These days, as long as you have a phone with a camera, you are armed with one of the most powerful tools on the planet: a video camera. What words and pictures can’t capture, video does. From World Cup soccer matches to political revolutions to weddings, video captures it all with the click of a […]
Entries from March 10th, 2011
Chapter eight: Telling stories with video
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter eight: Telling stories with video · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
NAMI Northern Virginia history project
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on NAMI Northern Virginia history project · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
This is our mindmeister map for NAMI Northern Virginia history project. Our project’s goal is to recover NAMI Northern Virginia history and present it interactively. We will conduct interviews with past board members, do research about the institution, and gather information about its history. We will be using different online platforms to organize and present […]
Twitter is not a popularity contest: most followers is not equivalent to most successful
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Twitter is not a popularity contest: most followers is not equivalent to most successful · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Mass friending on social media: its something that almost everyone is guilty of. You, though, could not possibly be guilty of such an offense! How proposterous, right? Ask yourself the following questions concerning Twitter: 1. When or why did you get your Twitter? Was it for personal entertainment or was it for business purposes that […]
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Mindy McAdams: reports vs. stories
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mindy McAdams: reports vs. stories · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“There are stories right under our noses everywhere we go. There’s no need to go to “an event” to find a story. I don’t mean deep analysis, but rather a spark, a nugget, a neat little twist.” Mindy McAdams, journalism professor and expert on online journalism, explains that “a lot of journalism is merely reports,” […]
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Tech Blog #7: STAR Workshop #2 — Word 2007 Intermediate, Part 1
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #7: STAR Workshop #2 — Word 2007 Intermediate, Part 1 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Course: WORD 261-003 in George W. Johnson Center, Room 311B. Described as follows: “Covers the intermediate level of Word 2007.” Microsoft Word 2007 has, for a while, been something I’ve felt pretty competent with. However, I definitely learned a thing or two from this workshop! In the first lesson, aptly named “Inserting Dates and Symbols,” […]
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Madny Jenkin
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Madny Jenkin · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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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C-Span Governor George Allen
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on C-Span Governor George Allen · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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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Tech Blog #7: STAR Lab Workshop — Microsoft Word 2007 Intermediate
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #7: STAR Lab Workshop — Microsoft Word 2007 Intermediate · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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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Tech Blog #6: STAR Lab Workshop — Zotero 101
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #6: STAR Lab Workshop — Zotero 101 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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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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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