About: “Paula Apsell, NOVA’s senior executive producer laments the sad state of science journalism and discusses how NOVA is more essential than ever. In a world where the public understanding of science is diminishing, she makes a strong case for NOVA’s tradition of depth and substance, tackling the most pressing issues in science, in a [...]
Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
MIT World: The Art of Science Television
Posted in Journalism, Public Relations, Television on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
MBC: Museum.TV event – tonight, 6 pm Central Time
Posted in Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Public Relations, Television on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
From the Museum of Broadcast Communication:
“You’re invited to join the Museum of Broadcast Communications at Museum.TV TONIGHT! at 6 PM Central for a live online roundtable with viewer participation – Conan @ 100 – America’s Late Night Evolution!”
WHAT: A live video streaming event with online participation
WHEN: TONIGHT!, November 10, 2009 – 6 p.m. (CT)
WHO:
Mike Niederman, [...]
OJR: Labor as a revenue source for news
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Westphal, D. (2009, November 10). No revenue model for news? Labor steps up. OJR: The Online Journalism Review. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200911/1795/
He looks at cases such as The Tyee:
When I posted notes from my Harvard remarks last week [see here], NYU’s Jay Rosen pointed me to David Beers, editor of The Tyee of [...]
PoynterOnline: Fort Hood – use of faith in media coverage
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Chuang, A. (2009, November 9). When is Fort Hood suspect’s faith relevant in media coverage? PoynterOnline. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=58&aid=173171
Examines the headlines after the Fort Hood tragedy. Quote from the dean of faculty at the Poynter Institute, Keith Woods:
“Race and ethnicity never truly describe,” Woods said. “Connecting faith, race or ethnicity to motive [...]
CMLP: Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint gets the smack down
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Bayard, S. (2009, November 6). Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/glenn-becks-udrp-complaint-gets-smack-down
The UDRP is apparently the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy from ICANN. Someone named a website: glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com (site did not link for me). The reason for the take-down may be [...]
paidContent: Big Media Merger: Comcast-NBC deal depends on Vivendi
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Kramer, S. D. (2009, November 8). The Latest On Comcast-NBC: Waiting For Vivendi | paidContent. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-on-comcast-nbc-waiting-for-vivendi/
Kramer notes that, “The fastest estimate for regulatory approval is eight months..”
Independent Lens: D Tour
Posted in Culture and Communications, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The upcoming doc on [i]ndependentLens is D Tour. It follows Pat Spurgeon an indie rock drummer who is in need of a kidney transplant. “D” is for dialysis. You can watch a preview and read more about it on the I.L. website.
TVWatch: Oprah Leaving?
Posted in Culture and Communications, Television on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Friedman, W. (2009, November 6). Oprah Leaving? Then Where Is Syndication Going? MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116930&lfe=1
Friedman cites an article in TheWrap.com by Josef Adalian, 111/4/09 on the potential move. He considers what will happen in “the wake of a possible Oprah departure”.
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
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).
Variety: Jaroo — free kiddie classics
Posted in Culture and Communications, Television on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Weisman, J. (2009, November 3). Cookie Jar offers free kiddie classics – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety. Variety / Technology. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010787.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248
Check out Jaroo.com. I’ll add it to my guides for Television and Visual Communication under the video category.
iTunes may offer pay-tv service; Google phone bill
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Television on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Friedman, W. (2009, November 1). iTunes May Offer Pay-TV Service. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116652
From paragraph 2:
A new subscription service would turn iTunes into a pseudo cable and satellite TV operator — a company that charges monthly fees for traditional TV/cable networks. The difference is that iTunes service would be sans advertising. [...]
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, [...]
Paley Center for Media: Nov. 2009 news
Posted in Radio, Television on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is the Paley Center’s Nov. 2009 newsletter
They’re promoting “Vampire Weekend” – Nov. 13-15, 2009
Media Post: misleading media, TV futures; Spongebob
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Journalism, Television on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Here are 3 MediaPost articles that caught my eye:
Dobbs, G. (2009, October 23). Misleading The Media: Truth and Consequences. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 30, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116049 I’ll submit an order for Dobbs’ book, Life in the Wrong Lane.
Mermigas, D. (2009, October 23). TV Futures: Charging For Online Shows. MediaPost blogs: Diane Mermigas on media. [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager:
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of relatively [...]
PoynterOnline: HuffPo’s “Impact”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 25). Huffington Post’s ‘Impact’ lets readers donate to people in the news. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=172262
I’m excited that Arianna Huffington will be visiting Ithaca College! The new “Impact” feature sounds brilliant. I think it would be especially useful in local news stories if other outlets adapt a [...]
CSM: Dispute Finder -Firefox extention that finds counterpoints
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Gaylord, C. (2009, October 13). Dispute Finder: Making the call on Web ‘facts’ | csmonitor.com. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/13/dispute-finder-making-the-call-on-web-%e2%80%98facts%e2%80%99/
I’m fascinated by the potential of this Firefox extension called Dispute Finder. It is still in Beta but you may like to try it.
Variety: FCC ISP rules
Posted in Communications Management &Design, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Television on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Littleton, Cynthia. (2009, October 22). Biz eyes FCC’s moves online – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety. Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010285.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248
A quote from Littleton’s lede:
The FCC on Thursday began the formal process of establishing a set of “rules for the road” for Internet service providers, setting off a policy debate that [...]
Creative Commons: Commoner Letter #1: Mohamed Nanabhay of Al Jazeera
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off
From: Creative Commons, Commoner Letter #1, 10/7/2009
I enjoyed reading Mohamad Nanabhay’s post to the Commoner Letter of Creative Commons. He announced the release of footage on the War on Gaza. Take a look. I’ve added this resource to my research guides for Culture & Communications, Journalism, Television and Radio.
Poynter: journalists / doc film funding with Kickstarter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Gaming, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 9). Jounalists raise thousands to fund projects on Kickstarter. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171218.
Kickstarter is for artists, musicians, doc filmmakers, journalists, inventors, explorers, etc.
