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Final Presentations and Thoughts Regarding Twitter
Before I dive into some last minute thoughts on Twitter regarding the reading from a few weeks ago, I want to say that both presentations were incredibly informative. The work done for my group’s project (group one) and learning about the Ethnography project have both been very helpful to expanding my media studies knowledge base. [… Read More]
An argument with a friend about Twitter.
I have had many a discussion with friends about Twitter and its usefulness vs. uselessness. I went to do see a panel in early June called “The Future of Media” that included Nick Denton of Gawker Media, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Bonnie Fuller of Bonnie Fuller Media, Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray, [… Read More]
Ok, so I was wrong.
This is hard for me to say, but I was wrong. I always had a very negative view of twitter (maybe it’s the name). I haven’t completely embraced it and connected to any prospective industry contacts with it, but I have signed up for twitter updates from some of my favorite news sources, and I’ve [… Read More]