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Social Hygiene Posters from the 1920s Posted: 2 years ago by cheeselog1234
The U.S. Public Health Service and the American Social Hygiene Association prepared elaborate poster displays during the 1920s in order to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases. “Keeping Fit” “Youth and Life” was a 48-poster series designed to educate girls and young women about the dangers of sexual promiscuity and urged them to embrace moral and physical fitness.
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Social Commentary & The Artistic Counterculture: 13 Inspiring Examples of Subversive Offbeat Art Posted: 2 years ago by FreeMind
These links, using both videos and photographs, show us a postmodern world view that makes counter cultural or social commentary statements through different kinds of creative artistic expressions, frequently with a humorous approach.
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Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights Posted: 1 year ago by gammerus
"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights ..."
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Social Search Medium - A Key Tool For Your SEO & SMO Posted: 2 years ago by jrognerud
Search has been the mainstay of "finding information" on the Internet, since the early days of Yahoo in 1994, a directory at that time (still is today).
Google entered the social world and is today the largest search provider capturing more than 50% of the market.
However, their biggest challenge is "relevancy"....
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Pigs Have Flown - ABC Admits Liberal Bias Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
ABC political director, Mark Halperin, went on The O’Reilly Factor and agreed with Bill O’Reilly that members of the “old media” are too liberal and should “prove to conservatives that we understand their grievances.”
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The Future of Money: DIY Currencies Posted: 8 months ago by Bornbad
Futurist Douglas Rushkoff, famous for correctly predicting the rise of social media, is trying to convince Craigslist's Craig Newmark to create “craigbucks.” He thinks it's the obvious next step in the evolution of money.
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Texas to revert Social Studies education to the dark ages Posted: 7 months ago by equinox
Perhaps I exaggerate, but the Texas State Board of Education is about to create a panel of experts to oversee the creation of their next social studies curriculum "that includes absurdly unqualified ideologues who are hostile to public education" and believe, for example, that wildfires and hurricanes are divine punishments for tolerance of homosexuality
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Mother-to-be Flees When Social Workers Threaten To Seize Her Baby Posted: 2 years ago by ImagiCreator
Because Fran Lyon had a history of mental health problems as a teen, social workers plan to take the 22-year old's daughter away minutes after she is born.
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Son finds dad's old bones in bed Posted: 3 years ago by digitalgimpling
A woman keeps her husband's corpse in the bedroom for 3 years... because she wanted to continue to collect his social security benefits.
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The Year in Errors Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
Every year, Regret the Error1 publishes a roundup of the year's media errors and corrections. 2006 list includes such gems as:
Because of an editing error, a recipe last Wednesday for meatballs with an article about foods to serve during the Super Bowl misstated the amount of chipotle chilies in adobo to be used. It is one or two canned chilies, not one or two cans.
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Arlington Whistleblower Fired For Trying To Grant Media Access To Military Funerals Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
The Pentagon has placed restrictions on media coverage of military funerals even if they gain permission from the family. Gina Gray said that the new restrictions were wrong and that Army regulations didn’t call for such limitations. For her efforts to go against orders she has been demoted and ultimately fired.
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Microsoft Unveils Silverlight as Flash Killer Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Browser plug-in delivers rich media and interactive apps from within Web pages, in challenge to Adobe.
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KarmaTube Posted: 3 years ago by amador
Making the world a better place one video at a time. A video social action network where you can make a difference.
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Gay couple left free to abuse boys - because social workers feared being branded homophobic Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A homosexual foster couple were left free to sexually abuse vulnerable boys in their care because social workers feared being accused of discrimination if they investigated complaints.
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Technology makes lonelyness worse. Posted: 3 years ago by Milkshake
This article points to a lot of different problems related to the use of the internet as a social tool.
Looks like theres no hope for me :D
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Advertising Jobs, Media Careers, Publishing Jobs, Broadcasting And Ad Agency Jobs Posted: 2 years ago by seogenius
A Largest Advertising Jobs Search Board With Having Career Opportunities In Advertising, Media, Publishing, Ad Agency, Broadcasting, Graphic Designing, Content And Copy Writing At Advertisingcrossing.com.
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Google opens up Social Networking Posted: 12 months ago by eastcoast1978
While many site providers have been intrigued by the idea of adding social networking capabilities, for the most part efforts in this area have been unsuccessful. This is mainly due to the fact that the last thing most people want to do is join yet another social network, especially one that is tied to a specific Web site.
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Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes: US museum Posted: 3 years ago by smarty1052
From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history.
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Amber Alert: 10-Month-Old Posted: 3 years ago by robfouryqr
Social worker found dead, baby missing, after visit to mother's home
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Tweepublicans vs. Twitocrats: Twitter is the New GrassRoots Movement Posted: 5 months ago by nickcobb
Think back to long ago, way back to the beginning of 2008.
Eighteen months ago it seemed we didn’t have to deal with political spiel in social media all that much. But that was before an internet savvy presidential candidate came into the picture and Twitter went mainstream in a big way.
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