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Show Notes for Episode 23

Intro

• Visit MikaRose for modest dresses and apparel <http://www.mikarose.com >

• Blog Comments and Forums

News

• Muslim woman mocked in Utah Wal-Mart ¹

• Sasquatch expert says creature is alive and well in U.S. wilderness. ²

Topic: Mormons and the Media

• Official information outlets

  • Resources for the media: Newsroom at LDS.org <http://newsroom.lds.org >

    • RSS feed <http://lds.org/rss >

    • Podcast <http://feeds.lds.org/newsroompodcast >

  • "LDS Public Affairs" channel on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/LDSPublicAffairs >

    • 22 official videos released since October 2007

  • Church's use of technology through the years ³

    • Mentions church's online beginnings and presence on the Inkerwebs today

      • Archives of lds.org 1996-2007 <http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lds.org >

• Analysis of media coverage

  • BYU Asst. Professor of Journalism rates media coverage of the church ⁴

  • Was Mitt Romney's campaign good exposure for the church ⁵

    • Anti-Mormon media coverage ⁶

  • Unbalanced or biased treatments

    • PBS' "The Mormons"? <http://www.pbs.org/mormons/ >

• Pop Culture

  • 2 LDS singers compete in American Idol ⁷

    • Brooke White, Mesa AZ <http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/brooke_white/ >

      • Audition on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxRpacN0-LA >

    • When asked to share something interesting about herself, White replies,

      • "I've never seen an rated R movie."

      Asked why, she responds,

      • "You know, growing up my parents just kinda had this, some rules I guess, or guidelines about what we should watch, and over time it just kind of stuck with me, and it was always my own choice. But after a while, you know, besides the no R rated movies, it was, you know, no drinking, and smoking and yadda, yadda, but it made sense to me. It made sense to my life, so I stuck with it."

      At no point does she attribute these standards to being a member of the church

    • David Archuleta, Murrey UT <http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/david_archuleta/ >

      • Audition on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRZps_AEMpU >

    • 2 other LDS contestants were eliminated prior to the top 24
• 'New Media'

  • M. Russell Ballard urges students to engage in conversation about the church using 'new media' ⁸

    • BYU Commencement Speech on YouTube (source of Ballard's comments) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEsjYm6Av4w >

  • Round up of Mormon or Religious themed blogs. ⁹

  • Weblogs/Podcasts

    • FAIR Blog: Defending Mormonism <http://www.fairblog.org >

    • RomneyExperience <http://www.romneyexperience.com >

    • Article VI Blog: Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: Commentary by an Evangelical Christian and a Mormon <http://www.article6blog.com >

    • Mormon Mom-Cast <http://www.mormonmomcast.com >

    • Mormon Stories Podast <http://mormonstories.org >

• Miscellaneous

  • Mormon missionaries avoid exposure to media ¹⁰

Misc

• Brother Sean's LDS Joke of the Day^TM

• Upcoming episodes:
  • Sunstone
  • Dress standards for LDS women and young women
  • Mormon 'Mommy bloggers'

Other Links

• Internet Archive: Wayback Machine <http://www.archive.org/web/web.php >

• American Idol <http://www.americanidol.com >

References