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Stanley Deetz Videos
26 September 2011 10:40 PM | 5 CommentsOne of the foremost scholars in Organizational Communication discusses his research in these videos. There are many more from Stanley Deetz here http://www.youtube.com/user/mentorsgallery#grid/user/F989FFC84F6CBC18 Share/bookmark this
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses Agenda Setting
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My Japan (1945): An Anti-Japanese Propaganda Film
18 April 2011 9:56 PM | No CommentsThis is a film produced by the U.S. Government to further galvanize American sentiments of the Japanese. The purpose of the film was to make Americans feel that Japan was a formidable foe that needed to be defeated. Share/bookmark this
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Effects of Rhetoric and Media
15 February 2011 11:40 PM | 7 CommentsWhen I first began my graduate studies I had an intense distrust of scholars who focus on the effects of media. This distrust extended to those who take a critical approach to rhetoric and media. My mindset through the years has completely changed. I don’t...
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Effects of Rhetoric and Media
Posted on February 15, 2011 | 7 CommentsWhen I first began my graduate studies I had an intense distrust of scholars who focus on the effects of media. This distrust extended to those who take a critical approach to rhetoric and media. My mindset through the years has completely changed. I don’t... -
Notes on Small Market Convergence
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 1 CommentDeMars (2009) points out that convergence research has largely left smaller markets unstudied. I think this is not just a problem in convergence research but in all mass communication and journalism research. Larger markets are more glamorous and highly visible but smaller market media outlets... -
Notes on Converged Newsrooms
Posted on November 12, 2010 | 1 CommentConverged newsrooms, fortunately or unfortunately, are probably the wave of the future. Corporations will try to get more output from fewer resources whether that benefits employees or viewers/readers. There can be some benefits to converged newsrooms in the breadth and depth of reporting offered on... -
Notes on Grabbing Eyeballs
Posted on November 5, 2010 | 1 CommentMarshall McLuhan famously said “the medium is the message” (cited in Postman, 1986, p. 8). Neil Postman went on to say that “the medium is the metaphor” (Postman, 1986, p. 3). And Couldry (2008) said that messages are becoming mediatized. That is to say that... -
Notes on Information as a Commodity
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 4 CommentsNews as it exists right now is largely a business. It is actually called the news business. That term is quite disheartening. The above reproach fourth estate is actually under the control of capitalism. It must succumb to economic pressures in order to function. Under... -
Notes on Changing Journalism Culture and Practices
Posted on October 24, 2010 | 4 CommentsOnline journalism, especially in the form of convergence, creates many tensions for practitioners. There is a wariness of the new medium. This wariness possibly stems from loss of control over the message and unfamiliar technology. In my experience at various broadcast stations, the website is... -
Notes on Social Movements and Convergence
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 1 CommentThe democratization of information dissemination is a recurrent trend in new media research. The Internet is heralded for its near unlimited access for content creators. However, this promise has yet to be fulfilled. Social movements are one element of society that can gain substantially from... -
Notes on Public Spheres & Critical Perspectives
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 1 CommentSilverstone (2005) describes mediation as the means by which communication alters the construction social and cultural environments. This could further be taken to mean that social and cultural spheres are created through mediation. Or that the means of mediation create social and cultural spheres. Spheres... -
Notes on New Media and Culture
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsNew media technology is shifting the traditional roles of content creator (sender) and audience (receiver). The audience is taking on a more active role in controlling the content it wishes to receive and is becoming the content generator in some instances. The low start-up costs... -
Notes on New Media Uses
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsSome of the primary concerns to new media practitioners involve audience engagement and the uses of information. New media offer greater speed and more flexibility for message delivery. Some research has even said that the Internet is surpassing traditional media in some demographics. Recent conventional...