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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, 2010Mediacelebrity health stories, celebrity journalism, celebrity media consumers, consumer health behaviors

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…)

Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Media, Politicsamerican people, big six, mainstream news, media corporations, media giants, news media, united states

Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. (more…)

A Two-Tier Internet?

By Guest PostAugust 28, 2010Media, Technologycommunications, companies, Google, high bandwidth internet, internet, Media, net neutrality, next generation internet, old Internet, popular websites, verizon

The Internet as you know it is in serious, serious danger. Some of the most powerful communications companies in the world have been involved in negotiations and have been making agreements that would throw net neutrality out the window and would move us toward a two-tier Internet.

So exactly what would that mean?

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RJI Researcher Identifies Promising Online News Sites, Seeks to Make Them Stronger

By Guest PostAugust 23, 2010Mediafuture challenges, news ecosystem, news industry, online newcomers, online news sites, promising sites

COLUMBIA, Mo. – As local online news services become more numerous, discussions regarding their quality and stability have increased as well. Michele McLellan, who served as a 2009-2010 Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) Fellow at the University of Missouri, has found dozens of online news sites that are gaining traction. She says it is vital for the future of the news industry to identify these promising sites. (more…)

Abroad ‘A’

By ShamsAugust 18, 2010General, Mediaandrey melnichencko, french designer, phillipe starck, russian billionaire, submarine, visual tour, Wall Street Journal, yacht

‘A’ is the yacht of the Russian Billionaire Andrey Melnichencko.

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