Michael Marek

Reflections on the media and world.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Abandoning Twitter: Businesses and Bots

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The chaos at Twitter following Elon Musk's acquisition has settled down.  Millions of people have left the platform, but hundreds of mil...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

The 12 habits of highly ineffective non-leaders

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I've been thinking a lot about leadership lately.  I think about it a lot in connection with some volunteer work I do and in connection ...
Friday, August 6, 2021

What does Wearing a Mask REALLY mean?

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The resurgence of COVID-19 in the form of the Delta Variant means people are returning to mask wear, and vaccinations are ramping up.  But t...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

How to Fail at Podcasting (or not)

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I've been podcasting for some time now and listening to  podcasts for a lot longer.  There are some great podcasts out there but also so...
Saturday, February 13, 2021

"Free Speech" may not mean what you think

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There's been a lot of talk recently about free speech, but a lot of people have a very superficial understanding of what "free spee...
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Crowd-sourcing Political Persuasion in Social Media

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Update: Although this post was written a while back, people are still finding it and reading it. I have updated it here and there to reflect...
Saturday, November 7, 2020

Maybe we needed Trump for a while

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With the election of Joe Biden as president, we are about to see an abrupt change in direction in the policies of the US leadership in Washi...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Four ways to tell: Is it news or advocacy?

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I wrote this originally in 2016, but in the Trump era, it became even more important to know how to judge what is actually journalistic ...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Star Trek Continuity in the 32nd Century

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Before the premiere of Star Trek Discovery season 3, pretty much every article about the series was saying words to the effect of "the ...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Why I Voted Against Trump in 2020

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Note: I wrote this in October 2020, well before the January 6, 2021 riot and so-called insurrection in the US Capitol building. Trump's ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Crisis Communication in the COVID Era

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The president violated every lesson in crisis communication when he downplayed the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. H...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Fake News and the "Marketplace of Ideas"

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The term "fake news" has been thrown  around constantly in recent years. But legally and constitutionally, people have the right t...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The 3Ws of Political Messaging

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The lines are drawn for the November election propaganda blitz.  Both campaigns have their messaging in full swing.  But much of the politic...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Policies, not people

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All over the place right now we hear name-calling and ad hominem attacks (attacks on who the people are, as opposed to the policies they sup...
Thursday, August 6, 2020

Teachers Have More Impact than they Know

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Since I announced my retirement, I have heard from people, particularly former students, who I haven't had contact with for years.  It h...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

Is the news media liberal? Yes, but not the way you think.

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We've heard accusations for years about the alleged bias of the "liberal news media." Professional journalists are trained t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

What do I want from Star Trek Lower Decks?

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CBS has announced that Star Trek Lower Decks premiers August 6th.  The first animated Star Trek series since the 1970s is also the first T...
Friday, July 24, 2020

All Good Things 2: Accomplishments

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On the occasion of my retirement, I have been thinking back over the past 16 years. I have been the radio station advisor and Radio Work...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

All Good Things

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I am today formally announcing that I am retiring and will not be teaching at Wayne State College this fall, at least not as a regular fac...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Pandemic Pursuits

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I haven't blogged for a while, because a lot has been going on. My school suspended face-to-face classes in March and required all te...
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