Enter World: exploring mediated cultures

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Tonight I presented research comparing independent media agendas and corporate media agendas to a group at Fielding’s Summer Session.

Based on research comparing the media agendas in online independent and corporate news sources, I discussed social and ethical implications of media agendas. I was specifically interested in discovering whether the independent media source provided an alternative agenda to that of corporate media. Following the first phase of agenda setting research, the research was based on public issues to categorize headlines and compared three sources from Portland, OR.

Abstract:
The following paper presents an analysis of research conducted in early 2007 comparing the media agendas in online independent and corporate news sources. Following the first phase of agenda setting research, the author uses public issues to categorize headlines from the sources. Comparison of the issues covered by each source revealed statistically significant differences between the two corporate media agendas but no statistically significant difference between the independent source and either corporate source’s media agenda. The nature of and potential for independent media are discussed in relation to these findings.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

No one seems to like people without addresses. The ultimate experience was trying to rent a storage unit (to store all of our homeless belongings) and being required to provide an address of residence to do so. And if I had an address of residence .... why would I need a storage unit for my belongings?

Friday, July 06, 2007

Just Letters