Media Studies Researcher Mugs

'Center for the study of superbowl commercials'

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

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

"Welcome to the future"

In the Guru District

"You're losing the audience. Switch to the Powerpoint presentation."

Squeezing the Free Press.

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

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

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

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

"National security adviser"

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

'If only every year was an election year.'

"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

"...And do you Sean Spicer take Kelly Anne Conway..." "The marriage of alternative facts"

Press Freedom

Studies show foods work miracles!

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

Where does it all end up?

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

"This just in: According to a recent poll, painkillers have replaced religion as the opiate of the masses."

There's a crew here from 60 minutes and they're coming this way.

'Contrary to the popular view, our studies show that it is real life that contributes to violence on television.'

"Britain's Got Talent is now in its tenth astonishingly brilliant year!"

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

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

"I'm going to miss it when they stop warning us"

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"We've won control of the congress. Our next objective is to win control of the media."

"Which news channel should we watch?"

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."

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.'

"Er...nothing much has happened yet today...."