Introduction to Media Mindsets Blog
The Media Mindsets blog, as I envision it, is a work in progress. Today we move from discussion in meetings to putting thoughts in writing. (I almost said “on paper,” but that’s only one of the things I am having to change in my thinking.)
Let me start by sharing some of my thoughts on the role that a Media Mindsets blog can serve. I invite you to offer your suggestions on directions in which the blog should move and topics it should—and should not—address.
The creation of a blog should stimulate ideas and encourage discussion. Some personal blogs are heavily opinionated—and the opinion that prevails is that of the blog master. This blog is designed to be a research blog, not a personal blog, and, therefore, a forum for expressing ideas.
First there is so much material being produced daily that relates to areas of interest and importance for members of the Media Mindsets group: new media technological developments, changes in media businesses, media use by different groups and so on.
A contribution I hope this blog can make is to help us sharpen the focus of the Media Mindsets project. Perhaps discussion engendered here will produce agenda items for our formal meetings.
One goal for the blog is to reduce the amount of reading for the Media Mindsets group. Certainly if reading this blog becomes just more “chore,” it will have been counter-productive. I invite you to share with me sites that regularly or even occasionally post content of relevance for this project. I plan to write a new posting at least once a week with comments on and links to perhaps a half-dozen articles.
A second function this blog can serve is to provide a communication outlet for the group. Pearle’s latest message went out to 24 people and this number is growing. It's getting to be difficult for everyone to have an opportunity to share his/her thoughts during meetings. And as the group grows, it is becoming harder to find meeting times that non-retired members can work into their schedules.
The technical side
As for the technical side of the blog, credit Val Kelly, Rosemary DuMont and Sam Harper for getting me this far with the blog. Val is continuing to work on RSS feeds and related technical matters.
I invite your comments on either the content of the blog or other matters related to it. Add a comment to the blog or send it to me at jharper@kent.edu
Actually you might want to do both while we are in the testing phase.
Also you might test a couple of links to material related to media use. A good site to try is Pew's:
http://www.pewinternet.org/
. . . and for a site updated on weekdays that includes some media usage material:
http://www.iwantmedia.com/
. . . which referred to a story at
http://observer.com/media_offtherecord.asp
To go to a story posted on Flashline for the Media Mindsets group, try
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/171/report_display.asp
--Joe Harper
Let me start by sharing some of my thoughts on the role that a Media Mindsets blog can serve. I invite you to offer your suggestions on directions in which the blog should move and topics it should—and should not—address.
The creation of a blog should stimulate ideas and encourage discussion. Some personal blogs are heavily opinionated—and the opinion that prevails is that of the blog master. This blog is designed to be a research blog, not a personal blog, and, therefore, a forum for expressing ideas.
First there is so much material being produced daily that relates to areas of interest and importance for members of the Media Mindsets group: new media technological developments, changes in media businesses, media use by different groups and so on.
A contribution I hope this blog can make is to help us sharpen the focus of the Media Mindsets project. Perhaps discussion engendered here will produce agenda items for our formal meetings.
One goal for the blog is to reduce the amount of reading for the Media Mindsets group. Certainly if reading this blog becomes just more “chore,” it will have been counter-productive. I invite you to share with me sites that regularly or even occasionally post content of relevance for this project. I plan to write a new posting at least once a week with comments on and links to perhaps a half-dozen articles.
A second function this blog can serve is to provide a communication outlet for the group. Pearle’s latest message went out to 24 people and this number is growing. It's getting to be difficult for everyone to have an opportunity to share his/her thoughts during meetings. And as the group grows, it is becoming harder to find meeting times that non-retired members can work into their schedules.
The technical side
As for the technical side of the blog, credit Val Kelly, Rosemary DuMont and Sam Harper for getting me this far with the blog. Val is continuing to work on RSS feeds and related technical matters.
I invite your comments on either the content of the blog or other matters related to it. Add a comment to the blog or send it to me at jharper@kent.edu
Actually you might want to do both while we are in the testing phase.
Also you might test a couple of links to material related to media use. A good site to try is Pew's:
http://www.pewinternet.org/
. . . and for a site updated on weekdays that includes some media usage material:
http://www.iwantmedia.com/
. . . which referred to a story at
http://observer.com/media_offtherecord.asp
To go to a story posted on Flashline for the Media Mindsets group, try
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/171/report_display.asp
--Joe Harper
posted by Joe at 9:27 AM
7 Comments:
Blog looks great.
I'm not sure how this blog should intersect with the Media Mindset portal we have in Flashline. In many ways they serve a similar function. Which vehicle are people comfortable with and for what purposes? We want these tools to work for us appropriately.
Rosemary
Val Kelly recommended the site below for all of us to look at. It fits right in with our work.
MediaShift
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift
MediaShift is a weblog that will track how digital media technologies and techniques such as weblogs, RSS, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and video repositories are changing our world. It will tell stories of how the shifting media landscape is changing the way we get our news and information, while also providing a place for public participation and feedback.
MediaShift elements include:
The Blog: The main meat of the matter, where we will dig deeper into issues, interview important minds, and showcase intelligent sources and you, the readers. Plus, you have the chance to add your comments to each post.
Top 5: A running tally of the people, trends and technologies that are on our radar.
Your Take: Grab the podium and run with it. Well, don't run away with it, but please give your 2 cents on an important media-shifting question of the week.
CHECK IT OUT!!
Tagosphere (web surfing with a difference):
Furl.net: allows you to save and retrieve web pages. Recommends other pages you may enjoy.
Kaboodle.com: a shopping site where users save the web pages of products they may purchase for others to view and rank.
Reddit.com: users can post any web link. Other users can then vote on whether they find the site interesting.
Wink.com: lets users search links that other users believe to be interesting or important.
Shadows.com: users can save their favorite web pages and search others’ favorites too.
I tried out Furl.net and shadows.com to see what I could find about “media mindsets.” Furl.net worked better for me. Try them out. What do you think?
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