It happened again today.
I logged on to Facebook (henceforth called FB) and there was another 'friend' request from a student. Oddly enough, every time it happens I feel somewhat guilty for choosing the 'ignore' button. Don't get me wrong -- I am never rude or 'mean' to students when ignoring their friend request. On the contrary, I usually thank the student for the invitation before informing
On TECHNOpticon, the Friday 5 is a list of links to interesting new media & society tidbits posted around the web during the past week. The list for this week includes online journalism, social media, changing online strategies in online news and the internet/new habits of adults and 'millennials'.
Time shifts online strategy, lays first bricks of paywall
It will be interesting to see how
Apparently, the Internet is dead -- it just doesn't know it yet. 
According to Prince (that is, the man once known as Prince, then known as some strange symbol and now apparently known once more as Prince), "The internet is completely over". However, his argument as to why the Internet is dead is not what one might expect. Rather than claiming that the Internet is nothing more than
Considering the rapid growth and widespread adoption of digital media like YouTube, Facebook and the blogosphere, combined with their potential for citizen journalism, it was only a matter of time before some tech-savvy group decided to give the standard newswires a run for their money. With the start of the Publish2 News Exchange in May 2010 we could very well be looking at the continued '
