Convergence for efficiency and cost December 7, 2009

Your Television is Ringing The title of this article made me think about how my TV at home actually does “ring”. When someone calls our home phone the phone number comes up on the television screen and gives you the choice to answer it or ignore it by using your remote to navigate. This new [...]

What is new media doing? November 29, 2009

Afterword: What struck me in this article was the analysis of corporate decisions. Even though I know that large corporations have a great deal of say in certain decisions, I was surprised that it was considered the “most powerful single force socializing and politicizing the American public.” I can see where they would be able [...]

Flickr Newbies November 15, 2009

Newbies Guide To Flickr This article answered many of the questions that I had about Flickr. My first and only experience I have had with Flickr, is the small icon that is on my Blackberry. I knew that it had something to do with sharing pictures, but was unsure of what exactly it did. With [...]

Get your news previews on YouTube. November 8, 2009

Newspapers use YouTube Video Previews to Attract Readers I think that having previews for newspaper stories is an interesting idea. There is something that appeals to me about putting faces and names with stories in the newspaper. I think that it is very powerful to hear someones first hand experience. Though it seems that Moor [...]

blogging ethics November 2, 2009

Both “Weblog Ethics” and “10 Myths about Copyright Explained” taught me more about blog copyrighting and ethics for bloggers. Weblog Ethics Weblogs seem to be a sticky area when it comes to ethics. Many bloggers, including me, do not know much about blogging ethics. I assumed many things, but was unsure about much of it. [...]

professional blogging and 300 million on facebook… October 25, 2009

Everyone is a media outlet: I think the point that was made that, it is tempting to regard bloggers as a new type of journalism, but that it is “mass professionalization is an oxymoron.” I think that we can look at blogging as a new form of journalism, but I am not so sure you [...]

October 18, 2009

The Read-Write Web The fact that the internet was intended to be a read-write web, was interesting. Being able to go on to the internet and write something that millions of people could possibly see is fascinating. Even though Wikis allow you to collaborate with people about certain topics, how can you know who is [...]

where blogging meets the news. October 11, 2009

In “From Blog To Narrative” Clark refers to 20th Century amateur eyewitnesses. We are getting more familiar with using “cell phone images to instant messages to real time blogging to get the word out.” Technology is allowing us to use our own experiences to share with others what is happening. We can now use blogging [...]

Reading Week 2 October 4, 2009

“Mediamorphosis” and “Web 2.0” show the emergence of new technology and its effect on humans throughout the years. “10 Tips for Writing the Living Web” breaks down the effective steps to writing a successful blog. In “Mediamorphosis” the continuous improvements from the telephone, television and internet has transformed the way that humans live. Fidler takes [...]