Tag Archives: global media

Link Ch. 1 – Covering bin Laden’s Death

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Here are a number of stories on the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011 WVU’s Daily Athenaeum Covers Street Celebrations The staff of WVU’s student newspaper did a great job of covering the street celebrations when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Link, Chapter 1 | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Link Ch. 8 – Great Bollywood Example

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE – New version of clip with good subtitles. I showed a great clip from the Bollywood musical Mohabbatein today in class.  It’s a wonderful way to get across the idea of what the masala or “spice” movies are like. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Link, Chapter 8 | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Link Ch. 8 – Great Bollywood Example

Link Ch. 11 – Finding success through mobile advertising

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Advertising consultant Kathryn Koegel recently served as a judge of the GSMA Global Mobile Awards.  She writes for Advertising Age that she learned a lot about how mobile advertising is being done around the world.  What did she discover?  That … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 11 | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Link Ch. 11 – Finding success through mobile advertising

Link Ch. 2 – Are you watching this?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

If you are not watching Al Jazeera English this Friday, you should be!  Also be following the #Egypt and #Jan25 hashtags on Twitter. There is even an “unstalling dictator” tweetmeme going around.

Posted in Chapter 15 | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Link Ch. 2 – Are you watching this?

Link Ch. 15 – Al Jazeera Arabic carrying video of police running over protesters

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

In my commentary and blogging course today, we were talking about how Al Jazeera English differs from what Americans are typically used to seeing on television.  One of my students said he watched AJE for about 15 minutes yesterday and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Link, Chapter 15 | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Different sources of news about Egypt

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Want to see how different media outlets are covering the news out of Egypt?  Here’s your chance to compare and contrast for yourself:  Sounds like that could be a great media literacy assignment…. Suggestions of sources to add or potential … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Different sources of news about Egypt

More on Al Jazeera, Egypt & US Media

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

As I’ve posted previously, there’s been a lot of talk about why Americans should start paying more attention to Al Jazeera English.  I’l be adding links here throughout the day. Outside The Beltway – Why all the American networks are … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15, JMC 406 | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Al Jazeera, Egypt & the United States

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

In his book Three Blind Mice,  media journalist Ken Auletta talks about how the first Gulf War brought CNN to prominence.  He writes: It wasn’t until the war in the Persian Gulf began in January 1991  that the cable revolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Al Jazeera, Egypt & the United States

Al Jazeera English provides stunning coverage of rioting in Egypt

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

When I got into the office this morning and logged into Twitter, the news was flowing fast and furious about the anti-government rioting taking place in Egypt.  American cable networks were giving spot coverage of the story, but the national … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15 | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

WikiLeaks and Journalism

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

The website WikiLeaks has continued its project of posting huge numbers of secret government documents, generating a lot of news and a lot of controversy.  There is debate over whether the website is damaging national security for the United States, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on WikiLeaks and Journalism