Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

Tag: Television

  • Lehrer and Hart

    The list goes on and on. As if they could fit another Vietnam War memorial wall, but this one, for broadcasting. Someone observes that on campus, the dorm lounge during news hour is a quietest place to make a phone call. I still remember when Peter Jennings, Frank Reynolds and Max Robinson  shared the ABC newscast. NBC…

  • Use it

    Safeway doesn’t feel safe. Desert is now full of people ( from the media to law enforcement). Last weekend Arizona shooting reminds me of “Under The Banner of Heaven” which revealed the intersect of religious occult and gun culture in the region. It also highlights young people’s plight to make a name for themselves (in…

  • Maggie, I still have something to say

    Saw Rod Stewart on TV, mute out sound at the gym. Still with the spiked up hair, shiny suit and swaying. Staying power and loyal fan base. My daughter asked “what’s that word to mean someone who because of him/her, you model after”. I tried “influencer”, “role model“, “mentor” and hit the note with “idol”.…

  • the art of showing

    In Impressive First Impressions, author Vu Pham introduces the concept of “reset”.  By that he means, we constantly need to reset our first impressions according to each context and situation:  at work, at play, at home. The same guy.  When he was at the top of his game, generated a different impression than when he…

  • white balance

    Digital TV is here. Selected reality represented by a series of 1’s and 0’s. I miss the Indian-head poster TV studios used to put up to “white balance” and signal align their cameras before each broadcast. The jump from analog TV to digital TV will be more significant than the jump from B/W to color…