Pamela J. Shoemaker

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My reading list for the semester

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We're reading 10 books in my media sociology class this semester. I picked books that I've never read. Let me know if you have comments on them.

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Should the FCC regulate the Internet?

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See my new poll in Linkediin: If you're not a member of linkedin, then you might want to join. And look for our new group there -- Mass Comm Scholar.

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NYTimes.com: A Racy Show With Teenagers Steps Back From a Boundary

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This page was sent to you by:  snowshoe@syr.edu FRONT PAGE   | January 20, 2011 A Racy Show With Teenagers Steps Back From a Boundary BY BRIAN STELTER MTV executives are concerned that some scenes from the provocative new program "Skins" may violate federal...

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Busting myths about the iPad

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Published: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 5:01 AM Myths about Apple's iPad are all over the web. People I meet tell me the iPad can't do this thing or the other. Rubbish. Hogwarts. I mean hogwash. Let's take a look at the five biggest myths and see why they are wrong. 1...

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Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Data - ProPublica

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via propublica.org Check out the propublica.org site and the propublica app for the iPad. This article provides information about you can "scrape" the Internet for information and put it into a form that can be numerically analyzed.

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MetroPCS: Net Neutrality Violator

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We may deliver petitions and surveys you've completed to the president, federal and state legislators, or federal agencies like the FCC. We ask for your address so we can deliver your message to the appropriate office, and may include information such as your name, town...

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Why Not Regulate Guns as Seriously as Toys?

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To protect the public, we regulate cars and toys, medicines and mutual funds. So, simply as a public health matter, shouldn’t we take steps to reduce the toll from our domestic arms industry? Look, I’m an Oregon farm boy who was given a .22 rifle for my 12th...

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Howstuffworks "How 2010 Worked"

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via electronics.howstuffworks.com Take a look at the top ten "how stuff works" for 2010. Leading the way, the iPad, of course.

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HowStuffWorks Games: Play Spliterature

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via games.howstuffworks.com Just tried to play this game on my iPad, but no Flash! Boo hoo. Lame.

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Pamela Shoemaker

Pamela Shoemaker

I'm a Mass Comm Scholar. What about you?

I hold an endowed research chair at Syracuse University and am the John Ben Snow Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse NY, USA, 1-315-443-9255. I teach research methods & theory. I study influences on media content, gatekeeping, cross-cultural news and news values, definitions of newsworthiness, news on multiple platforms.

My recent books include:
-- Gatekeeping Theory (with Tim Vos)
-- News Around the World (with Akiba Cohen)
-- How to Build Social Science Theory (with Jim Tankard and Nick Lasorsa)
-- Mediating the Message (with Steve Reese); 3rd edition under way

please feel free to comment here and to email me at snowshoe@syr.edu. thanks, pam

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