fatmanatee:

barthel:

Yesterday we had a guy named Matt Powers into the department for a talk. His work focuses on the relationship between NGOs like Human Rights Watch or Save the Children and the media, so he looks at things like HRW’s efforts to get stories about its reports placed in particular press outlets, or…

EXCELLENT

This has a lot less to do with pop media and tv shows, and more to do with post-structural development theory. Invisible Children was a master-class in Western development discourse. It’s a shame that a person in charge of researching how NGOs communicate with the media wouldn’t talk about that. Then again. He’s probably part of the problem.

popculturebrain:

Stephen Falk took to his Twitter to address ‘Next Caller’s pre-airing cancellation. The show starred Dane Cook and was going to be on NBC at midseason.

stephenfalk:

Hey, you aspiring TV writers. It’s a hard job to crack into, but if you’re good enough and driven enough, it will happen for…

A harrowing tale full of caution and deceit. What will he do in his tiny house in Los Feliz? Will he, or any of us, escape the watchful gaze of Dane Cook? Stay tuned…