Going to try to get back to blogging on a more regular basis this fall. On days I don’t have essay posts, I’m going to share some of the media issue Twitter posts that might have scrolled by your feed. Let me know if you find these interesting/useful.
-REH
NEW: Six months ago I had a thought: What could we learn abt the 2020 candidates thru their rally playlists? Abt audience and intended message? So we got them from nine Dems (and Trump). And this interactive was born. Let's dig in. (w/ your sound ON🔊🔊)
https://t.co/VJwy1Xasy1— Astead (@AsteadWH) August 20, 2019
A great look at what can be done with multimedia reporting. Doing online what you can do best online. Really cool story.
If I may: I looked at this a bit with my MFA thesis. My project was a media history essay + archive connecting related materials from disparate Internet archives & other sources; I think it demonstrated one way to not just present history but to teach it. https://t.co/XtmGKndHpO
— Gordon McAlpin (@gmcalpin) August 20, 2019
How are historians supposed to cope with the digital world? Here’s one example from artist Gordon McAlpin whose masters project looked at the history of the transition from silent to sound movies.
I’ve never related to a meme more in my life #gradschool pic.twitter.com/BhCJmDdWEv
— Sandy Serena (@sandyserena___) August 15, 2019
And finally, one more Distracted Boyfriend meme…