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* http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/us/politics/14web-seelye.html - What's a blogger? NY Times article about the blogger who wrote the piece on Obama's comments about small-town voters
 
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* http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/teaching/cmc/cmc.html
 
* http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/teaching/cmc/cmc.html
 
* http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/teaching/newmedia/newmedia.html
 
* http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/teaching/newmedia/newmedia.html
 
* http://com546.wordpress.com/readings/
 
* http://com546.wordpress.com/readings/

Revision as of 19:57, 16 April 2008

Consider this an outline / annotated bibliography / white board for posting resources and organizing ideas.

What is journalism?

  • Journalistic standards?
  • Who hands out press-credentials?
  • Objectivity?

What is a blog?

  • Possible unique elements of blogs:
    • Links to competition
    • Quicker / community process for corrections
    • Depth and breadth of coverage
    • Scope of access?
    • Audience?
  • Types of blogs
  • Roles of blogs

Publishers vs Authors

  • Applicable rights and obligations
  • Safe Harbor clauses
  • Who owns content?

Legal questions

  • What laws exist?
  • Who do they apply to?
  • Legal vs social contracts

Corporate Blogging

  • Can your employer regulate your speech? Your personal blog?
  • Astroturfing

Business Models

  • How to make money from blogs
  • Death of old media

International Perspectives

  • International blogs
  • Global perspectives
  • "Global freedom of the press"?

Trust

  • How can you trust a blog?
  • How to reference a blog?
  • What roles can the following play:
    • Peer review?
    • Editors?
    • Editorial board?

Resources

Books

Articles

UW