Subtext
Sub-text is a weekly column that serves as a venue for media criticism as the columnist analyzes the subtext of various media contents. In this manner, the column deals with professional and ethical standards of media, specifically journalism, in the fields of advertising, public relations, and entertainment.
Danilo Araña Arao is currently Assistant Vice-President for Public Affairs and Director, System Information Office of the University of the Philippines (UP). He also teaches journalism at UP Diliman's College of Mass Communication (CMC). Aside from his work at UP, he edits and writes for other publications. For more information about him, please visit his website at www.dannyarao.com.
Articles by Danilo Araña Arao :
- Defining 'proper' disclosure in journalism
- The prostitution of entertainment journalism
- Asserting journalism at a `praise’ conference
- Journalism ethics, social media and the blame game
- A call for a 'media-friendly' freedom of information act
- SONA and the TV camera
- Fighting for Facebook access
- Journalism, activism, scholarship and membership in the ASEAN
- Assessing the ASEAN press
- This article is brought to you by Meralco
- Quantifying the still limited reach of blogging and social networking
- Covering the Spratlys dispute
- Journalism and the myth of a 'writing style'
- Explaining The Inverted Flag
- Ampatuan massacre and a journalism school’s obligation
- Road safety and a journalist’s death
- Making Sense Of The Salary Increase For Government Employees
- Contextualizing World Press Freedom Day
- Why journalists should cover the ASEAN
- 5 excuses for committing plagiarism
- Willing Willie, pyrrhic victory and harmless advocacy
- Boosting Aquino’s net satisfaction rating through skewed `public info’
- Willing Willie and the politics of desperation
- Sponsored blogging, anyone?
- Rumor has it…
- 10 arguments in favor of a Philippine bloggers association
- The limits of Twitter
- President Aquino, advertising and journalism
- Playing the blame game on military corruption
- Journalism, disclosure and conflict of interest
- Contextualizing President Aquino’s exasperation
- Jagged Jaded Journalist and the Big Bad Blogger
- PinoyLeaks and the ethics of `leaking’
- Rumor, trivia and `entertainment journalism’
- Reporting road accidents
- Justice in the age of social media
- 10 `no more’ wishes for the broadcast media
- What we can learn from Tim Yap’s `mistweet’
- Covering the irony of Christmas and the Morong 43
- Media and the state universities and colleges’ budget cut
- Ampatuan massacre and the journalists’ bias
- Bad news for President Noynoy Aquino
- Willing Willie wins, but…
- What's wrong with media?
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