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David D. Perlmutter

@Ddperlmutter

David D. Perlmutter, dean and professor for the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University, was previously a professor and associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. He is the author of “Picturing China in the American Press: The Visual Portrayal of Sino-American Relations in Time Magazine, 1949-1973.”

The Lure of China

‘… we need to find a way to be both passionate about a subject and dispassionate about its effects and influences on our own country.’

The Ascent of Blogging

Old media report on the new media, but they haven’t figured out how to adapt.

U.S. Newspapers Decide Which Images of the Fallujah Killings to Publish

Cheering Iraqis with burning SUV. Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images.Akron Beacon JournalAnchorage Daily News (cropped)The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe Boston GlobeChicago Sun-TimesThe (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (cropped)The Columbus DispatchDaily News of Los AngelesThe…

Digital Photography and News Images

Another issue to emerge from the Iraq War coverage, as noted in recent Congressional testimony by no less than Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the omnipresence of digital photography.…

Images of Horror From Fallujah

‘The transparency of angst and indecision about the Fallujah images have been good for journalism.’

Graphics and Journalism

In USA Today, some of its ‘Snapshots’ have not given the full picture.