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Briggs Ch. 8 – ‘Telling stories with video’

March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 8 – ‘Telling stories with video’ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video

Video storytelling was the concept of this chapter. Now anyone can use the digital equipment around them to create video storytelling, it just takes a lot of practice. Thanks to YouTube, the quality of the video doesn’t have to be very high. What’s important is authenticity. The most entertaining videos get re-posted over and over. […]

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Briggs 10: The Socialization of News

March 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs 10: The Socialization of News · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

THE DIGITAL AGE has socialized news, which means that the people who read the news are now the people who also take part in it. “[…] information wants to be analyzed, shared, synthesized, curated, aggregated, commented on and distributed. Even journalists feeling overwhelmed by new technology can see that more interaction with the audience carries […]

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Chapter 10 — Managing News as a Conversation

March 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10 — Managing News as a Conversation · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts

“The socialization of news is clearly the right direction for journalism,” begins Briggs in his tenth chapter of JournalismNext. This chapter explores the idea of news being a conversation, rather than “a lecture,” and how conversing through social networking can add to one’s story. “Three areas of evolution suggest a brighter future for comments on news […]

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