A citizen journalist is someone who reports information to the public – someone who is not actually employed as a journalist; they’re just a citizen. View full article »
Archive for February, 2012
Our readings this week focused on political communication in a digital world, but left out how all this digital technology that surrounds us impacts typical organizational communication. Everyone who has a job participates in organizational communication, and my presentation highlights some of the major shifts in that communication, shifts to digital technologies such as instant messaging, virtual meetings, and even e-mail (which already seems ancient compared to some of the newer technologies).
External links used in presentation:
“Should you send that email?” flowchart
The social business
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Those of you who read political blogs on a “frequently” or “sometimes” basis, how did you find the blog(s) that you follow? Was there certain criteria you were looking for (e.g., the blogger had to have a certain opinion on something)?
There was a study finding in the “Why Blog?” paper that stated that blog readers perceive blogs as a more credible source of news than any other news medium. Why do you think this to be true? (If you even think it’s true.) Do you agree that it’s because complex information is presented in a more understandable way?
Politics. Ugh. Not something I’m a fan of – probably because I don’t know a lot about our political system and I think a lot of politicians are crooks. But, that’s beside the point. I enjoyed the “Why Blog?” reading this week because if I did have an interest in politics, reading a political blog would be the method I’d choose to stay informed. I’d find a political blogger with similar views as my own (which might be tough) and turn to them for my political news and updates. View full article »
My template I chose for my course blog appears to have only two different typefaces – one serif, and one sans-serif. The serif typeface is used in titles and headings, and the sans-serif is used in the body of blog posts, links, and the date/time stamps. I counted about six different sizes of the two typefaces. Even though the two typefaces are quite different, I feel that they work well together – I don’t think it looks weird. View full article »
It’s Monday morning and I am in Coeur d’Alene , about to go into The Yellow House to get some video and photographs for my site. After that, I will start doing the basic layout of the site, adding the restaurant website-like content (i.e., hours of operation, location, menu, etc.). Here is the link to the site. Later today, there will actually be something to look at. Right now, it’s just a default template.
Well, not only was it helpful to review some of my peers’ project ideas, but the comments I received from them about my project have been extremely helpful, too! For example, Dana mentioned something about having a caricature of “The Pie Lady” (i.e., my mom), rather than a photograph. I can’t draw but I might try to find someone who can, because I know my mom does not love having her picture taken, and I’m already forcing her to make videos. View full article »
So what is it about Google that makes it the most popular search engine? In my mind, it’s the only one. I don’t think I’ve ever used Yahoo, I use Bing to search for travel only because I think their Price Predictor is cool (and fairly accurate), but other than that, I’m a “Googler” all the way. In fact, one of my nicknames is Koogle (Katie + Google, for you slower folk). View full article »
When my friends first started using Twitter I thought it sounded stupid, like just some way to follow famous people and hear the not-always-intelligent things that come out of their mouths (or in this case, read them). I said I would never sign-up for one. But since taking more and more Communication classes – including this one – and learning more about all the different forms of social media and how they’re used in corporate situations, my opinion of Twitter has drastically changed. I can now see how it is an asset – a communication tool that should definitely be used. I will be making a Twitter account – not only to increase my own online presence, but to gain experience with something that I hopefully will be using someday in my career, as a Social Media Manager 
In North Idaho, my mother is known as “The Pie Lady.” With “The Yellow House Pie Lady” blog I hope to create her a following of fellow pie makers; experienced and amateur. I will do this by advertising her pie-making skills. The blog will contain a page dedicated to her restaurant/pie shop in Hayden Lake, Idaho, it will contain recipes for her famous pies and how-to videos, and regular blog entries about anything pie. View full article »
