Gsnsp4d ago
BBC spaghetti tree hoax: why the 1957 april fools’ day prank became famous #AprilFoolsDay #MediaHistory #ViralHoax #SpaghettiTreeHoax #BBCPrank #DidYouKnow #HistoryExplained #mindblown https://www.gsnsp.com/bbc-spaghetti-tree-hoax-1957-april-fools-prank/
Hacker News6d ago

An Aural Companion for Decades, CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/business/media/cbs-news-radio-appraisal.html

#HackerNews #AuralCompanion #CBSNewsRadio #MediaHistory #RadioBroadcasting #RadioLegacy

CBS News Radio Crackles to a Close

A stalwart of the mass media century, the longstanding network that launched the careers of journalists like Edward R. Murrow will air its final broadcast in May.

The New York Times
Dr. Stephanie SeulMar 9

On #InternationalWomensDay, I wrote a piece commemorating Avis Waterman, the forgotten war correspondent of The Times. Appointed Milan Correspondent in May 1915, during 1915-17 she was attached to the Italian army & reported about the fighting between Italy & Austria-Hungary in the Trentino and on the Isonzo.

After #WWI she fell into oblivion & died impoverished & lonely in Paris in 1939.

#Women
#Journalism
#WarReporting
#WomensHistory
#JournalismHistory
#MediaHistory
https://stephanieseul.com/2026/03/avis-waterman/

Avis Waterman: The Woman who Covered the First World War on the Italian Front for "The Times" - Stephanie Seul % %

During the First World War, a woman defied the odds and became a foreign and war correspondent for The Times of London, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in the world. %

Stephanie Seul
Xavier MarecaMar 6
Videodrome. 1983. David Cronenberg. $5.9M budget. $2.1M at the box office. A bomb.
Cronenberg turned down directing Return of the Jedi to make it. Andy Warhol called it the 1980s answer to A Clockwork Orange. Toronto Film Festival named it the 89th most essential film ever made.
A TV exec loses his grip on reality chasing a signal that controls minds. Media as weapon. Content as conspiracy.
#Videodrome #Cronenberg #Cinema #MediaHistory #BodyHorror
Real SyntacticFeb 24
One of my undergrads is looking for scholarship on the history and haptics of dot matrix printing. I told her it was a brilliant question probably identifying a knowledge gap. I sent her to Siegfried Kracauer’s work and suggested parallel topics in Lisa Gitelman. What else, please? #mediahistory #printing
BrewminateFeb 24

Free speech battles aren’t always about bans.

Under Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine became a subtle instrument of pressure. 📺⚖️

When broadcasters rely on federal licensing, intimidation can operate quietly.

Regulatory authority carries weight—even without formal censorship.

#Nixon #MediaHistory #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/richard-nixon-fairness-doctrine-intimidate-broadcasters/

Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine, and FCC Pressure

How the Nixon administration used FCC authority and the Fairness Doctrine to pressure critical broadcasters without formal censorship.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
NeuralFeb 2

Marina Hassapopoulou – Interactive Cinema, The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation

https://neural.it/2026/01/marina-hassapopoulou-interactive-cinema-the-ambiguous-ethics-of-media-participation/

#interactivecinema #neuralarchive #neuralmag #cinema #artandtechnology #arttech #artandtech #audiovisualart #audiovisuals #interactiveart #mediainstallation #newmediaart #mediaart #mediaarts #mediaartist #digitalart #digitalartist #timebasedart #transmedia #transmediality #electronicart #kinoautomat #interactiondesign #cinematicarts #digitalcinema #immersivecinema #interactiveexperience #machineart #mediahistory #mediaarthistory

https://archive.neural.it/init/default/show/3326

Thibault Le HégaratJan 23
#neuromancer #mediahistory
Real SyntacticJan 16
Look what’s back! Expensive, but back, plays old disks, and programmable in Basic! Well out of my $ reach, but looks just lovely. I wonder if I could remember how to write the 10,000 line horoscope-casting program I wrote in 9th grade in 1983. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/15/commodore-64-ultimate-review-computer #retro #mediahistory #computinghistory
Commodore 64 Ultimate review – it’s like 1982 all over again!

Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touches

The Guardian
SignalAndStaticJan 15

#MediaHistory: Thursday nights in the 90s belonged to NBC. 📺

From "Cheers" to "Seinfeld" to "ER"—if you weren't home by 8:00 PM, you were missing out. No streaming, just a VCR timer and hope.

What was your "Must See TV" show?

#MustSeeTV #90sTV #NBC #TVHistory