Category Archives: Chapter 10

Are phone apps ancillary markets for movies?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I would think so.  Questions on Twitter today from students using Mass Communication: Living in a Media World:

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Working with social media

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been talking lately with folks about social media.  Here are a few thoughts on the subject: What are social media? Online sites that allow users to generate content, comment, tag, and network with friends or other like-minded people. What … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Does the New York Times have a pervasive progressive world view? Outgoing public editor thinks so.  Exec editor, not so much…. (via Mediaite) Where did the Internet come from? A bit more on the general who got frustrated trying to … Continue reading →

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Ch. 10 Link – Hitler Finds Out About Parody Fair Use

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

If you read this blog at all, (or even go on the Internet at all) you have to be familiar with the “Hitler Finds Out About…” meme. People take the excellent German film Downfall in which Hitler gets angry and frustrated, and … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Neda Agha-Soltan as a Symbol of Iranian Protesters

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: This is a re-post of the 2009 blog entry. All of the videos linked to here contain disturbing, violent imagery.The news out of Iran about the violent suppression of people protesting the results of the recent Iranian election has been … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Media Web Site Examples

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to a range of media Web sites I mention in Ch. 10: The Washington Post CNN NPR Slate Salon Ain’t It Cool News Superbike Planet

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Link Ch. 10 – How ARPANet Grew

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

ARPANet was the joint military/academic computer network that would eventually give birth to the Internet.  Here are a series of maps that show how ARPANet slowly grew in size and complexity from its founding in 1969 until 1977.

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Link Ch. 10 – Zhao Jing: Blogging in China

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Zhao Jing, who writes under the pen name “Michael Anti” was one of the first Chinese bloggers to come to world attention when Microsoft took his blog down from their servers following complaints from the Chinese government: Washington Post: Philip P. … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Who plays video games?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Who likes to play video games?  Just about everyone.  Here are a pair reports on the topic from Pew’s Internet & American Life Project: Adults and Video Games More than half of all American adults play video games of one … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – UbuWeb

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

UbuWeb has collections of avant-garde films, music, and audio recordings.  Please note that this site can contain material some people would find offensive.  This may contain some of the longest of the long-tail media…. UbuWeb This is the overall site. … Continue reading →

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