Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
Digital media organizations are being included in defamation lawsuits with growing frequency. Many of these lawsuits claim that reputations are being damaged by anonymous commenters, who use the easy and ubiquitous power of the Internet to publish and disseminate lies, insults and libelous characterizations. The outbreak of cyberlibel litigation stems from the explosive distribution of …
Share Not in Tangipahoa Parish! Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com Thu, Oct 15 2009 20:00:00 Interracial couples now make up 8.4 percent of all marriages in in America, double the number in 1980, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. In 2010, 15 percent of all new marriages in America were between spouses of …
I often worry that my 10-year-old daughter spends too much time looking at screens. Her attention magnets: her laptop, iPhone, cable TV, Wii, Nintendo DS and a recently gifted Kindle Fire. If it’s not one, it’s the other. But getting on her case about too much screen time basically makes me a hypocrite. I spend …
The University of Connecticut recalls the untimely death of one of its athletes two years ago, when 20-year-old UConn football player Jasper Howard was fatally stabbed after a campus party. Hartford Courant sports writer Desmond Conner noted the Jasper anniversary in a blog post. Conner’s report includes a picture of the Howard tribute in the …
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests grabbing more attention from the media, and show up on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs. As the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement spreads around the country, New York Times reporter Brian Stetler took note of the news media’s burgeoning attraction to the ‘Occupy’ protesters: “… the movement, which …
Mashable created a list of the 10 Founding Fathers of the Internet 1. Tim Berners-Lee 2. Marc Andreessen 3. Brian Behlendorf 4. 5. 6. Rasmus Lerdorf, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski 7. Brad Fitzpatrick 8. Brendan Eich 9. John Resig 10. Jonathan Gay Here are some of others that could be included on an expanded …
Do we need a code of “global” journalism ethics now that interactive communications technology makes worldwide distribution possible for each and every story published online? Here’s what the UW Center for Journalism Ethics says on the subject: “News media now inhabit a radically pluralistic, global community where the impact of their reports can have far-reaching effects — good or …
Saw this blog post make the rounds on Twitter. Although the post is 7 years old, I felt it’s worthy of archiving here, for my own personal reference. “Practical Theory: What Makes A Great Teacher?” http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/8-What-makes-a-great-teacher.html (Photo by photoxpress.com)
In July of 2009, I traveled to the Philippines and volunteered at a 3-day medical mission in the barrios of Burauen, Leyte. Using my newly acquired Flash CS4 skills, I created this website to document the experience. The site includes a preloader (since it takes few moments to load), a flash introduction, a text story, a …
Tweeting from a funeral? Is it OK or is it in bad taste? When I worked as a daily newspaper reporter, I covered more than my share of funerals. One was for a 7-year-old who had his head cut off with a box cutter after a home invasion. Another was for a family of two …