Today, I read an article by the new White House Chief Digital Officer, Jason Goldman (@goldman). His role, he says in his article The Internet, The White House and You (and Me) is,, “to
…Category: Media Rhetoric
This past Sunday, the Oscars blew up Twitter. Yes, Ellen DeGeneres broke Twitter. Why is this significant? Because in only an hour the selfie filled with who is who in Hollywood was retweeted 1 million times.
…John Dewey writes in The Public & its Problems:
…To learn to be human is to develop through the give and take of communication an effective sense of being an individually distinctive member of
The Boston Marathon Bombing and the manhunt that followed taught social media users and legacy media that breaking news is not about being first, but it is about being right.
Even Twitter users started to question
…I was asked recently if I thought Twitter was hurting the campaign more than helping. Instead of hurting or helping, I think social media is changing the four year ritual we are all accustomed to.
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Have you noticed ALL the Republican Debates? Have you noticed ALL the Republican wannabe Presidential candidates look tired? Have you noticed the media honing in on the Reality television aspect instead of WHAT the candidates are
…While Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain all attacked each other at the GOP Debate on CNN, Newt Gingrich was the one who emerged as the most presidential with his non-attack tactics.
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…The CNN Tea Party debate seems to be lingering… on and on and on.
The rhetoric of the HPV vaccine seems to be what everyone is talking about from the CNN Tea Party debate held on
…I have a book called Journalism After September 11 edited by Barbara Zelizer and Stuart Allan. I always pull it out when I am discussing the history of the blog. It helps remind me of what
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