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Archive for November, 2009
Ebrary: service down from 8 to 9 pm
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 30, 2009 | Comments Off
MacFound: Transforming Learning in the Digital Age
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Media Literacy on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
From the MacFound November 2009 Newsletter: Today, as President Obama called for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, the MacArthur Foundation announced a $2 million open competition for creative ideas to transform learning using digital media. The competition seeks designers, inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and others to build digital media experiences [...]
MacArthur Foundation: The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create with Digital Media
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Media Literacy on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
From the website: “This video was taken from a simulcast of a public forum designed to open discussion in the Philadelphia area to educators, parents, researchers, students, and community members about the potential of learning through engagement with digital media. To bring this conversation to a larger audience, the event was also broadcast in the [...]
Library News: LexisNexis updates
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
A couple updates from LexisNexis: 1) University Wire is suspended in LexisNexis (recently covered in the Chronicle of Higher Ed.). Alistair Morrison, Product Manager of LexisNexis Academic wrote that, “We continue to be in contact with the distributor of University Wire. Based on our discussions we are cautiously optimistic that updates will resume, though we [...]
Independent Lens: OBJECTIFIED
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
WATCH OBJECTIFIED ON I.L. TUESDAY NIGHT!! From the website: Look around you. Within five feet of you are dozens—if not hundreds—of manufactured products that you interact with every day. If you are at work, perhaps there is a laptop, a stapler, a No. 2 pencil, a paperclip, a mobile phone, a coffee mug, a pushpin [...]
ECREA: Worlds of Journalism data available
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
From the ECREA listserv 11/22/09: WORLDS OF JOURNALISMS, FIRST DATA AVAILABLE First comparative data from the Worlds of Journalisms project is now available for download from the project web site. The Worlds of Journalisms study set out to compare journalism cultures across nations, news organizations and professional milieus. Another major goal was to identify the [...]
Vote for: Green Guerillas & Farm Sanctuary
Posted in Culture and Communications, Media Literacy on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, I did! It appears in each category, people who sign in get three votes (I voted for Farm Sanctuary under the “Animal Rights” section). Somehow I signed in using my WordPress Account — you can use existing accounts to sign in. If you have trouble, contact the G.G.s (info, below). CLICK HERE TO VOTE. [...]
MediaPost: Measurement: Newspaper readers or circulation
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Loechner, J. (2009, November 23). Measurement: Newspaper Readers or Circulation? MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117854 From the research summary of Scarborough’s study, “The analysis of Scarborough audience data not only indicated that newspapers are being read by a majority of adults in print and online, but also that these Integrated Newspaper Audiences [...]
CPJ: Free Speech Protection Act
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Mahoney, R. (2009, November 16). Free Speech Protection Act could slow ‘libel tourism’. Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://cpj.org/blog/2009/11/free-speech-protection-act-libel-tourism.php Looks at the issue of ‘libel tourism’ including pending legislation in the U.S. on the state and federal levels. see also: Bright, A. (2009, November 20). Is Britain Putting an End to [...]
NYT: Media companies move from marketing to P.R.
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Barnes, B. (2009, November 22). Ad Budget Tight? Call the P.R. Machine. The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/business/media/22steal.html?_r=1 An excerpt: ..don’t think that Hollywood believes it can get by with less promotion [given drastic cuts to marketing budgets]. This, after all, is the place that perfected the hard sell. As studios [...]
MediaPost: HuffPo increases advertising
Posted in Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Mermigas, D. (2009, November 20). Huffington Post Increases Advertising, Revenue Streams. MediaPost blogs: Diane Mermigas on media. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117833 Examines the “Advertising 3.0″ efforts of the successful media company.
News Media and the Law, Fall 2009
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I copied the TOC — it links to the RCFP site: COMMENTARY Jack Nelson was a journalist Reporters Committee co-founder championed a federal shield law, but didn’t see it passed FEATURE Who is a “journalist?” And why does it matter? FEATURE Expanding Exemptions The U.S. Supreme Court will decide two First Amendment [...]
Poynter: Public TV &Radio increase local investigative coverate
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore,, M. J. (2009, November 20). Public TV, Radio Stations to Increase Local Investigative Coverage as Columbia Report Advised. PoynterOnline. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=173444 Brilliant! For all the new models I’ve heard, this one excites me. I’m also interested in the participatory widgets such as HuffPo’s Impact.
Adage: Oprah’s move to cable
Posted in Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations, Television on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Steinberg, B. (2009, November 20). Will Oprah’s Move To Cable Dampen the ‘Oprah Effect’? Advertising Age – MediaWorks. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=140668 You Go Girl! A paragraph from Steinberg’s article: In a statement released Friday, Ms. Winfrey’s production company Harpo said she will continue doing her current show until Sept. 9, 2011, completing [...]
OnlineMediaDaily: YouTube Direct
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Sullivan, L. (2009, November 17). YouTube Unveils Tool To Connect News Organizations With Citizen Journalists. Online Media Daily. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117490 Wow, what doesn’t Google do? Make toast? Walk on the moon? Create life? Here is Sullivan’s nutshell on YouTube Direct: YouTube Direct, a sort of “virtual assignment desk,” allows traditional news [...]
StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening 2009
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Library News, Radio on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
The National Day of Listening is November 27, 2009. From the website: On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood. You can preserve the interview using recording [...]
Adage: Big media wars: Murdoch to quit Google?
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Library News, Public Relations on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Klaassen, A., & Ives, N. (2009, November 16). Media News: Why News Corp. and Murdoch Won’t Quit Google – Advertising Age – Digital. Adage.com. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140537 From the “Big Media” playground: News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch created a furor last week when he suggested News Corp. would quit Google. And Google’s [...]
Commoner Letter: Kleinman (UMich Lib) testimonial
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies, Library News on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Domicone, A., & Kleinman, M. (2009, November 16). Commoner Letter #4: Molly Kleinman of the University of Michigan – Creative Commons. Commoner Letter. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19158 Part of a series of testimonials / requests for support by advocates and CC users that illustrates the importance of the Creative Commons.
MediaPost: Kids TV ads; Nielsen sells trade titles
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Library News, Radio, Television on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Goetzl, D. (2009, November 13). New Congressional Bill: Smackdown On Kids’ TV Ads. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117407 Regarding the Healthy Kids Act, H.R. 4053 (pdf, GPO Access) Siegel, F. (2009, November 11). Nielsen Sells Trade Titles, ‘Hollywood Reporter,’ ‘Adweek’ Group. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117223
Free Press: LPFM Now!
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Public Relations, Radio on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Candace Clement just sent out an ote about the Local Community Radio Act. She made the video, “to tell Washington why we need more local radio…” See FreePress’s page on Low Power FM Radio. H.R. 1147 (pdf, GPO Access) & S. 592 (pdf, GPO Access) more about “Free Press: media reform through educ…“, posted with [...]
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