Social Media Policy- Media Literacy Is Key to American Public Life and Civic Engagement - The Augusta Press October 25, 2021
- Twitter suspends Indiana Rep. Jim Banks' official account - Associated Press October 24, 2021
- The week in fake news: Unvaccinated FEMA workers and other popular but false tales on social media - The Seattle Times October 22, 2021
- 'Please Call Me' inventor wins new round in Vodacom case - SowetanLIVE October 22, 2021
- The top global media consumption trends of 2021 - The Drum October 22, 2021
- Andrew Yang on America's “very bizarre direction” — and why the two-party system needs to go - Salon October 22, 2021
- What We’re Watching: Sudanese protesters vs each other, NBA vs China, EU vs Poland - GZERO Media October 21, 2021
- COVID-19's impact on girls and women: live townhall on October 28 - GZERO Media October 20, 2021
- National | Keeping tabs on disinformation - CBA National October 20, 2021
- UK fines Facebook $69.4 million for failing to supply data - Associated Press October 20, 2021
- S. Media Vancouver
- Vancouver man takes awe-inspiring snap off BC coast - Vancouver Is Awesome October 26, 2021
- TikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder in San Diego - Vancouver Is Awesome October 26, 2021
- Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked documents - Vancouver Is Awesome October 26, 2021
- PHOTOS: Record-setting ‘bomb cyclone' slams B.C., Pacific Northwest - The Weather Network October 26, 2021
- Judge: No order barring union from discussing vaccine order - Vancouver Is Awesome October 26, 2021
- Vaughn Palmer: Security alert ordered for B.C. government offices - Vancouver Sun October 26, 2021
- Sudan's military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister - Vancouver Is Awesome October 26, 2021
- Google Pixel 6 Pro — a review from an iPhone user - Vancouver Sun October 25, 2021
- Making of Alec Baldwin movie is halted after fatal shooting - vancouverislandfreedaily.com October 25, 2021
- B.C. storm update: More ferries cancelled | Salvage crew’s access to smouldering ship hampered by storm | Thousands without power - Vancouver Sun October 25, 2021
- Kwantlen
- With Flamingo, the Tien Sher Group of Companies' continues its legacy of re-energizing the Whalley District - Vancouver Is Awesome October 25, 2021
- Changes to freedom-of-information legislation will weaken B.C.'s democratic infrastructure, says Privacy Commissioner - The Globe and Mail October 25, 2021
- ‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century - Vancouver Sun October 25, 2021
- Vancouver Island's glaciers gone by mid-century - Bowen Island Undercurrent October 24, 2021
- 'Backward for government transparency': BCIT and BC journalism educators express dissapointment, concern over new potential FOI request procedures - Burnaby Now October 22, 2021
- 'We haven't settled on a fee,' says B.C. premier as backlash against charging for information grows - CTV News Vancouver October 22, 2021
- KPU to use $500000 fund to invest in student business case competition teams - The Runner October 21, 2021
- James Bond villain Safin is the latest in this harmful movie trope - NPR October 20, 2021
- Kwantlen Creative Captures shows promise as first KPU photography club - The Runner October 16, 2021
- KPU design graduate wins Outstanding Young Alumni award - The Runner October 15, 2021
- UBC
- Delic Announces Partnership with GT Research - Yahoo Finance October 26, 2021
- BC students and staff want more COIVD-19 measures at universities, testing of unvaccinated | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver October 26, 2021
- B.C. takes note as New Zealand moves to ban single-family zoning in cities - Vancouver Sun October 26, 2021
- 'Redefining Community': Indigenous rights advocate to speak at UBCO webinar – Vernon Morning Star - Vernon Morning Star October 25, 2021
- UFV soccer teams qualify for playoffs - Agassiz Harrison Observer October 25, 2021
- Local solutions for boosting COVID-19 vaccine uptake - UBC Faculty of Medicine October 25, 2021
- Interview: Author, UBC professor and chair, Alix Ohlin on the 2021 Vancouver Writers Festival - Ubyssey Online October 25, 2021
- UBC experts on the new federal cabinet - UBC News October 25, 2021
- UBC In The News - UBC News October 25, 2021
- Growing up around green space has positive effect on early childhood development, UBC study suggests - CBC.ca October 25, 2021
- Business Education
- New Oriental's Koolearn to Stop Off-Campus Training Business for Compulsory Education - Pandaily October 26, 2021
- How To Start An Online Classroom Business? [4 Easy Steps Home Lessons] - Inventiva October 26, 2021
- Provost urges FG to encourage COE students with bursary - Daily Sun October 26, 2021
- Why undergraduates in the UAE should learn about their family business - The National October 26, 2021
- Northern Lights celebrates leadership at awards gala - wingsmagazine.com October 26, 2021
- Nonprofit Leader Awarded Full MBA Scholarship To Chicago Booth - Poets&Quants October 26, 2021
- CIBT Education : Provides Business Updates on its Education Segment - marketscreener.com October 25, 2021
- Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space - Alabama Public Radio October 25, 2021
- New election maps get preliminary approval by Fort Smith School Board - talkbusiness.net October 25, 2021
- Cincinnati Innovation District expansion to bring more jobs, money to region - WKRC TV Cincinnati October 25, 2021
Tag Archives: communications
Keep your promises, keep your confidences, and keep your appointments.
The prefix para means “beside” or “beyond.” Paralinguistic or paraverbal communication usually refers to *how* one’s words are conveyed: through tone, body language, speaking speed, or even through one’s wardrobe. In both workplace and social environments, though, beside and beyond … Continue reading
News Literacy 2018
Jay Rosen’s NYU School of Journalism’s News Literacy Project is an amazing service to all of us. The links and their analyses give us environmental scans and some helpful dives. As advertising revenue continues to decline, newsrooms are aggressively developing different … Continue reading
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Readiness
“Talent alone won’t make you a success,” noted Johnny Carson. “Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is, ‘Are you ready?’” This quote came to mind while watching … Continue reading
A succinct explanation of “hate speech”
NYU Journalism Professor has been alarmed by USA President Donald Trump – which is unlikely to surprise readers of this blog. Professor Rosen is hardly more sanguine about the journalists who “cover” him. This is from a recent twitter thread you … Continue reading
Brainstorming
Even when participants are not being paid by the hour, meetings are costly: Notwithstanding smart-phones, no one around the table is really doing something else, at least not with an undivided focus. A poorly planned or run meeting wastes everybody’s time, … Continue reading
Puzzling Advertising: Who is the intended audience?
This advertisement by Vanda Pharmaceuticals (shown a dozen times a day, it seems, on MSNBC) is for a drug called Hetlioz. (It’s very expensive.) Vanda says Hetlioz helps blind people who have a rare condition called Non-24. These folk have trouble sleeping through the night and staying … Continue reading
“Sedulous aping”
“Memory” – or memoria – is one of the five canons of classical rhetoric. Write Brett and Kate McKay in their excellent blog “The Art of Manliness”: Anciently, almost all rhetorical communication was done orally in the public forum. Ancient … Continue reading
What would be on *your* “shadow CV”?
Regarding Devoney Looser’s ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’ article “Me and My Shadow CV: What would my vita look like if it recorded not just the success of my professional life but also the many, many rejections?” my friend Jonathan Mayhew … Continue reading
Sharing Lingo
Via Bryan Garner’s amazing Law Prose Blog: “There once was a time when everyday folk spoke one language, and learned men wrote another. It was called the Dark Ages.” Samuel T. Williamson, “How to Write Like a Social Scientist,” in … Continue reading
Getting in a communication state of mind: 3 tips
Over the past few days, I’ve come across three great articles about mentally setting the stage for successful communications. Heidi Grant Halvorson’s “The 2 Epiphanies That Made Me a Better Negotiator” points out that viewing negotiation as a challenge rather … Continue reading