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Sunday, November 16, 2014

MassMedia: Internet/Networks: What is a Blog, RSS and RSS Reader? (U10-P3) [VID] Fa14

What is a blog? How do you blog (steps in the process)?

What is the relationship between a blog and Twitter or Facebook? What is a micro-blog?

What are ways you can read and/or subscribe to a blog? What's an RSS and how does it work?

Feedly is a popular example of a RSS reader.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

MediaTech: Social Media and Web 2.0: Consequences of Diffusion and Innovation Attributes (U10-P3) Fa14

Previously we have noted that when a person or a society adopts an innovations, there are consequences. What are some consequences of adopting social media based on recent research?

Now, let's shift gears, but stay with diffusion of innovations and social media. The adoption of social media has greatly increased in the past decade or so. People have adopted social media more quickly than any other past media technology (radio, TV, etc.). Why? What makes an innovation spread? What makes the rate of adoption increase? What are the key factors according to diffusion of innovation theory? What are the characteristics (or attributes) of an innovation that makes it quickly become adopted?

Specifically, what are the attributes of the innovation that make it spread?

How do these attributes of an innovation apply to the diffusion of social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc.?

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Saturday, November 8, 2014

InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence: Intercultural Conflict (U10-P3) Fa14

Intercultural Competency: Managing Intercultural Conflict

Culture can enter conflict in a variety of places as shown in the diagram below.

Now, let's shift gears and look at conflict in a different way, by using a film clip.

This is a clip that I edited and posted on YouTube. I use this clip in my Intercultural Communication course to introduce students to the concept of intercultural competence, especially in conflict situations.

The film clip wasn't about intercultural conflict, but how could you use Nash's idea to resolve intercultural conflict?

The film is based on a true story.
Background: JOHN NASH, Princeton math prof., played key role in game theory,
Game theory had important impacts on scholarly thinking in economics, international relations, biology, etc.
So, important, Nash won 1994 Nobel Prize

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

GlobalMedia: Doing Some P.R. Work for the U.S. State Department (U10-P3) Sp14

Let's pretend that we are doing some public relations/advertising work for the U.S. State Department. They want us to (1) promote a good image of the U.S. abroad and (2) promote tourism to the U.S.

What could we do? How would we do that?

Where would we do that? Let's say we focus on places where people first have contact with the U.S., in airports and in U.S embassies abroad.

As for the what, how about we put together a short video to be shown in the airports and embassies.

Think very carefully about what you would be in that video and why.

No, no. Don't read on. Seriously, think about what you'd put in the video and why.

O.K., now read on.
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This above scenario actually played out few years back. It actually happened. Let's see how your ideas match up with those actually carried out. Let's look at a series of videos.

A CNN News Report

The Actual Video Shown in Airports and Embassies
(See at least the first minute and the last minute to get a good feel for the video.)

The Making of the Portraits of America Video

Do you think this "Portraits of America" video was effective, based upon what you've see above?
Would you have done anything differently?

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence: Intercultural Conflict (U10-P3) fa13

Intercultural Competency:
Managing Intercultural Conflict

"A Beautiful Mind and Oranges"

This is a clip that I edited and posted on YouTube. I use this clip in my Intercultural Communication course to introduce students to the concept of intercultural competence, especially in conflict situations.

How do you resolve intercultural conflict?
Do Nash's ideas suggest a way?

Background:
JOHN NASH, Princeton Math Prof.
Game theory
Application to economics, international relations, biology, etc.
1994 Nobel Prize

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

MediaTech: Social Media and Web 2.0: Social Media Training (A Beginning) (U10-P3) [SLIDES] fa13

Note: The above is a presentation that I recently gave to a group of professors who had an interest in using social media and Web 2.0 in their teaching and research. However, this same presentation can be slightly modified to include the use of social media and Web 2.0 by students and others.

As the slides says, the benefits of social media use, won't come without some work. Some learning and work required.

So, let's do that.

Let's see how you can use social media and Web. 2.0 to help build your expertise in a certain field.
Knowledge is power, so they say. But, how do we gather that knowledge? It is always changing.

Set-Up:

Set up a Twitter account, if you don't already have one.
Set up a Google/Gmail account, if you don't already have one.
Set up a Diigo or Delicious account, if you don't already have one.
Set up an Ifttt account.

Follow one or two people/organizations on Twitter.
Use Twitter's search feature to see what people are saying about topics.
Within your Google/Gmail account, go to "More" and go to Google Reader.
Subscribe to an RSS feed that you have an interest in.
Within Reader, click on "Browse for stuff" and then "Search" and set up a subscription to tweets that mention a keyword.
Now, go to your Diigo or Delicious account and bookmark a few web sites or news stories that you have an interest in.
Lastly, go to Ifttt and set up a connection between Reader and Diigo (or Delicious). This connection will allow you to "star" and item in Reader and it will automatically be bookmarked in social bookmarking site.
As you can see, there are plenty of other things to explore within Twitter, Reader, Diigo, Delicious and Ifttt. Go to it, if you have the interest. Let me know if I can help more.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

MediaTech: Connection - Past & Future: Cannon Balls, TV and Film (U10-P3) fa12

How are cannon balls connected to film and television?
Can you make the connections using Burke's approach?

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