From Ebrary:
Ebrary has notified us that there will be a scheduled upgrade to the system today from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. During this period, ebrary may not be available. (see details below):
Dear ebrary Customer,
ebrary will be deploying a new system release from 5:00PM to 6:00PM
US Pacific Standard Time (UTC – 8) on Monday November [...]
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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 [...]
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 or [...]
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 driving forces [...]
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. [...]
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 Libel Tourism? Citizen [...]
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 cut “paid [...]
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 25 seasons. [...]
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 agencies [...]
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 equipment readily [...]
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 response was [...]
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.
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 vodpod
Chronicle: Google Book update
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Howard,, J. (2009, November 15). Parties Submit New Proposal to Settle Google Book Search Litigation – Publishing. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/article/Parties-Submit-New-Proposal-to/49163/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Howard wrote a clear and concise article on the current issues and parties involved in the legislation. She cites the Open Book Alliance’s dissatisfaction posted to its blog [...]
FT.com: Vatican works on its communication skills
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Mattu, R. (2009, November 9). The Vatican works on its communication skills. FT.com. Retrieved November 13, 2009, from http://blogs.ft.com/management/2009/11/09/the-vatican-works-on-its-communication-skills/
Interesting!
paidContent: Arianna Huffington And Mathias Dopfner At The Monaco Media Forum
Posted in Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Rafat Ali of paidContent posted this video from the Monaco Media Forum with some of his tweets. He has deemed it “Video of the Year”. The debate was between Arianna Huffington and Mathias Dopfner (German media outlet Axel Springer). The debate was moderated by Christine Ockrent (France 24 TV). A
more about “paidContent: Arianna Huffington [...]
Hulu: Jon Stewart on the Job Posting for a Dead Archivist
Posted in Culture and Communications, Library News, Television on November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve seen this job posted on ALA sites & it received some buzz on the Video Librarians’ listserv — but Jon Stewart & the Chronicle of Higer Ed.? A good Friday the 13th diversion.
more about “Hulu: Jon Stewart on the Job Posting …“, posted with vodpod
MBC: Museum.TV event – tonight, 6 pm Central Time
Posted in Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Public Relations, Television on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
From the Museum of Broadcast Communication:
“You’re invited to join the Museum of Broadcast Communications at Museum.TV TONIGHT! at 6 PM Central for a live online roundtable with viewer participation – Conan @ 100 – America’s Late Night Evolution!”
WHAT: A live video streaming event with online participation
WHEN: TONIGHT!, November 10, 2009 – 6 p.m. (CT)
WHO:
Mike Niederman, [...]
OJR: Labor as a revenue source for news
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Westphal, D. (2009, November 10). No revenue model for news? Labor steps up. OJR: The Online Journalism Review. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200911/1795/
He looks at cases such as The Tyee:
When I posted notes from my Harvard remarks last week [see here], NYU’s Jay Rosen pointed me to David Beers, editor of The Tyee of [...]
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