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Email's End?

Rob Kall | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

Crossposted from OpEdNews.com Every change in communications medium causes big changes in culture, since cuneiform, then writing were introduced. Em...

Nicholas Wade, Wadeian Evolution, and Twisted Knickers

Dan Agin | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media


Dan Agin

The intellectual difficulty is that human social behavior is like an opera. Evolution provides the floorboards, but the arias, the drama, the story are most directly understood in terms of culture and history.

No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment


Beverly Wettenstein

The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.

Nobel Obama, Noble Gandhi ... and These Ignoble Times

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


Vamsee Juluri

It may be true that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promise rather than achievement, but let us not forget that there is at least one point on which he has already proven himself -- civility.

High-Tech Harassment in Social Media

Robert Siciliano | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media


Robert Siciliano

Technology keeps providing new opportunities for harassment: social media identity theft, cell phone abuse, online bullying, the list goes on.

What Brands Can Learn From Online Dating

Christine Huang | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Christine Huang

No one likes to be talked down to -- whether by a suitor or a company. Speaking with humor and candor will sometimes work; but in general, what we want and expect is intelligent messaging.

Talked to Death

David Latt | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media


David Latt

Jay Leno killed Southland but whether NBC is the better for that remains to be seen.

The Era of Media Objectivity Is Over. Deal With It.

John McQuaid | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media


John McQuaid

The era of the media-as-honest broker is over. The Washington Post and other establishment outlets just haven't realized it yet. But this is actually a good thing.

Rethinking David Letterman: Exactly How Are We Supposed to Feel About All This?

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


Eric Deggans

We have not yet, as a pop culture-breathing, tabloid-fueled nation, decided how we feel about powerful older guys seducing the young women who work for them.

Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


Tracy L. Barnett

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.

"Can't We All Just Get Along?" -- A Manifesto of Sorts

Steve Ross | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books


Steve Ross

I have noticed over the past few years a troubling trend entering the picture, a trend that is encapsulated in the blogs posted by Chip O'Brien and Mark Coker.

Reading The Pictures: Artful New Attack Meme: Obama's "Indecision"

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Michael Shaw

2009-10-08-20091008RuschaWhiteHousethumb.jpgAre the Republicans and the media finally discovering a critique that hits Obama at the core of his personality?

Ted Williams Head: How SI and the Mainstream Sports Media Gave John Henry Williams a Bum Rap

Brian Ross | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media


Brian Ross

Let us finally put to rest one myth: Ted Williams was not frozen by his evil son, John Henry Williams.

You Don't Have to Be Barbie: Girls and Media Literacy

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Dr. Logan Levkoff

In the last year, I joined the Board of Directors of Women's Expressive Theatre and Risk Takers. How could I not get involved? I have a daughter and I want her to know that she is unstoppable.

Separating the Journalism Baby from the Newspaper Bathwater

Rob Kall | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

If the US government invests directly in journalists, so that their writings and reports can be freely used by any media organization or site, that investment will yield big results.

Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


Raymond Leon Roker

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

Good Morning Moms: Who's Going To Replace Diane on GMA?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


Lisa Earle McLeod

The mom factor has been one of the major underpinnings behind some of TV's most successful morning hosts (think Katie Couric and Joan Lunden).

Sarah Palin's Much-Anticipated Assault On Literature Slated For November

Julie Farby | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media


Julie Farby

While Sarah's juicy, soon-to-be-released memoir (do I smell Pulitzer?) may be soaring up the bestseller lists, her success on the lecture circuit hasn't exactly fared as well.

Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media


Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

Democrat Calls Republicans "Knuckle Dragging Neanderthals." Is Berlusconi One Too? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


Ronald B. Robinson

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

Stopping the Presses: What Will Journalism Resemble in the Post-Print Age?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver


Wayne Trujillo

As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.

The Murder of a Young Asian Woman You've Never Heard Of

Disgrasian | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media


Disgrasian

As much as the details of Felicia Lee's life and death would seem sensational enough for widespread media coverage, unlike Annie Le's murder, Lee's has largely failed to capture the public's imagination.

Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media


Chris Weigant

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

The Internet Ate My Twenties

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living


Anna Jane Grossman

I'm so glad we have the Internet to feed us so, so much well-edited, well-culled information.

Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


Larry Gellman

With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.