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Tag Archives: journalism
The Five Books You Need at AEJMC
in communication, conferences, events, journalism
Tagged AEJMC, communications, conferences, journalism
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Headed to AEJMC next week? Here are five books to keep on your radar as you peruse the exhibit hall: 1. Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code By Nikki Usher “In Interactive Journalism, Nikki Usher skillfully answers three questions rarely addressed at the … Continue reading
Release Party: Indians Illustrated
in american history, communication, native american
Tagged Indians Illustrated, John M. Coward, journalism, Nineteenth Century
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Americans swarmed to take in a raft of new illustrated journals and papers. Engravings and drawings of “buckskinned braves” and “Indian princesses” proved an immensely popular attraction for consumers of publications like … Continue reading
Hillary the Hermit Crab
in american history, communication
Tagged Hillary Clinton, journalism, politics, Shawn J. Parry-Giles, women's studies
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One of the pleasures of reading Hillary Clinton in the News is the trip back to yesteryear to see the freaks and embarrassments who made up the American media’s infotainment complex at the turn of the century—and to wonder that … Continue reading
Release Party: Media in New Turkey
in communication
Tagged Bilge Yesil, journalism, Media in New Turkey, Middle Eastern studies, politics, Turkey
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Investment and expansion have made Turkish media a transnational powerhouse in the Middle East and Central Asia. Yet tensions continue to grow between media outlets and the Islamist AKP party that has governed the country for over a decade. In … Continue reading
Release Party: Making the News Popular
in communication
Tagged Anthony Nadler, History of Communication, journalism, Making the News Popular, News
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The professional judgment of gatekeepers defined the American news agenda for decades. Making the News Popular, now available from the University of Illinois Press, examines how subsequent events brought on a post-professional period that opened the door for imagining that consumer … Continue reading
Not Safe for Democracy
in communication
Tagged Bilge Yesil, journalism, Media in New Turkey, Middle Eastern studies, Turkey
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Some background on this weekend’s events from the new University of Illinois book Media in New Turkey: The Origins of an Authoritarian Neoliberal State, by Bilge Yesil. While the Turkish model was drawing praise, the country was indeed experiencing serious … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Goils Were Goils and Men Were Men
in american history, art, Chicago, communication, photography
Tagged 1930s, Great Depression, journalism, New Deal, photography, Throwbacklist Thursday, World's Fair, WPA
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Generally considered a bummer of epic proportions, the Great Depression nonetheless inspired a measure of nostalgia. Americans looked back to a simpler time, of lives unencumbered by food, employment, homes, or arable Great Plains farmland. Liberals celebrated the halcyon days … Continue reading
The power of the portrayal of the press
in authors, communication, film, media studies
Tagged All the President's Men, Citizen Kane, Heroes and Scoundrels, Joe Saltzman, journalism, Matthew C. Ehrlich, popular culture
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Seeing, for many, is believing. Authors Matthew C. Ehrlich and Joe Saltzman have taken a look at how we see news gatherers and the news business in television, film, radio, novels, comics, plays, and other media. In the introduction to … Continue reading
The news game
in communication, film, media studies
Tagged All the President's Men, Clark Kent, film, film history, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Heroes and Scoundrels, His Girl Friday, House of Cards, Joe Saltzman, journalism, Lou Grant, Mary Tyler Moore, Matthew C. Ehrlich, Murphy Brown, Network, television, The Front Page, The Newsroom
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In a century-plus of popular culture, journalists have appeared as cynical scandalmongers, noble crusaders, nicotine-soaked cynics, and the mild-mannered alter egos of super-powered Kryptonians. The latest UIP debut Heroes and Scoundrels covers the whole waterfront of newspersons depicted in our pop … Continue reading