How many of you still read the newspaper…any newspaper? How many of you get your news from it? How many of you get your news from social media? Well, you’re on a blogging site right now for starters. Either for the best or the worst, online news revenue has surpassed that of the print news. […]
Archive for September, 2012
Censorship is unconstitutional…except in the rarest of cases
Posted by: kerryburns | September 25, 2012 | No Comment |Freedom of the press is a base principle in our society. However, this freedom was challenged by the government until 1931 when the case of Near v. Minnesota proved that prior restraint (censorship on expression before the expression actually takes place) is unconstitutional. The Saturday Press was created and run by an anti-Semitic man, Jay M. Near, […]
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Tags: freedom of the press, Jay M. Near, Kerry Burns, Near V. Minnesota, Saturday Press
Tags: freedom of the press, Jay M. Near, Kerry Burns, Near V. Minnesota, Saturday Press
When the word “viral” is used today, we tend to think of a popular Youtube video before we think about the kind of infectious contagion that such videos derived this title from. Most of the time, viral videos are exercises in the extreme, whether it’s an extremely cute dog or an extremely annoying music video, […]
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Tags: 95 theses, Johann Gutenburg, Martin Luther, mattmason, printing press, technology, Velocity
Tags: 95 theses, Johann Gutenburg, Martin Luther, mattmason, printing press, technology, Velocity
By: Jessica Farley An election year means a multitude of things for the masses: less than personable campaigners pestering you during your lunch breaks, an overflowing influx of “politically active” celebrities, red and blue cardboard signs peppering the side of the highway, and in recent years, the demand for unbiased media coverage. It seems that, […]
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Tags: Comm 455, Demand for News, election, FOX NEWS, history oh journalism, Jessica Farley, media bias, MSNBC
Tags: Comm 455, Demand for News, election, FOX NEWS, history oh journalism, Jessica Farley, media bias, MSNBC
I enjoyed the history of the Albany Evening Journal, solely because of its transformation from a party newspaper to a proponent for the Civil War. Thurlow Weed started the production of the “Albany Evening Journal” in New York as a medium to promote the Anti-Masonic Party, the first single-issue “third” party in the United States, […]
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Tags: abolition, Albany Evening journal, jesusalvarez, Political Reporting, Slavery, Thurlow Weed
Tags: abolition, Albany Evening journal, jesusalvarez, Political Reporting, Slavery, Thurlow Weed
Sensationalism in the United States began with the creation of The Penny Press. Like the name suggests, penny press papers cost one penny per paper. This made news accessible to the lower class for the first time. It didn’t take long for journalists to realize that this new “penny-audience” was not interested in the same kind […]
The importance of vocal reporting is replaced by pen and paper
Posted by: eleyism922 | September 25, 2012 | No Comment |Are you a story teller, or a story writer? While some would argue they possess both qualities, this is one instance in which we know the chicken(spoken word) came before the egg(written word). Stories, whether hard or soft, were first heard. They were heard, and then told, and eventually written. Today we use Greg’s Shorthand. Introduced […]
Having a Black president has reawakened the ethnic press. While in past presidencies, politics weren’t very prominent in Black publications, the reign of President Obama has had African-American media outlets clamoring to report first on his every move. The president noticed back in 2010, right in the middle of his term that he needed to […]
Martin Luther: scribal vs. university culture
Posted by: Emily Mann | September 24, 2012 | No Comment |A scribal culture is dominated by religious doctrine and authority, while a university culture generates knowledge through education and innovative thinking. Martin Luther, a highly prolific figure that we have studied lately, came of age during a time when university culture was immerging. As he underwent a spiritual transformation from within, so did most of Europe. […]
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Tags: Dark Ages, emilymann, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, scribal culture, university culture
Tags: Dark Ages, emilymann, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, scribal culture, university culture
Born over 100 years before women even received the right to vote, Jane Grey Swisshelm was an influential figure in the 19th century. She worked as an anti-slavery advocate and was a proud supporter of women’s equality. Swisshelm fought for women’s right to own property, leading to the proposal of the Pennsylvania Married Woman’s Property Law. […]
William Caxton: the father of the English press
Posted by: daviddorsey | September 24, 2012 | No Comment |In 1476, William Caxton (1421?-1492) established the first printing press in England. Upon viewing the wonders of the printing press from his extensive travels in Europe, Caxton realized the value of this modern marvel. Soon, with the patronage of the Royal Family, Caxton would be running off books in both French and English. After setting […]