation of complex scientific issues, is now owned by a climate change skeptic.  What could possibly … Continue reading →

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Apple’s big announcement – oh yeah, and the Apple Watch

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

Everyone in the tech press is spending enormous numbers of electrons on the new Apple watch announced today.  Except it was really announced several months ago.  It will talk to your iPhone, it will track your activity, it will help … Continue reading →

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And we are back with new Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

After a month or so summer break, Living in a Media world is back with some fresh Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) Will there be an all-female group of Expendables in the third outing? Please, please, please, with Helen Mirren at … Continue reading →

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