MC 400 Class February 5th

On the MC 400 wall on facebook, you will see the links where you should watch a short youtube video about the Viacom lawsuit against Google, then read the short blog and article from Fox News. Then start responding to the following questions. I'm having issues editing my own posts in the discussion section, and I'm anxious to see how this thread goes since the discussion is hanging up. With all the arguments laid out about the Viacom lawsuit, do you think there's anyway that a lawsuit like this will ever see the true light of day? Can you prevent what our book refers to as the goal of new new media--making worldwide content as accessible as book in hand?

Blogging Discussion

Questions:

1) What did you learn about your particular blog that you researched that you never realized before?

2) Could you tell from the opening page/first click or so/ what type of blog and who the writers were in a political, religious, entertainment sense? Is it obvious what their goal is?

3) When it comes to blogging, do you think it's better to write in the journalistic objective style or does it seem more effective when bloggers use their opinions?

4) Do you think bloggers have or should have the same first amendment protections as a traditional print, radio, or tv journalist?

5) Blogging has gotten really big when it comes to elections, do you put much credibility into what you read on the blogs you critiqued?

6) Do we still need old-media reporting in this new new media age?

Blog and Book Section Critiques

Please post your blog critique in one post with the title of what you critiqued at the top, and post your book section title in a separate post with the section title at the top.

Off-Camera or On-Camera

Lane Kiffin "off-camera" "on-camera debate"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbNBd4S8II

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/editor/2010/01/wbirs_bill_shory_is_my_hero.shtml

http://www.rtdna.org/pages/posts/chairmans-blog-cameras-roll-as-news-director-stands-tall815.php

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=176009

http://woganonsports.com/2010/jan/19/theater-absurd-waiting-coach

Let me know what you think

Media 4.0 ---In Class Video on Convergence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Our discussion will start with these 7 questions. We will go down the numbers addressing them.

1) What do you feel is the right of a media relations spokesperson to set the terms for the media of what and when Lane Kiffin talks?

2) As a young reporter, do you think there is a difference in a media availability and a news conference?

3) In your opinion is there a difference in public vs. private issues anymore thanks in part to youtube, twitter, facebook, etc.?

4) You heard the word embargo and we discussed it in class, do you think there is and can still be such a thing as a company/organization giving an embargo to the media?

5) How did watching this off-camera/on-camera debate change your perspective on what happens behind the scenes between the media and a media relations/public relations person?

6) Do you think the blogs, comments on the blogs, or articles are more effective in understanding the true story of what happened? Which is more objective?

7) If you could give Bill Shory or Bud Ford your take as a young journalist on what happened, who would you say was right and what could have been done differently?

Test

This is a test for my MC 400 Special Topics Class. Let me know if you are seeing it.