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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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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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MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom

February 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom · Comm361, Facebook, social media, Storify, Student Blog Posts

This couldn’t be a better article for the relevance of this Comm. 361 Online Journalism class. This article gives an excellent overview of some innovative websites that can be used for classes dealing with journalism. MediaShift is a website which tracks how social media, weblogs, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and online video are changing […]

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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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