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The challenge of media literacy
Every semester I face this same problem. I am a university professor of mass media, and the challenge I face is threefold: Should I focus on the new media delivery systems, or on the nature, purpose,...
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OMG! Life is calling
Ever feel like you’re addicted to your cell phone? If so, you’re not alone. A recent study shows nearly 2 million Americans find it hard to leave home without these devices; worldwide, the total leaps...
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Alone in our “togetherness”
Suppose you are one of the diehards spending a couple hours browsing through the stacks of a bookstore and come across the following titles: Life on the Screen, The Second Self, and Alone Together. You...
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Aphonic over Words with Friends
In another era, WWF stood for the World Wrestling Federation. Still does, I suppose, although today those initials are more commonly known by online gamers as Word with Friends. Somewhere around...
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A Web of Violence
Like a lot of young university researchers, I once placed almost total confidence in numbers as the basis of knowledge. If a research study were done properly, the variables were all brought under...
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