Making sense of the intersection between media, society and technology
In: Links
31 Jan 2008BBC Correspondents Map A mash-up that lets you see who is reporting for the BBC from around the world (tags: BBC mashup maps googlemaps) Center for Citizen Media: Blog » Blog Archive » Digital Entrepreneurship Needed Across All Media “There has also never been a greater need to instill entrepreneurial thinking in the next generation [...]
I’ve written before about using WordPress as a cost-effective and easy-to-use content management system. Part of the appeal is the wide range of professional looking designs available online, many of them free, or for just a fistful of dollars. The team at WordPress itself have now released a new theme dubbed Prologue, which they liken [...]
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30 Jan 2008The Engaging Brand : 10 Social Media Tactics for Finding Talent How many news outlets are doing this to find talented budding journalists? (tags: facebook podcasting resources social_media journalism) Completetosh.com, by Neil McIntosh » Facebook’s a nuisance, isn’t it? (tags: Facebook social_media)
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29 Jan 2008BBC NEWS | dot.life | The top tech influencers (tags: blogs technology) Evolving Thoughts – Basic Concepts in Science: A list A handy crib sheet for journalists covering science (tags: education science teaching) 100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Smashing Magazine No excuses – go and create your own great-looking blog on WordPress (tags: blog [...]
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28 Jan 20082008 Web/Tech Influencers What can journalists learn from this? Thanks, Gutenberg – but we’re too pressed for time to read | Media | The Observer The long-term impact of the Internet Target Tells a Blogger to Go Away – New York Times Target to the blogosphere: you’re irrelevant. (tags: blogging blog) FRONTLINE: growing up online [...]
In: Web 2.0|newspapers
28 Jan 2008The news industry is still scratching around trying to find new ways of making money. Paul Bradshaw offers some ideas in a detailed post on new business models. The problems are well-known, and while web advertising is rising, online readers are simply not worth as much as print readers. The issue is rethinking business for [...]
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27 Jan 2008Six roles for the modern journalist | Howard Owens The future of journalism, possibly (tags: journalism newmedia newspapers)
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26 Jan 2008The Rise Of The Facebook Economy – Forbes.com (tags: facebook) In search of the distraction-free computer desktop – Slate Magazine Zen writing (tags: writing)
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24 Jan 2008EveryBlock: A news feed for your block. Adrian Holovaty’s much-anticipated hyperlocal site (tags: innovation journalism media citizenjournalism) Video: BBC3 ‘Sound of Music’ Blobs farewell ident | guardian.co.uk Say goodbye to the BBC Three blobs (tags: TV BBC) BBC NEWS | Technology | Social sites prove hard to leave behind The difficulties in trying to erase [...]
This blog is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator.