Paul Krugman, The Years of Shame

An alternative response to the 9-11-11 commemorations, from a Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist, which caused former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to cancel his subscription, in this Fox News reported response. Krugman's follow-up post today.

Sponge Bob, the brain sucker?

This recent study on media effects, reported in various places today (including the LA Times and The Columbian), argues that case. What do you think of the research methodology? What do you think of the results?

Product placement ... advertising's invisible hand

A Brief History of Conspicuous Product Placement in Movies
by Oliver Noble



A montage of the historical developments in product placement:



Shameless product placements:



The future?

Growing media literacy begets the kind of discourse in The Daily Show / Colbert Report

Murdoch "News of the World" scandal on:

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Murdoch's Media Empire Might Go Down the Toilet
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

The Daily Show

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Horrible Bosses - Fox News Won't Dumpster Dive
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook

Baran book has moved to the 7th edition

The syllabus lists the 6th edition, but the bookstore is carrying the 7th. So please buy the 7th. Thanks!

Hashtag change: From #Com101 to #ComV101

To keep the Vancouver Twitter feeds separate from Pullman (and France, or wherever those other messages were coming from), let's change our Twitter hashtag to #ComV101. The blog channel has been changed as well.

Opening class survey: If you are enrolled in this course, please complete as soon as possible