Category Archives: Chapter 2

Return to Kickstarter

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

At AEJMC this year, I was part of a great panel about using Kickstarter to fund journalistic and other media projects – hence the recent number of posts on Kickstarter… Here are two more crowdfunded projects that have just popped … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Hawaii passes Steven Tyler Act Would ban “unwanted photos or videos of others in private moments.”  Nice idea, but do celebs really get the right to say “pay attention to me now, but not now”? How Sen. Rand Paul used … Continue reading →

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Mass Communication and Fear Readings

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Next week I’m going to be guest lecturing in a class about the nature of fear.  So hear are several readings that deal with the notion of how we deal with fear and the media: George Gerbner on why we … Continue reading →

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What is Gangnam Style? And how did it turn Klingon?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Last fall our friend Charley Reed gave us an in-depth analysis of the insanely popular Korean video Gangnam Style.  Me?  I added in the wonderful parody video of Klingon Style!  We talked about it in class today, so if you … Continue reading →

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Presidential Victory and Concession Speeches

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

2008 was seen by many as a high point for presidential victory and concession speeches, with both candidates giving excellent messages. Here are the 2012 speeches from Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: Obama’s Victory Speech Romney’s Concession Speech

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Truth 6 – Activism and Analysis are not the Same Thing: Numerical analysis matters

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Yesterday I posted a number of predictions from pundits about how the presidential election would turn out.  The best predictions did not come from the partisans, they came  from the number crunchers who took a hard look at what the … Continue reading →

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Election Day Media World

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Our pundits have spoken!  And today we get to find out what we the people have to say about how the election turns out. And that means tomorrow (I hope!) we get to judge how well the pundits did at … Continue reading →

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Everything is a Remix

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Kirby Ferguson has put together a fantastic series of videos explaining the notion that we are living in a remix culture where most cultural products are created by recombining previous ones.  Here’s the complete series in order, along with a … Continue reading →

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WP’s The Fix Lists Top Political Ads of 2012 (so far)

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I don’t think that this election cycle has given us a lot of brilliant political ads, but here are four that the writers at The Fix political blog at the Washington Post really like, and I have to agree with … Continue reading →

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When politicians’ private remarks go public

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The news broke today that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said some pretty disparaging things about the 47% of Americans who don’t end up having to pay income tax while speaking at a private fund raising event.  The leaked video … Continue reading →

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