Television in Trinidad
I can't ignore the effect of media on local communications, institutions and even local cinemas here on Barbados. When two...
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Pirating the Caribbean: Are New Media a New Colonialism?
"A velvet silence calms the tropical night – a silence so profound that it can be felt. As the sea...
اقرأ المزيدWhy Study the Media? Thoughts from John Culkin
A medium is not simply an envelope that carries any letter. Each communications medium employs its own code and thus...
اقرأ المزيدThe Media Education Elephant
The Rajah spoke, "The elephant is a big animal. Each man touched only one part. You must put all the...
اقرأ المزيدLiteracy in a Digital World (Book Review)
Flipping back through the pages of Kathleen Tyner's new book, Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the...
اقرأ المزيد1996 National Media Literacy Conference / Los Angeles: Summary Report
"Media literacy in the U.S. will never be same," noted communications researcher George Gerbner told the assembled participants Sunday morning...
اقرأ المزيدMeasuring ‘Jolts Per Minute’
"Jolts per minute" programming is often cited as a principle — almost a first law — of commercial television. "Jolt"...
اقرأ المزيدMuktuk and Mass Media
Few experiences penetrate memory as thoroughly as Arctic winds pierce unprotected flesh. In Alaska, images of communication technology reshaping the...
اقرأ المزيدDecoding ‘Dallas’ Overseas
Editorial note: The following article is based on preliminary reports of research undertaken by communications expert Elihu Katz and doctoral...
اقرأ المزيدThe Selling of the President: 1984
During the 1984 campaign I decided to do a very long piece on President Reagan for the evening news. It...
اقرأ المزيدMINORITIES: TV Images Reflect Changing America
Television has given a new, visual dimension to the ever-present racial subtext that runs like a thread through much of...
اقرأ المزيدLike Money in the Bank: Understanding Media’s Investment in Violence
There was something suspicious about the spring 1993 Newsweek cover story glaringly headed "Violence Goes Mainstream" and subtitled, "Movies, Music,...
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