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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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- mass media / “the media” = news and information, especially for a large audience
- old media / traditional media = newspapers, TV, magazines, radio (and their websites)
- new media = blogs, social networks (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.), other apps
- (web + log -> weblog -> blog)
- (vlog = video blog)
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- ain’t = “amn’t”, aren’t, isn’t, haven’t, hasn’t
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- urbandictionary.com - social dictionary (you can add words to it and other people can vote on the appropriateness of definitions)
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- http://www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/ - study of the reliability of Wikipedia versus Britannica
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- peer review = when information in an (academic article) is reviewed and checked by “peers”, who are other experts in the field
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- What are some benefits of “open source” or crowdsourced dictionaries and encyclopedias?
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- Homework: look for articles or stories about new media and its effects (if it’s especially interesting, prepare to briefly explain it to the class tomorrow)
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