Blogs, Wikis, New Media for Learning (USU OCW)
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Innovation continues to occur on the internet at an extremely lively pace. What was once the realm of email, FTP, Gopher, and the Web is barely recognizable a mere 10 years later. Keeping up with the speed of innovation and ...
Social Media in Business, Development & Government, Spring 2009 (Georgetown OpenCourseware)
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Social media technologies are disrupting power equations between consumers and businesses on one hand and citizens and governments on the other hand, especially in the context of emerging countries. Therefore, it is essential that thinkers and practitioners in the areas ...
"Gender and Media Studies: Women and the Media, Fall 2008" (MIT OCW)
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" This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media. We will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, (audience) and the ways in which various media content (film, television, print journalism, advertising) enables, facilitates, and ...
How to Cite Electronic Mail, Discussion Forums, Wikis and Blogs (NEEDS)
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Part of the "Citing Medicine" website. The NLM sylge guid for authors, editors and publishers. Useful reference for knowing how to cite web media in publications.
Social Media in Plain English (Common Craft)
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An introduction to Social Media via a story about a small town with many flavors of ice cream.
Introduction to Media Studies, Fall 2003 (MIT OCW)
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Offers an overview of the social, cultural, political, and economic impact of mediated communication on modern culture. Combines critical discussions with hands-on "experiments" working with different media. Media covered include radio, television, film, the printed word, and digital technologies. Topics ...
Media Education and the Marketplace, Fall 2005 (MIT OCW)
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Extensive reading and discussion of case studies on educational technology that focuses on three areas: effective media design, relevant educational issues, and the existing and anticipated methods for distribution and the business concepts behind them. The primary case study is ...
PodTech Podcasts (NEEDS)
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Podcasts on the following subjects: "Social Media is Driving Brand Engagement. Are you participating? With today’s fragmented media and marketing landscape, audiences are spending more time reading vertical-interest blogs, interacting on Facebook, attending live and virtual events, posting their photos ...
ScienceBlogs (NEEDS)
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Bloggers on science and its impact. Part of SEED Media Group. Blog is free. Excerpt: "Science is driving our conversation unlike ever before. From climate change to intelligent design, HIV/AIDS to stem cells, science education to space exploration, science is ...
Solar System Collaboratory (comPADRE)
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The Solar System Collaboratory website is the main teaching tool of a multi-university collaboration in teaching planetary science. The collaboration's goal is to explore student centered learning using java based research-grade simulation tools. The site provides modules, resources, and demos ...
Journal of Online Behavior (Scout)
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The Journal of Online Behavior (JOB) "is concerned with the empirical study of human behavior in the online environment, and with the impact of evolving communication and information technology upon individuals, groups, organizations, and society." The peer-reviewed articles cross science ...
Women and Media (KQED)
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In this lesson, students examine the role of women in the media; critique and discuss different portrayals of women in popular culture and focus on how these reflect larger societal and cultural values.
Understanding Online Interaction (USU OCW)
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This course is designed to provide an introductory level of understanding of the manner in which individuals interact with one another via the network. Possession of this understanding is absolutely critical to your ability to design effective learning environments on ...
Working with the Media (Connexions)
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The goals of this unit are (1) to encourage school leaders to develop positive relationships with members of the print, audio, and visual media as part of building a positive communications program for their educational organizations, and (2) to familiarize ...
Privacy and Online Information - Chris Hoofnagle Fall 2007 (Berkeley)
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Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business - Fall 2007. In this course students will first gain an understanding of the basics of how search engines work, and then explore how search engine design impacts business and culture. Topics include search ...
Racism in the Media (Teachers' Domain)
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In this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry.
NPR: Math in the media (Scout)
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On April 29, 2005, NPR's Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatlow, featured "fun with numbers." The guest interviews addressed topics such as how math is turning up in shows like "The Simpsons," "Futurama," and "Numbers" and ways these references might ...
Review and Discussion Fall 2007 (Berkeley)
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Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business - Fall 2007. In this course students will first gain an understanding of the basics of how search engines work, and then explore how search engine design impacts business and culture. Topics include search ...
Expository Writing: Analyzing Mass Media, Spring 2001 (MIT OCW)
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This course focuses on developing and refining the skills that will you need to express your voice more effectively as an academic writer. To this end, we'll think about writing as an act of self-discovery, as an act of critical ...
Stanford: MediaX (Scout)
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Media X is a network of interdisciplinary researchers, faculty and students at Stanford University who study and design interactive technology. Media X "influences the next generation of interactive technology relevant to commerce, learning and entertainment." Their work focuses on challenges ...