Net perpetuates grieving conspiracies
The public mourning for Diana, Princess of Wales, was never unusual in its intensity. Deaths of beloved figures have inspired mass demonstrations of sorrow throughout history. More remarkable was the scale of the public grieving, spread far beyond English boundaries. The most striking aspect came through the voices of the…
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: ”AVENGERS” STILL INTRIGUES AMERICAN AUDIENCES
WANT TO GO? ”The Avengers” Rating: PG-13 Theaters: Janus, Brassfield, Carmike 14, Four Seasons, Oak Hollow, Cinema 8, Randolph, West End Knight-Ridder News Service Mrs. Peel, you’re still needed. We Americans continue to lag behind in the ”Avengers” race. Audiences entered late in the series’ life when it was…
ALL PRESETS ARE OFF Radio stations and formats are changing hands rapidly
Demographics help target specific format selections By Vera H-C Chan and Laura Orella Easy listening doesn’t just mean Chuck Berry, Luther Van Dross or Barbra Streisand. It means listeners who can rest at ease knowing that, in the wake of the merger flurry that has left some audiences stranded and…
Studies find brain cells grow with stimulation
BERKELEY, Calif. — Peek into the University of California-Berkeley’s Wheeler Auditorium during Integrative Biology 131 and you might catch professor Marion Diamond as she turns her palms toward herself, fingertips pointing toward each other. ”Dendrites,” she would announce, spreading her slender fingers to represent the spiny branches that jut out…
ALL PRESETS ARE OFF Listeners find refuge on public airwaves
A different turbulence shook the airwaves when Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich vowed to slash federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which in turn awards grants to PBS television and radio stations. Rhetoric aside, the decline turned out to be gradual and public radio appears defiantly robust….