Category Archives: Book Link

Link Ch. 12 – Occupying Public Relations

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Occupy protesters grabbed a lot of public attention in the fall and early winter of 2011. While they were quite effective at gaining media coverage, the Occupiers may have been less effective at getting across their message.  Here are several … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 12 – West Virginia University PR

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Chris Martin is the vice president for university relations at West Virginia University, and as such she has to deal with a range of publics and issues.  Here’s just a sampling. In the spring of 2012, a crew working on … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 9 – Univision and telenovelas

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Telenovelas, the Spanish-language (and Portuguese) soap operas that are so popular throughout Central and South American have found a home in the United States on the Univision Spanish-langauge broadcast network. Univision has the fifth-largest audience for a broadcast network in … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 9 – Jon Stewart and the Daily Show

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Jon Stewart has made a name for himself not only as a comedian but also as a journalist and journalism critic.  Here are several links and videos that illustrate just who Jon Stewart is: Jon Stewart ranked as one of … Continue reading →

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Good Friday, Dr. King, and the Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. always understood symbolism and that words and actions had to match each other. That’s why he marched and got arrested in Birmingham, Alabama on Good Friday, 1963. While he was jailed there over Holy Week, … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – The Bechdel Test

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

There are lots of movies with great relationships between men.  There are a number of movies with interesting roles for women.  But how many movies out there feature multiple major female characters who interact with each other?  That’s the question … Continue reading →

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Questioning The Hunger Games

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

So the movie of The Hunger Games is out, and it’s been an enormous success.  Here are some questions the movie might raise: That whole death lottery things seems familiar.  Haven’t I read that kind of story before? Yes, in … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Trailer for “The Artist”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The Artist won a host of Oscars in 2012, including Best Actor and Best Picture.  Not bad for a black & white silent movie….

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Link Ch. 8 – Tyler Perry’s Hollywood Success

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Vanity Fair  – Tyler Perry was the number #2 African American Hollywood star for 2010 Never mind the fact that he actually lives in Atlanta…. Box Office Mojo – The box office success of Tyler Perry He’s produced a reliably … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Original 1975 Jaws trailer

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

This is the trailer for the original summer blockbuster Jaws released in the summer of 1975.

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