I teach a media course at one of our local universities. Recently I brought some newspapers in to my class for the students to look at. My father was a “newspaper historian” and had saved papers from noteworthy events over time such the Halifax Chronicle the day WW11 ended, and the Toronto Star marking man’s first walk on the moon and Paul Henderson’s goal I watched with … [Read more...]
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Causing social change by making it fun
Check out this #1 viewed Youtube video for the week ending Oct 30, 2009 with 2.5 million views. volkswagon_funtheory1 It's a great viral campaign sponsored by Volkswagon, Sweden. The video leads viewers to the website: www.thefuntheory.com where you can learn about a contest they are sponsoring to get people to submit ideas on how to cause social change by … [Read more...]