Category Archives: Chapter 10

Media Twitter: TikTok, ViacomCBS, Libel, and Marie Colvin

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Just a quick round up of what’s been of interest to me on Twitter this week. On Tuesday, a German publication proved TikTok was suppressing videos by queer, disabled, and fat creators. On Wednesday, TikTok admitted it and announced it … Continue reading →

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Why You Should Be Reading the Wall Street Journal: Google & TikTok Edition

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I know, I know, the WSJ is behind a pretty solid paywall.  You really do have to pay to read it. And I know it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. And some of you may be bothered that it … Continue reading →

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Media Twitter: Esports, video games, and the story behind TikTok

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Esports making the move into high schools: As high schools embrace esports, students hope parents follow suit – WaPo https://t.co/TUetILUprr — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) November 6, 2019 Call of Duty’s dark view of Russia is having global consequences for the video … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post: Deadspin – When Vulture Capitalists Don’t Like What They’ve Bought

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Readers who turned to the irreverent and unpredictable sports, news and pop culture blog Deadspin on Thursday morning, hoping to get the eclectic blog’s take on the National’s win of the World Series were disappointed to see only a story … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post: World of Warcraft Classic Sinks its Claws into Twitch and Ninja

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Today’s guest blog post comes from occasional contributor and friend-of-the-blog Aaron Blackman.  Aaron often streams video game play on Monday nights at 7 p.m. at https://www.twitch.tv/flagg05 and he can be found on Twitter at @flagg05. On August 26th 2019, Blizzard Entertainment did a … Continue reading →

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Return to Bed Bugs, NYT & Thin-Skinned Columnists

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

When last we met, NY Times columnist Bret Stephens was being mocked on the Internet for complaining rather publicly about Dr. David Karpf, a relatively unknown associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University making a mostly … Continue reading →

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Media Twitter: On Bed Bugs, the NYT and thin-skinned columnists

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Updated 8/28/19 It all started with a story on Slate Monday noting that several locations in the New York Times building were infested with bed bugs. This led to the following tweet from NY Times visual journalism director Stuart Thompson: “Breaking – there are … Continue reading →

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Media Twitter: Digital Detox, Fancy Phones, Creepy Speakers, and Facebook 51

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019 I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they … Continue reading →

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Media Twitter: Candidate playlists, digital history & one more distracted boyfriend meme

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

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. … Continue reading →

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Legacy News Vs. Google – Is the battle as clear as it seems?

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the interaction/exploitation/mismanagement among legacy media and the social media companies.  Here are a couple ofl articles/threads that do a good job of dealing with the issues: Google Made $4.7 Billion From the … Continue reading →

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