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Shakers and Makers
In the opening segment of last week’s Daily Show , a photograph of a tear gas can used by the Egyptian Military against recent protestors with the words “Made in the U.S.A.” crossed the screen with the usual witty banter.
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Propaganda: Who Made Green the ‘New Black’?
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word ‘Propaganda,’ Nazi posters, deceptive slogans, and rumors spreading like wildfire are the images that have always popped into my mind.
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How to Portray Gay: MTV's "Skins" and its Newest Addition
Skins, the UK’s foremost captivating teenage drama, has made it stateside. And, only after two episodes, it has managed to stir up an equal amount of drama off the small screen. Skins premiered in the UK in 2007 and quickly became a cultural phenomenon — although some may say it was the cultural phenomenon that Skins was depicting. The 45-minute episodes are steeped in teenage melodrama, sex, drugs and alcohol, all packaged in a fashion that oddly unleashes recollections of a very real adolescence.
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The Internet: It’s, it’s a series of tubes!
As I entered the restaurant, I wasn’t surprised by what I saw playing on the TV behind the bar. It was Friday night and I had stopped in to grab a quick bite to eat. By that point, the riots in Cairo had been raging for hours. President Mubarak had just announced the firing of his cabinet, presumably as a concession to the Egyptian population who were demanding his resignation. As talking heads pontificated next to images of anarchy, a massive CNN banner announced: “Breaking News: This revolution will be tweeted.”
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The Growing Power of Network Gatekeepers
In a previous post, I had written that because anyone can produce, reproduce and disseminate a product on the Web at a low cost and from virtually anywhere, traditional models and theories of journalistic gatekeeping become less relevant.
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ScienceOnline Wrap-Up
I’d like to share some thoughts from a conference I attended earlier this month called ScienceOnline .
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Depicting Development
Over the break I finally managed to read The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund .
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Setting the Arts Scene: Turner Prize 2010
Traditionally a sample of some of today’s forerunning contemporary artists, being nominated for, and especially winning, the Turner Prize is seen as a substantial credential on any artist’s resumé. Hosted annually by the TATE Britain in London, this year’s 2010 exhibition selections struck me as a representation of a particularly thoughtful variety of artists.
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The Grassy Knoll of Mashup Culture
A few months ago I watched a History Channel special devoted to debunking the conspiracy theories surrounding JFK’s assassination. After pointing out the glaring holes in the Grassy Knoll and Magic Bullet hypotheses, the program closed with a spectacular idea: that people need JFK’s death to be more complicated than it (probably) was.
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Shaking it Up: When Competition Meets Cooperation in the Global Marketplace
Every time I pick up a newspaper or turn on the television, recessions, shifting power structures, and potential “shake-ups” in the global economy are the words of the day. New powers are emerging, old powers are faltering, and no one really knows where we are headed as we spin into a new decade of economic uncertainty.
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