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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Links for this week
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Sunday, December 6, 2009. Links for this week. Here are quick links to the links listed in the syllabus for this week, as we wrap up the course and take the temperature of the current environment of mass media. First, I ask you to check out a few alternative and independent media sources: http:/ www.projectcensored.org/censorship/news-sources/. Matt Watson's Mass Media Blog.
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: In media conslidation news...
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Thursday, December 3, 2009. In media conslidation news. I wanted to call your attention to the newest potential big media merger making news. It looks like Comcast will be buying NBC. Rat Race II: Racial prejudice in print media. Matt Watson's Mass Media Blog. Lady GaGa The Next Madonna? Diversity in the media. LM, Telling it like it is. Magazines and the Teenage Girl.
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Toys and Socialization
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Friday, December 4, 2009. I want to present a curious development in the advertising of children's toys: the increasing. Gender segmentation of toys. Take these ads from the 80s:. Does this mean that the original is now the "masculine" version? This doesn't do much to combat the normalization of hegemonic masculinity, if girls are encouraged to use special version of previou...
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Palin on the cover of Newsweek
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Friday, November 20, 2009. Palin on the cover of Newsweek. Is receiving a lot of criticism (from Sarah Palin and Fox News. Mostly) for their use of this image of Sarah Palin on their cover:. Palin originally posed for this photo for a feature in Runner's World magazine. Seek to make sense of her as a female candidate. Rat Race II: Racial prejudice in print media. Sponsored b...
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: November 2009
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Friday, November 20, 2009. Palin on the cover of Newsweek. Is receiving a lot of criticism (from Sarah Palin and Fox News. Mostly) for their use of this image of Sarah Palin on their cover:. Palin originally posed for this photo for a feature in Runner's World magazine. Seek to make sense of her as a female candidate. Wednesday, November 18, 2009. 8226; How do local populati...
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: October 2009
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Friday, October 30, 2009. Links for online readings next week. Grossman, Lev. 2006. “Time’s Person of the Year: You.”. Hesse, Monica. “Facebook's Easy Virtue 'Click-Through Activism' Broad but Fleeting,”. Also, I'd like you to take this quiz from the Pew Internet and American Life Project by FRIDAY: "What kind of tech user are you? Politics, Consumerism, and Technology.
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Current Potential Blog Topics
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Current Potential Blog Topics. Current blog topics on the table, and some potential ideas to explore:. Globalization and Social Movements. 8226; How do you think America relates to the rest of the world in terms of media and globalization? What is your experience with global media products? Violence in media, Media effects. Diversity in the media.
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Open Source, Open Culture
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Friday, December 11, 2009. Open Source, Open Culture. The idea of Open Source. On the other hand, is completely free (and highly functional, thanks to a dedicated community). By challenging the idea that only a big, closed company can create good software, and by presenting a product that works across all formats, such endeavours are both products and political projects.
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub: Final Blog Posts
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SC084 Mass Media in American Society Hub. This is the Hub for the class blogs for Mass Media in American Society at Boston College. Wednesday, December 9, 2009. As mentioned in class, all blog posts are due this Sunday, December 13 at midnight. 8226; While middle and upper class gay people are gaining visibility on TV, working class gays and lesbians are still absent. How does being gay complicate being a working-class person? From the Class Dismissed. How do they tie into the American Dream? The reading...