Hawaii Web Consulting » Social media http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com Hawaii Web Design, Development, and Da Kine! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:38:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Journalism schools using and teaching social media http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/06/19/journalism-schools-using-and-teaching-social-media/ http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/06/19/journalism-schools-using-and-teaching-social-media/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:01 +0000 Mark http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/?p=309 Back when I went to j-school, the Internet wasn’t considered a form of “mass media” yet. It was still pretty well limited to email and clunky browsers with limited information. Well, obviously that’s all changed. Journalism schools are teaching about how social media (things like blogs, twitter, facebook, etc.) are changing the way information is communicated, often making it into the “traditional mass media” (newspaper, television, radio).

Mashable has an interesting article 10 Ways Journalism Schools Are Teaching Social Media. This includes News Gathering and Reporting, something that shouldn’t be much of a surprise to those watching CNN recently. Here’s a funny clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on just how much CNN is relying on these new social media feeds:

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]]> http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/06/19/journalism-schools-using-and-teaching-social-media/feed/ 0 Interesting article on using social media to get a job http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/01/05/currently-browsing-httptin/ http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/01/05/currently-browsing-httptin/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:21:12 +0000 Mark http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/01/05/currently-browsing-httptin/ Mashable has an interesting article, “7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media” — OK, so, I’ll start getting more serious about my online-social “brand”…

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]]> http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2009/01/05/currently-browsing-httptin/feed/ 0 Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2008/10/22/web-weavers-workshop-with-lorelle-vanfossen/ http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/2008/10/22/web-weavers-workshop-with-lorelle-vanfossen/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:12:00 +0000 Mark http://www.hawaiiwebconsulting.com/?p=155 Today was Web Weavers Workshop with Lorelle VanFossen, part of Hawaii’s Geek Week.   Lorelle had a ton of great tips to go along with the basics of setting up a successful WordPress blog site.   A large part of the information is in Lorelle’s book, but it was her discussions to student questions that often proved most helpful.  Some sample tips:

  • watch using pronouns in blog articles. Readers might be confused on what “it” is, along with the SEO problem related to keywords.
  • do “brain dumps” and THEN edit.   Unload your ideas completely and then go back and edit.   And edit, and edit, and edit some more. ;-)
  • and if you are using more than 400 words from someone else’s web site, be prepared to hear copyright problems.   In other words, keep your quoting of someone else’s material under 200 words or ask that writer for permission to use more.

Being a power-blogger, Lorelle had several shortcuts using Firefox, GreaseMonkey, and Google Reader, she even had tips on a great mouse that will power through web site scrolling.

It was a good class for anyone interested in learning about blogging, from beginners to those already blogging! Check out Lorelle’s web site for lots more information also!

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