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More on the RORB
Here's an insightful piece from Conrado de Quiros of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the right of reply bill (from http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090302-191787/Right-to-reply).
Theres The Rub
Right to reply
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:14:00 03/02/2009
MANILA, Philippines-I remember again ( Read more... ) -
the right to curtail press freedom?
An urgent issue currently facing Philippine media is the 'right to reply' bill (RORB), which is close to being approved in the House and the Senate. The bill, authored in the House by Bacolod City Congressman Monico Puentevella and in the Senate by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel, requires media organizations to print or air the replies of subjects of news ( Read more... ) -
That pesky last song syndrome
the next time you find yourself singing t-pain's "low" nonstop for no apparent reason, maybe this article will help you.
from http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/getback/83062/brain-itch-songs/
Brain Itch Songs
Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:01am PST by Shawn Amos in GetBack
Beyonce has finally infiltrated my house. My kids and my wife are all singing " ( Read more... ) -
Dreaming of a better life
Let me share with your this poignant, beautiful column from the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Conrado de Quiros (from his regular column "There's the Rub"). It is a sad reflection on what the future holds for many Filipinos.
As the year turned
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:31:00 01/05/2009
I SAW an interesting sight ( Read more... ) -
Welcome, 2009
may your coming year be filled
with magic
and dreams
and good madness.
i hope you read some fine books,
kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful,
and don't forget to make some art -
write or draw
or build or sing
or live as only you can.
and i hope somewhere in the next year,
you surprise yourself.
- neil gaiman
the year 2008 was so blessed for me.
i started ( Read more... ) -
Meron pa bang libre?
As Christmas approaches, we are all in a flurry about what gift we will give to whom, which people to put on our list and which ones to remove. This got me to thinking, does a free gift still exist? is there still something on this earth that we could give to our loved ones and friends, which will not cost a thing, and yet will bring joy to their ( Read more... ) -
goodbye, sir john
i remember when prime and i sat in on your first teaching demo. you lectured on human rights, and started off with a story about baby turtles. how they never had a mother to guide them. how they never received any instructions. and yet, from the moment they hatched from their eggs , how they unerringly made their way to the water. this, you said, ( Read more... ) -
eeyore and tigger
eeyore, a character in A.A. Milne's winnie the pooh book series, has been described as:
pessimistic, gloomy, depressed... The original Eeyore is very British, embodying as he does a mixture of pessimism, stoicism, sarcasm and cynicism. (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore)
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critical cultural studies (in a hurry)
students moan and groan about critical cultural studies as being a nosebleed theory. true: stuart hall does cover a lot of ground in his discourse on hegemony, ideology, the ideological state apparatus, people's encoding and decoding of messages, preferred meanings, the media.... i could go on and on.
but however much some students may complain and ( Read more... ) -
Now that we're nearing the end...
sigh. the sem is almost over. final exams to undergo, grades to (not) look forward to, then reaching deep into our parents' pockets for next sem's tuition, and the process begins again.
in honor of the coming end of the semester, let me share a short survey i took in class on what has been your favorite communication theory for the sem, as well as ( Read more... )
