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Mike Gange
YouTube Inspires a Revolution: Book Review
How YouTube Watches Us Review by Mike Gange Watching YouTube: extraordinary videos by ordinary people By Michael Strangelove University of Toronto Press, 265 pages, $29.95 The hilarious YouTube video, “Ultimate Dog Tease” has jumped from 15 million to 37 million views since the beginning of May 2011. The “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” has hit 67 … Continue reading
Help Me Out, If You Can
Not really earth shattering. Just a question that has haunted me for days. When we used to play records — 45 RPM records — on the radio, they had to have an adapter so the centre would fit the spindle on the turntable. Often they were yellow, but I have also seen blue, or red or black.What … Continue reading
Media Literacy Call to Arms
Editorial by Mike Gange If you are reading this, it is likely because you are concerned about media literacy. This is not just another diatribe, but a call to arms. This is an urgent plea to change the status quo. Although schools recognize that our students see more hours of TV than they spend … Continue reading
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