• Skype Chat with Dave Cohn: digiDave and spot.us, a Knight-funded project to test proof-of-concept: community-funded reporting
• Summary Lecture (ppt)
• VoteAbsentee.us – wiki
• Evaluations / Post-class questionnaire

Resources:

• Journalism 2.0

Agenda:

• Lecture/Discussion
• Lab time for projects
• Housekeeping: grades updated … questions about next week’s deliverables (CollectIt Link)

NOTE:
Check the gradesheet for the status of your “rhetoric” posts. I asked that you do these throughout the quarter. Several of you did not do so. I will not accept multiple posts per day from 1 June forward. Those of you who had made only 3-4 posts until 1 June should also not post on consecutive days. Part of the exercise was for people to get into the Practice of posting — something impossible to do in one week. :-/

The Current State of US News – TEDTalks, March 2008

Promised link:
Nicholas Negroponte, MIT  – Four Predictions (3 Correct) – TEDTalks- Feb 1984

Can Digital Media Convergence Help?

The Challenge of Converging Media – ONA

Day In The Life of Converged Newsroom

Reuters Mobile Phone Reporting

Mobile Citizen Reporting – New Project

Newsroom Integration: Case Study

What About TV On Your Phone? Useful?

Interactive TV Commercial

Links:

• Convergence defined – OJR
• Convergence Journalism – research study
• The Diffusion of Convergence In Four News Organizations
• Jessica’s UW Library Journalism Resources Page
• SeattleBlog.com v CrossCut.com
• West Seattle Blog

(1) What are networks?
Physical – technological – personal

Romans – highways

Samuel Morse: What Hath God Wrought?
First message on gov’t subsidized telegraph line (1844), Baltimore to Washington, DC.

See “AddThis” (below)

(2) Financial Pressures / Consolidation / Politics
The Case of Hillary Clinton

• Watch the clip (TPM)
• Read the first “story” (New York Post – Murdoch publication)
• Read Politico (ex-WaPo journalists)
• Read Bobby, Jr (TPM)
• Watch MSNBC Clip (Chris Andrews/Obama Advisor Axelrod)

(3) Political Networks

• BlogPulse – Clinton-Kennedy
• BlogPulse – Obama-Wright
• BlogPulse – Clinton – Obama – McCain
• BuzzTracker – Clinton
• BuzzTracker – McCain
• BuzzTracker – Obama

Remember: questions must NOT be closed-ended … appending “why?” doesn’t count! Think and rephrase. This will help you when you are preparing for an interview!

1. Faith:
   1) How can we back up our data that is stored on Web 2.0 style service in the event that the creator does a disappearing act?
   2) How would you envision a future where everything is link by networks and run by communities? How successful would that be?
2. Jason:

1) What aspects of a headline most often get you to read the article? In other words what catches your attention simply and direct and catchy and entertaining?
2) Why do you think our consumption habits are starting to resemble a more mechanic model? Do you think that this might only be a trend or will it only continue?

3. Jessica:
   • How can bloggers attract readership without forfeiting creativity when it comes to creating headlines?
   • When it comes to what makes the cut for the RSS feed, how can bloggers guarentee themselves a spot on the list?
4. Kendra
   - How will journalism programs, such as the UW’s, adjust their headline writing curriculum to overcome the issue of search engine induced “synonymity”?
   - How will online articles that strive to be seen as traditional journalism be impacted if headlines do become straight literal?
5. Khair
   -What more tools could social networking websites add to allow users to effectively use their network?
   - What kind of regulation, if any, should be applied to social networking websites?
   - Can social networking websites be regulated? [closed]
   -What features would you look for in a strong social network?
6. KC
   - How else is media consolidation a negative for our public news services?
   - Can you see a shift back to public, not private, news services in the future? [closed]
   - Why/how could media conglomeration change viewership?
7. Lorin
   1. What do you think will be the future of personal privacy as more aspects of our lives go online?
   2. What’s the next big thing to take off in regards to social media/the online world?
8. Nicole B. – n.q.
9. Nicole C
   1) If social networks didn’t arise, what would have society done to counter the growing need for person-to-person interaction?
   2) What are traditional media trying to do to counter the growing movement to online media? (EX: Craigslist.com is taking away business from newspapers.)
10. Samantha
    1. How can we contiune networking online and keep up with the times and still be able to maintain a reasonable amount of privacy?
    2. Why do you think people are becoming more prone to turning into “humanbots” and read their headlines the same way that search engines do?
11. Sara
    - How will straightforward headlines dictate what people chose to read?
    - What do straight-to-the-point news articles affect the quality of news?
12. Whitney B
    - Are online social networking sites helping us interact as a society or are they hindering our experiences with interpersonal communication?
    - Why have social networking sites become such a phenomenon and where can they go from here?
13. Whitney T – n.q.

Agenda:

• Peer work: develop best practices/tips for writing persuasive posts
• Wiki work: moving forward
• Your “ah-ha” question
• Peer respondents (the last one!)

Persuasive Posts:

• Faith: Top 3 reasons why bloggers should follow a code of ethics
• Jason – Washington should adopt VBM system
• Jessica – Breaking down ethics, one blog at a time
• Kendra: Bringing manners to the blogosphere
• Khair – no post
• KC: Persuasive Post
• Lorin: Bloggers should grow up and implement a code of ethics
• NicoleB: Bloggin ethics long overdue
• NicoleC – no post
• Sammi: The Responsibilities of the Fifth Estate
• Sara – no post
• WhitneyB: Limiting the revolution of the fifth estate
• WhitneyT: I am free – read if you please

Process:

1. Pair using Wiki partner pairs
2. Read the other person’s post; take note of effective use of headline, copy, argument. What “worked” and why? What advise do you have for a blogger (or new columnist!)?
3. Pair / discuss
4. Group in 4s / discuss
5. Develop specific suggestions that we will post here (in comments!)

Ethics elsewhere (and the need for appropriate skepticism)

Wiki work:
Work with your partner to make your existing pages “look alike” … and like others on the site! Some will need to add some information; others may need to trim. Discuss, suggest, work!

Please fix things pointed out by Kathy on the main index page (if you haven’t done so already) and then report in so that I can remove those comments. Then continue working on your states.

Today’s Question from Ah-Has and the Rest of the Quarter:
How can I get my posts to show up in blog search engines?

• You need to learn about something called SEO or search engine optimization (wikipedia)
• See these articles/sites: GlobalPRBlog [article], Google: What’s an SEO?, Search Engine Watch [Do we need educational standards?]
• Technorati/linking/commenting

How do I cultivate a following?

• Unique voice
• Focus (maybe)
• Technorati/linking/commenting

Peer Respondents:

• (Nicole B) Blood, R. (2002). Weblog Ethics. In The Weblog Handbook. Perseus Books Group. Respondents: Faith, Jason, Kendra, Khair, Sammi, Sara, WhitneyT
• (Khairun) Lessig, L. 1999. Chapter 1 and 5. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. New York: Basic Books [eReserve]
  Respondents: Jessica, KC, Lorin, NicoleB, NicoleC, WhitneyB

Thursday

• We’ll focus on the readings and your questions!
• We’ll look at blog design

Agenda:

• Framing (ppt)
• Pro-Con Discussion: Should political/news bloggers have a code of ethics?
• Break
• Reading Discussion
• Third genre: the persuasive post

Ethics

• A Brief History of Digg Controversy (2006)
• The Day The Digg Users Revolted (2007)
• From Rebecca Blood
• MediaBloggers
• Cyberjournalist – Draft Code (see comments)
• From ObilvyPR
• Medical Blogger Code of Ethics
• SPJ code of ethics
• PRSA code of ethics

Student Discussion:

• (Nicole B) Blood, R. (2002). Weblog Ethics. In The Weblog Handbook. Perseus Books Group.
• (Khairun) Lessig, L. 1999. Chapter 1 and 5. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. New York: Basic Books [eReserve]

The Persuasive Post – Resources

• Example: Cleveland Plain Dealer – John McCain
• Example: Daily Pennsylvanian – Hillary Clinton
• Example: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel – Barack Obama
• How to write a persuasive article
• 10 Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques
• Editorial Rubrics
• Strategies for Writing Persuasive Letters

Student Readings (we will discuss both on Thursday)

1. (Nicole B) Blood, R. (2002). Weblog Ethics. In The Weblog Handbook. Perseus Books Group.
2. (Khairun) Lessig, L. 1999. Chapter 1 and 5. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. New York: Basic Books [eReserve]

Lecture (ppt)

Lab

1. Creating and displaying a CC license for your blog.
   * Pick your license
   * This is the link for attribution/non-commercial bug: http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/3.0/us/88×31.png
   * This is the link for attribution/non-commercial/share alike bug:
   http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/2.5/es/88×31.pngPaste this code into the text box of the widget (pdf)
2. Embedding an image (the old step-by-step)
3. Peer responses to last week’s discussion summaries
   1. (Jason) Thompson, M. (2006, March 22). Why On Demand Changes Everything. Speech.
      Respondents: Faith, KC, Kendra, NicoleB, Sammi, Sara, WhitneyB
   2. (Sara) Yung, J. (2008, Jan 24). Newspapers Use YouTube Video Previews To Attract Readers. Online Journalism Review.
      Respondents: Jason, Jessica, Khair, Lorin, NicoleC, WhitneyT

Due Thursday - The Analytical Post (the first step to an effective soap box blog)

Also For Thursday:

Come prepared to defend your position!

• Pro: Faith, KC, Kendra, NicoleB, Sammi, Sara, WhitneyB
• Con: Jason, Jessica, Khair, Lorin, NicoleC, WhitneyT

This is an example of how to insert an image.

Testing MSIE 7.0.5730.11.

• I can see code in HTML view.
• I can embed an image, but MSIE loses focus and puts the image in the upper left-hand corner of the post, regardless of where I have the cursor.
• I can hand-code an image (see below).

Framing:

What is a podcast? Who listens to podcasts? Who watches YouTube? Why?

Student Readings

• (1 – Jason) Thompson, M. (2006, March 22). Why On Demand Changes Everything.Speech.
• (2 – Sara) Yung, J. (2008, Jan 24). Newspapers Use YouTube Video Previews To Attract Readers. Online Journalism Review.

Lab

(1) Skills: MultiMedia:

Bring an image you’d like to add to a blog post — remember that you need to have the right to use the image! Also, bring a link to a YouTube clip that you’d like to feature in a blog post. We’ll learn how to do one of these on Thursday (and the other one next week)!

Today – embed a YouTube Clip!

(1) Find a YouTube clip that you want to include in your blog post. Copy the URL (link) to the clipboard. If you are watching on YouTube, it’s the main URL in the browser; if you are watching on a blog, click “menu” (lower right corner), click “copy URL to clipboard”

(2) This is the syntax:

[ youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6SefbFbixI ]

WITH NO SPACES!

(2) VoteAbsentee
Solo – review my comments on the index page. In pairs — read/discuss/edit one another’s pages.

(3) Peer Interaction – second comment
(1 – Nicole C) Howard, P. N. ( 2003). Digitizing the Social Contract: Producing American Political Culture in the Age of New Media. The Communication Review (6). 213-245. (pdf)
Respondents: KC, Lorin, Sara, WhitneyB

(2 – KC) Johnson, E. (2006). Polibloggers and the Politics Press In America.Reconstruction 6.4.
Respondents: Kendra, Khair, NicoleB, Sammi, WhitneyT

(3 – Whitney) Rosen, J. (2007, Nov. 14). These Beat Reporters Will Try The Social Network Way. PressThink
Also, see beatblogging.org
Respondents: Faith, Jason, Jessica, NicoleC
Evolution of Dance: from wikpedia

Judson (Jud) Laipply is an American motivational speaker and comedian from Bucyrus, Ohio.[1] He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance clip, which is currently the #1 Most Viewed (All Time) Video, #1 Most Favorited (All Time) Video, and #8 Most Discussed (All Time) Video on YouTube.

Student Questions
Reminder:

Each week, I compile your questions in a post like this. Having your questions and link here is the first step towards my recording the week’s points in the spreadsheet. It is your responsibility to alert me if I erred (did not mark and extra-credit or missed your questions).

Remember: questions should be open-ended … appending “why?” doesn’t count! Think and rephrase. This will help you when you are preparing for an interview!

Post Genres:
The Analytical Post (the first step to an effective soap box blog)
The analytical post contains information from multiple sources; in the post, the author explores an idea. The author may synthesize information and develop a new frame for an idea; may criticize ideas presented in other blog posts or news articles; or may point out information that a news article or blog post failed to mention. In a “strict” analytical post, there is no call to action or intent to persuade.

This is related to, but does not fully emulate, a traditional analytical essay. (Tips for evaluating evidence.)

Examples:

• Kathy (example 1, example 2 – the last bit turns this into persuasive, almost, which is our last genre)
• Faith (almost there!)
• Social Customer Manifesto (analysis + link post)
• David Postman
• Analysis with two external sources
• Multi-sourced “news” or “analytical” … and does it matter? (google cache)
• What is this one?
• Analysis or persuasive – what do you think?
• Recap: a longer link post … and a link(s) post

If you are at a loss for a topic, find a news story related to a topic covered in the class. Use your favorite search engine to find other writers on the topic. Then write a medium-length blog post that utilizes these other articles (usually, at least three sources) and that reflects your “voice.” Come to class Thursday prepared to work on this in lab.

Politics & Social Media – examples
Newsvine – 1, 2, 3, 4
Facebook 1, 2
TH: MySpace – 1, 2, 3
TH: YouTube – 1, 2, 3

Student Readings (we’ll do this Thursday!)

• (1 – Jason) Thompson, M. (2006, March 22). Why On Demand Changes Everything. Speech.
• (2 – Sara) Yung, J. (2008, Jan 24). Newspapers Use YouTube Video Previews To Attract Readers. Online Journalism Review.

AhHa’s and the rest of the quarter:

Only five comments. :-/
We will definitely address the following question (as well as the questions about inserting an image and multimedia)

I would like to learn more corporate blogs and how they are being used to enhance business… I am curious at what sort of blogging skills companies are looking for in employees and what information I should include on my resume. Even just help with blogging lingo, key phrases or essential skills I should acquire for the “business blogging” world would be so helpful!

Lab:

(1) VoteAbsentee
Pair up and look at one another’s pages. Do the pages feel like they are part of the same site – why or why not? What recommendations do you have for how we move forward with the other three states?

(2) Peer Interaction
(1 – Nicole C) Howard, P. N. ( 2003). Digitizing the Social Contract: Producing American Political Culture in the Age of New Media. The Communication Review (6). 213-245. (pdf)
Respondents: KC, Lorin, Sara, WhitneyB

(2 – KC) Johnson, E. (2006). Polibloggers and the Politics Press In America. Reconstruction 6.4.
Respondents: Kendra, Khair, NicoleB, Sammi, WhitneyT

(3 – Whitney) Rosen, J. (2007, Nov. 14). These Beat Reporters Will Try The Social Network Way. PressThink
Also, see beatblogging.org
Respondents: Faith, Jason, Jessica, NicoleC

For Thursday:

Bring an image you’d like to add to a blog post — remember that you need to have the right to use the image! Also, bring a link to a YouTube clip that you’d like to feature in a blog post. We’ll learn how to do one of these on Thursday (and the other one next week)!

Remember: questions must NOT be closed-ended … appending “why?” doesn’t count! Think and rephrase. This will help you when you are preparing for an interview!

1. Faith
   1) What are the argument for and against screening of blogs and only allowing blogs that advocate a good cause?
   2) What are the ways in which we can push for social changes that reduce the threat arising from disclosure of personal information?
2. Jason:
   1) How do you think the internet and the idea of interconnectedness affects the marketplace of ideas on the global scale?
   2) How might the US react if a social medium owned and operated by a foreign entity were to start censoring content?
3. Jessica: no post
4. Kendra
   1) How should privacy be defined in the blogosphere? How will privacy be regulated, especially in instances where the lawsuits are involved?
   2) How can bloggers ensure that they balance citing their sources by hyperlinking and copyright infringement? Are there regulations against this or will there be any in the future?
5. Khair
   - How can you be sure of the authenticity of the content served on YouTube?
   - How has traditional media been affected with the advent of YouTube?
   - What are the drawbacks of video sharing technologies such as YouTube?
   - How has sharing music on YouTube affected the entertainment industry?
6. KC
   - How/why do you think these YouTube video producers are considered journalists?
   - What are other examples of YouTube’s effect on politics?
   - How do you think YouTube will provide a platform for journalism in the future?
   - What are other examples of Netvideo’s effect on politics?
7. Lorin
   1. Why should we care that pundits may be getting paid from certain agencies or corporations? How different are these pundits from Public Relations specialists being interviewed by the media, since both are selling a product or an idea for the people to buy off on?
   2. If blogs are the 5th Estate, what are some ways they can fight through the gatekeepers and expose corruption and subjectivity in the media?
8. Nicole B.
   no questions
9. Nicole C
   no questions
10. Samantha
    1. If traditional journalism focused more on producing editorial and opinion pieces, while obviously stating that these pieces are not going to be objective, how do you think audiences would react?
    2. Why do you think editorial and opinion pages are more popular than hard news pieces?
11. Sara
    1) How can we encourage citizens to open themselves up to all political party’s blogs, to become better educated?
    2) What are the pro’s and con’s of limiting yourself to one style of blog?
12. Whitney B
    1-How will (or how does) truly objective journalism fit into the Blogosphere in places other than big media blogs?
    2-If blogs are the new media, why are traditional media outlets hesitant to cite blogs as sources?
13. Whitney T
    1) What are your two favorite websites that rely on user generated content? Of those websites, how do they attract and retain their traffic and participation “without mob rule?”
    2) If you published something incorrect on the internet, how long do you think it would take for someone to expose your lie? Do you think people intentionally post lies or half-truths on blogs to spark more robust conversation? Is this ethical? If not, how do you suggest monitoring such activity?