Tag Archives: Media
Subtle persuasion
The Persuaders, Douglas Rushkoff’s new Frontline special will be airing tomorrow night, in most of the country. But not on our local PBS station, where they are putting it off until the 30th. Grumble. I was really hoping the MITIArs would have a chance to see it sooner. I guess I’ll just have to pray […]
Internet in the News
[It strikes me that I should be blogging my lectures more often (my own self-assignment), so here goes. Here, I talk a bit about the nexus of politics, the internet, and journalism.] Before there was news on the internet, there was news about the internet. When did journalists start to care about the Internet? During […]
bin Laden’s endorsement
The recent semi-backhanded bin Laden endorsement of Bush is hardly a surprise: the president has done more for al Qaeda than bin Laden ever might have hoped. I’ve already written at length about how the real target on September 11 was the American sense of security, our willingness to have an open society, and our […]
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