Category Archives: Chapter 1

Katie Couric leaves “mainstream media” for…. mainstream media?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the media business more mainstream that news anchor/personality Katie Couric.  She represents everything that characterizes legacy media.  She’s had interviews with all the big stars from Hollywood to D.C. She’s a … Continue reading →

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First Media Memories – Part III

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

The final set of my media literacy students’ first media memories:  Dragon Tales – “Max and Emmy are the main characters who are able to touch a magical dragon scale and travel to a place called Dragon Land. In Dragon … Continue reading →

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First Media Memories – Part II

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

More first media memories from my Global Media Literacy class (updated 8/28/13): Social media website Bebo. “When asked, the social media website Bebo and instant messaging program MSN were the first medias that popped into my head.”“My media memory is … Continue reading →

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First Media Memories – Part I

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

This week in my Global Media Literacy class we’ve been talking about our first media memories.  I’ve put together a list of links below based on what the students in my class (who are all freshmen or sophomores) have talked … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 1 – Ground Control to Cmdr. Hadfield – Winning Social Media from Outer Space!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has just finished up his five-month tour as commander of the International Space Station (ISS), and he’s done a great job of showing how social media can be used as a great educational and public relations … Continue reading →

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Fred Rogers reminds us to “look for the helpers”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

There is an old quote from children’s television host Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) that started spreading virally following the Newtown massacre in December.  It goes like this: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the … Continue reading →

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When Super Bowls Turn Naughty – Do We Care?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

During the 2004 Super Bowl, singer Janet Jackson exposed her nipple for 9/16ths of a second, resulting in 8 years of litigation over whether CBS would have to pay a $500,000 fine for the “fleeting nudity.”  In the end, courts … Continue reading →

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Watching the Inauguration

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

In my book, Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, I present “The seven truths ‘they’ don’t want you to know about the media.” These are essentially the seven thesis statements of the book, but that sounds so boring, so … Continue reading →

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Media in our Lives

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

On Monday, I asked my students in my 9 a.m. Global Media Literacy what media they had used since midnight.  Here’s what they had done during the first 9 hours of the day (during which they presumably slept a little…).  … Continue reading →

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George Carlin and Movie Trailers

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

In my Global Media Literacy class I’ve been showing and talking about several videos I’ve had around for some time. Thought I would share them with you this morning. We’ve been talking about how movie trailers can set an emotional … Continue reading →

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