Remember to B.L.O.G.

I am not writing this as a blogger who makes a living from blogging and has money from advertisers. I am not even a...
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Why #CancelColbert Failed, Miserably

Last week, satirical political analyst and host of his self-titled show “The Colbert Report”, Stephen Colbert faced retaliation for a statement that his show’s...
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The Real Reason Why a Career as a Journalist is Dying

It’s not the money, the need, or the lack of ability to write that is keeping new journalists from reporting about their dream topic....

Athletes Tweeting Isn’t The Problem, The Media Is

We’ve seen it before: Someone you know logs onto Twitter and uses the social media platform to tell you about their day. This may...
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Keeping it Publicly in the Family

Rupert Murdoch has recently been setting up his two sons to take over his media empire of News Corp. Both Lachlan, 42, and James,...

Generation-Y Offers a New Kind of Journalism

Along with enjoying The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, baby boomers love reading the newspaper. But just as Leno was replaced with Fallon, the...

Can Subscription Scams Cause a Revival of the Newspaper?

Netflix has recently been the victim of a phishing scam, targeting subscribers’ to give a fake customer service line their personal information, while allowing...

If the messenger is lost, does that mean the message is too?

George Gerbner once wrote that the usual narrators are no longer sharing stories of human history and culture. Instead, these “stories” are being told...

140 Characters of Offensiveness

There is a fine line between funny and offensive, and Justine Sacco crossed it in an impressive 140 characters. The Ex-PR Executive tweeted the following...

A Ritualistic View’s Legacy Slowly Dies

The late James W. Carey, communications theorist and journalism professor, developed the perspectives of mass media consumption between two views: transmission view and ritual...
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