Monthly Archives: November 2009
Television’s Vital Signs
On Nov. 23 I did a post titled “A Rocky Road for Broadcast TV.” It recapped on television’s slow decline, caused by drops in both viewers and advertisers. L.A. Times reporter Meg James begs to differ. In her article “Advertising … Continue reading
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Tweetsgiving: Showing Gratitude
Well, silly me for thinking the only way I could celebrate Thanksgiving was writing a post about President Obama pardoning a turkey. I stand corrected. I did a little research on Thanksgiving after making that post and I found some … Continue reading
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The Pardoning of Courage The Turkey
I don’t usually do this, but what the hell. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I decide to dedicate one of my posts to Thanksgiving and every family in the world. I know that not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving, but I think … Continue reading
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25 Reasons Why We’re Sick of Social Media
It’s actually pretty funny. The most important thing I’ve learned while beginning my journey with social media is to keep an open mind and have a good sense of humor. This comes from the social networking site Ragan.com and lists … Continue reading
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The Yes Men in Ithaca
Well, they’re not exactly in Ithaca. But their new movie, The Yes Men Fix The World, begins its showing at Cornell Cinema in Ithaca, N.Y. starting on Nov. 30. The movie will be shown until Dec. 6. The Yes Men, … Continue reading
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A Rocky Road for Broadcast TV
Cable news. It’s all the rage. Oprah’s doing it, and you should, too. American television was born on a strong tradition of broadcast networks. Until Fox came into the picture in 1987, three major broadcast channels dominated US airwaves–CBS, ABC … Continue reading
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Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting
I have searched. And searched and searched and searched. For at least the past month to find arguments against the current system of U.S. public broadcasting. We had learned about it a little bit in our Independent Media class, but … Continue reading
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America’s Top Twit: Biz Stone & Twitter’s Business Model
In light of my recent post about Biz Stone’s remarks about Rupert Murdoch’s displeasure over his News Corp titles being linked to by Google News, I decided to do some more research on Twitter. I’ve never really gotten the gist … Continue reading
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Free Tweets For All: Biz Stone vs. Rupert Murdoch
Twitter founder Biz Stone challenged media owner mogul Rupert Murdoch’s accusations that websites like Google are stealing content from his News Corp congolomerate and reposting it on the Internet. Murdoch has plans to set up a paywall next spring in order … Continue reading
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Huffington Post’s Top Ten Game Changers
Phew! The game is changing. No doubt. Though we don’t normally put a face to things like Netflix or web videos, there are people behind these large media innovations and Arianna Huffington is showing us just who they are and … Continue reading
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