“Blogging is a communications mechanism handed to us by the long tail of the Internet.” — Tom Foremski My name is Cydney Black. I am a 21-year-old junior studying Communications and Media Arts with a minor in Public Relations at Montclair State University. A tacky introduction at best, I know. However, I believe it is… Read more

2019 brought about a new popular term within media, known as “cancel culture”. We have discussed this term quite a bit in class and the backlash it has caused on the lives of the people who were “canceled”. Macmillan Dictionary describes cancel culture as, “the practice of no longer supporting people, especially celebrities, or products… Read more

In class, we heavily discussed the media coverage of the controversy involving Carson King and Des Moines Register reporter Aaron Calvin. In the Washington Post article, “Iowa reporter who found a viral star’s racist tweets slammed when critics find his own offensive posts”, reporter Katie Shepherd discusses how Carson King, a 24-year-old man from Iowa,… Read more