Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
The Tyranny of Technology
from state of the art to paperweight….. We are moving. We bought an apartment upstairs in the same building, and Monday is moving day. This being Manhattan, we are also doing a great deal of work on the new...
Read moreWhat’s Your Trip…..
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSaY3TSOP6c] Guy Bauer’s video submission on his trip to Ireland made it into the pilot for What’s Your Trip with Anthony Bourdain. But I also loved Bauer’s travel video to Poland. The home page for the show is finally...
Read moreGeorge Lucas Speaks
I didn’t say it, George Lucas did: Moving Beyond Moving Pictures: Spring 2007 By George Lucas ’66 When Johannes Gutenberg set out to build a printing press in the mid-15th century,the last thing on his mind was starting a...
Read more5Takes Vlog
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sqDY8I_PFI] This is the first of many videos I will be posting from the 5Takes series. This is a vlog, intended for quick turn and online only. This is not a finished, polished for air clip. As soon as...
Read moreThe Peasants Are Revolting!
…. storming the CBS Building….. The printing press unleashed a revolution unforseen by Gutenberg. The ‘people’ were suddenly in control of information. And those who had until then complete power over information did not like this at all. The...
Read moreThe World Turned Upside-Down
…for all to see, in black and white… “Yes, there are more producers of video content. That content will continue to grow/explode. But I will not have time or energy to watch more than a few each day. Sorting...
Read moreThe Revolution Comes Home
The hand that rocks the cradles… also holds the video camera…. Mary Sturges. Home schooling mother of 8 from South Carolina. Not exactly your idea of revolutionary. But when the video revolution reaches here, you know its real.
Read moreKGTV is Number 1
numbers through the roof…. KGTV, the VJ (or DC) driven station in San Diego has moved way up in the ratings as of the critical May sweeps period. Some newscasts have shown increases of almost 30%. There has been...
Read moreInternet Started Here 50 Years Ago
…one small step to the web…. who knew? Fifty years ago this week, the Soviet Union gave approval for the launch of Sputnik, the first man made satellite. Although it launched in October 1957, the Politburo gave approval for...
Read moreMaking Air
Erika Graffeo, from airline stewardess to television personality…. What we are talking about here is ‘video literacy’. That is, the ability to tell a story in video.
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