Category Archives: Chapter 4

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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Go The F@$% To Sleep uses online buzz to sell parody bedtime book

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Note: The links from this post all contain NSFW language. There has been a new parody of a children’s picture book being published this summer called GTFTS. It has all the sweet illustrations and baby animals you would expect in … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

How did people learn about bin Laden’s death? Survey says — Television.  Though many of my students said word-of-mouth from people who had been watching TV. What parent wouldn’t love a book called “Go The @$#& To Sleep”? This book … Continue reading →

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E-books continue to gain market share

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

E-books are continuing to rapidly gain market share, while sales of paperbacks are falling, according to a story at Paid Content. And while some “indie” writers are finding success through self-publishing using tools like Amazon’s Kindle support, just putting a … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Nicholas Kristof on the Three Cups of Tea fuss

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has written extensively on issues  surrounding world poverty, and he considers Greg Mortinson, the embattled author of Three Cups of Tea, to be a friend.  That makes his reaction to the recent charges to … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of the Boston Globe in the 90s

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

My commentary students and I spent class yesterday talking about the Greg Mortenson Three Cups of Tea case study, and talk there led to discussion of the Mike Barnicle / Patricia Smith case. Here’s a link to a great in-depth … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of James Frey?

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Another memoirist is in the process of being caught telling stories that may have only a minimal connection with reality. Greg Mortenson, author of the best sellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, has been accused in both … Continue reading →

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Media Trends for 2011

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

E-books outselling print books, week after holidays – USA Today Perhaps 2011 will finally be the year of the E-book.  This week’s USA Today bestselling list will show that the E-book version of the top six books will have outsold … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Is this the year of 3D TV? Probably not.  And despite reports, last year wasn’t either. Does the world need a version of Huckleberry Finn without the “N-word” in it? Probably not. Though people have been looking for ways to … Continue reading →

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Media News I Learned From Twitter

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Celebrate Willa Cather’s birthday by reading one of her stories Thanks to @ebertchicago and @czuegner for this link to “The Sentimentality of William Tavener.”  And after this beautiful link to Cather’s story, Ebert gives us Jane Austin’s Fight Club. iPad … Continue reading →

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