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Processing the News: Remembering Dr. Doris Graber

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

When I was a master’s student in journalism and mass communication at Iowa State University back in the mid 1980s, I read a book for class that served to shape how I view mass communication effects.  In fact, I would … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – Luke, Yoda and the Tree

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

There is a scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back where Luke Skywalker is nervous about entering a cave beneath a tree in the Dagobah jungle. He asks Master Yoda, “What’s in there?” To which Yoda replies, “Only what … Continue reading →

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