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• An Ethical Issue: The Baltimore Suns one-cent subscription promotion

  
  Jerz's Literacy Weblog — Authority: 129
  The Baltimore Sun is offering a years subscription to its weekend papers for one cent, in an effort to boost circulation numbers and attract more advertising revenue. Even if you only want the coupons from the advertising flyers, it sounds like a great deal.   "But," my brother-in-law, Robert Frezza, writes, "I ...
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• Several Alaska bloggers banned from Palin’s Wasilla book-signing.

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 819
  Approximately 1,000 people attended former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s book-signing event in her hometown of Wasilla, AK. Despite the enthusiasm, book sales weren’t as high as anticipated. Local bookseller Shannon Cullip set up a table to sell copies of Palin’s book “Going Rogue,” but by noon, she had sold ...
  1 day ago

• “Comedian” child sex accused name suppression

  
  Media Law Journal — Authority: 119
  It seems that a “comedian” has been granted name suppression  in connection with charges that he has had unlawful sexual connection with a child under 12, his daughter. This isn’t some namby-pamby judge covering up for a celebrity. This suppression kicks in automatically under the Criminal Justice Act, I ...
  3 days ago

• Philippine inspiration for media cynics

  
  CORRESPONDENT — Authority: 123
  For critics who love to hate the media, do not read any further. For those who want only to read more about Tigers philandering, this blog isnt for you either. But if you want to believe there is more to modern media than celebrity worship and fast food news, then this is for you... The Philippine Center for ...
  1 week ago

• The Toxic Newspaper

  
  Rhetorica — Authority: 458
  This morning is the first morning of my adult life that I am not a subscriber to a local daily newspaper. I am distressed by this. But my distress is nothing compared to the disgust I feel about the harm the Springfield News-Leader is doing to our civic discourse. It is a toxic presence. And I can no longer spend my ...
  1 week ago

• When Was The Last Time You Said These Words…

  
  Real Estate Opinion MAG - AgentGenius — Authority: 557
  Apology Apologies are often given.  Some are better than others.  Some are more sincere than others.  There are even times when the apology is so poorly done, it’s as bad as the offense.  But every now and then, when it is done well, the effect is profound.  One cannot underestimate the power of apology. I ...
  1 week ago

• Journalistic Questions and Answers

  
  Rhetorica — Authority: 458
  Jay Rosen thinks a news site called explainthis.org ought to exist (I agree). Here’s the idea : Users go to the site and find a prompt similar to Twitter’s what’s happening? or Facebook’s what’s on your mind? But instead of updating their status they type in a question they have for a team of ...
  1 week ago

• Survey Bias Can Skew Anything

  
  Twin Cities Real Estate Blog — Authority: 118
  I just responded to a survey of real estate agents that I get on a regular basis.  While I don’t want to name names, the survey comes from a group inside the real estate industry.  The survey covers a lot of things like sales activity, inventory, types of sales, experiences during the sales, and forward-looking ...
  1 week ago

• SAFMA Mumbai Meet: Concern and Media’s Roles Discussed

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 455
  By Nava Thakuria The commercialization of mainstream media, degradation of media ethics and practices in India, and the subsequent eroding of public trust and support to the entire media community were some of the relevant issues discussed in a media conference held in Mumbai last week. The meeting also appealed to ...
  1 week ago

• New Survey Findings of Teens Ethics

  
  PRowl Public Relations — Authority: 127
  The seventh annual Junior Achievement/Deloitte Teen Ethics Survey focused on the ethical implications of the popularity of social networking. Here are some findings: 88 percent of teens surveyed use social networks every day 70 percent of teens say they participate in social networking an hour or more daily 58 ...
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• And they thought this was a good idea?

  
  An Angry American — Authority: 431
  Some idiots at CBS thought it would be funny to take the childrens classic "Frosty The Snowman" and dub the perverted humor of How I Met Your Mother and Two and A Half Men in as dialogue: Jolly Frosty the Snowman bragging about his porn collection, discussing breast size and bullwhips, and then soaring off in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why You Shouldnt Feel Bad About "File Sharing"

  
  The Cynical Christian — Authority: 119
  If you ever downloaded music for free in that (ahem) legal gray area know as "file sharing," record company shills said you should be ashamed for stealing food out of the mouths of poor, struggling artists.  What you were really doing, though, was denying record companies the chance to steal food out of the mouths of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcoming event: Metanomics about Weaving Narrative Threads in Virtual Worlds

  
  MixedRealities — Authority: 129
  On Metanomics: How do non-linear narratives work? Do these story quests make for greater immersion and understanding? How can they be used to help further understanding and a deeper connection with people living with HIV /AIDS? Host Robert Bloomfield will interview three people who came together to create story ...
  2 weeks ago

• Redefining mobile, social and real-time

  
  MixedRealities — Authority: 129
  Mobile, social and real-time, these are nowadays the magic words which make geeks dream of new applications and a wonderful new world. Never mind that in many countries decent mobile internet connections are either unavailable or outrageously expensive, that “social” is often limited to exchanging pictures and ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Do Lectures, the Atwa speak truth to power

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 490
  Gregor made a powerful presentation at the Do Lectures his topic the  threat to the Amazon rain forest . Harnessing the collective intelligence of the tribe, he showcases The Atwa, who embrace the state, pens and paper, GPS mapping technology, YouTube, Facebook, the internet and mobile communication technologies. ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Do Lectures, the Achuar speak truth to power

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 490
  Gregor made a powerful presentation at the Do Lectures his topic the  threat to the Amazon rain forest . Harnessing the collective intelligence of the tribe, he showcases The Atwa, who embrace the state, pens and paper, GPS mapping technology, YouTube, Facebook, the internet and mobile communication technologies. ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Do You Know?

  
  Rhetorica — Authority: 458
  I could write this same post everyday. Here’s the set up : Don’t hate yourself because, having tuned into the Tiger Woods drama and the Salahis comedy you’ve found that you can’t tune them out. And don’t blame CNN or TMZ or even the New York Times for making the yarns as irresistible as an open bag of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fight Journalist Exceptionalism

  
  Rhetorica — Authority: 458
  This news should trouble every American. Repeat this until it sinks in: American journalists have 1st Amendment rights because they are Americans, NOT because they are journalists. That word “press” in the 1st Amendment does not refer to the profession of journalism as we understand it today. The word ...
  3 weeks ago

• This want to know and need to know distinction matters in Tiger Woods’ case

  
  McGuire on Media — Authority: 91
  When I teach ethics, which I will do again this spring, I hammer home to students the distinction  between three levels of information: right to know, need to know and want to know.  A right to know is legally mandated by statute. Public records are right to know information. The need to know covers information that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Truth and Science

  
  Uncommon Descent — Authority: 609
  It is almost axiomatic in our culture that the pronouncements of Science are synonymous with Truth. This received wisdom is so prevalent that whenever media reports begin with the words “Scientists have found that…[fill in the blank]“, whatever follows is widely believed by the public to be unassailable fact. ...
  3 weeks ago

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