Even if you're into old-school electronics, you still can't escape the mediaverse. Desktop computers connected to the Internet put "Breaking News" alerts on your screen, unless you block them. We embrace the media in all its wonderfulness and weirdness, in our recurring podcast "Signals & Noise."
Jessie Cretser-Hartenstein, assistant professor in the Journalism & Mass Communication program at Cal Poly-Humboldt, is our regular panelist. Subbing for Erik Palmer this month is former regular Chris Lucas from the Communication program at Southern Oregon University.
Top of the topic list this week: NBC News hiring and quickly firing Ronna Romney McDaniel, the former chair of the Republican National Committee.
Together we discuss major happenings in and on the media, and get a short list ("Pick Three") of current favorites from each panelist.
PICK THREE:
Jessie—
- Beyoncé's forthcoming "Cowboy Carter" album
- National Geographic article on the influence Black artists have had on country music: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-history-in-country-music
- Adobe Summit 2024: https://business.adobe.com/summit/adobe-summit.html
Chris—
- Reality (HBO) https://www.vox.com/culture/23733989/reality-winner-sweeney-hbo-review
- Past Lives https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/past-lives/umc.cmc.tzz5x8oih45dccm7djuquugl
- The Art of Explanation (Ros Atkins) https://www.amazon.com/Art-Explanation-Communicate-Clarity-Confidence/dp/1472298411/