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Back To School With The Media
It’s Back To School time, so let’s look at some start-of-the-school-year themed stories: Oregon school district rescinds ban on rap music radio in school buses. Rule was no talk radio, religious radio, or rap music – pop/rock, country and jazz … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 15, Chapter 7, Uncategorized
Tagged Because I can, middle eastern media, Oman, social media
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Another Big Tremor in the Earthquake in Slow Motion: Part 2 – Two New Secrets
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 is going down in history as a really big day in the world of television. The fact that C-SPAN aired cell phone video through the Periscope social media service for much of the day provided by Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 9
Tagged C-SPAN, earthquake in slow motion, history, Ken Auletta, Seven Secrets, social media, television, Three Blind Mice
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PewDiePie Rules YouTube
Felix Kjellberg is the most famous person on the planet you’ve never heard of. At least if you are older than 40 and don’t have young people in the house. Kjellberg is the first person in YouTube history to have … Continue reading
“I need some muscle over here” – The rest of the story
Melissa Click, an assistant professor of communication at University of Missouri’s Department of Communication who became briefly last fall when she called for “some muscle” to help get rid of a student photographer and a videographer covering campus protests, has … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Tagged civil rights, free speech, Mizzou, protest, social media
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New Secrets: All media are social- Presidential Edition
When the second edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World came out as a CQ Press title back in 2007, one of the biggest new features was the introduction of the “Seven Truths They Don’t Want You To Know About the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1
Tagged New Secrets, Seven Secrets, social media
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What happened to the missing 18 minutes of the Lost finale on Netflix? The version of the controversial Lost finale currently streaming on Netflix is missing 18 minutes scattered throughout the episode, and show runner Damon Lindelof wants those minutes back. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Hoaxes, LOST, netflix, political cartoons, social media, streaming, terrorism, twitter
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What’s wrong with a Bloomingdale’s ad that suggests you secretly spike your date’s drink? ‘Cause date rape is always in style, Bloomies… (To be fair, after they got ripped on social media, the store apologized. How do you make money … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 4
Tagged advertising, Anne Frank, books, ethics, online book sales, social media, Yik Yak
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Mizzou Protests: Media Attention Is Not A Faucet You Can Turn Off And On
If you follow the same kind of people and media outlets on Twitter as I do, you’ve likely been overwhelmed with the firehose of news and opinions about the events at University of Missouri (Mizzou) over the last few days. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Tagged civil rights, free speech, Mizzou, New Secrets, protest, social media, student free speech
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Who was behind the brilliant @IsPaulSpeaker Twitter account?
I can’t believe that everyone interested in national politics wasn’t following the @IsPaulSpeaker Twitter account for the last couple of weeks. The account, run by Topeka, Kansas attorney Angel Romero Jr (also a proud Washburn University grad), presented a series … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Uncategorized
Tagged political communication, social media, twitter
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
After a couple of weeks of motorcycle travel posts, we’re back to your regularly scheduled media content. Why were so many people upset by Gawker outing a top Conde Nast executive? The gossipy blogging site Gawker has a long history … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13
Tagged body image, gawker, library, media ethics, outing, social media
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