Posted on 13 November 2008 by kdccdk
One of our areas of focus this year is the effective use of social media / social networking tools. At this point, we are planning to write about Planet Money, and Nine Inch Nails (yay!), but we are starting the series with the Obama campaign.
Of course, we all know that Barack Obama was not the [...]
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Posted on 6 November 2008 by r
This is information about an upcoming best practices report about social media from the Center for Social Media. We’ll be discussing it in detail when it is available to the public to read.
Greetings!
Below are details about a forthcoming report outlining best practices for teachers and students in using media (TV coverage, film clips, music, audio [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2008 by r
Recently, the New York Times had an article about trolls and how their actions affect others online. Online trolling has often, though not always, been specifically targeted at women and girls, with threats against Kathy Sierra and the AutoAdmit trolling and subsequent lawsuit.
However, trolling’s impact is broad, impacting not only those with personal blogs or [...]
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Posted on 30 August 2008 by kdccdk
I’m a journalist by training and communications professional by trade. It’s a sucky time to be doing either of those things right now. A lot of mid-career professionals are getting laid off from traditional media outlets on a daily basis and looking to online media for a new start, and that’s awesome.
However, there’s something I’ve [...]
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Posted on 7 July 2008 by r
The Center for Social Media has posted their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video (16 page PDF Report). This Report is a follow-up to the Center’s study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, that suggested strongly that remix culture is not only socially acceptable, but should also be [...]
Filed under: best practices, copyright, fair use, fanworks, internet, participatory culture, remix culture, you tube | 1 Comment »
