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Another Paper Cuts Back On Print – and Staff
An ongoing preoccupation among those of us who study the media industries is newspapers’ struggle to find a way to stay afloat financially in an online world. As has been noted here and other places, readers and advertisers are moving … Continue reading
On a TV Binge
Online video content providers, like Netflix and Hulu, are moving into providing original content in hopes of drawing in additional viewers or subscribers. Examples of original content commissioned by online video companies include Netflix’s Lilyhammer and the upcoming revival of … Continue reading
Has Missing White Woman Syndrome (MWWS) struck at UMSL?
MWWS refers to the tendency of the media to focus heavily on missing or abducted people when they are attractive, young, well-off, white females (e.g., Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson), and to not provide much, if any, coverage of others who … Continue reading
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