Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big News in 140-characters Photo credit: AntiqueImages BUY IT HERE! The twitter chapter! Basically I’m going to break it down for you in a few basic points. Real-time uses of Twitter: Evacuations Tradgedy Trial Coverage Broadcast news Start using Twitter, Tweet! Establish your goal Have a topic Make a network […]
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Briggs Chapter 4
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Briggs Chapter 3
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Have you ever heard the phrase, two heads are better than one? Briggs moved on in “Journalism Next” to crowdsourcing. What is crowdsourcing? “It is a relatively new term, coined by Jeff Howe in a 2006 article for Wired News. Think of crowdsourcing like outsourcing, the term it spun off from. Crowdsourcing harnesses the sustained […]
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Briggs Chapter 2
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 2 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Advanced Blogging The rules are different with blogs. Blogging reporters play off other information they find online, even linking stories and blogs that might have been thought of as competition just a few years ago. Three characteristics define a blog: Frequently updated (recently updated stuff on top) Entries are called, “posts” and each have a […]
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Briggs Chapter 1
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 1 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
We’re All Web Workers Now Photo credit: smileham/flickr …Says Mark Briggs. This thirty some page chapter dove straight in describing the basics of how the internet works and the technical contruction of web pages . Briggs had a graph like picture to help teach about Bits and Bytes. A comparable image I found was on a […]
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My Media Pyramid
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on My Media Pyramid · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
What is a media pyramid? Basically, it’s an illustration of where you get your news from. For me, it’s basically comprised of: Family Friends Significant Other Facebook/Twitter Comedy Central Time Magazine Fox News To each his or her own, I say. But whether you get your news from Twitter or The Washington Post, always make […]
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Hello world!
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Hello world! · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Welcome to onMason. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Briggs Ch. 3
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 3 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
As anyone can have their own blog, it’s only fitting that news itself has become a much more collaborative process given all the new technology that bridges the gap between citizens and the media elite. Even sites as prominent as CNN now rely heavily on readers submitting news stories and videos. This global sharing process, […]
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