Category Archives: Chapter 10

Link Ch. 10 – Everything Is a Remix looks at The Matrix

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

The folks at Everything is a Remix look at all the cyberpunk quotes in the Matrix movies.  The argument at EIAR is not that The Matrix is ripping off previous movies and books, rather that everything in popular culture is … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Should ESPN have fired Hank Williams Jr. for comparing Obama to Hitler? Or comparing Boehner to  to Netanyahu?  Jon Stewart says no: “Have you met him?”  BTW, Williams’ comparison of Obama to Hitler is a great example of Godwin’s Law. … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Was this the source of a Castle plot? Who knew the pizza story from last year had a grain of truth in it?  Of course, @jayrosen_nyu was talking about the NY Times stating flatly in a story that something was … Continue reading →

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It’s a small, small world…

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Erik, my oldest son, views study abroad as an all-you-can-eat buffet.  He went to Germany when he was 16 as a high school exchange student; he did a study abroad through University of Nebraska at Kearney in Rostock, Germany; and … Continue reading →

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More Earthquakes and Twitter

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Boing Boing shared a fascinating video up showing the spread of earthquake Tweets on Tuesday. The green dots are tweets about earthquakes, the gray dots are tweets about other topics.  Each frame covers 1 second, and the video covers 12 minutes … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Earthquakes, social media, XKCD and science

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This week my students in my senior-level mass media and society class have been working at developing experiments to learn about how people use social media.  Most of them are trying to measure President Obama’s popularity (or lack thereof), rather … Continue reading →

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Could this be the future of mobile media?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This is just animated concept, but wouldn’t it be cool?  My favorite part of the movie Minority Report was how people could control virtual screens in the air. (Thanks, 9to5mac!)

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Updated – Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

How do journalists handle telling the story when politicians and scientists conflict? There are always multiple sides when it comes to politics.  But when you move into science, not all sides are equal.  Finding a path to reporting on politicians … Continue reading →

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Media news at AEJMC

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Hi, everyone from AEJMC in Sunny St. Louis! If you are here and want to say hello, send me an e-mail to rhanson40@gmail.com. In the mean time, here’s a bit of what’s happening currently in media news: Tyler Perry, of … Continue reading →

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Questions worth asking (Maybe)

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

What would Steve Jobs do? Want to design an elegant, effective product?  Computerworld’s Jonny Evans says, ask yourself “What would Steve Jobs do?”  Worth reading even if you are not an Apple fan. What is the future of electronic textbooks? … Continue reading →

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