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Upcoming documentary about the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media.

Upcoming documentary about the technology, regulation and social effects of mass media.

The Mexican-born Kenyan actress has been lauded for her looks, her impeccable fashion sense, and her humility. Now People says she's the most beautiful woman in the world.

The Mexican-born Kenyan actress has been lauded for her looks, her impeccable fashion sense, and her humility. Now People says she's the most beautiful woman in the world.

2 items from BBC online. 1. What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? 2. Some Westerners also take Chinese names.

What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? (BBC)

Walking Dead's Glenn Rhee, played by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, is not the stereotypical Asian-American male in most Western mainstream media. He is just a former pizza delivery guy from Mi...

Walking Dead's Glenn Rhee, played by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, is not the stereotypical Asian-American male in most Western mainstream media. He is just a former pizza delivery guy from Mi...

Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap

Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap

A new study shows a stubborn gender disparity - male reporters still account for 63 percent of bylines in the nation's top 10 papers and about the same proportion of newsroom staff. (NY Times - opinion)

A new study shows a stubborn gender disparity - male reporters still account for 63 percent of bylines in the nation's top 10 papers and about the same proportion of newsroom staff. (NY Times - opinion)

Effective commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns

Interesting commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns

Music and language: Liza Lim's opera "Mother Tongue" addresses the power of language to shape consciousness, and what is lost when languages die away. Review has some relevant ideas about language and culture (Review)

Music and language: Liza Lim's opera "Mother Tongue" addresses the power of language to shape consciousness, and what is lost when languages die away. Review has some relevant ideas about language and culture.

A former advertising agency 'creative' tells how they get consumers to WANT what they sell (Blog)

A former advertising agency 'creative' tells how they get consumers to WANT what they sell (Blog)

Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing

Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing

Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone

Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone

US advertisers are increasingly trying to shock to gain attention on social media, but isn't branding becoming a redundant idea? (Guardian)

US advertisers are increasingly trying to shock to gain attention on social media, but isn't branding becoming a redundant idea? (Guardian)

A new browser plug-in displays all instances of the much-abused adverb as its traditional opposite. It's a figurative blast.

A new browser plug-in displays all instances of the much-abused adverb as its traditional opposite. It's a figurative blast.

The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.

The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.

While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.

While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.

Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.

Study showed that professors are much more likely to respond to a student who sounds like a white male than to a student who sounds like a female or minority.

Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…

Film by Karen Lum, featuring spoken word piece by Adriel Luis, touches on language, beauty, ethnicity, gender…

Cover Girl commercial

Cover Girl commercial

Judith Thurman on the significance of Lupita Nyong'o's People magazine cover: "Women with strong African features and jet-black skin are, even today, with a black family in the White House, scarce in the pages of mainstream fashion magazines."

The show, which focused on traditional life and culture and was presented in the Shanghai dialect, collided with government guidelines that nationally broadcast programs use only Mandarin.