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Tag archive for ‘Media Influence’

<p></p><p>Hurricane Spectacles and the Crisis of the Bush Presidency

Hurricane Spectacles and the Crisis of the Bush Presidency

by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
(How) will the Bush image weather criticism leveled at his administration in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?

<p></p><p>War, Incendiary Media, and International Law (Part I)

War, Incendiary Media, and International Law (Part I)

by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The first of a three part series on media and warfare from a human rights perspective, this column focuses on defining what media/information intervention is.

<p></p><p>Teen Choice Awards: Better Than The Emmys?

Teen Choice Awards: Better Than The Emmys?

by: Sharon Ross / Columbia College Chicago
Hidden behind the surfboards is an awards show that celebrates much of what the Emmys have overlooked.

<p></p><p>Pass the Remote: Catch and Release

Pass the Remote: Catch and Release

by: Chris Terry, Cate Racek, and Cory Maclauchlin
What’s the appeal of fishing shows?

<p></p><p>Move over Marshall McLuhan! Live from the Arctic!

Move over Marshall McLuhan! Live from the Arctic!

by: Faye Ginsburg / NYU
Connecting Inuit culture to the rest of world using film and the Internet.

<p></p><p>Fans of Lesbians on TV: <em>The L Word’s </em>Generations

Fans of Lesbians on TV: The L Word’s Generations

by: Jill Dolan / University of Texas at Austin
What The L Word gets “right” about lesbian relationships.

<p></p><p>The Media and Death: The Case of Terri Schiavo and the Pope

The Media and Death: The Case of Terri Schiavo and the Pope

by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
Why does the “Culture of Life” movement reek of death?

<p></p><p>Nanny TV

Nanny TV

by: Laurie Ouellette / Queens College
Are your kids a handful? Are you exhausted? Is your house a “zoo?” Do you need help juggling the demands of work and family? Me too.

Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy

by: Doug Kellner / UCLA
On March 10, 2004, when speaking to AFL-CIO union workers in Chicago, John Kerry said in what he thought was an off-mike comment: “Let me tell you–we’re just beginning to fight here. These guys are the most crooked, lying group of people I’ve ever seen.”

An Open Letter to the Food Network

by: Anna McCarthy / New York University
Dear Food Network, I like cooking and I like eating . . .

The 2004 Presidential Election and the Dean Scream

by: Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara
What was missing in this campaign in my opinion was the lack of discussion of media industry reform, which is surprising given all the ammunition on the democratic side to address such issues.

Terrorists Watching TV

by: Cynthia Fuchs / George Mason University
About a half hour into Antonia Bird’s The Hamburg Cell, a group of young Muslims are watching TV.