Betting on News: AOL to Buy The Huffington Post by Jeremy W. Peters
…One of The Huffington Post’s strengths has been creating an online community of readers with tens of millions of people. Their
Author: Dr. Janet Johnson
→I am a professor, pretend political pundit, media critic, and the author of the upcoming book: Political Rhetoric, Social Media, and American Presidential Campaigns: Candidates' Use of New Media. (December 2020 Lexington Books)
Critiquing and monitoring social media/media in the political process is what I do. I live for American Presidential Campaigns.
Egypt’s Protestors Rediscover the Fax Machine By Linton Weeks
…But in tumultuous times, when you don’t have an Internet connection, a homely, throwback fax machine can
I found these three articles interesting reads. I really liked what Gladwell had to say about Egypt and the technology that is being credited for this protest. The second article is how not only are pro-
…As a media rhetoric scholar, I am fascinated with the word “rhetoric” being thrown around in the media after the Arizona shooting. (Tea party rhetoric, political rhetoric, media rhetoric, Sarah Palin’s rhetoric, etc.) The media is
…Since I make my students blog each semester, I am always asked how do I grade the blogs. In my opinion blogs are hard to grade, but with my new rubric I created last semester, I
…I was honored to have been asked by my friend Theresa Bond to write a guest post on her blog Our Life In Words about my thoughts on what home school
…Hi! I am Dr. Janet Johnson, Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. I teach communication courses in new media and media.
I’m interested in researching the the cultural impact that the digital
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