Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

Apparently, I am a Social Media Collector (Act Surprised)

Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile
Your Result: Collector

 

With only 12% of the US online population, your Groundswell Social Demographic group is the most elite group on the Web. Your efforts help organize all the content the Creators and Collectors produce. By voting on and sharing content you like, you help others find the diamonds in [...]

April 27, 2008

Helpful Advice for Recent College Graduates

One of the really difficult things about being a college teacher is that, after being back for a few years now and getting to know many students on a personal level, I’ve begun to have several students come to me and say “Dr. Rice, I’m graduating in a few weeks. What do I do now?” [...]

April 17, 2008

Why the (Traditional) American Political Media Sucks

What Hunter and Natasha said.
It’s going to be a looooong fall.

April 17, 2008

The Important Difference Between Media and Social Media (Debate Edition)

Over at It’s Not a Lecture, David Wescott totally gets why the Democratic presidential debates last night show that the debate over whether or not we should just call social media “media” now is bogus:
I hope this debate serves as the wake-up call for the traditional media. This is why we can’t yet say “social [...]

April 13, 2008

OMG! CNN actually gets it right on the Obama “elitism” charge!

Watch this:

It was refreshing for Toobin to outright call Clinton dishonest. And Cafferty’s incredulousness over the whole affair is well put. In what we like to call “the real world,” people ARE mad as hell, and they not only know they’ve been screwed, but WHO’S been doing the screwing. Obama is [...]

April 13, 2008

Could the panel on Meet the Press GET any more out of touch?

For some reason, I find myself strangely drawn to Meet the Press when Timmy has his usual panel of consultants on (Carville, Matalin, Shrum, & Murphy). Right now, they’re discussing the recent charges of “elitism” against Barack Obama. Carville is trying deperately to spin this, and Matalin and Murphy are pouncing on this with glee. [...]

April 11, 2008

Why America is so horribly, horribly messed up

(Picture courtesy What They Play)
Yes, that’s right. Little Timmy’s mom and dad would rather him see someone’s head get severed or blown off that to <gasp> see a little hetero boot-knockin’ or <horror! unspeakable horror!> two men engaged in a passionate kiss.
What the fuck is wrong with this country? I for one would MUCH rather [...]

April 10, 2008

The Realities of Being a Writer in the Age of New Media

As always, Tony Pierce is the man. Here’s what he had to say to a group of young aspiring Journalists the other day (straight from the legendary BusBlog):
i said you might come into the office and they look at you and say, can you make it to LAX to interview the CEO of Virgin and [...]

April 9, 2008

Recommendation for PS 235 Summer 2008

Attention Conservation Notice: This post is intended for UK Students looking for a good class to take in the summer. If you’re not a UK student, please ignore. Thanks.
Summer classes are a great opportunity to pick up a USP requirement or a pre-major course in a small classroom environment. It’s one reason why I enjoy [...]

April 9, 2008

Good Morning, Internet! (A Word from Our Sponsor)

And now, I’m ready to go out and teach! +10 to motivation!