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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner August 31st, 2010 |
As many long-time WIMN’s Voices readers know, I spent the bulk of 2009 - 2010 writing Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, which will be published by Seal Press on Nov. 1.
Until then, you can learn more about the book at the newly launched RealityBitesBackBook.com, where you can read excerpts, […]
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Posted by Guest Blogger August 29th, 2010 |
By Guest Blogger Cindy Gallop
This weekend a storm blew up in the blogosphere. It began on Friday with Shira Ovide’s piece on WSJ.com, “Addressing the Lack of Women Leading Emerging Tech,” which quoted Rachel Sklar:
“Part of changing the ratio is just changing awareness, so that the next time Techcrunch is planning a Techcrunch Disrupt, […]
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Posted by Guest Blogger August 15th, 2010 |
This post was originally featured at PunditMom.
The media love to mock women in the political world by using sexist terms that demean us and make us out to be something not worthy of serious consideration. We saw that time and time again during the 2008 presidential election as talking heads not-so-subtly suggested […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner July 11th, 2010 |
UPDATE, July 13: Here’s a sample of last night’s livetweets of “The Bachelorette”:
@jennpozner: We begin as always: 6seasons of #Bachelorette +14seasons of #Bachelor: ALL 20 stars +most daters were white #RealityBitesBack
@jennpozner: Will #Bachelorette Ali end up with salsa-dancing Roberto Martinez? Answer’s in surname: in #Bachelorverse #MrRightMustBeWhite
@jennpozner: #Bachelor franchise IS bigoted;that’s what I meant RT @GeriJarvis […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner May 11th, 2010 |
I wrote this article on media literacy for On The Issues Magazine’s Spring ‘10 edition, published today. To explore the theme of this edition, “The Feminist Mind,” contributors look at ways readers can enhance their understanding of feminist and progressive values.
Media Literacy: Piercing Content and Who Controls It
by Jennifer L. Pozner
On The Issues magazine, […]
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Posted by Guest Blogger May 7th, 2010 |
By Guest Bogger Lila Kitaeff
At Reel Grrls, we like to keep track of what the Federal Communications Commission is doing and how it affects our lives. When the FCC came to town a couple of years ago to hold a public hearing about media consolidation, a bunch of Reel Grrls participants went down to […]
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Posted by Ammu Joseph April 25th, 2010 |
A story with all the ingredients of a soap opera has dominated the front pages and prime time bulletins of much of the Indian news media over the last fortnight.
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner April 21st, 2010 |
Although the first day of #140Conf (the #140 Conference: The State of Now) was too pale-male-stale, one panel stood out as a highlight not only for the diversity of its participants but for the humor, insight and strategic advice participants brought to the conversation.
In Finding Common Ground: Discussion of issues of race and politics in […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner April 20th, 2010 |
During his #140Conf solo speech “Why Madison Avenue Should Love Social Media - The Thoughts of a Mad Man Turned Twitterholic,” Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak on Twitter), who describes himself as an “Author, TV Host, Ad Guy,” made one key point I want to share with you.
I find it is always quite useful to listen […]
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner April 20th, 2010 |
Quickly: I haven’t been able to livetweet the early sessions of the #140 Conference: The State of Now, but if you’re interested in learning about:
– educating about the politics of race online
– social media as real-time news and information-gathering systems
– Interacting with the television audience in Real Time
– and more…
I encourage you to read the […]