admin Confound it! It Talks!
It’s the spring of 1876. and people are talking about a new device that promises to handle essential communication tasks…
Editor Receives National Award
Media&Values founding editor Sr. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, was honored October 10 in Washington, DC with the Faith and Freedom Award…
As the World Watches: Media Events are Modern ‘Holy Days’
That bright morning in 1961 should have been a normal commuting day. But police monitoring the early morning traffic in…
Beyond Book Burning
The censorship of the classics — from Shakespeare to the Grapes of Wrath — is an old story, but it…
Marcus Welby Speaks: Health Messages on TV
First there was Ben Casey. Then Marcus Welby and later the staff of General Hospital. Almost from the beginning of…
Healthcare in the Media Age
When the people of prehistoric cultures got sick, they called on the traditional skills of the tribe’s shaman, who applied…
Pictures Without Bias
Editor’s Note (1983): Communications has provided the legs for bias, carrying it from person to person, generation to generation. Communicators…
Rewarding the Messenger
Unlike the ancient kings of legend, our society gives its communications kudos to the bringers of bad news. Reversing that…
How to Use Technology To Make You More Aware And Alive
The following is excerpted from the text of Dr. Byrne’s remarks when he accepted the 1983 Media&Values Communicator Award “I…
Impact of the Information Revolution
For three decades we have been concerned about the effect and affect of computers on human life. We have been…