Mass Communication: Living in a Media World
Video and Multimedia
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Video Links
Video 1: Structuring Episodic Television in an Era of Binge Watching
Description: Tina Fey discusses how the era of binge watching change how televisions are structured.
Video 2: Media Ownership
Description: The media is quite a broad concept, and it is thus hard to keep track of all the different forces that constitute media. Learn how the big players fit together and why all those mergers and acquisitions matter to being a media literate citizen.
Audio Link
Audio 1: The Magic Store
Description: The hosts of Reply All investigate a sketchy purchase from Amazon.
Web Resource
Web 1: How a Weakened ESPN Became Consumed by Politics
Description: Arguments over tweets and increased tension with ESPN owner has given Disney increased anxiety over the network’s future in an era of cord cutting and political unrest in the sports industry.