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Thoughts on closing out the ninth edition of Mass Communication
As I have been closing out work on the ninth edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, it’s amazing to think back on how different things were back in the spring and summer 2020 when I was finishing … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, living in a media world, mass communication, ninth edition
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Smartphone privacy, SCOTUS leaks, scholastic censorship, COVID-19 & stress release
Lots of questions need to be asked and answered this week: Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? Quite possibly, and that information would likely be for sale. Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? There … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, censorship, COVID-19, privacy, Questions worth asking, SCOTUS, smartphones, student free speech
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Student Voices from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Editor’s Note: It has been a long year dealing with COVID-19 and its long-term fallout. Here is a collection of blog entries about getting through the last year from my commentary and blogging students. Really impressed with what these young … Continue reading
Posted in JMC 406
Tagged COVID-19, student blogging
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Why it was OK for Bob Woodward to save his Trump virus story for the book
The Twittersphere was losing its stuff this afternoon, pig-piling on Bob Woodward for saving the material from his interview with President Trump about the COVID pandemic for his book RAGE instead of reporting it in the newspaper back in February. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Bob Woodward, COVID-19, covid19, President Trump, Washington Post
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Remembering Herman Cain – The presidential candidate who loved Pokémon
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza) died today of the novel coronavirus. He is one of the most prominent American political figures to have died from COVID-19. While I was never a political fan … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10
Tagged COVID-19, Herman Cain, pokemon
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