http://athensi.com/ to feed into the jschool/research page Moski2.net http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/mediashift-free-online-journalism-classes-begin-to-gain-ground/ By Andria Krewson | The CEO of Creative Commons, Joi Ito, is currently teaching a free online journalism class through Peer 2 Peer University, an online community of “open study groups for short university-level courses.” The online class syncs with a graduate-level class Ito teaches at Keio University in Japan, and features a UStream presentation and IRC chat once a week. IRC chat? Yes, [...]By Andria Krewson | The CEO of Creative Commons, Joi Ito, is currently teaching a free online journalism class through Peer 2 Peer University, an online community of “open study groups for short university-level courses.” The online class syncs with a graduate-level class Ito teaches at Keio University in Japan, and features a UStream presentation and IRC chat once a week. IRC chat? Yes, [...] Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:50:49 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/on-creative-media-policy/ (NAF) The FTC recently hosted the final workshop in a series of three that tackled the question “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” Comments from the assembled experts and observers ran a by-now-familiar gamut of pleading special cases and offering standalone solutions. Media execs, pundits and professors offered up predictions that the market would [...](NAF) The FTC recently hosted the final workshop in a series of three that tackled the question “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” Comments from the assembled experts and observers ran a by-now-familiar gamut of pleading special cases and offering standalone solutions. Media execs, pundits and professors offered up predictions that the market would [...] Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:49:44 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/study-technology-firms-more-trusted-than-traditional-media/ Telegraph | American researchers also found that people now trusted the technology heavyweights more than social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. According to the new study, the majority of people rated online privacy as one of their major concerns when using the internet after both Google and Facebook were hit by rows over [...]Telegraph | American researchers also found that people now trusted the technology heavyweights more than social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. According to the new study, the majority of people rated online privacy as one of their major concerns when using the internet after both Google and Facebook were hit by rows over [...] Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:49:07 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/physician-journalist-guidelines-proposed-in-wake-of-haiti-earthquake/ Electronic News | In the wake of extensive television news reporting in Haiti by physicians such as Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, guidelines for physician-journalists in covering disasters are proposed in the current issue of Electronic News, published by SAGE. Within two days after the January 12 quake, CNN had sent Gupta, its chief medical correspondent, to [...]Electronic News | In the wake of extensive television news reporting in Haiti by physicians such as Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, guidelines for physician-journalists in covering disasters are proposed in the current issue of Electronic News, published by SAGE. Within two days after the January 12 quake, CNN had sent Gupta, its chief medical correspondent, to [...] Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:49:07 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/no-evidence-that-accredited-journalism-schools-are-better-than-unaccredited-ones/ A 30-year review of research comparing and contrasting accredited journalism schools with unaccredited ones shows many more similarities than differences, and no conclusive evidence that accredited ones are significantly or consistently better than un-accredited ones in any important way. The literature review, by Dr. Marc C. Seamon, assistant professor of communication at Robert Morris University, was [...]A 30-year review of research comparing and contrasting accredited journalism schools with unaccredited ones shows many more similarities than differences, and no conclusive evidence that accredited ones are significantly or consistently better than un-accredited ones in any important way. The literature review, by Dr. Marc C. Seamon, assistant professor of communication at Robert Morris University, was [...] Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:46:33 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/dimensions-of-news-media-brand-personality/ A new research study published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly examines general and robust constructs of news media brand personality that are applicable across multiple news media outlets, including broadcast and cable news networks, national and local newspaper, and news magazines. Through a series of rigorous exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis procedures with the final [...]A new research study published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly examines general and robust constructs of news media brand personality that are applicable across multiple news media outlets, including broadcast and cable news networks, national and local newspaper, and news magazines. Through a series of rigorous exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis procedures with the final [...] Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:46:33 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/quick-links-whats-next-for-news-mobile-video-the-world-cup-new-online-ethics-course-google/ A compilation of the week’s highlighted tweets from @AEJMC (June 14-18, 2010): Re: The FUTURE The Future of News: What Ninth-Grade Students Think New public media partnership to create one platform for all media services The FCC could boost power over broadband firms Al-Jazeera English’s new strategy is to make itself available for free on every [...]A compilation of the week’s highlighted tweets from @AEJMC (June 14-18, 2010): Re: The FUTURE The Future of News: What Ninth-Grade Students Think New public media partnership to create one platform for all media services The FCC could boost power over broadband firms Al-Jazeera English’s new strategy is to make itself available for free on every [...] Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:46:31 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/the-empathic-professor/ By Michael Bugeja Biological theorist Richard Dawkins writes in The Selfish Gene that if we wish “to build a society in which people cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good, [we] can expect little help from biological nature … because we are born selfish.” Observers of academic scandal and fraudulent scholarship often attest to that. [...]By Michael Bugeja Biological theorist Richard Dawkins writes in The Selfish Gene that if we wish “to build a society in which people cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good, [we] can expect little help from biological nature … because we are born selfish.” Observers of academic scandal and fraudulent scholarship often attest to that. [...] Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:46:23 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/knight-foundation-announces-winners-of-2010-news-challenge/ Knight News Challenge | $2.74 Million Awarded to 12 Grantees Who Will Impact Future of News Cambridge, Mass. (June 16, 2010) – Twelve media innovation projects have been named the 2010 winners of the Knight News Challenge, a contest that funds ideas that use digital technology to inform specific geographic communities. The winners will receive $2.74 million [...]Knight News Challenge | $2.74 Million Awarded to 12 Grantees Who Will Impact Future of News Cambridge, Mass. (June 16, 2010) – Twelve media innovation projects have been named the 2010 winners of the Knight News Challenge, a contest that funds ideas that use digital technology to inform specific geographic communities. The winners will receive $2.74 million [...] Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:46:01 +0200 http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/06/icelands-modern-media-initiative/ Nieman Journalism Lab | The Icelandic parliament has voted unanimously to create what are intended to be the strongest media freedom laws in the world. And Iceland intends these measures to have international impact, by creating a safe haven for publishers worldwide — and their servers. The proposal, known as the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, requires changes to [...]Nieman Journalism Lab | The Icelandic parliament has voted unanimously to create what are intended to be the strongest media freedom laws in the world. And Iceland intends these measures to have international impact, by creating a safe haven for publishers worldwide — and their servers. The proposal, known as the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, requires changes to [...] Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:46:01 +0200