By: Jessica Farley Who doesn’t love a trendsetter? Better yet, who doesn’t want to be a trend setter? When it comes to the founding fathers of media literacy, it is hard to dispute that John Culkin lead the pack. Culkin paved the way for today’s media literacy scholars, and ultimately shifted the way our society […]
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John Culkin: reppin’ media literacy since 1964
Posted by: jfarley2 | September 18, 2012 | No Comment |Norse sagas: More than just myths and legends
Posted by: mmason11 | September 18, 2012 | No Comment |When modern people hear the word “saga,” images may come to mind of brawny Vikings heroically battling giant sea monsters, pillaging and plundering their way across unknown land, and drinking mead in the eternal halls of Valhalla. However, what most people don’t know is that sagas were used as more than just vehicles of fiction. […]
How literacy changed ancient Rome and the world
Posted by: Colleen Wilson | September 18, 2012 | No Comment |With the advancement of literacy by the time of Cicero in the Roman Empire, society began to evolve to adapt to the new found freedom literacy provided. As discussed in chapter four of “A History of News” by Mitchell Stephens, the Romans were able to write down and share their information and knowledge. This allowed […]
Newlywed media stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively secret marriage and honeymoon in Va.
Posted by: kerryburns | September 18, 2012 | No Comment |It is no secret that the incredibly attractive, power couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been dating for about a year now, since they met on the set of “Green Lantern.” However, the two finally tied the knot on September 9 at a secret wedding at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. […]
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Tags: Blake Lively, Boone Hall, Kerry Burns, Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson, Secret Wedding, The Notebook, Va.
Published as a pamphlet in January 1776, Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” has been recognized as one of the greatest “opinion pieces” of all time. After being dismissed in England for his written opinions, Paine emigrated to the colonies where he became a journalist, editing and contributing articles to the Pennsylvania Magazine, but his greatest work was yet […]
-Helena Okolicsanyi When the first broadcast of news hit the airwaves through the radio in 1920, something significant was happening. For the first time, news was brought directly to the home. No loner did you have to wait for the next day’s newspaper to learn about the world, all you had to do was simply […]
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Tags: Airwaves, BBC, CBS, Comm 455, coverage, Edward R. Murrow, Helena Okolicsanyi, history of print journalism, News, NPR, radio
Tags: Airwaves, BBC, CBS, Comm 455, coverage, Edward R. Murrow, Helena Okolicsanyi, history of print journalism, News, NPR, radio