Tag Archives: Google

Why You Should Be Reading the Wall Street Journal: Google & TikTok Edition

I know, I know, the WSJ is behind a pretty solid paywall.  You really do have to pay to read it. And I know it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. And some of you may be bothered that it … Continue reading

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

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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Legacy News Vs. Google – Is the battle as clear as it seems?

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the interaction/exploitation/mismanagement among legacy media and the social media companies.  Here are a couple ofl articles/threads that do a good job of dealing with the issues: Google Made $4.7 Billion From the … Continue reading

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Chapter 11 – Burger King’s award-winning Google Home of the Whopper

Burger King – Google Home of the Whopper (Case Study) from Casal + Peña on Vimeo.

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Ch. 3 Visual Media Literacy: Google Doodles

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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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

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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Link Ch. 3 – “I’m Feeling Lucky” author Douglas Edwards talks about working for Google

Some interesting talk from Google employee #59 and the author of the book I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59

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Google’s goes conventional with ‘Sophie’ ad for Chrome

Google has a new television ad for its Chrome web browser that is quite charming: Long-time tech journalist Steven Levy (author of the 80s computer classic Hackers) has an interesting analysis of the ad.  He notes that while the ad … Continue reading

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