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Muscles are in. Young men believe that to be a "real man" you have to project a strong, tough body…
PASTORING: What Gender is God?
Recently, my local newspaper ran a review of a comedian’s live show that focused on his male bravado and his…
Television in Trinidad
I can’t ignore the effect of media on local communications, institutions and even local cinemas here on Barbados. When two…
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…
Why 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…
The Media Education Elephant
The Rajah spoke, "The elephant is a big animal. Each man touched only one part. You must put all the…
Literacy 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…
1996 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…
Measuring ‘Jolts Per Minute’
"Jolts per minute" programming is often cited as a principle — almost a first law — of commercial television. "Jolt"…
Muktuk and Mass Media
Few experiences penetrate memory as thoroughly as Arctic winds pierce unprotected flesh. In Alaska, images of communication technology reshaping the…