MediaSTORMWATCH
A
nonprofit educational media studies project
About MediaStormwatch
I have established MediaStormwatch to study the bias, imbalance and agenda-setting of today's concentrated media market.
The filtering and blatant manipulation of what consumers receive through the traditional channels of communciation: television, newspapers and newsweekies -- is giving Americans a view of the world shaped more by perception than reality.
MediaStormwatch is a nonprofit, educational media studies project looking at available academic research, industry analysis and popular opinion of the state of the mass media today.
--Paul
J. Elliott
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
May 2007
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
May 2007
Managing
the New Closed Captioning Rules
Television
station managers and news directors are
facing new
closed captioning requirements
that will quicken the pace of
technological development and move
broadcasting ever closer to the
digital era. Congress and the Federal
Communications Commissionon are
committed to imposing regulations that will ensure that closed
captioning requirements will apply to digital broadcasting. However,
the National Association of Broadcasters
and other industry groups have been reluctant to embrace the
technological possibilities that have the
potential effect on one in 12 Americans.
All new
non-exempt television programming was required to be
closed-captioned beginning January 1, 2006. This applies to both
digital and current analog televisions produced in English. Over the
next six years, these rules will extend to Spanish-language
programming. These closed captioning requirements are being adopted to
coincide with the proposed transition to digital broadcasting.
In August 2006, the FCC issued a public notice* that it will ease up on television broadcasters who are unable to provide full closed-captioning services during an emergency, such as severe weather, as long as the broadcasters make a good faith effort to provide the information in some visual form.
Read the Full Report*
*Must have
Acrobat Reader to view
The
Medium and The Messenger
This exciting new
project takes an exciting new look
at the life and career of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the role the media
played in his rise to power to become the top newsmaker in Canada of
the
20th century. This proposed documentary examines the influences on
Trudeau, especially that of communications guru Marshall McLuhan.
The Medium and the Messenger
promises to be a fascinating look at how politics and media
work together to transform both the man and the message. Due out
in 2008, this project will be the culmination of my graduate career.
Read the Full Report*
*Must have Acrobat Reader to view
*Must have Acrobat Reader to view
The
Medium and The Messenger
This exciting new
project takes an exciting new look
at the life and career of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the role the media
played in his rise to power to become the top newsmaker in Canada of
the
20th century. This proposed documentary examines the influences on
Trudeau, especially that of communications guru Marshall McLuhan. The Medium and the Messenger promises to be a fascinating look at how politics and media work together to transform both the man and the message. Due out in 2008, this project will be the culmination of my graduate career.
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and Unbalanced
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