Posted in what we're reading on Oct 31st, 2008
Welcome to the Dynamic Media Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art
Investigating the usefulness of a term: "dynamic media"
(tags: csm researchers)
We're throwing a social media election party with Digg, Twitter, 12seconds, and Diplo, you in? // Current
Lord, my brain might just explode on Nov. 4…
(tags: buildtheecho election)
Shifting The Debate: Politcal Video Barometer
How incredibly awesome is [...]
Posted in conservative media, election, impact, media politics, progressive media on Oct 31st, 2008
Amy Goodman had a great interview a few days ago with Jane Mayer, author of The New Yorker’s The Insiders: How John McCain came to pick Sarah Palin. . The transcript is up at AlterNet. Mayer traces the Palin promotion path–as the new Alaska Governor to the Republican Vice Presidential candidate. [...]
Posted in humor, media politics on Oct 30th, 2008
You decide…
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 29th, 2008
MediaShift . Political Fact-Check Sites Proliferate, But Can They Break Through the Muck? | PBS
(tags: buildtheecho bias election)
Juan Enriquez at Pop!Tech 2008
An effort to jumpstart a serious conversation about how the next president should deal with the economic crisis…interesting model; a TED-style video anchoring a wiki.
(tags: buildtheecho bailout)
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 28th, 2008
Huffington and Brown - Paths Intertwine in the Blog Thicket - NYTimes.com
Interesting piece about the false rivalry between these two power media mavens, but also a good contrast between the models of HuffPost and The Daily Beast…
(tags: buildtheecho impact)
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 24th, 2008
Ben Smith's Blog: What happened to 'citizen journalism'? - Politico.com
very interesting take on the effectiveness and weight of citizen journalism during high-political moments.
(tags: buildtheecho citizen_journalism media_politics)
MarketingSherpa: How to Target Twitter: 8 Ways to Build a New Audience in this Niche Community
Tips for building your Twitter audience.
(tags: buildtheecho web_20 twitter audience)
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 24th, 2008
Poynter Online - Media Ethics Bibliography
(tags: buildtheecho)
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 23rd, 2008
Twitter Vote Report Wiki / FrontPage
Are you a geek with a mission? Don't miss tomorrow's coding day for Twitter-related voter suppression reporting!
(tags: buildtheecho election)
Voter Suppression Wiki Home - Voter Suppression Wiki
(tags: buildtheecho election)
Main Street's body count rises: the violent fallout from our economic crisis | Salon News
"The fallout from the current subprime mortgage debacle and [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 22nd, 2008
Wired Thinks Blogs Are Over, Misses the Point « Online Outreach for NonProfits and Foundations
Josh Nelson writes a scathing response to the previous posted article, "Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004," (i.e. Blogs are DEAD!)
"To get the most out of social media you should participate broadly. Just having a blog is as [...]
Posted in what we're reading on Oct 22nd, 2008
Media Matters - Drudge unplugged: How his campaign influence has collapsed
I sense a trend—Rove failing, Drudge unplugged…the Republican Noise Machine has gotten rusty and obsolete.
(tags: buildtheecho election bias)
The Power of the Internet and the Failure of Rovian Politics | PEEK | AlterNet
""We are witnessing the end of Rovian politics," Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google told [...]