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What’s The Fuss About Facebook, Inc.? Part I – The WSJ
Editor’s Note: Facebook and its various properties (Instagram, WhatsApp) have been in the news a lot lately, and not in a good way. Congress has been holding social media hearings where Facebook is the #1 bad guy, the Washington Post has had … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Facebook, instagram, social media, WSJ
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Why do we still care about radio in the age of online media? "While our phones and internet did not deliver – the radio was always there and it performed a vital service as well as created a feeling of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 4, Chapter 8
Tagged Facebook, gender identity, music videos, OED, radio, social media
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Media Twitter: Digital Detox, Fancy Phones, Creepy Speakers, and Facebook 51
Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019 I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10
Tagged apple, digital cleanse, distracted boyfriend, Facebook, Google, smart speakers, smartphones
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How could have better design skills eliminated Sunday’s Oscar disaster? Oddly enough, the cards read by the presenters at the Oscars only list the winner in a reasonable sized type. The name of the category is relegated to tiny type … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 5, Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, Brenda Buttner, cancer, design, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, motorcycles, Oscars 2017, Questions worth asking
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All Media are Social – alt-right figure off Twitter, death threats on Facebook & fake news ban on Google
Lots of social media in the news this week: Twitter suspends prominent alt-right accounts Twitter has suspended a number of accounts associated with alt-right figure Richard Spencer. Spencer is the president of a white nationalist think tank. In the past, … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6
Tagged death threats, Facebook, fake news, news, social media, twitter
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How did Google pass Apple to become world’s most valuable company? Bad question, because most of the time it isn’t – but Google is sometimes. Investors bullish on Google/Alphabet’s future; wondering what Apple’s next big product will be. Why is … Continue reading