Social media goes down, news readership goes up
On Aug. 3, Facebook went down for 45 minutes. This didn’t lead people to simply put down their phones or walk away from their computers. Instead, they […]
Looking into media’s use of Facebook Groups
The Nieman Journalism Lab, funded by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, studies all things journalism. Nieman Lab reporter Christine Schmidt recently took a look at how […]
Social media killing teen party habits
The youth of today, referred to as either Gen Z or iGen depending upon who you ask, don’t party as much as older generations did. […]
Thought Paper: Facebook Live in Scholastic Journalism
NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]
Thought Paper: Social Media in Scholastic Journalism
NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]
Facebook acknowledges media influence
Facebook and journalism have an interesting relationship. News outlets need the social media platform to reach readers, and Facebook need the news to add some […]
WaPo growing engagement via Facebook
Last summer I decided Facebook was getting in the way of human connections, especially with my wife, because I would spend more time scrolling on the app […]
Journos, educators should lead social media change
Fake news is a problem, but there might be a solution most haven’t considered. Amanda Bright, writing for MediaShift, suggests journalists and journalism educators need to […]
Experiment with less connectedness proves fruitful
I did it. I went without Facebook on my phone for a month, and it was incredibly freeing. In June, I came to a realization. […]
Experimenting with less connectedness
How often are you present instead of connected? Personally, I find myself connected more than I am present. That is to say, I default to […]
Social media doesn’t hold as strong of a hold as thought
Wednesday I performed an impromptu experiment. I was my own test subject, and I decided I would see what it is like to go one […]
New phone arrives
So, you know how I’ve been debating about getting a new phone to rid myself of the crappy BlackBerry Pearl I carry around? Well, I […]
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