I am inspired by the question I am asked to respond to: ‘What does it mean to be a citizen journalist?’ I have taken a few classes at the UW emphasizing the importance of citizen journalists, and I can appreciate the tremendous efforts these people make. Personally, I believe it to mean that the person [...]
I am still researching my project. I now have 5 sources, and 2 scholarly sources. I am starting to outline my paper to keep myself on track. I am progressing nicely on my project, and staying true to my timeline.
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I found a great website that outlined exactly the differences between typeface and font: taken from fontfeed stating that: the physical embodiment of a collection of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. (whether it’s a case of metal pieces or a computer file) is a font. When referring to the design of the collection (the way it [...]
I, like many people, have not used flickr ever. I find it to by a simply mysterious realm of web 2.0 that is still as yet, undiscovered to me. But after doing these readings, I have a much more profound respect and new admiration for flickr. I think the main reason I am not a [...]
I made comments on the following projects: Meme: http://memeellis.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/project-details/ Andrea: http://redhead2wright.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/my-flickr-ing-purpose-timeline/ Ava: https://avspar15.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/blog-site-competitors/ After doing this, I feel confident that each of my fellow classmates are at the same point in their projects as I am. Each of our timelines sound similar, and with strong ideas of how to effectively communicate our topic in a targeted [...]
My perception with twitter hasn’t changed much since taking on this classes. I already enjoy it as a social media platform, and use it in my personal life as a way to stay current with fashion trendsetters. I am grateful learning about all of the other aspects of it, but don’t anticipate me using them [...]
Thesis Statement: Twitter is a distinct, valuable tool that can be utilized to improve a businesses generation of news and relevant topics. In the same way it can help, certain aspects can hinder a companies reputation in moments. My paper will show both aspects, and likewise compare traditional communication mediums (such as the NY times) [...]
Three sources for use in my paper and how they will be utilized: Scholarly Paper Source: This source will be helpful in determining the effectiveness of mainstream social media (twitter) in direct comparison with traditional news medium (NY times). Wayne Xin Zhao, et al. (2011). Advances in Information Retrieval Pages 338-349. Retrieved from: http://www.springerlink.com/content/9614610q7q13m4k6/?CFID=65553353&CFTOKEN=54358400 Source [...]
Whew! I can sit back and relax now that I am all through with the discussion leader presentation. When I was approaching this topic of twitter, I knew that I wanted to do a few things: (1) give an overview of exactly what twitter looks like, and how it works, (2) get people to understand [...]
