[View the story "Mass Media in the News (Week of 10/21/12)" on Storify ]Mass Media in the News (Week of 10/21/12) Recent news relevant to the study of mass media Storified by WilliamHartPhD · Sun, Oct 21 2012 20:26:42
FEATURED STORIES - 'Alex Cross' in Theaters Now Tyler Perry goes from Madea to 'Alex Cross'back now at 8:22 with one of the most successful men in hollywood. tyler perry stars as alex cross in a new movie of the same name taking...
'Alex Cross' author James Patterson turns film producerVideo on TODAY.com: Since 2006, one out of every 17 novels sold in America has been written or co-written by James Patterson. The best-se...
'Alex Cross' criss-crosses details about Patterson's character | Mr. Movie | Tri-CityHerald.comFan alert. Tyler Perry's Alex Cross isn't close to James Patterson's Alex Cross. Worse, the plot of Alex Cross , loosely based on Patters...
Quote from the above news story: "The name of the best friend who he's known since grade school is changed, too. It's Tommy Kane, a non-Patterson name. It should be John Sampson."
MORE MEDIA NEWS After attack on Malala, Taliban threaten journalists who cover it - CNN.comIslamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban sought to silence the teenage education activist Malala Yousufzai by shooting her in t...
Murdoch bid for Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune mootedRupert Murdoch's News Corporation is looking to bid for the Los Angeles Times, the paper has reported, adding Murdoch is also interested ...
Newsweek to reduce staff, eliminate print edition as it goes digital only in 2013 | Poynter.Newsweek will publish its final print edition December 31, the company announced Thursday morning. It will launch a subscription product ...
Are newspaper audiences really shrinking?A dialogue with Alan Mutter Alan Mutter's post the other day- "The incredible shrinking newspaper audience" -got me thinking: is the news...
Comedy Central Study: A Majority Of Millennials Still Get News From TV - TVNewserA new study from Comedy Central (yes, that Comedy Central) and TRU Insights sheds light on the political habits of Millennials, people ag...
New York Times Editor: 'Our Goal is Not to Become an Online TV station' - TVNewserJill Abramson , the New York Times' executive editor, has been answering reader questions online this week. Abramson has discussed source...
Trends show online ad revenue will overtake print this year | Poynter.Technology Review | Poynter Technology Review research editor Mike Orcutt combines data from four sources, including a report from the In...
Awash in ads in RoanokeAt WDBJ, welcome transparency and a commitment to coverage-but room for improvement, too VIRGINIA - Much is always expected of those grac...
4 Simple Ways to Get More Mileage Out of Your Press ReleaseThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social m...
EA: Social Games Aren't Dying, But Consumers 'Won't Pay for Crap'With player numbers dropping and the recent revelation that 85 percent stop playing after the first day, a shadow hangs over the once rid...
Obama's 'Romnesia' Joke is a Surprise Hit on TwitterIt's hardly the most gut-bustingly funny routine a candidate ever came up with. But President Obama's claim that his opponent suffers fro...
Liberals More Active Than Conservatives on Social Media [STUDY]If you've ever had the sneaking suspicion that liberals might be more active on social media than conservatives, you might be right: A re...
Survey: About one-third of social media users post links to political articles | Poynter.Almost a third of social networkers (28 percent) "post links to political stories or articles for others to read," according to a new sur...
Study Suggests Twitter Boosts College Grades and Class EngagementTwitter has been credited with - and blamed for - a lot of things. Supporters claim it fueled the Green Revolution in Iran and helped the...
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