Vanquish misinformation to save democratic society
Birds aren’t real, and the Earth is flat. Wait. No. The Earth is hollow. No. No. Actually, the Earth is flat, and that’s why the […]
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Clip digital umbilical cords to improve child growth, learning
A new issue is sweeping through the halls of America’s schools. A new social media trend, vaping, or any other headline-grabbing calamity can’t be blamed. […]
Diss. Done: Doctoral Degree Earned
My handwriting is notoriously bad. I have penmanship that causes people to say things like, “With those scribbles, you should have been a doctor.” Now […]
Mizzou offers teaching resources for journalism educators
This post originally appeared on JEADigitalMedia.org on Oct. 6, 2022. It is being posted here for posterity. For journalism educators looking for a fresh take on a […]
Musk’s Twitter purchase reasoning highlights misconceptions of free expression rights
The richest man in the world is Elon Musk, and he values the freedom of expression so much that he purchased Twitter for $44 billion […]
NY Times Twitter ‘reset’ calls for curriculum review
This post originally appeared on JEADigitalMedia.org on April 29, 2022. It is being posted here for posterity. Twitter has been in the news a lot […]
Using Twitter to cover sporting events
As a reporter in this day and age, journalists have to know how to use social media as part of their jobs. For sports reporters, […]
Teens use Instagram more than Snapchat
If you ask any teenager what his or her favorite social media platform is, they will probably say Snapchat. After all, it was built for their […]
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 […]
Google+ set to shut down
Though it didn’t seem to garner too much attention in the larger scope of the news cycle, some fairly big news came out Monday regarding […]
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. […]
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