Roseanne’s reboot success says a lot about what is missing in Hollywood–civility. Listen to my thoughts about how Hollywood has manufactured the uncivil behavior seen in our daily lives. Listening is a lost art. And, it
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Learn a few simple tips in under 2 minutes to quickly fact check online news. Beware of the share is my online motto. It should be yours, too.
Here’s a bonus Tea with Dr. J. My goal is to try to inform people to understand social media does not have to be hard. Many people tell me they don’t understand Twitter, or they don’t
…Episode 2 of Tea with Dr. J is out. This week we discuss Manufacturing Celebrity Politics.
…These ideologies about celebrity are bleeding into our political world… if a politician is not well-known–they might not stand a
I started a podcast! Here’s episode 1. I discuss Facebook and Privacy.
…Facebook and the data breach made me think about Neil Postman’s book, “Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology.” This book came out
Below are frequently used propaganda techniques President Trump uses in his tweets. Remember from my last post, repetition is key to Trump’s success. Repetition triggers a person’s brain to accept what is being repeated as truth.
……Speech is a powerful lord… which by means of the finest and most invisible body effects the divinest works: it can stop fear and banish grief and create joy and nurture pity.–Encomium of Helen
For the past two years, I’ve been lucky enough to watch the State of the Union at the White House with a chosen few Americans who like me–LOVE social media and LOVE politics. We tweeted,
…The post GOP Debate is somewhat better than the debate itself. As I’ve monitored the Twitter feed for selected candidates–I have found that most candidates are on point with sending clear and consistent messages through Twitter–except
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The #GOPDebate had two debates. The “Happy Hour” debate, which consisted of seven candidates with the lowest poll numbers and then the prime-time debate, which consisted of the ten candidates with the highest