Category Archives: Chapter 13

Link Ch. 13 – Firefly, Fascism and Free Speech

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has produced a fascinating video about a Wisconsin theater professor who was accused of promoting violence and creating hostile environment by putting up a poster with a quote from the TV series … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

How Can You Write a Better Blog? Some great suggestions from Dan Frommer, author of the tech blog SplatF. Here’s the Cliff Notes version: Accuracy, readable, skeptical, attributed, context, critical but fair, mechanics, original, new. Why Does Scooby-Doo Need People … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Can journalists ever safely retweet the opinions of others without appearing biased? And should that stop them from retweeting those opinions?  Here’s what the AP thinks about it, and an interesting response from 10,000 Words. Will NBC still matter anymore, … Continue reading →

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Nancy Grace pulls a Janet Jackson

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Tonight on Dancing With The Stars Nancy Grace pulled an accidental Janet Jackson Super Bowl move.  Not only did she expose the same part of her anatomy Miss Jackson did, she did it for more than twice as long (close … Continue reading →

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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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Top Visual Communication Creative Projects from AEJMC11

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Last week I attended (and Tweeted about) some great sessions at the AEJMC meetings in St. Louis.  This will be the first of a series of posts highlighting what I saw and heard. This post looks at the award-winning creative … 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 August 8, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

As people of color become a majority, is it time for journalists to stop using the term ‘minorities’? When I posted this link to an article from Poynter last week, I got a lot of interesting feedback. PR man @mitchellfriedmn wrote, … Continue reading →

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Copyright, Creative Commons & the Public Domain

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

When I logged onto Twitter this morning, it seemed like everywhere I looked there was news about implications of copyright law and copyright alternatives: RIAA says there’s no value in the public domain Fascinating post from Tech Dirt about how … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 7 – Meet Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

(Updated 2/17/19) Please note that most of the links here to video or audio content will contain offensive and/or NSFW language. Trying to explain what Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, does to anyone my age can be a bit challenging. … Continue reading →

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