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A Profile of Americans’ Media Use and Political Socialization Effects: television and the Internet’s relationship to social connectedness in the USA ― Daniel German & Caitlin Lally
There are more “non-humans” on TV than women. Talk about unequal gender representation in the media.
(via yourlittle-bird)
Stephen Colbert on Oprah’s Next Chapter
He’s intensely private and one of the biggest stars on TV…but you’ve never met the real Stephen Colbert until now. In this exclusive interview, Oprah travels to Stephen’s home state of South Carolina for a never-before-seen side of this comic phenom.
May now have to actually find out what channel OWN is on.
This is exciting, but I also feel like it’s a trick to get me to watch something that will make me cry.
Too many feelings. And seriously what channel is OWN on?
You know how nerdy I am? Earlier this evening I wondered what it would be like if Aaron Sorkin was responsible for adapting Harry Potter to the big screen. So I rewrote the first scene of the first movie in Sorkinese. Obviously the title of the Sorkin Potter film would just be “The Wizard”.
You can read my masterpiece after the jump.
"'Listen here, Internet girl,' he says, getting up. 'It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.' I’m not sure how he’s forgotten that I am writing for a newspaper."
Here is an article by Sarah Nicole Prickett in which she very gracefully allows Aaron Sorkin to demonstrate everything awful about Aaron Sorkin, from the arrogance to the woman problem to the inability to comprehend the modern press. (via @jodyrosen)
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this woman is my new hero
