Media Literacy: Who's Responsible?
We had a really interesting discussion in my Ethics of Strategic Communication class today. What started out as an analysis of “stealth marketing” techniques segued into a discussion of media literacy. There are a number of organizations that strive to protect consumers from the adverse affects of advertising and marketing (such as the FTC), but how effective are these regulations if...
Read MoreThe Buzz on Netbooks
Netbooks have existed for some time now, but have just recently become popular. A type of sub-notebook computer, netbooks are small, light and inexpensive. Originally, netbooks almost exclusively ran Linux operating systems due to performance and price benefits over Windows. Now many netbooks offer a choice between a Windows or Linux based operating system. Although not as powerful as...
Read MorePHP Session Data Lost Between [Some] Pages
Ugh… So I’ve been working on a website for a student group at the University of Oregon. I’m developing a custom content management system for the site that uses jQuery UI and AJAX. It’s pretty spiffy actually. Unfortunately I’ve always had problems maintaining $_SESSION data on the University web-server. For some reason my authentication class would work fine on my...
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