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Making sense of the digital world despite the myths

March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Making sense of the digital world despite the myths · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

The world of journalism brings with it an enormous amount of confusion, as we are in one of the biggest transition period since the printing press. In his article “5 Myths about digital journalism” Mark S. Luckie speaks of several points of confusion, and tries to debunk them. The first myth he speaks of is […]

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Ch. 11 ‘Building a digital audience for news’

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Ch. 11 ‘Building a digital audience for news’ · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

The traditional business model for journalism is in disarray. That’s for damn sure true, with everyone having the ability to  write what they want on the Internet thanks to technology. To increase an online audience, a journalist needs to: Analyze what is published Determine what readers like and don’t like Do more of what readers […]

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Lecture by Jon DeNunzio from The Washington Post

March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Lecture by Jon DeNunzio from The Washington Post · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

Jon DeNunzio, User Engagement Editor, The Washington Post. (former Online Sports Editor) Follow Jon’s tweets! DeNunzio came to George Mason University on Mar. 3, 2011; he talking about integrating Social Media Into your journalism. Background:  Graduated UVA in 1991 Was not a journalism major Concentrated in high school sports at Washington post 2000-2007 Got into […]

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Chapter 11: building a digital audience for news

March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 11: building a digital audience for news · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

http://www.pathinteractive.com/blog/2009/12/seo-image-optimization/ You’ve created your blog. You tweet about it, you put on Facebook. You want people to read it. Not enough? You’re not having the traffic you wish you had? Mark Briggs is here to help you. And I am too. First, you need the measure your blog’s traffic. Who is reading your blog? What […]

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Chapter 10: managing news as a conversation

March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10: managing news as a conversation · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

News is becoming social. The internet is interactive, and allows the news to become a conversation, other just being information. With news gaining this character, there are some concerns about ethics, credibility, and being objective. As journalism, we have no control of what the reader, and now writer, is going to say about your piece on […]

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Tech Blog #5: Guest Speaker Jon DeNunzio

March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #5: Guest Speaker Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

Jon DeNunzio, User Engagement Editor at The Washington Post, visited our class for a lecture on how social media is impacting journalism today and how we can use it to our advantage. DeNunzio gave us a list of a few social media website worth looking into: BlackBirdPie Intersect UMapper Buzzfeed StartUpLi.st AllOurIdeas Twiigs He also […]

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Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio

March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

Jon DeNunzio is going to talk about integrating social media into your journalism. He learned a lot, and still learning. National Park Fan Tweets experiment in the Washington Post is a good example. Some experiments and good tools to try: http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ www.storify.com http://intersect.com/ http://www.umapper.com/ www.twiings.com http://www.allourideas.org/ http://startupli.st/ Why we use social media: It’s where users are It […]

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MediaShift: How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide

March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on MediaShift: How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide · Comm361, Facebook, social media, Student Blog Posts

You never know when just an act of fun can turn into a social media frenzy. The article titled “How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide“, byTerri Thorton, is an amazing example of how an innocent video placed on a social media outlet can go a long way in the world. The article […]

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C-SPAN: Dan Rather

March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on C-SPAN: Dan Rather · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

Tweet Dan Rather, former news anchor for CBS Evening News, joined students participating in the George Mason University Video Studio on C-SPAN conference on Feb.  24. Rather talked about the changes and challenges journalism is facing.  The distance learning course produced by C-SPAN gives students an opportunity to talk to guests via video conference. Journalism is about […]

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Is the world obsessed with Facebook?

February 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Facebook, social media

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook from Alex Trimpe on Vimeo.

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