Tag Archives: COVID-19

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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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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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

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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

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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

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