Bill Wolff, PhD

Associate Professor, Communication, Film, and Journalism, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

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  • palin Africa reports result of elaborate internet hoax

    On November 6, 2008, reports began circulating online and on TV that Sarah Palin did not know (or could not grasp the idea) that Africa was a continent and not a country. The story, embedded with other Palin-McCain-infighting-related revelations that were, according to FoxNews’ Carl Cameron (see below), “put off the record until after…

  • google announces video chat for google talk

    Google continues to make AIM and Yahoo! irrelevant:

  • tweeted apps and sites

    I am really enjoying the sharing of applications and sites on Twitter. A few have come across lately that I thought I would share here. A few weeks ago Matt tweeted about Picnik, a free, robust online photo editing application that integrates with photos on Facebook, Flickr, myspace, photobucket, and many other applications. I…

  • obama buys ad space on xbox 360

    Josh Marshall has confirmed that the Obama campaign has bought add space in the game Burnout Paradise for the Xbox 360 platform. A screen shot: Gigaom reports: “I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout,” Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, told…