I’m not a big fan of media effects theory (other than the 3rd person effect), but my friend Carol Stabile has an interesting article in the works on what would happen if we started applying media effects theory to elite white men in government — instead of to marginalized groups, who are usually its subject. …
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“Google your own name and ‘food fight'”
. . . said the reporter, “and you’ll find the article.”
Journalism of the Absurd
Apparently, there has been a rash of food fights at Canadian schools. Some of them are documented on YouTube. You can imagine where this is heading. Today, I spoke with a reporter assigned to write a story about whether the press might be making too big a deal out of the fact that the food …
Flag a Day
I recently received an email from an artist named Greta Pratt, who has undertaken an interesting project and blog called “Flag a Day,” meant to comment on the commercialization of American patriotism. It wasn’t up this evening when I tried it, but hopefully by the time you read this, it will be back up. She …
“Not All Chairs are Boring”
I feel like every other entry on this blog begins with a variation of “I’ve been very busy lately” but this one ends the sentence differently: “I’ve been very busy lately with stuff I couldn’t talk about.” Around the middle of May, the chips fell and it became clear that I was to be the …
A Few Words on Taxes in Quebec
(note: I’ve got a Saskatchewan report coming, but Carrie’s got the camera in Vancouver, so it’ll be delayed) For those of you who don’t follow Canadian politics, the new Quebec minority government almost fell last week. The liberal party, who has a plurality, introduced a budget with a massive income tax cut for the middle …
Saskatoon-ho!
Tomorrow morning, Carrie and I head off to Saskatoon for the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences. But mainly, I’m going because I want to see Saskatoon. It’s all part of my Canadianization project. I’ll be back on the weekend.