“Has technology’s ability to deliver information at such a rapid pace corrupted us? It’s one thing to marvel at how social media sites have helped spread Iranian news we might not have attained due to censorship — and with such timeliness; it’s quite another to have become a culture that prizes speed over confirmed facts. … Continue reading “New-Media ‘News’: Do We Know What We Think We Know?”
“A university is to offer a master’s degree teaching students about social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo. The £4,400 MA in Social Media will also explain how to set up blogs and publish podcasts. The one-year course at Birmingham City University will consider social networking sites as communications and marketing tools.”
“Two agentless authors will have novels out this fall after winning a contest sponsored by Simon & Schuster, Borders Group Inc. and the social media site Gather.com… [The] contest allowed contestants — at no charge — to submit manuscripts to Gather.com, where readers narrowed more than 2,600 entries to five. “
“Forty years ago, music was leading a social revolution, disrupting the establishment and empowering a new generation. Today’s web technology and social media, known as Web 2.0, or the second wave of the internet, are leading a similar challenge and the long-term effects are likely to be greater. Once again we are divided into those … Continue reading “Is The Web The New Rock ‘n Roll?”
