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Protected: Blue Feed, Red Feed Review

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In a discussion with Professor Dwyer on Friday, the multimedia publication “Blue Feed, Red Feed” was brought up and really sparked my interest. As soon as the discussion was finished I ran home to read/interact with this publication. “Blue Feed, Red Feed” uses analytics to show the differences between what news articles one might see on a liberal’s Facebook feed vs. the Facebook feed of a person who is more conservative. I thought this was a really interesting way to present both the issues with Facebook’s algorithm, as well as showing the views you might not get to see because of the algorithm.

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Protected: A Secret Kind of Love

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My Mom by Mary H K Choi

Growing up, Choi was a seemingly horrible child. When she was 13, she kicked her mother across the room and ran away for a few days. When she was five, she yelled at her mom for showing up to her school with McDonald’s for her and her friends to eat. When she was two, she stole hundreds of dollars from her mother’s wallet and then got on a bus to go buy candy from a deli. From these accounts of Choi’s childhood, one is easily left with the impression that she was a very hateful child who never cared at all about her kind and loving mother.

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Protected: Class 2/3: Guest appearance from Frankie Greek

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Frankie was an Arcadia DMC student in 2010, before transferring to Penn State to do a degree in broadcast journalism. Since then she's worked in television, radio, public relations and event management. She's now a social media professional with a specialty in SnapChat. You can read more about Frankie here and read an interesting interview with her here. Thanks for coming, Frankie!

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Protected: Fire, Brimstone, Forgiveness.

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Unfollow by Adrian Chen

In an in-depth piece that wavered between heartbreaking, disturbing, shocking and uplifting, Adrian Chen answered all of the questions I ever had about the Westboro Baptist Church - and then some. He introduced me to Megan Phelps-Roper through a tweet she had made celebrating AIDS, but by the end, I cried with happiness when she left the church. In the beginning, when he was laying out who Megan is and what kinds of things she had tweeted and believed in the past, I didn’t like her. I didn’t find her sympathetic and didn’t want to root for her. It was especially hard to try to forgive the picketing of soldiers’ funerals, and the celebration of horrible events like 9/11.

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Protected: Dressing Casual in Your 20s

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The Art of Manliness was a little jewel that I stumbled upon when I was in the market for a straight razor. I have to say that it has done nothing but provide great tips and enjoyable media products. The premise of the multi media publication is to be a father figure who gives advice to those who are searching for how to be a better man. In this installment, readers are taught the proper way to dress casual and to look as though they deserve respect in their post undergrad years. The  article starts out by explaining how a 20-something year old should not be so concerned with looking like a CEO all of the time.

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Protected: Corruption, Murder, and the Beautiful Game

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When I think about Fifa, I think of big name stars putting their football skills on display for their loving fans. The matches are heart stopping and always end with either heartbreak or endless joy. The crowds and their enthusiasm bring a spectacle to the world that causes pride to rise for each and every country in attendance. When I think of Fifa, I do not think about the back alley deals, the bribery, or the violence that comes along with such a beautiful game. Grantland’s Brian Phillips uses his piece, Corruption, Murder, and the Beautiful Game to portray the grimy underworld of Fifa that even a non-fan would be outraged about.

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Protected: Helen’s Response #1

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Love Letters by Katie Barker

What I found most striking about this piece was how it didn’t try to make me hate the brides. It took what would be a normal (patriarchal, misogynistic) story about this army of "ridiculous brides who are so over-obsessed with having the perfect wedding that they actually take their invitations to some small town in Oregon so the cancellation would look nice," (as a lesser author/person would have put it) and made it mean something. By introducing Geri Canzler as a sympathetic woman, and showing that this is her job and the only thing keeping this small town relevant, Baker removes the ridiculous element of the ridiculous that runs through the core of this story. Reading it, this all made perfect sense. I was convinced of the importance of Canzler’s job, and of what these brides do to keep their wedding invitations from being ruined in the mail.

MCJ

Protected: Dressing Casual in Your 20s

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The Art of Manliness was a little jewel that I stumbled upon when I was in the market for a straight razor. I have to say that it has done nothing but provide great tips and enjoyable media products. The premise of the multi media publication is to be a father figure who gives advice to those who are searching for how to be a better man. In this installment, readers are taught the proper way to dress casual and to look as though they deserve respect in their post undergrad years. The  article starts out by explaining how a 20-something year old should not be so concerned with looking like a CEO all of the time.

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Protected: Corruption, Murder, and the Beautiful Game

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When I think about Fifa, I think of big name stars putting their football skills on display for their loving fans. The matches are heart stopping and always end with either heartbreak or endless joy. The crowds and their enthusiasm bring a spectacle to the world that causes pride to rise for each and every country in attendance. When I think of Fifa, I do not think about the back alley deals, the bribery, or the violence that comes along with such a beautiful game. Grantland’s Brian Phillips uses his piece, Corruption, Murder, and the Beautiful Game to portray the grimy underworld of Fifa that even a non-fan would be outraged about.

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Protected: Helen’s Response #1

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Love Letters by Katie Barker

What I found most striking about this piece was how it didn’t try to make me hate the brides. It took what would be a normal (patriarchal, misogynistic) story about this army of "ridiculous brides who are so over-obsessed with having the perfect wedding that they actually take their invitations to some small town in Oregon so the cancellation would look nice," (as a lesser author/person would have put it) and made it mean something. By introducing Geri Canzler as a sympathetic woman, and showing that this is her job and the only thing keeping this small town relevant, Baker removes the ridiculous element of the ridiculous that runs through the core of this story. Reading it, this all made perfect sense. I was convinced of the importance of Canzler’s job, and of what these brides do to keep their wedding invitations from being ruined in the mail.