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Jenni Young

Beware of Images - 0 views

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

Why Lupita Nyong'o's 'People' Cover Is So Significant : Code Switch : NPR - 0 views

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    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.
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    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.
Jenni Young

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Chinese Characters , English Names for Chinese - 0 views

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

Walking Dead: No More Asian-American Male Stereotypes - 0 views

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    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...
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    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...
Jenni Young

Homies in Verona, Gangstas in Elsinore - 0 views

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    Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap
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    Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap
Jenni Young

The Media Has a Woman Problem - 0 views

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    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)
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    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)
Jenni Young

"Tools of the Trade" starring Jackie Chan - YouTube - 0 views

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    Effective commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns
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    Interesting commercial against poaching rhinos for their horns
Jenni Young

Two Song Cycles by Liza Lim : The New Yorker - 0 views

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    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)
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    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.
Jenni Young

Life and Other Four Letter Words: W A N T | The Daily Banter - 0 views

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

Internet cell phone popcorn HOAX - secret revealed - YouTube - 0 views

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    Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing
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    Viral advertising based on hoax - stealth marketing
Jenni Young

Popcorn cell mobile phone trick FULLY WORKING ! - YouTube - 0 views

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    Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone
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    Viral video - make popcorn with your cellphone
Jenni Young

For fcuk's sake - brands are swearing more than ever | David Boyle | Comment is free | ... - 0 views

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

'Literally' figuratively destroyed by program to remove the word's misuse | Books | the... - 0 views

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

Beijing's call to ban foreign words in Chinese media meets with mocking satire | South... - 0 views

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

An Alarm Over the Incursion of Foreign Words - 0 views

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    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.
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    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.
Jenni Young

Study Reveals Discrimination Starts Before Grad School - 0 views

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    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.
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    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.
Jenni Young

Slip of the Tongue by Karen Lum - YouTube - 0 views

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

#GirlsCan: Women Empowerment | COVERGIRL - YouTube - 0 views

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    Cover Girl commercial
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    Cover Girl commercial
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Lupita in the Mirror : The New Yorker - 0 views

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    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."
Jenni Young

Shanghai Laments Loss of TV Show in Local Dialect - 0 views

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    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.
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