2015년 2월 22일 일요일

Recommanding useful copyright blog

For Session 4


I find the topic of copyright of interest. This is a great blog to learn about copyright issues in educational institutes in the UK.  The blogger, Emily Stannard (nee Gooodhard), was not a librarian but worked as a copyright officer in Reading University.  She has great insights relating to this area.

http://copyright4education.blogspot.co.uk/

Here is her short interview on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHj0nl9b7Tc

2015년 2월 19일 목요일

Citizen Journalism is more trusted than broadsheet newspaper in Korea

For Session 3

 
South Korea's OhmyNews is an online news publication that relies extensively on members of the general public as citizen reporters and participants for contributions instead of professional journalists.  'OhmyNews has been remarkably successful and has become one of the most powerful news sites in its country' (Chung & Nah).
Interesting articles about its amateur lead publication of journalism include:
 
Chung, D. and Nah, S. (2014), 'Negotiating Journalistic Professionalism: A case study of OhmyNews in participatory media climate', Journalism Practice, 8(4): 390-406
 
Kim, EG. (2006), Capitulation to capital?: OhmyNews as alternative media, Media, Culture & Society, 28(4): 541-560.

2015년 2월 7일 토요일

If the medium is the message, what sort of message Tweeter is giving?

For Session 2


It is a very interesting article.  I agree with a lot of things she said. If the medium is the message, what sort of message is Tweeter giving...         

       Trolls 'suck', but they're not going away


By The Best Columnist, Janet Street-Porter on Saturday 7th February 2015 from i on Saturday

'Twitter produces drivel, but many lonely people find it indispensable. It allows contact without commitment or judgement. As for using the law to deal with stalking and threats, the police have enough on their plate without prosecuting trolls. Twitter can’t be put back in its box; it will just die a natural death when a new shouty way of communicating comes along. Many have already migrated to Instagram or Snapchat.
All these sites have their dark sides, because they reflect the kind of people we’ve become. Self-obsessed, cynical, restless. Maybe it’s a good time to reread Marshall McLuhan, the man who coined the phrase “the medium is the message” back in 1964. The Canadian philosopher was once very fashionable, but these days most iPhone users have probably never heard of the man who coined the phrase “the global village”, and predicted the World Wide Web. McLuhan was fascinated by the dynamic effects of new technology on society – often in ways we could never predict: more pointless communication and less real conversation. Instant reaction, less reflection.
Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes – and now everyone can have an self-important opinion. Twitter, like the internet, will never be policed in a meaningful way. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.'