Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
Just before the end of 2005, programmers Chad Hurley and Steve Chen launched a simple, social website that allowed anyone with an Internet connection to upload video clips and share them. Within a matter of months, YouTube.com had become a phenomenon–recognized as one of the fastest-growing websites in the world. Some 100 million video clips …
“The invention of the Weblog has shoved journalism into a reformation, perhaps a revolution,” wrote Joseph Rago, an assistant editorial features editor at the Wall Street Journal[1]. The majority of blogs on the Internet are simply personal web sites — sites that exist because blogging software is free, readily available, and automates much of the …
By the Project for Excellence in Journalism “The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many experts have predicted. Critics have tended to see technology democratizing the media and traditional journalism in decline. Audiences, they say, are fragmenting …
Fascinating. This is part one of six. Watch the rest here.
A powerful new model has emerged within the economics of e-commerce, observed Chris Anderson in his 2004 Wired magazine article, “The Long Tail.” [1] Today’s consumers have highly-individualized tastes that include more than just mainstream fare. With the help of foresighted, all-inclusive online retailers, people are getting what they want: offbeat movie rentals from Netflix, …
So I’ve come to the realization that even though I’ve been out of the dating game for 10+ years, the comical highs and lows of dating have remained the same. There’s just more technology involved. Nowadays, two adults who may be “interested” have countless forms of communication available to get to know each other – …
” ‘Courage!’ he said, and pointed toward the land, ‘This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.’ ” – from ‘The Lotos-Eaters’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Final video project for my Media Imaging & Sound Design class: a 90-second news/feature story with on-air interviews. I did mine on a holiday horse-drawn carriage ride through historic Old Wethersfield, Conn.
A public service announcement I produced for my Media Imaging and Sound Design class. (Music provided by www.freeplaymusic.com).