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This Is a Generic Brand Video
Produced by Dissolve, a stock footage company, to promote its catalog of video clips, this video can be read differently by different audiences. The company sells…
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Marathon Bombing: A Case Study
* The Role of Media in 21st Century Public Life The April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent events have provided a fascinating…
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Replay: a new teaching strategy?
I am very excited about research concerning the repeated hearing of musical phrases. Why do we listen to our favourite music over and over again? Because…
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Cadillac and Ford Strut Their Stuff
This text-of-the-month is a pair of texts. One is a direct response to the other. Both are interesting.
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Singing Nun on Italy’s The Voice
* A viral video has circulated showing a young nun singing an Alicia Keys song on Italy’s The Voice. It makes for a wonderful discussion topic.…
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Random Acts of Kindness on Youtube
Three Toronto men have posted a Youtube video in an attempt to remix and re-direct the one-upmanship format of neknominations (binge drinking on camera). In neknominations,…
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Pride Dolls
Brahm Finkelstein has designed and marketed a set of specially-designed Russian Dolls to protest Russia’s anti-gay legislation and raise funds for LGBT sport.
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Talkin’ Misbehaviour
. How might parents and teachers discuss leaders’ questionable role modeling? Parents and teachers work very hard to encourage positive social values. They constantly discuss…
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Rob Ford’s Rexdale
The CBC has posted an interactive map based on the October 30 Toronto Police Report. The map is an interesting addition to the massive Rob…
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