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The seductive powers of early television and advertising
Raymond Williams in 1974 talking about the attractions of telly and advertising, from the truly dreadfully titled Television: Technology and Cultural Form – page 132: Many people who are aware of the manipulative powers of television and radio, or of its apparently inexhaustibly appeal to children, react in ways which implicitly suppress all the history…
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links for 2008-07-22
Why Newspapers Shouldn’t Allow Comments | Gawker “Comments are thought to be an added value to a newspaper’s site… You come for the article, and stay for the interesting discussion. The only problem is, there is no interesting discussion.” (tags: gawker journalism media comments newspapers blogs) Online viewing won’t kill TV – CBS | Reuters.com…
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Harold Evans on the New York Times
Great interview with Harold Evans in the Independent: “Should The New York Times be redesigned? Absolutely,” he says. “To give you one simple example of newspaper design. If you have one very attentive ear, you can hear rows in New York as people try to follow a section jump, from the first section to C…
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Tabloid Tokyo Storm Warning*
Ryann Connell is big in Japan. He is co-author of the series, Tabloid Tokyo: 101 Tales of Sex, Crime and the Bizarre from Japan’s Wild Weeklies – here’s a review: [Connell] and his colleagues have done us all a big favour in translating dozens of these funny, sexy, tragic and sometimes downright bizarre articles and…