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Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation

March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Questions and challenges for the modern journalism: How to maintain objectivity or credibility Legal and ethical issues with publishing freedom for everyone How to gather the audience With social networking tools and blogs embedded on news sites, conversing the news is possible. One can converse through comments or social networking (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.). This […]

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‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 4 summary

February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 4 summary · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Summary: Microblogging — The instant messaging journal Microblogging Start a Twitter, Facebook and/or LinkedIn account. Importance: Trains users to look for interesting things around them Gets breaking news out in an instant Allows the audience and journalists access to the most up-to-date news coverage Why microblogging should remain personal, not automatic Quality over quantity; tweets […]

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