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Gary King Discusses Big Data
Gary King is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, based in the Department of Government (in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences). He discusses big data with Dr. James E. Katz, Feld Professor of Emerging Media at [...]Boston University, and Juliet Floyd.
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NYT's David Carr on the Future of Journalism
"New York Times" columnist David Carr and Bloomberg Media chairman Andrew Lack discuss how technology is making media more interesting, not less. Carr is the inaugural Andrew R. Lack Professor at Boston University’s College of Communication.
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[00:42] The Meaning of the Andrew R. Lack Professorship
[02:38] Impossible Predictions
[05:31] Is This Year’s Model Next Year’s Model?
[10:44] The Seven Most Important Stories in Western Civilization
[12:14] Good Journalism Can Thrive in New Media
[15:35] Is New Media Already Old Media?
[18:04] Is There Too Much Information and Too Little Thought?
[22:42] The Renaissance of the Physical Object
[24:33] David's Nightly Diversions
[27:24] Jobs in Journalism: Yes, It’s Still Hard
Read the full story on BU Today: /today/2014/journalism-is-still-serious-just-different/
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YouSpeak: Facebook vs. Google+
When Google launched its Facebook competitor, Google+, at the end of June, many predicted the imminent demise of Facebook, especially those critical of its privacy settings. This week’s YouSpeak†asks students which social networking [...]site they prefer.
Read the full story on BU Today: /today/2011/youspeak-facebook-vs-google/
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The Ins and Outs of Networking
Boston University Center for Career Development presents tips on networking, an important tool for finding job opportunities and defining one's career path.
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YouSpeak: Your Facebook Password
For this week’s You Speak, BU Today asks, “Do employers have the right to ask for your Facebook password?â€
Read the full story on BU Today: /today/2012/youspeak-your-facebook-password/
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YouSpeak: The Forecast for Social Media
For this week's YouSpeak, BU Today asks, "What's in and what's out in social media for 2014?"
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YouSpeak: Got News?
In our weekly feature, “YouSpeak,†we ask students to answer a single question. There’s no doubt that the internet and social media are radically changing the way many Americans get their news. A study last spring revealed that [...]newspaper circulation had dropped an average of 8.7 percent, part of an ongoing downward trend. At the same time, the popularity of mock news programs, such as Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, has soared, particularly on college campuses. So this week we ask: “How do you get your news?â€
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Beyond the "Like" Button: Digitally Addictive Storytelling and the Brain
Amy O’Leary, a news editor and multimedia producer for The New York Times, presents the final keynote address of the Narrative Arc conference. Her presentation, Beyond the ‘Like’ Button: Digitally Addictive Storytelling and the [...]Brain, discusses the brain and its relationship to immediate news. As a writer who crafts the online narrative of a story at the time the idea is conceived, she is uniquely skilled to speak to the power of social media in the news.
Hosted by College of Communication on March 23-25, 2012.
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How Social Media is Changing Traditional News
These days, anyone with a smartphone or a laptop can report on the news, blasting out updates on social media outlets to millions of people around the world. The question is, are they journalists?
That was the topic that a panel of news and public [...]relations professionals tackled at the conference The Media Landscape: How Social Journalism Is Changing the News Industry. The group discussed how social media benefits journalism, and why, despite hard times facing the news business, journalists are still essential to society.
Hosted by Public Relations on October 12, 2010.
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