By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mainstream Media Meltdown
Many people have scoffed about predictions that the internet would mean the end of traditional media. Even as journalism has been given a rough ride by a horde of fact-checking bloggers pundits have continued to hold that the media themselves are not in jeopardy. Well, the end is coming, and it's not just creeping forward, it is steamrolling. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Watch TV Stations From The World Around: Online TV Player
Something like this makes me think back to the good old days of 1999 when ICraveTV lit up the internet. This, though is slightly different - it is syndicating existing online feeds. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A New Red Scare
I will have much more to say about this story line at a future date (there is the Wall Street Journal article to consider, the Chronicle article, and more) but probably not in this forum. More...
Mi janvier 2019, l’émission de France culture "Entendez-vous l’éco" abordait la question du chômage au travers de trois thématiques : l’histoire de la reconnaissance du chômage, l’effet sociologique du chômage sur les individus et la politique de lutte contre le chômage. Réécouter le triptyque. Plus...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New York Times Plans to Eliminate 100 Jobs in the Newsroom
Ravi Somaiya, New York Times, 2014/10/03
The New York Times was one of the earliest and most prominent news sources to set up a paywall and opt for subscription-based online services. Though the newspaper has consistently claimed that the move was a success, it's not clear that it has been. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. POSSE
Unattributed, Indie Web Camp, 2014/09/19
During my recent talk I discussed the POSSE model, which describes owned, bought and earned media (POSSE = produced, owned, seeded, social, earned). More...
Depuis le début du mois de février, les témoignages affluent au sujet de la « ligue du LOL » – un groupe Facebook réunissant de jeunes professionnels des médias, accusés d’avoir harcelé entre 2009 et 2012 sur les réseaux sociaux, en particulier Twitter, d’autres journalistes et membres de la blogosphère. Ces révélations interrogent la responsabilité des rédactions, mais également celle des écoles de journalisme. Plus...With the current pervasive use of online media for personal and academic reasons, it’s necessary for students to have skills to confidently filter and decipher what they’re reading. More...
By Viggo Stacey. Regent’s University London has found a somewhat unlikely partner for a private scholarship for its fashion journalism degree, in the Pakistani version of popular celebrity magazine OK!. The independent institution in London and the celebrity brand say they are looking for a student who is “keen to help present the modern face of Pakistan to the rest of the world”. More...
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