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Winter course

Nick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:12:52 +0000

In the winter, I am going to be teaching a seminar course on the social implications of new media in society at The Ohio State University. To begin preparing for this I am trying to create a list of topics, which I want to cover. I am approaching this from various angles. I am taking an inventory of the things I think are important, talking to professor I trust and respect, talking to various people in new media related industries, and asking for help through social media. I will be updating this list as I get new ideas and will be slowly developing a syllabus for the class. Please leave any comments, suggestions, readings or examples I could use. Thanks.

Introduction and Studying the Internet – (a) Hyperlinking as reputation, (b) Structure of network via hyperlinking (Barabasi, 2003), and (c) ‘Mix of attributes” approach to studying the Internet (Eveland, 2003)
Digital Divide/Inequality
Selective Exposure and Fragmentation
New Media and Institutions (e.g., politics, business, and journalism structures)
Privacy/Anonymity and the Internet
Online Communities and Perceived Network Connection

Feature Writing Assignment 2

Nick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:39 +0000

If you are looking at this you are probably one of my news writing students. Below you should find just about everything you need to write a two-page profile on Travonna Coffee House and its owner Travis Hardy. Below you should find 2 interviews (one with the owner of Travonna, Travis Hardy, and one with a regular at Travonna). Also there are a quick set of pictures. They aren’t great, but they should give you an idea of what the coffeeshop is like. I made sure to take pictures of things Travis referenced. The only thing I forgot is I didn’t take a picture of Travis or the other interview subject. I will try to stop by Travonna sometime this weekend and get a portrait of Travis.

Update: I forgot Travonna is located in the north end of the Short North arts district. Its address is 1195 N. High Street. Google Map.

Interviews:

Photos:

Social media and public relations

Nick — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:18:16 +0000

So this summer I am teaching Creative Message Design, Comm 634, at The Ohio State University. 634 is a senior-level PR writing class. Most of the class is fairly straight-forward with topics such as press release writing, PR ad writing, direct mail, etc. In short, the class gives the students a last chance to be exposed to every type of PR writing before they go out into the field. The final project for the class is a large campaign involving various pieces of media writing.

Anyway, on Monday I covered the topic of social media and I really like how my lecture came out. I focused on how social media can be used to build connection between the consumer and the organization/product. This clearly falls into my overarching view that group connection is an incredibly important and understudy aspect of communication. I have uploaded the slides below in a quicktime format. You should be able to click through them, just like they were a regular slideshow. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to e-mail me.