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And we are back with new Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

After a month or so summer break, Living in a Media world is back with some fresh Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) Will there be an all-female group of Expendables in the third outing? Please, please, please, with Helen Mirren at … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

A round up of commentary on advertising from Sunday’s Super Bowl.  More tomorrow. Ad Age – Which commercials did best on social media?Beckham did best. Mother Jones & Storify – Which ads got not-so-great Twitter attention? A number of rather … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – George Gerbner on television violence

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Reclaiming Our Cultural Mythology: Television’s global marketing strategy creates a damaging and alienated window on the world, by George Gerbner  TV violence and the art of asking the wrong question, by George Gerbner

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Link Ch. 2 – Missing Pretty White Girls

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Several stories dealing with the Missing Pretty White Girls or Missing White Woman Syndrome.  You know how it works.  When a pretty white girl/woman disappears, the media, especially cable TV, goes nuts.  A girl/woman of color, pretty or not, disappears, … Continue reading →

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Pre-Class Videos

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

This semester, I’m showing a short video before class each session.  I’ll be posting all of these to my Tumblr blog if you want to check them out. Here’s what I’ve used so far: Everything is a Remix Part 1 … Continue reading →

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My New Tumblr Blog

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve just started up a new Tumblr blog for sharing photos, videos, and material from other Tumblr blogs.  Unlike this blog, there’s not particular theme to it beyond “Things I Like.”  Feel free to check it out! http://ralphehanson.tumblr.com/ Today’s post … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Are aggressive kids more likely to play violent video games? Study says not so much.  Some interesting findings. Is it really a World Wide Web? Well, 25 percent of Europeans have yet to be online. Here’s a link to the … Continue reading →

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Sigourney Weaver & Buster Poindexter do “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on SNL

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been looking for this for years!  A 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live featuring Sigourney Weaver singing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Buster Poindexter, the former head of the SNL Band.  My favorite version of this Christmas classic.  This … Continue reading →

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Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Reporters Praised for Coverage of Shootings

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

There can be no doubt that student journalists at Virginia Tech’s Collegiate Times had the best coverage in the country of Thursday’s shooting deaths of the VT campus.  As I wrote on this blog yesterday, the paper’s staff did an … Continue reading →

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David Frum & the Problem with “Balanced” Commentary

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATED: (Here’s a link to Frum’s farewell conversation on the show.) Today, center-right commentator David Frum stepped down in his role as a commentator for American Public Media‘s business radio news show Marketplace. Frum, a former speech writer for George W. Bush, has … Continue reading →

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