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SYLLABI: Teaching Online Journalism and Communication : Online Journalism
"Online Journalism Review aggregated syllabi in 2004, however this list needs to be updated. In an attempt to aggregate this information, I have begun a list of syllabi dedicated to online journalism, online communication and social media. I found that results from Google do not showcase all of the best available syllabi online."
Excerpt : The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Excerpt from the introduction of Karen Armstrong's 2009 book on theology and our concepts about God.
News: Online Education's Great Unknowns - Inside Higher Ed
Survey finds many colleges don't know if their programs make money or improve learning outcomes.
Society for the History of Technology
The Society for the History of Technology was formed in 1958 to encourage the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture.
Questions to ask (and be prepared to answer) during an academic interview
Nice list of basic interview questions from an academic perspective.
Career Advice: Can You Afford to Adjunct? - Inside Higher Ed
"We live in engaging, if not interesting economic times; of that, there is little doubt. Diversifying one’s revenue stream becomes more than a business model — it becomes a necessity. So, as you realize that tenure-track jobs aren't materializing, and you consider taking on adjunct positions next academic year, keep this one thing in mind: can you afford it?"
UMass Amherst Faculty—Norman Sims
Faculty profile of Norman Sims, professor of literary journalism and journalism history.
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The past 20 years have seen a major revival of the literature of journalism. “When I was in grad school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the 1970s,” Sims reminisces, “I was studying the history of two kinds of journalism from Chicago in the 1890s: a scientific and an artistic model. My dissertation advisor, Dr. James Carey, was one of the pioneers in a cultural approach to journalism. Later I made the connection to contemporary journalism, when I read an article by Jane Kramer in The New Yorker, an intimate profile of a cowboy in Texas, presented in the realm of artistic journalism. Suddenly, I connected her work with that of the Chicago writers of the 1890s and decided that, perhaps, this kind of journalism had a longer history and tradition than people assumed.”
Metalinear Cinematic Narrative: Theory, Process, and Tool
MIT alumnus Kevin Michael Brooks - Dissertation:
"This thesis proposes the name Metalinear Narrative for the new narrative form. The metalinear narrative is a collection of small related story pieces designed to be arranged in many different ways, to tell many different linear stories from different points of view, with the aid of a story engine."
Carey, Technology and Ideology: The Case if the Telegraph
Review of Carey article from class on media history at NC State:
"This week’s reading is an article entitled Technology and Ideology: The case of the Telegraph. James Carey wrote this article which discusses the invention of the telegraph as a form of communication. Throughout this article, the reader is informed of the many effects and changes the telegraph presented to society."
Stylus/Stylus Publishing - Demystifying Dissertation Writing: A Streamlined Process from Choice of Topic to Final Text
"Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation: Establishing a consistent writing routine,
Working with a support group, Consulting your advisor, Understanding your committee’s expectations, Setting a realistic and timely schedule."
Building on these insights, this book is for anyone who needs help in preparing for, organizing, planning, scheduling, and writing the longest sustained writing project they have encountered, particularly if he or she is not receiving sufficient guidance about the process, but also for anyone looking to boost his or her writing productivity.
The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Search engine for browsing or searching through topics in Sage Encyclopedia.
Facebook 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE
Reflections on use of Facebook in higher ed by director of IT policy at Cornell. Some good points and examples.
Views: The Flaws of Facebook - Inside Higher Ed
Opinion piece on the use of Facebook by faculty. Discusses concerns of privacy and granularity in use of FB by teachers. A bit naive in my opinion but does discuss the issues.
The Trouble With Twitter - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
"To those who Twitter, the reporter who investigates a story before offering it to the public must also seem tediously ruminant. On Twitter, the notes become the story, devoid of even five minutes of reflection on the writer's way to the computer. I can see that there are times —an airplane landing in the Hudson, a presidential election in Iran—when this type of impromptu journalism becomes a necessity, and an exciting one at that. Luckily, reporters still exist to make sense of information bytes and expand upon them for readers—but for how much longer?"
The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:" Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites
Research on whether online social networks affect social capital
Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com
"Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning."
Geek Studies
"Geek Studies presents observations and commentary about traditionally/stereotypically geeky media and culture, with periodic updates on the progress of my dissertation project, an ethnography on geek cultures."
Nerd project - Wikiversity
"The way people construct or know their own and other's social identities affects the way people relate to each other and to their reality. By attaining a better understanding of what a nerd is, and where the spectrum of nerd identities/stereotypes came f
The virtual geographies of social networks: a comparative analysis of Facebook, LinkedIn and ASmallWorld -- Papacharissi 11 (12): 199 -- New Media & Society
"This study provided a comparative analysis of three social network sites, the open-to-all Facebook, the professionally oriented LinkedIn and the exclusive, members-only ASmallWorld.The analysis focused on the underlying structure or architecture of these
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