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Extra, extra! Tweet all about it!

Posted by: | September 8, 2014 | No Comment |

Modern technology wages war on patience and print. Once upon a time in a pre-Apple world, patience and print were the norm. News was broadcast at certain times of day and not a moment before, human interaction was primarily face-to-face and email was the advancement in communication. Most importantly, the newspaper was read with dedication reserved for […]

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Elizabeth Timothy: Who?

Posted by: | September 7, 2014 | No Comment |

Photo Courtesy of Metmuseum.org Have you ever heard of Elizabeth Timothy? I had not heard of her before last week. But I am sure we all have definitely heard of Johannes Gutenberg. According to Mitchell Stephens (2007), in 1738 “Elizabeth Timothy becomes the first woman to publish a newspaper in America—the South Carolina Gazette in […]

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The Impact of Media; particularly on children By Joshua Aaron Karber Any scholar, academic, philosopher and even politician can tell you that in our society today we are literally bombarded with images and information, and at a level that is unparalleled throughout documented history. Essentially, we are all jacked in to a system of words, pictures, sounds, videos and […]

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About the blog: I have attached a copy of Mark Potts’ excellent Blogging Primer. Mark is a true Internet pioneer and his primer remains the best how-to-blog document I know. I distribute it with his permission. I have attached a copy of the blogging themes (Comm455 blog themes_2014_a) we made last week. Please check it over and […]

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