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Posted in Readings on Nov 19th, 2008
This final chapter of We the Media mainly focuses on how journalism is changing and how important the multimedia world is becoming. This change is important to see because it affects both the journalists and the viewers. According to Gillmor, “My goal in this book has been to persuade you that the collision of journalism [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Nov 13th, 2008
One team from the University of Denver new media communications class interviewed DU students about how the economic crisis in the United States was impacting regions of the middle east including Pakistan and Iran.
U.S. Economic Crisis’ Impact on Middle East from Sir Toppenhat on Vimeo.
This is a video essay of a few students at the [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Nov 13th, 2008
Missile blasts in two Pakistani villages, suspected to have been fired by an American remotely piloted aircraft, killed 27 people on Oct. 31, according to the New York Times.
Since August, 17 strikes have occurred in Pakistan near the Afghan border, targeting members of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups while also purportedly resulting in civilian deaths. [...]
Posted in Multimedia News on Nov 11th, 2008
Some alternative news sites:
http://www.drudgereport.com
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info
http://newstandardnews.net
http://www.unknownnews.net
http://www.axisoflogic.com
http://haaretz.com
http://gnn.tv
A news aggregator:
http://topix.net
Al Jazeera English:
http://english.aljazeera.net
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
We the Media Chapter 11 was interesting because of the way Gillmor showed the way copyright and infringement laws has helped to damper the internet from ways that many people in the tech industry thought it would go. Although I agree with Gillmor, that if you purchased something you should have a right to rip [...]
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
I thought chapter 10 was really interesting, because often times when reading absurd things online I wonder how people aren’t sued for libel. In this chapter, Gilmor discusses the responsibilities as well as the consequences for posting libelous things on to online forums and blogs. Libel is only one of the many legal issues that [...]
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
With the never-ending amount of information that is constantly at our fingertips, the pitfalls of the Internet are easy to find. Chapter 9 of “We the Media” discusses the hazards of inaccurate information and spinning the truth. Dan Gillmor discusses how anonymous sources on the Web can often be detrimental to people. For example, the [...]
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
Chapter 9 of we the media focuses on the ability to trust the media and what is posted on many different sites. For instance, how is anyone to know that the blog they are reading is stated as fact? There really is no way to know. A thing that I have run into many times [...]
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
Chapter 8 of We the Media brought up some interesting points on computer technology and how it can be used now and in the future to help bring journalism to the millions of amateur journalists across the world. Gillmor mentions several laws made by computer technicians and designers about the power of computer technology doubling [...]
Posted in Readings on Nov 11th, 2008
In chapter 7, Gillmor discusses, amongst other things, Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia and other “wikis” have pages of information that are created and updated by users. The users have unlimited access to edit any page. Gillmor discusses the problems of credibility in this site. Of course, we are all aware that if any person can [...]