Making Sense of the Media

There is a growing criticism of the rampant sexism and misogyny in the video games.And now there's a big backlash from the world of gamers in the form of…

Netflix, there's going to be a new player in your neighborhood. HBO has announced that next year it is launching a standalone online service, meaning…

Reports of The Washington Post's death are apparently greatly exaggerated. Since the purchase of the venerable newspaper by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos last…

There's no doubt in anybody's mind that the beheadings of American journalists by ISIS extremists is news.But the distribution of videos of those…

Why did Amazon just pay a billion dollars cash for a website most people have never heard of -- twitch.tv?And, for that matter, what they heck is…

Rioting in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson -- after an unarmed teenager was shot to death by police -- has brought media attention the likes of which…

There's a new way to listen to national and local NPR programming.It a mobile app that tailors what you hear to your listening interests.It's called NPR…

Is seven million views on the internet more punishment than being charged with stealing?That's the thinking of a man who caught two women stealing his…

The 7-1 victory by Germany over Brazil in the World Cup generated the most activity around a single sports game on Twitter ever.Over 35-and-a-half million…

Are internet comments sections the new town square, or cesspools of racism, sexism and worse?Whenever you scroll down through a comments section, at some…

When you want to know something about somebody or something and do an internet search, where do you most often end up?Is it Wikipedia?The online,…

The White House recently released a Task Force report on sexual assault on college campuses, saying one-in-five women on college campuses are sexually…