Tag Archives: media effects

How Do Social Media Affect Young People?

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

Frances Haugen was a Facebook product manager whose job was to protect against election interference on the social media site. She worked at the company for nearly two years, departing in May of 2021. During her time at the social … Continue reading →

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Do Newspaper Presidential Endorsements Matter in 2016?

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

I got a note from my dad earlier this week: On NPR this a.m. I heard an editor of the Arizona Republic interviewed. For the first time in its 127 years that newspaper is endorsing a Democrat for president. She said … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Revisiting Dr. Gerbner and TV Violence

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

By and large, most people who aren’t media scholars would be hard pressed to name a single media theorist who isn’t Marshall McLuhan. But the one possible exception would be George Gerbner because of his cultivation theory. Dr. Gerbner testified … Continue reading →

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Talking About Media & Body Image

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

This morning in class we’re going to be talking about the connection between body image and how our media portray beauty. I asked my students to take a look at some of my earlier posts about media and body image, … Continue reading →

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Truth 7 – There is no “they” – Does the anti-Muslim film blamed for rioting even exist?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

On Tuesday evening, the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt were attacked by protestors.   The attack in Benghazi led to the death of American ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Julian Assange & WikiLeaks

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Read more about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: The New Yorker: No Secrets: Julian Assange’s mission for total transparency Rolling Stone: Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview Salon: Assange: Bond villain — or Bourne? The Economist: Missing the point of WikiLeaks … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” Broadcast

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The original radio broadcast of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds:

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Ch. 2 Link – John Adams – On The Transmigration of Souls

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

You can listen to an interview with composer John Adams where he talks about is Pulitzer Prize-winning composition about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, “On The Transmigration of Souls.”  The interview aired on NPR on Sept. 20, 2011. And here’s … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Earthquakes, social media, XKCD and science

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This week my students in my senior-level mass media and society class have been working at developing experiments to learn about how people use social media.  Most of them are trying to measure President Obama’s popularity (or lack thereof), rather … Continue reading →

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