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MLA abandons URLs. No, really!
Attention thesis writers: Your life just got easier. If you are using the MLA citation system, please note that URLs are no longer required in your bibliographies.Yes, you read that correctly. Down with URLs!
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Blog Wrap Up: Journalism, Culture, and Digital Diplomacy
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Continuing the ongoing conversation about the journalism crisis, Brad reframes the question asking about the kinds of opportunities the collapse of old media creates for new media. In a comment, he points to Clay Shirky’s post on the topic: “When we shift our attention from ’save newspapers’ to ’save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work.”
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Mourning Women's History Month
I would like to encourage all of you to join me for a viewing of Senorita Extraviada: Missing Young Women Friday night at 8pm. Details here
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CCT, Culture, and Kids!
Last night, Prof. Dedaic’s Intercultural Communications class got the opportunity to participate in Multicultural Night at Matthew Maury Elementary School in Alexandria, VA.
We were all charged with displaying something unique about our culture, and our diverse group had all the bases covered. From Europe, to Asia to Africa and back to the Americas, we showcased dance, music, food, art and other interesting customs and traditions.
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A Glimpse into the Meaning of True Cultural Diversity
Tonight I attended a wonderful presentation by Professor Mima Dedaic’s Intercultural Communication class at Maury Elementary’s Multicultural Night, to showcase the diversity of the community in this quaint Alexandria school.
My invite came in the form of a request to film the proceedings, including the 17 very distinctive and engaging presentations done by fellow CCT’ers as part of their midterms for CCT-755.
So in between keeping the tripod upright and safe from being trampled by curious little bodies, I was able to witness a very special event which brought cultural participation to life in this intimate school community.
Meanings of cultural diversity come alive when they’re shared directly, and that is precisely what transpired at Maury Elementary this Wed evening.
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What Does the Journalism Crisis Mean for New Media?
For the past six weeks, gnovis (and everybody else on the Interwebs) has been a bit preoccupied with the conflict between online media and print journalism – an understandable preoccupation, given the recent closing of the Rocky Mountain News and warning signs from other presses. (The latest buzz even says that San Francisco may soon be without a major newspaper altogether.)
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Blog Wrap Up: Technological Ambivalence
gnovis is typically the face of new media at CCT, but this week our bloggers express ambivalence regarding trends in new media. Margarita, Jason, Gregg and Lauren all discuss various negative consequences that have come with media trends.
Margarita explored the blurry line in between false advertisements and images of fantasy.
“After all, there is no way to open an advertisement to see what’s really inside.”
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Quest For Community: The Digital Transformation of Third Places and Why They Matter for Public Discourse
Do we have a problem of place in America?
As suburban sprawl expands its reach, commute times between work and home steadily increase, and big box retailers have replaced store fronts once owned and managed by the members of local communities, many scholars — whether in sociology, urban planning or political science — are concerning themselves with this question.
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Putting a face to the Journalistic Crisis
When I think of what is happening to the journalism industry, I think of Tim Pallesen. We worked in the same newsroom and represented opposite ends of spectrum. I was a year out of college after a short stint at a community newspaper; he was a weathered, longtime reporter in our area. He’d covered my area of South Florida for an excess of 30 years. He had a column that took a different location in our city each week and told us the history of it. He’d been there long enough to know it.
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Reality TV's Final Frontier
The swift infiltration of reality television over the networks and cable stations have redefined concepts of privacy, celebrity and entertainment. We’ve watched our friends and neighbors live together on Big Brother, Survivor and The Real World; we’ve seen lonely men and women find the love of their life; we’ve watched destructive families swap moms; we’ve watched some of America’s most obese shed weight and tears on The Biggest Loser; we’ve watched folks face their worst nightmares on Fear Factor; and we’ve watched B-list celebrities battle drug addictions on Celebrity Rehab.
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