Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet. The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
Archive for the ‘Media Literacy’ Category
CJR: FCC taps Waldman to study the “State of the Media”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Center for Social Media: August Newsletter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is the August 2009 CSM Newsletter. I learned about the video posted below by reading it. Here is the greetings:
Greetings,
It’s official –the dates of our annual Making Your Media Conference are Feb. 11-12. Mark your calendars!
Our 10th annual Human Rights Film Series brought packed houses for screenings of As We Forgive, Burma VJ, [...]
CMLP: New FTC rules aim to kill the buzz on blogs
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Robinson, E. (2009, October 8). New FTC Rules Aim to Kill the Buzz on Blogs. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/new-ftc-rules-aim-kill-buzz-blogs.
Robinson explains the new guidelines (not rules), their application and definition, and concerns.
MediaPost: FTC &bloggers, journalists; FTC & ad education, kids
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, W. (2009, October 6). Swag The Dog: FTC Rules Bloggers Should Disclose Freebies. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114860.
Greenberg, K. (n.d.). FTC Plans Effort To Educate Kids About Advertising. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114823.
News from the Center for Social Media, Media Research Hub, & MediaCommons Press
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy, Radio, Television on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Newsletters:
Center for Social Media, E-Newsletter, August 2009. Covers events, fair use and media movements, documentary film festivals, documents, and interviews, etc.
MediaResearchHub (SSRC). CFPs, positions, research and other news. I’ll add the Data Drip blog to my blog roll.
MediaCommons Press (Future of the Book, NYU). Promotes the digital publication of scholarly texts about [...]
Pew Research: Press accuracy rating hits two-decade low
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two-Decade Low. (2009, September 14). Pew Research Center. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1341/press-accuracy-rating-hits-two-decade-low.
According to the research, “Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate.”
NYTimes.com: DisneyDigitalBooks.com subscription site
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Barnes, B. (2009, September 29). Disney to Introduce Children’s E-Book Site. NYTimes.com. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/business/media/29disney.html?_r=2.
Here is the 2nd paragraph by Barnes:
In what it bills as an industry-defining moment — though rivals are sure to be skeptical about that — Disney Publishing plans to introduce a new subscription-based Web site. For $79.95 a [...]
PRNewswire: get LIFE from Google Books
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Life Inc. :: LIFE Magazine Archive Now Available on Google Books. (2009, September 23). PR Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20090923/NY8049423092009-1.html.
Thumbs up to Life Inc.
Observer.com: Brooke Gladstone’s graphic novel
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Media Literacy, Radio, Television on September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Neyfakh, Leon. (2009, May 26). Norton Buys Graphic Media Manifesto. Observer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2009, from http://www.observer.com/2009/books/norton-buys-graphic-media-manifesto.
She collaborated with artist Josh Neufeld. Quote:
Tentatively titled The Influencing Machine, the book will amount to “a treatise on the relationship between us and the news media,” Ms. Gladstone said, explaining that the title is a reference to a [...]
3 new books from Nordicom
Posted in Culture and Communications, Media Literacy, Television on September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Posted to ecrea listserv 9/4/09 by Ulla C. of NORDICOM:
Media and Global Divides. IAMCR World Congress, Stockholm,
20-5 July 2008.Ed by Ulla Carlsson, Nordicom Review Jubilee Issue 2009, 228 p. The publication contains a collection of the various plenary addresses on the theme of Media and Global Divides presented at the IAMCR World Congress in Stockholm [...]
Visual Communication Quarterly v. 16
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Media Literacy on September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Visual Communication Quarterly: Volume 16 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworldTM.
Special Issue: Analog Interacitivity
This new issue contains the following articles:
COMMENTARY
Commentary, Analog Interactivity Pages 130 – 133
Author: xtine
DOI: 10.1080/15551390903097190
Portfolio
INimaging
Pages 134 – 139
Author: Katherine Behar
DOI: 10.1080/15551390903097059
I’ve Lived: Post-It Notes for Neighbors
Pages 140 – 143
Author: Candy Chang
DOI: 10.1080/15551390903097067
Residue
Pages 144 – 147
Author: Stephen Eakin
DOI: [...]
NewsHour: Health care media coverage
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy on September 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Health Care Coverage Tests Perceptions of the Media. (2009, August 31). Online NewsHour. Retrieved September 1, 2009, from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/mediahealth_08-31.html.
Jeffry Brown’s interview of health care coverage with Trudy Lieberman (CJR), Roger Sergel (ABC News) and Tom Rosenstiel (PEJ).
VARIETY BREAKING NEWS: Disney to buy Marvel (pending review)
Posted in Culture and Communications, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Story by the Associated Press:
A.P. (2009, August 31). Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion: Deal requires antitrust review . Variety – Film. Retrieved August 31, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007932.html?categoryid=13&cs=1.
Variety: rebranding the Peacock (NBC)
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off
Schneider, M. (2009, August 30). Colorful new peacock for NBC. Variety. Retrieved August 31, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007925.html?categoryId=18&cs=1&nid=2248.
Can you say “more colorful”?
Project Look Sharp: new curriculum material
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Library News, Media Literacy on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off
From an email to Educators, 8/28/09:
We wanted to let you know about our latest curriculum materials that are now available for free on our website! We hope that as you plan your units of study this year that you may easily integrate our media literacy and critical thinking teaching materials into your curriculum.
Download the attachment [...]
MP/Research Brief: What Parents don’t know
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Media Literacy on August 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Jack Loechner. (2009, August 27). What Parents Don’t Know . MediaPost Publication. Retrieved August 27, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=112100&lfe=1.
Summary of a Common Sense Media survey about the effect of social networks on kids and families.
msnbc.com: graphic PSA on texting while driving
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off
The following PSA from Gwent, Wales is causing discussion over whether it is too graphic. Read more at msnbc.com here.
more about “msnbc.com: graphic PSA on texting whi…“, posted with vodpod
WSJ: FTC criticizes Bud Light cans with college team colors
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations on August 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Hechinger,, J. (2009, August 25). FTC Criticizes College-Themed Cans in Anheuser-Busch Marketing Efforts . WSJ.com. Retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125116535930755741.html?mod=dist_smartbrief.
Here is the lead paragraph:
A Federal Trade Commission attorney criticized a controversial Anheuser-Busch InBev NV marketing campaign that features Bud Light cans decorated with college-team colors, urging the brewer to drop any plans for similar [...]
NYTimes: Wikipedia will edit entries on living persons
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations on August 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People . (2009, August 24). NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/internet/25wikipedia.html?_r=2&ref=media.
An excerpt:
The new feature, called “flagged revisions,” will require that an experienced volunteer editor for Wikipedia sign off on any change made by the public before it can go live. Until the change is approved — [...]
CMLP: Obama photo sparks fair use controversy
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Media Literacy, Public Relations on August 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Bayard, S. (2009, August 14). Yes We Cannabis: Another Obama Photo Sparks Fair Use Controversy . Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved August 17, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/yes-we-cannabis-another-obama-photo-sparks-fair-use-controversy.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) used a photo by Lisa Jack for their annual conference poster. See the before and after images on the CMLP’s [...]
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