Communication
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Defining Digital and Media Literacy
It’s not your daddy’s literacy. Discussions of media literacy in America have traversed the media landscape from newspapers and advertising, to television, radio and film, to Internet-based media. With new focus turning to literacy in digital realms, some, like Knight Foundation and Queens University of Charlotte, are examining media literacy in its increasingly digital form.…
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Speaking and Learning in Tweets: a field guide to Twitter language
This presentation is intended for Twitter beginners, to explore the language used to link information in Twitter. I delivered it as part of the Knight School of Communication’s digital media learning workshops series offered at Queens University of Charlotte and shared it here for interested others. As always, your comments and feedback on this presentation…
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How and Why I Teach Social Media.
What are the benefits of the Twitters? Why should I care about social media? Who cares what I had for breakfast? These questions slide off the tongues of my colleagues, friends and neighbors when they learn that I teach courses in social media. I usually answer with an explanation of my own perceived benefits, but…
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Diana, Queen of the Inanimate Twitterverse
Amidst elements that threaten to oxidize, cleanse, sear and scar, the bronze statue of Young Diana nobly stands, keeping watch over those who pass her by. Cast by renowned sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1924, the bronze was a gift to the university from the artist herself in 1940. This year, Diana celebrates her seventieth…
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Online Healthcare: Do the risks outweigh the rewards?
When online information goes awry, how does a company reign in the misinformation (and those producing it)? At the September gathering of Social Media Breakfast – Charlotte (#smbclt), panelists addressed this question in relation to health care. Gayle Tuttle, the director of strategic communications for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina; Karen Albittron, president…
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20 Digital Thinkers to Follow on Twitter
Practitioners and students of Digital Strategic Communication are always looking for the brightest digital minds to follow on Twitter. As we know, sometimes the best minds are not always those with the most followers. These folks are some of the best at sharing their thoughts and linking their tweets to excellent information from a variety…
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Teaching (and learning) with Twitter
Can Twitter impact students’ perceptions of their teachers? Even though these findings may come as no surprise to educators who already use Twitter, our study (described below) suggests that students who are active on Twitter alongside their instructors may actually perceive their instructors to be more approachable and interactive than they would otherwise. Thus, the…
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Feedback for New Bloggers
Blogging can be a daunting task for those who are new to the practice. Here are some general notes I’ve compiled after reading the first week’s blog posts in my integrated strategic communication course, followed by five tips for improving our blog community in this course. Source Citations: If you use a quote from any…
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Non Ministrari, Sed Ministrare
Communicating Honor: Civility, Technology, and a Digital Society I was both humbled and honored to give the keynote address at Queens University of Charlotte’s Sed Ministrare Ceremony, the official induction of incoming students into the Queens community. My speech, entitled Communicating Honor: Civility, Technology, and a Digital Society, encompassed remarks on the history of communication…
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Community Engagement through Social Media
Whether we are part of a social group, family, study group or neighborhood, we are part of a community, says Ted Shelton (@tedshelton) of Open-First. Community characteristics include: (1) membership; (2) influence; (3) integration and fulfillment of needs; and, (4) shared feelings and perspectives. Members of a community come together to create something better than any…
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