Online Journalism

Mandy Jenkins spoke to our class about fair usage. A few things I learned Fair use allows us to use work without permission but must follow a certain criteria Purpose and character Nature of work Portion used Effect of the use on the potential market Copyrights are more protected than trade mark. Trademarks renew more […]

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Former Virginia senator George Allen joined students participating from the George Mason University Video Studio along with Steve Scully, the political editor for the C-SPAN networks, and students from the University of Denver. In an open forum Allen answered student questions ranging from sports to foreign policy. Allen took a hard stance that federal government […]

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The Microsoft Word 2007 Intermediate course offered by George Mason University covers a variety of user topics such as: inserting dates inserting symbols adding Quick Parts (allows you to store a heading, title, certain piece of info, etc. and allows you to open it on various blank documents) using AutoFormat (formats a document as your type […]

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Zotero is a free citation management program that was originally created here at George Mason University in the Center for History and New Media. The program allows you to “collect, organize, cite and share” your resources for various research projects and note taking. Many college students may find this program useful as it allows you […]

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Summary: With the rise of low-value Web sites who sell links to raise the search rankings of other Web sites, Google changes its algorithm to preserve their reputation as a search engine. Reputation is everything, and Google is adjusting its search algorithm against sites that sell their links to firms seeking to raise their search […]

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Summary: Search engines are introducing new tools to help users get exactly what they are looking for while offering options that can blacklist sites that users find irrelevant. In Vanessa Fox’s article “Paid links don’t pay off” the SEO expert reports: Google’s action on JC Penny’s use of black-hat SEO tactics. Bing’s increasing market share […]

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Quality content published in some significant quantity, and engineered to be easily found in search engines is a recipe for a successful digital publishing business. Throughout the course of my blog, you have learned how tweet, how to use photography, how to vlog, and how to maintain your comments area. The last thing you need […]

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There is an age-old question popular in philosophical circles, and TV, that goes along the lines; “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?” Well in Chapter 11 Mark Briggs asks: “If journalists produce great stories and no one reads them, how can news survive?” […]

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