Media Studies Nerd Mugs

'Viewers are warned that the film you are about to see contains no nudity or strong language.'

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Welcome to the future"

"There's no such thing as 'bad publicity'." "All traffic is good traffic."

Department of Theatre, Film and Television: Lights...Camera...Unemployment!

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

News and Magazines. Celebrity gossip. Sports scandals. Political bickering. We're out of the "information age" and well into the "too much information age"!

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

Press Freedom

"If I 'HAD IT ALL' it would it be enough?"

Danae's Career Plans: 'The major product manufactured today is punditry, so I'm honing my argumentative skills to work my way to the top of the blow hard industry..my goal is to become a spin ninja...'

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

Where does it all end up?

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"Actually, yes, honey — I do believe 'Fox News' is an oxymoron."

'Everything is illusory? -- Even reality shows?'

Somewhere in America... the day after "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" came to an end.

'With these video-phones, there's just too much documentation on all my promises.'

Fear of news.

"I actually saw ten gay characters on television this week—which almost balanced out the 2,174 straight characters I saw."

It's not a bad planet -- Their talk shows make it seem a lot worse than it is.

'My ultimate goal is to do product promo in a popular Super Bowl T.V ad.'

'Apologists today said little white lies -- but not the big lie -- may have played a part in Iraq Policies....'

EU: Behind the scenes.

"I'll never forget you."

'I'm in the den, mom, reading the newspaper for my social studies class.'

"If we gave them press freedom they'd only want democracy too..."

'How fast can you hype?'

BREAKING FAKE NEWS

Freedom of the Press

Corporate Greed.

All-Purpose Obamatoon

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Situation Tragedy.

News for Sale