Yay for social media. In my last post on this blog, I mentioned several newsworthy topics making the rounds of Facebook, Twitter and such that, as yet, had not been considered newsworthy by more traditional (and still more widely attended) … Continue reading »

We discussed agenda-setting in CMMNA100 last week. Agenda-setting is one of several contemporary media effects theories that understand the influence of mass media as subtle, indirect, and, over the long term, quite powerful. The catch-phrase for agenda-setting theory: The media … Continue reading »

It seems we’re just minutes into the new semester and already the calendar is full! For those who’ll be walking at May graduation, it’s the end. The last hurrah. The final countdown (and other cliches). For the rest of us, … Continue reading »

1. Currently, if you’re on the Loyola campus and wish to use the university wireless network, you need to login.  Here’s the login screen. Then, whenever you lose the Loyola wireless signal, or need to reboot, or plug-in another laptop … Continue reading »

In my first blog entry, I wrote about getting on the train or getting run over by it. Having spent the last year as a passenger on that train, I’ve been pondering the whole BLOG idea. There’s still something about … Continue reading »