Morris, C. (2009, November 2). Disney takes Mickey back to his roots. Variety – Film. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010760.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248
Here is a quote:
“He’s an image, and he’s an icon, but he’s not a character anymore,” said Warren Spector, VP and creative director of Junction Point Studios, the Disney division making the game, and the [...]
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Variety: video game uses “epic Mickey” icon
Posted in Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Center for Social Media: August Newsletter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is the August 2009 CSM Newsletter. I learned about the video posted below by reading it. Here is the greetings:
Greetings,
It’s official –the dates of our annual Making Your Media Conference are Feb. 11-12. Mark your calendars!
Our 10th annual Human Rights Film Series brought packed houses for screenings of As We Forgive, Burma VJ, [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager:
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of relatively [...]
Adage: video interview on games and advertising
Posted in Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Here are 10 minute interviews with Kevin Slavin of area/code.
Adage.com. (n.d.). Inside the Changing Business of Mobile Social Games: Interview with a developer for A&E, Discovery and MTV. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://adage.com/brightcove/lineup.php?lineup=18982295001&title=39590361001
& here is part II:
Adage.com. (n.d.). A Game Designer who doubdts value of In-Game Ads: Part II of the Interview with Kevin [...]
MediaPost: VW adver-game app
Posted in Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Greenberg, K. (2009, October 23). VW Goes All Mobile For Launch Of GTI. MarketingDaily. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=115919
Here is the adver-game for the iPhone and the iPod touch.
Poynter: journalists / doc film funding with Kickstarter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Gaming, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 9). Jounalists raise thousands to fund projects on Kickstarter. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171218.
Kickstarter is for artists, musicians, doc filmmakers, journalists, inventors, explorers, etc.
Variety: Disney cracks Japan’s insular mobile biz
Posted in Gaming, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations, Television on October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Shilling, Mark. (2009, October 1). Disney cracks Japan’s insular mobile biz. Variety / Entertainment News, Mipcom Update, Media. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009439.html?categoryid=3750&cs=1.
6th paragraph:
Disney operates similar services around the globe, but its Japanese biz stands out for its size — 38 million users have paid for Disney mobile content — and breadth. Users can [...]
MediaPost: Doritos expands marketing in video games
Posted in Gaming, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications on September 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Karlene Lukovitz. (2009, September 1). Doritos Expands Video Game Emphasis . MediaPost Publications . Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=112667.
Quote from paragraph two:
In a single day, the Frito Lay North America brand announced this year’s version of the “Unlock Xbox” contest that it sponsors with Microsoft, and a new partnership with Major League Gaming to [...]
Research Brief: Rationale for online gaming
Posted in Gaming on August 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Loechner, J. (2009, August 17). Rationale For Online Gaming . MediaPost / Research Brief. Retrieved August 17, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=111725#comments.
Results of a survey by WorldWinner on how online gaming affected their moods. 500 gamers surveyed.
Library News: Welcome Back! Fall 2009
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on August 12, 2009 | Comments Off
From: Cathy Michael, Communication and Legal Studies Librarian
Re: Welcome Back 2009
Dear Faculty:
Blogs, and RSS Feeds, and widgets, and social networks, oh my! Below is an overview of the usual news with some of the new stuff mixed in. I look forward to seeing you soon. Feel free to drop by my office & say hey.
LIBRARY [...]
LexisNexis Academic Enhancements
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on August 7, 2009 | Comments Off
News on LexisNexis Enhancements from Alistair Morrison, Product Manager, 8/7/09.
Dear Colleagues,
The planned enhancements to LexisNexis Academic are moving along well, however it looks like the earliest release date is now August 17. There is also a possibility of an additional delay to set up the redirects of all current URLs into the new product. We [...]
Chronicle.com: Creator of ‘The Sims’ Talks Educational Gaming
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Gaming, InfoTech on July 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Chron of Higher Ed./Wired Campus, 7/16/09. See Jeffrey R. Young’s intro.
more about “Video: Creator of ‘The Sims’ Talks Ed…“, posted with vodpod
Adage: online games as the new journalism
Posted in Gaming, Journalism on June 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: Adage.com, “Online games as the new journalism: the digital epiphany of New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof,” by Hoag Levins, 6/9/09.
This is a video of NY Times op-ed Nicholas Kristof who, “has become an unlikely evangelist for digital games as a new form of journalism.” I’ll look out for his new book that is [...]
Source: cnet news, “Microsoft’s Project Natal: What does it mean for games industry?,” by Daniel Terdiman, 6/1/09.
According to the article, Project Natal is, “a hand-free motion-senstive controller system,” announced during the E3 press conference. It means MS is seriously courting Nintendo devotees. Hey, Spielberg apparently “heaped praise” on it.
MacArthur Island in 2nd Life to Open
Posted in Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming on May 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: email from publicaffairs@macfound.org
Subject: MacArthur Island in Virtual World to Open with Public Forum on May 18
Here is the posting about the Second Life forum:
MacArthur Island in Virtual World to Open with Public Forum on May 18
On May 18, to mark the launch of MacArthur Island in the virtual world of Second Life, the Foundation [...]
The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-order club is now LIVE!
Posted in Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications on May 5, 2009 | Comments Off
The Beatles Rockband pre-order club is now live. The site lists retailers (unless you have a pre-order code). Now go forth, goodly consumer, and keep the economy humming!
CSM: Events, Future of Public Media, Copyright, Docs, etc.
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on May 4, 2009 | Comments Off
The Center for Social Media just sent out its newsletter. I did not see an HTML version so linked to key bits from the T.O.C. For more info, visit the CSM site.
Upcoming Events
Reel Journalism – beginning May 18th w/ the Newseum
Beyond Broadcast – June 3-6 U of Sth Cal Annenberg “Public Service Media from Local [...]
CMLP: Sec.230 Comm. Decency Act
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on May 2, 2009 | Comments Off
The Citizen Media Law Project created a page dedicated to Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, “an important federal law that provides legal protections to operators of websites and other types of interactive computer services.” Links to “230 in the news” appear in a sidebar.
paidContent: Flickr founder lauches social gaming venture
Posted in Culture and Communications, Gaming, InfoTech on May 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: paidContent, “Report: Flickr Founder to launch social-gaming Venture,” by Joseph Tartakoff, 4/30/09.
Who knew, “Flickr actually began life as an online-game company”?
OECD Info & Comm Policy News – Apr 09
Posted in Culture and Communications, Gaming, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Radio, Television on April 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: OECD Information and Communication Policy News – April 2009.
In this issue:
RECENT NEWS: ICCP Committee Expands Participation of Non-governmental Stakeholders in its Work
NEW PUBLICATIONS:
Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy, March 2009
Online Identity Theft, March 2009
Promoting Consumer Education: Trends, Policies and Good Practices, March 2009
The Influence of Market Development [...]
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