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Posts Tagged ‘media’

Social media safety poster

I saw this poster in the YMCA. As far as I can tell it’s the regular monthly YMCA news bulletin. A huge portion of it is devoted to the section Kids and Teens: Stay Safe When Going Online and Using Social Media I’ll try to get a better photo where the safety tips are legible. [...]

When a “Before and After” photo takes honesty to a new level

I’ve always had a beef with “Before and After” photos — they are almost always taken with the subject frowning and wearing boring clothing in the Before photo, and smiling with a much nicer outfit and maybe even better lighting in the After photo. It’s dishonest and manipulative. I think most people will realize what [...]

The tetrad of blogging

Robert K. Blechman, the only person I know of consistently publishing on the web about media ecology, just wrote a post where he put together a McLuhan tetrad for the medium of blogging. I think he hit it on the head: (tetrad structure emphasis mine) Blogging enhances “many to many” communication. As a medium, blogging [...]

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