COM 121: Intro to Mass Media

This is an exciting time in media, but I haven’t found a textbook that tells the story - a story that’s changing almost every day. Here’s one of the better videos I’ve seen about communications today/tomorrow:

There are important online resources we’ll be using, and probably a text-ish item or two. But the future of journalism and media communication will be created by you and students like you. It’s an amazing time!

Dr C

April 29, 2009.

Here’s a look at a team of creative professionals producing a pretty unique TV ad.

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types…

We’re now preparing for the Spring 2009 Graduation celebrations and will be testing the video streaming service during the next couple of weeks. You just might see something live during our tests.

Update May 1, 2009: We’ll be using a new service level from UStream. The first player in this post is the new one, the second is the current version of the ad-supported player - embedded.

One of the great things about Twitter is that many people share links to their own work, interesting things they’ve found related to work, or lots of times - just plain fun. One of the latest links I followed led me to Save the Media, a blog by Gina Chen, a Franciscan University of Steubenville journalism grad. As part of her introduction to readers, she writes:

I’ve been a newspaper journalist for 20 years, and I’m worried — but excited — about the future of the industry I love. I believe new media can help journalism evolve, so it can continue to be a watchdog of Democracy. But journalists have to be open to change and trying new technology.

Check out Gina’s blog, and be sure to follow the links that interest you.

And stay up to date by following Gina on Twitter. She’s bloggingmom67.

And of course, follow me too. I’m iJimC.

Do you like what you hear?

Yeah, he’s selling his new book. But his earlier books have have already given us insights into the Net Generation - your generation.

Dr C