Tag Archives: social media

Ground Control to Cmdr. Hadfield – Winning Social Media from Outer Space!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has just finished up his five-month tour as commander of the International Space Station (ISS), and he’s done a great job of showing how social media can be used as a great educational and public relations … Continue reading →

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Amazing Media Quotes

Posted on February 6, 2013 by admin

A round up of unexpected things I’ve read recently.  None of these are from The Onion! NPR Station Urges Listeners to Have Sex and Make More Listeners “Chicago’s NPR station, WBEZ, is making a more intimate appeal than usual during … Continue reading →

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What is Gangnam Style? And how did it turn Klingon?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by admin

Last fall our friend Charley Reed gave us an in-depth analysis of the insanely popular Korean video Gangnam Style.  Me?  I added in the wonderful parody video of Klingon Style!  We talked about it in class today, so if you … Continue reading →

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Fighting Wars With Social Media – Israel v. Hamas

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin

Wednesday afternoon I was working at putting the finishing touches on a guest lecture I was about to give on social media, and so I went looking for an up-to-date example. And here’s what I found…. Yes, that’s the official … Continue reading →

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Are phone apps ancillary markets for movies?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by admin

I would think so.  Questions on Twitter today from students using Mass Communication: Living in a Media World:

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Working with social media

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

I’ve been talking lately with folks about social media.  Here are a few thoughts on the subject: What are social media? Online sites that allow users to generate content, comment, tag, and network with friends or other like-minded people. What … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Neda Agha-Soltan as a Symbol of Iranian Protesters

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin

NOTE: This is a re-post of the 2009 blog entry. All of the videos linked to here contain disturbing, violent imagery.The news out of Iran about the violent suppression of people protesting the results of the recent Iranian election has been … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 12 – Domino’s deals with social media crisis

Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin

In April of 2009, Domino’s Pizza faced a restaurant company’s worst nightmare when two employees posted a video showing one of them putting cheese up his nose and then placing it on a sandwich, blowing his nose on a sandwich, … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Who has the rights to your social media?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin

The point of having social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare and the like to be able to share aspects of your life with your friends and the rest of the world. Which is fine when you are going out … Continue reading →

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Link Ch.6 – How VTech’s Collegiate Times covered the 2011 shooting on campus

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

The student journalists at Virginia Tech’s Collegiate Times had the best coverage in the country during December 8, 2011′s shooting deaths of two people on the VTech campus.  Here are two blog posts I wrote as their reporting was unfolding: … Continue reading →

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