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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Apr 18, 2010
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Sunday, April 18, 2010. Return to Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking: Being a Gatekeeper. Critical Thinking in Process: Changes in Media Use. Today’s NPR program, On the Media, featured a 7-minute segment with Clay Shirky. It’s Raining Men. On NPR’s BLOG, Alicia Shepard states, “the goal is to identify and audition new, diverse voices and widen perspectives in stories. Klinger is focusing on new sources in politics, arts and national security….The question [Klinger] is asking ...Shepard goes on to quot...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Feb 18, 2010
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Thursday, February 18, 2010. Intro - happy to be here! Hello fellow classmates and faculty,. And then I remember in the early 1990s, the beginning of desktops and somehow knowing enough to get by and figure it out as I went along because of my COBOL programming days. Nonetheless, one app at a time, I continue to learn and to teach how to navigate this amazingly connected and fun world and invite you to join me. About my Professional and Academic Background. I founded Synergistic Solutions. There is a dis...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Social Media
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Sunday, April 11, 2010. Social Media - A Cultural Revolution. 8220;I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”. Thomas J. Watson Sr., IBM Chairman, 1943. Revolution is nothing less than a fundamental development in the phenomenon of self-expression, human bonding and group action. In this piece, I explore the ways in which social networking creates a unique platform for communication, conversation, connection and collective action. I believe this revolution in social media is based on a fu...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Apr 11, 2010
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Sunday, April 11, 2010. Social Media - A Cultural Revolution. 8220;I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”. Thomas J. Watson Sr., IBM Chairman, 1943. Revolution is nothing less than a fundamental development in the phenomenon of self-expression, human bonding and group action. In this piece, I explore the ways in which social networking creates a unique platform for communication, conversation, connection and collective action. I believe this revolution in social media is based on a fu...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Mar 10, 2010
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010. A Definition of Critical Thinking. We think so because other people all think so; or because - or because - after all we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because, having thought so, we think we will think so. 8220;Take-away” Realizations. Ability to review with an ANALYTICAL approach. What is being said, factually? Ability to discern what is being INFERRED. On the Lighter Side.
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Urban Legends
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.". Northwestern University Byline, Spring 1982. There is a story I often tell when teaching about cultural norms that become outdated yet continue to live on. I heard it as a story then customize it to match my family history. My version goes something like this:. BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE! Family Myths and More. Myths and Urban Legends at the Speed of the Internet. A story that appears mysteri...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Feb 13, 2010
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Saturday, February 13, 2010. New blog for my Media Psych program @ Fielding. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Visitor Info - ClustrMap. There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget.
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Web Bias
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Sunday, March 28, 2010. Understanding the Nature of Bias and Authenticity on the Web. I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism. It's helpful to begin with clarity of meaning. A particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. Worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or. I'd like to focus on the example I began in this week's forum: ASPARTAME:. I believed that much of what I knew before beginning this ...
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PSY700 - Critical Thinking: Gatekeeping & concepts of self in media...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010. Gatekeeping and concepts of self in media. Media and Manipulation of Body Image. I have long been aware of and concerned about media's manipulation of images especially of womens' bodies. This practice has created an epidemic of eating disorders and body dysmorphia. I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face," she told the Daily News. Idealization of Impossible Beauty. Research suggests that the idealization of body image via media is in increasingly serious issue&...
