The Impact of Social Media on Communication: Opportunities and Ethical Challenges

As I watched Clay Shirky's TED talk, "How Social Media Can Make History," I found myself reflecting on how new forms of media challenge traditional narrative structures. In the past, communication followed a "one-to-many" model. However, with the advent of digital technology, we are now experiencing a "many-to-many" pattern. As we digitize books, TV programs, …

Class work: Lab on delicious, bookmarks, tagging, comparing, and searching

I have chosen to add local multimedia production houses both public and private to my list of bookmarks on delicious.  When compared my tagging to others I found it interesting that mostly our tags matched one another.  For example: Portland Community Media website has tags that reflect geographical location, type of business and type of …