- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Media Quotes
Short lines on media, representation, and sharing.
This small set of media quotes leans on two simple ideas: that media should reflect the same variety found in the world around it, and that the impulse to share is what a platform is really built on. Like quotes touch a related everyday impulse.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reviewing Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' presents a challenge for those of us tired of a media environment where the dominant voices consistently try to have it both ways.
- Optimism
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Barack Obama arrived in Washington, many in the media welcomed him with optimism as a historic figure focused on progressive change. But their overwhelmingly favorable treatment of him ultimately turned Americans who disagreed with Obama's policies away from traditional media sources they came to distrust.
- Rise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of the media failed to anticipate the potential Trump represented as a disruptive populist force, understand why his supporters trusted him, or offer honest reporting on the underlying trends that made his rise possible.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black viewers, and everyone else, of black inferiority.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
With social media now, we kind of get that inside look at WWE Superstars' lives.
- Nov 07, 2020
Social media is so huge.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
- Egyptians
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- Nov 07, 2020
It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.
- Nov 07, 2020
I find it so weird when the media calls me 'small screen super star.' I don't think I'm one!
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.
- Chosen
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as the GOP's. They are going to be painted as the bad guys.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social media opened up basically every opportunity for me because, traditionally, I wouldn't be thought of as a model.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020