Media Mindfulness

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This is not necessarily media related, but since I love sci-fi, I just want to gush at the possibility that Sunshine may be the next “2001.” Shot by Trainspotting director Danny Boyle, Sunshine has an intriguing plot. From IMDB:
The Sun is being destroyed from inside out by a type of highly stable form of matter [...]

USA writes about an interesting new youth media phenomenon: age compression. The article states:
Jill Brown almost cried the day her 9-year-old daughter sold several American Girl dolls at a yard sale so she could buy a Juicy Couture sweat suit.
It was a painful reminder that the emotional and psychological distance between childhood and the teen [...]

Film Society of Lincoln Center:
CANON FODDER: As the sun finally sets on the century of cinema, by what criteria do we determine its masterworks?
Read the Preface and Introduction below. The entire article, one of the longest published in Film Comment history, can be found in the 2006 September/October issue.
Motion pictures were the dominant art for [...]

Truthdig - Interviews - Media Critic on Why It’s Only Getting Worse:
Once upon a time, TV news put journalists on camera. Today, cable news has on-air “talent”—who are “cast,” not just hired. A Walter Cronkite would have big trouble getting a job today in TV news. But an actor? No problem. CNN a few years [...]

A novel concept: hold a film festival with your friends.
The Film Connection:

Who We Are

The Film Connection is a community of film lovers, social activists and lifelong learners who use our non-profit online film library to watch, discuss and act on compelling films from around the globe. An initiative of the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, [...]

Watch it online.
FRONTLINE: news war: introduction | PBS:
Bergman traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration’s attacks on the media and the post-Watergate popularity of the press to new obstacles presented by the war on terror and changing economics in the media business and the Internet. The topic has special resonance for [...]

From the fantastic blog DailyGalaxy, this tasty little morsel of a video featuring a debate between Marshal McLuhan and Norman Mailer.
See the video here.
Quest for Identity in the Digital Village -Daily Video Classic | The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth & Beyond:
McLuhan, a Canadian a philosopher, professor of English literature, literary critic, and communications [...]

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Some cool Native media and an important cause. Please support the Native Rights Fund. The performance is by Culture Shock, check out more info on them below.

Culture Shock Camp, comprised of Marcus “Quese IMC” Frejo and Brian “DJ Shock B” Frejo, is a Pawnee/Seminole hip-hop group originating out of Oklahoma City. Culture Shock’s sound and [...]

Advertising Age - Caught in the Clutter Crossfire: Your Brand:
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Somewhere between 254 and 5,000 is a number that represents just how many commercial messages an average consumer gets each day. Attempts to beat clutter only end up yielding more of it, a bitter irony bound to have dire consequences for a [...]

As the article below indicates, there is extensive hype about NewTube (a placeholder name until NBC Universal and News Corp. come up with a brand identity), which is essentially the big media response to YouTube. Although considering that google now owns YouTube, it’s getting harder to view Internet behemoths as the “little guy” anymore. But [...]

Lookout pundits, in case you haven’t seen this yet, The Onion lambasts you on its new network. Ouch! (And yeah!)
In The Know: Our Troops In Iraq

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The colors say it all. I don’t think this drink is designed for swanky adults. For the media literate, the image of the woman in the background also says plenty.
A booze buzz for teenyboppers? - Addictions - MSNBC.com:
With prom season and all its attendant hazards around the corner, some law enforcers and health advocates are [...]

I view media as a kind of ecosystem, and it’s axiomatic that ecosystems require diversity to survive. So when I hear that small Internet radio stations might be squeezed by bad legislation, it concerns me greatly. Please read and take action immediately by following the link below.
Take Action: Rescue Internet Radio:
Online music is in danger. [...]

One of the primary propaganda techniques used by politicians is to stage photos, especially in the Bush White House. The ideas is to put the President in the context of other visual imagery, be it Mount Rushmore or in front of a portrait of George Washington. The most famous is placing Bush underneath the “MIssion [...]