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MMM Podcast: Media Coverage of Swine Flu
By Phil Robibero on 09/10/2009
Category: Action, Assessment
An eye opening examination of the media coverage on swine flu by a panel of Mexican media students and teachers. MORE »
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Do Americans Have To Give Up Privacy For Protection?
By Michelle Giametta on 08/31/2009
Category: Access, Action, Awareness
The anniversary of September 11th is right around the corner and even though Americans have not experienced a terrorist attack in the eight years since then it is important that Americans stay ahead of the game to keep this nation safe. This past spring, Senator Rockefeller (D) and Senator Snowe (R) introduced legislation, The Cybersecurity Act of 2009, which is meant to protect the country against cyber attacks. An April 1st press release on Senator Rockefeller's official website stated that, "The Rockefeller-Snowe initiative will carve a course for our country to embrace a 21st century national security policy that will MORE »
Boycotts or Censorship?
By Michelle Giametta on 08/24/2009
Category: Action, Assessment, Awareness
Boycotts once used as instruments of peaceful protest designed to put pressure on public and private entities to change policies for social good have morphed into weapons used by groups of people to silence, intimidate and destroy people with differing ideological views. Martin Luther King led the infamous Montgomery Bus Boycott when they arrested Rosa Parks for sitting down and not offering her seat to a white passenger. Blacks refused to ride the buses for over a year until they were given their rights. This boycott put enough economic pressure on the buses and community that they were forced to MORE »
Aristocracy Within The Collective
By Phil Robibero on 07/17/2009
Category: Access, Action
If you look at a single ant you would see rather dull characteristics. The ant crawls around aimlessly reaching for an uncertain goal. Now if you pull back the lens you will find an amazing observation. A vast colony of ants building tunnels, carrying food, and guarding passage ways. All of a sudden it seems that maybe these ants are not as aimless as we thought. As the frame gets larger we begin to find an orderly system within the disorder and a greater intelligence beings to take form. MORE »
How Do Student Musicians Deal with the Changing Music Industry?
By Nickolas Weingartner on 06/24/2009
Category: Action
Everything in Music in changing. In just a few short years, music has gone from being physically sold on vinyl to being information on a disc to just being a file on your computer. Music is no longer owned - companies like Apple's iTunes only sell you the rights to listen to the music. MORE »
Will Jon and Kate + 8 meet their fate?
By Michelle Giametta on 06/08/2009
Category: Action, Assessment, Awareness
For weeks now we have read countless articles and seen numerous pictures of the infamous "Jon and Kate + 8" splashed all over magazines and tabloids, television and even radio. Like all other celebrity drama, the media has taken this scandal and have run with it. Did Jon cheat on Kate? Is Jon and Kate's relationship over? Will there be another season? MORE »
The Rise of New Media
By Eric Ivanov on 05/27/2009
Category: Action
The Television has too many channels to count, but only about two opinions; you are wrong and I am right. Where did all of the diversity go? It moved just next door to the Internet. Now with a few taps on the keyboard anyone can participate in the new media system that we have before us. MORE »
IFC Media Project/Make Media Matter Chicago Event
By William Weinand on 05/22/2009
Category: Action, Appreciation, Awareness
On Thursday, May 21st 2009, IFC brought together one of the country's top investigative reporters with Chicago's media leaders to delve into the sustainability and future of journalism in the Windy City. In a rare event, the top editors of both the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times appeared together to discuss what lies ahead for the two bankrupt newspapers. The event took place at the Newbury Library in downtown Chicago. MORE »
Making Media Matter
By Paul Mihailidis on 04/22/2009
Category: Action
In today's information age, we are all media makers. Every time we post information online Facebook update to publishing a video on Youtube, we engage in the media creation and distribution process. The online world has largely become an extension of our physical world. These new forms of expression are changing the way we look at ourselves, our communities, and our democracy. Politicians are increasingly using new media platforms to communicate, a new breed of celebrity has been born on the Internet, and more information is available to us than at any time in our history. MORE »
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