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Women, Minority Writers Still Face Obstacles in Hollywood

By Guest PostMay 21, 2011Culture, Entertainment, Mediaafrican american studies, darnell hunt, employment, entertainment industry, hollywood, hollywood industry, letisia marquez, significant obstacles, writers guild of america

A new report prepared by a UCLA sociology professor for the Writers Guild of America–West reveals that diverse writers continue to face significant obstacles to employment in Hollywood, particularly in light of the recession.

Darnell Hunt, who is also director of UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, writes that “the current recession has clearly done little to help women, minority and older writers move ahead in the Hollywood industry, relative to their male, white and younger counterparts.” (more…)

Firms Use Media Coverage to Influence Merger Negotiations

By Guest PostApril 29, 2011Economy, Mediacompanies, corporate press releases, denis sosyura, kenneth ahern, merger negotiations, merger talks, positive effect on stock returns, ross school, stock exchange ratio, stock issues, stock prices, stock trading, strategic use of media, university of michigan, who writes the news

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Companies involved in merger talks manipulate their stock prices during negotiations by releasing more news than usual, according to a University of Michigan study.

“Media coverage has a significant effect on stock trading and returns,” said Kenneth Ahern, assistant professor of finance at U-M’s Ross School of Business. “Even stale news, if widely publicized, can dramatically raise short-term returns and influence prices of large and widely followed stocks in the S&P 500.”

In their study, “Who Writes the News? Corporate Press Releases during Merger Negotiations,” Ahern and Ross School colleague Denis Sosyura examined more than 500 completed stock mergers of large U.S. publicly traded firms from 2000 to 2008. They studied the frequency and content of news releases issued by acquiring firms, and analyzed more than 617,000 articles in 421 newspapers and newswires worldwide. (more…)

Violence in Advertising Becoming a ‘Disturbing’ Trend

By Guest PostMarch 18, 2011Mediatrend in advertising, tv violence, violence in advertising, violence in media, violent ads

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A punch. A kick. A hit in the head with a can of soda. It’s not a Three Stooges film but rather the latest trend in advertising, a trend a Michigan State University professor calls “disturbing.” (more…)

Film by Yale Environment 360 Receives Oscar Nomination

By Guest PostJanuary 26, 2011Entertainment, Environment, Mediaacademy awards, aids crisis in china, anhui province, anne hathaway, best actor, best documentary, chemical plant, documentary filmmaker, e360, Environment, environmental movement in china, farmer, james franco, jiucailuo chemical plant, oscar, pollution, qiugang, roger cohn, ruby yang, the blood of yingzhou district, the warriors of qiugang, thomas lennon, villagers from china, yale environment 360, yale film, zhang gongli

Yale graduate student James Franco will be in the spotlight on the night of the Academy Awards as both co-host of the ceremony (with Anne Hathaway) and a “Best Actor” nominee (for “127 Hours”). But also vying for its share of the glitter will be a short Yale film on a big topic: the fledgling environmental movement in China.

“The Warriors of Qiugang” — co-produced by Yale Environment 360 (e360), an online publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies — has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category “Best Documentary: Short Subject.” (more…)

Spanish Woman Claims She Owns the Sun

By PravdaNovember 27, 2010Media, Politicsangeles duran, owner of sun, ownership of planet, spanish lady

The Sun. Image credit: NASA

Angeles Duran, 49-year-old Spanish lady has claimed to be the owner of Sun. Woman from Spain’s soggy region of Galicia said that she registered the star at a local notary public as being her property after learning about the American man, who registered moon and most planets in our solar system as his property.

Here is an international agreement, which states that no country may claim ownership of a planet or star, but it says nothing about individuals, she added.

“There was no snag, I backed my claim legally, I am not stupid, I know the law. I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first,” she told the online edition of Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo. (more…)

Video: Bob Woodward Discusses Investigative Journalism in the New Century

By Guest PostNovember 21, 2010Culture, Mediaart gallery, author, bob woodward, journalist, paul needham, pulitzer prize, steven brill, yale university

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Bob Woodward ’65 discussed “Secrets: Uncovering Mysteries in the 21st Century” during a conversation with Steven Brill ’72, LAW ’75, founder of the Yale Journalism Initiative, and Paul Needham ’11, journalism scholar and former editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News. (more…)

Researchers Find Cancer News May Contribute to Confusion About Cancer

By Guest PostNovember 11, 2010Culture, Health, Mediaamericans, behavior, cancer, CNN, dale brashers, disease, google news, health information, kami kosenko, msnbc, north carolina state university, online, people, ryan hurley, uncertain terms, yahoo news

New research from North Carolina State University shows that most online news stories about cancer contain language that likely contributes to public uncertainty about the disease – a significant finding, given that at least one-third of Americans seek health information online.

“Previous studies show that more than 100 million Americans seek health information online, and that their findings affect their health decisions,” says Dr. Kami Kosenko, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and co-author of a paper describing the study. “But, while people facing uncertainty about cancer issues are likely to seek out additional information, we’ve found that there are features of the information they’re seeking that may actually exacerbate the uncertainty.” (more…)

MU Researchers Find Celebrity Journalism May Contribute Positively to Consumer Health Behaviors

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2010Culture, Mediaamanda hinnant, catalyst, celebrity journalism, celebrity media, elizabeth hendrickson, entertainment studies, moral implications, mu researchers, school of journalism, university of missouri, university of tennessee

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Celebrity journalism is often considered to be without merit, discounted due to its sensational details and lack of news value. MU researchers now say that celebrity journalism may be an underappreciated way to communicate health messages. In a recent award-winning paper, Amanda Hinnant, assistant professor of magazine journalism in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, found some readers of celebrity health stories report that the stories have an impact on their own behavior and how they discuss health issues. (more…)

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