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Ralph Hanson
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Comm Prof@UNK. Blogging since 2004. Author Sage’s Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, now in 9th ed. Husband, dad 🏍. he/him Black Lives Matter
Jaws, the OG summer blockbuster, is showing for the next week at The World Theatre for its 50th anniversary. You do not want to miss this groundbreaking film on the big screen! Link in the comments for the backstory on this groundbreaking film.
August 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Way
April 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
April 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Venus tonight with the International Space Station approaching from the right. So cool to see it passing in front! #ISS #Venus
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Social Media Change 2025 Part 1: Meta content moderation.
How Meta is changing content moderation is the first in a series looking at how social media is changing during the start of the second Trump presidency.
www.ralphehanson.com/2025/01/22/s...
January 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just got my author’s copies of the ninth edition of my media literacy textbook Mass Communication: Living in a Media World. For those of you teaching, it is available for review now and for adoption starting this summer. You can get the full story following the link in the comments.
January 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So the Republicans control the House; Trump tells them what he wants them to pass, and he still can't get it done. When you want obedience, not rational policy, this is what you get.
December 20, 2024 at 2:36 AM
"Instead of chasing phantoms on social media, journalists would make better use of our dwindling resources ... by doing what we've done in every age: expose the lies and graft of oligarchs and plutocrats, and tell the stories of people who can't speak for themselves." - George Packer, The Atlantic
December 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I haven't seen a lot of talk about it, but I am loving the Apple TV+ series Monarch - Legacy of Monsters. While it has cool monsters and effects, what it really has is a compelling multi-generational story about people who feel real.
November 30, 2023 at 5:23 PM