Archive for 'Media Studies'
Ira Glass at the mic and on the page
AND NOW . . . the story of a regular man whose job is to find the Big Ideas peeking out from the small foibles and successes of our everyday lives . . . the story of a man who helps us not only to hear them, but also to feel them.
Act I, Scene I
Ira [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2010 under American Studies, Events, Media Studies.
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Avatar, Southern Gateways, & Disney Princesses: Around the Internet
Happy Friday, readers! Here at UNC Press, we’re finishing up our book launch week–planning out our titles for Fall 2010. The books we plan to put on the shelves in 2010 have us very excited, and we know you’ll enjoy them.
In the meantime though, we thought it would be good to highlight some of the [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 under Christian Studies, Current Events, Film, Media Studies, Native American Studies, North Carolina, Religion, Reviews, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
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UNC Press Goes West (And Likes It)
First, let’s set the scene:
A little closer…
Last Sunday, UNC Press held a book party at the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. The event celebrated three of our fall 2009 titles:
Foy Allen Edelman, author of SWEET CAROLINA, spent six years traveling every inch of North Carolina to collect the best in local dessert recipes; [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil Rights, Cooking / Food, Fiction, History, Literature, Local Independent Booksellers, Media Studies, Music, North Carolina, Recipes, Southern Studies, Travel, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, folklore.
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Michael Jackson and a Lifetime of Celebrity
Last month, the passing of Michael Jackson sent people all across the globe into mourning. From his most loyal listeners to even those too young to remember Jackson the musician but instead Jackson the punchline to jokes, the outpouring of respect for one person was unparalleled in this decade. In the following guest post, Charles [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Current Events, Media Studies, UNC Press Authors.
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Upcoming events, 4/21 – 4/27
New York, NY – Today! Tuesday 4/21 at 6 pm – Ann Marie Stock, author of On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (hot off the press!), will be speaking at the Havana Film Festival at the King Juan Carlos Center.
Raleigh, NC – Wed., 4/22 at 11 am – Rob Christensen, author [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2009 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Birds & Birding, Cooking / Food, Cuba, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, History, Local Independent Booksellers, Media Studies, Military Studies, Nature, North Carolina, Politics, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
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An Idol from UNC – Chapel Hill
Yes, this is a blog posting about American Idol.
I’m in charge of the blog for a while and I’m going to write about things that I think should be brought to the public’s attention. And Anoop Desai is certainly one of those things.
Back in a former life I was a Children’s Librarian in two Wake [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Awards, Ethics, Events, Media Studies, Music, North Carolina.
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Does the Web Undermine Reading?
In a recent article by Naomi Alderman in The Guardian (UK) the author writes on “How the web is undermining reading.” In the article Ms Alderman writes:
” Reading has been on the decline for the past half-century – largely, it seems, because television has replaced reading in our leisure time. I love television: even [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under History, Media Studies, Music, The Book Biz.
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Froth and Scum – Then and Now
I have a great deal of respect for Bill Moyers. Moyers, a former White House Press Secretary for Lyndon Johnson, newspaper journalist, commentator for PBS, CBS, and NBC and now host of his own program, Bill Moyers Journal, is that rare breed of journalist who understands that issues are generally far more complex than [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2008 under American History, Media Studies.
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