Anxiety and disorientation are the main two words to describe an electronic media fast. I recently undertook this adventure for my New Media Theory course. How did I ever live without a cell phone? How did I ever live without a computer? Have I ever been able to live without a television? It becomes abundantly [...]
It’s banned book week in America and the Robert R. Muntz Library at the University of Texas at Tyler has joined the celebration of the First Ammendment. Right now at the library you can see a display of works that have been taken from bookshelves. One exhibit is titled The Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of [...]
Government agencies have long distributed prepackaged “video news releases,” or VNRs, to media outlets, as part of their mission to keep the public informed about their policies and activities. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that distributing VNRs without clearly identifying the government as their source, as was done on at least [...]
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 35 awards in teaching, research or combined teaching/research in communications, including four Fulbright Distinguished Chairs. Even better, faculty and professionals in communications also can apply for one of the 175 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields. What does Fulbright offer in communications? Here are a few of the awards [...]
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) urges the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules preserving open and nondiscriminatory access to the internet. The debate about network neutrality is complex and contentious, but we wish to address a specific myth advanced by network neutrality opponents: that this regulation would stifle innovation and [...]
