October 2003 Archives
Student Press Law Center - News Flashes
Ohio students suspended, arrested for off-campus Web site
Web site allegedly threatened violent action against group of girls labeled "preps"
Wired News | High School QB Says Record Pass Tainted
A high school quarterback has asked officials to erase his record-setting pass because his coach had made a deal with the opposing team to let him complete it.
The debate sponsored by SHGU SHGA and the League of Women Voters was covered in the Trib:
PittsburghLIVE.com - Westmoreland candidates tout accomplishmentsIncumbent Democrats Tom Balya and Tom Ceraso told a standing-room crowd of about 120 people who attended a debate Wednesday night at Seton Hill University in Greensburg of their achievements during their time in office.
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Thier has been possible talk about human clonning raised by a Scotish scientist at Roslin Institute that aroused a worldwide interest and concern because of the scientific and ethical implications. The word clonning is actually and unbrella term traditionally used by scientist to describe a different process of duplicating.
Three different kinds of clonning: Recombinant DNA, Reproductive clonning, and Therapuetic clonning. Clonning technologies can be used in different ways it can be used in Recombinant DNA and Gene Therapy. Thier also have been many animals that have been cloned the first animal was clonned in 1952 and it was a tadpole. Large animals have been clonned as well lkie sheep, goats, cows, mice, pigs, rabbits and a guar.
William Gibson: Lies Exposed in Telltale Colors
[What Cyberpunk author William Gibson wishes somebody would invent:]
"[S]omething that feeds every piece of Web news I read through some unknowable outland server, some swift and anonymous meshing of fuzzy logics cooked up by sleepless programmers in Bangladesh or Burma; some voodoo thing that unfailingly highlights outright lies, spin and misperception - in different colors.
Charleston.Net: Opinion: Commentary Embarrassing lesson: Duped reporter learns the hard way 04/20/03
Once off the protest site, the man talked with about a dozen reporters and identified himself by a bogus name, a name that, while appearing innocuous enough on paper, refers to a sex act when sounded out.
Unfortunately, I never actually heard the protester's name pronounced, just caught him spelling it out for others and jotted it down in my notepad.
A number of my "Practice of Journalism" students were moved by an interview with Walter Cronkite, in which Cronkite discussed his famous emotional display while reporting the death of JFK. People watch live broadcasts in part because of the emotional jolt they receive through the instantaneous connection to the scene of a news event. Much live news coverage is pointless and shallow -- as when a reporter stands live on the roadside where an accident occurred, long after the rescue crews have gone home.
A veteran Los Angeles TV reporter wept on air Tuesday, moments after a firefighter rescued him from flames that engulfed his news van as he covered the California wildfires
The "Writing for the Internet" students recently created an "About Me" page for their weblogs. Here's an article on the equivalent page for corporate/organization websites.
"About Us" -- Presenting Information About an Organization on Its Website (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Study participants searched websites for background information ranging from company history to management biographies and contact details. Their success rate was 70%, leaving much room for usability improvements in the "About Us" designs.
at the very youngest children in our society, yet very little is known about how
these changes have played out in young people's lives. In order to help
understand the implications, the Foundation conducted a national study of more
than 1,000 parents of children ages six months through six years. The findings
are published in the report Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of
Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers.
see this make its way into TV news shortly. At the moment, there are only a href="http://news.google.com/news?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&edition=us&newsclusterurl=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ffile%3D/c/a/2003/10/29/MNGB72LHAL1.DTL&scoring=d">handful
of news stories in Google News. --DGJ]
Does anyone wonder what the next step to airport security is? I found an interesting article that explains the new systems that will be used in many airports starting January 5. Sorry, to read it your going to have visit my weblog.
If we can trust what is written on the "Electrisim" weblog, Microsoft fired a blogger for posting a picture of a shipment of Macs arriving at the Microsoft headquarters: eclecticism > Even Microsoft wants G5s
I'm not sure what the cause of the trouble on blogs.setonhill.edu was yesterday, but it seems to be working fine now. To celebrate, here is a little something to get you all in the holiday mood. Note to the (fictional) Seton Hill Blog Review Board: This is a tasteless and potentially offensive joke, but I think it is a good way to drive home a lesson we have been learning in "The Practice of Journalism" -- journalists and consumers of news should be on the lookout for people who try to misuse or misinterpret science in order to advance their own agenda.
The Onion | Generic Candy Corn Will Give You AIDSOnce again, Halloween season is upon us, and with it, the wonderful anticipation of dressing up and trick-or-treating for delicious Brach's candy. With that in mind, it's important to remember all the ways that you can make your Halloween safer and more fun. It won't put a damper on anyone's holiday spirits to wear high-visibility costumes when going from house to house, to have kids trick-or-treat with an adult, and to inspect all candy for tampering. Perhaps most importantly, keep in mind that eating just a single kernel of candy corn manufactured by a company other than Brach's Confections will give you a deadly case of full-blown AIDS.
TimesDispatch.com | Free-press ideal takes hit at HU
[Hamtpon University President JoAnn] Haysbert - aware that the potentially embarrassing piece would be seen by alumni and parents during the week's homecoming festivities - wanted her memorandum on the cafeteria matter on the front page.
STUDENTS GET BETTER GRADES WHEN TESTED FREQUENTLY IN CLASS"I was famous for the spotquizzes at Florida State. Students hated me. They raged in front of the whole class. They hated being quizzed, and yet, it worked," Tuckman said.
He added that at the end of the course, students often felt differently, since their knowledge and grades reflected the fact that they kept up with their studies every week. Many commented to Tuckman that they would not have done the assigned reading if not for the quizzes....
"By the time a midterm rolls around, students are already either successful or in big trouble," said Tuckman. "If teachers want to increase students' drive and get them to keep up with their schoolwork, we have to evaluate students' performance over shorter intervals of time."
Just a reminder -- on Monday, EL 227 students have a one-page term project proposal due. As I've said in class, I'm expecting more than just "I'd like to do something on popular music." I'd like to see some evidence that you researched your topic and found an area that has not yet been covered. (If you can give me clippings or printouts of articles that are similar to what you want to accomplish, that will help tremendously.)
Here is the relevant section from the syllabus:
Term Project (a well-researched news feature suitable for publication in a news magazine -- this would be more substantial than showing up at a lecture and writing down what the speaker said; or, an issue-driven, academic paper that makes a specific argument about some issue of the practice of journalism (how it is affected by ethics, gender, politics, technology, etc.). 4-6 pages, with an annotated portfolio of research notes (including rough drafts, printouts of web pages or e-mails consulted, interview notes, etc.)
Here's a good example of an editoral. This one isn't on a topic of international importance, but it's also not simply a rant. Key factors in a good editorial: it's concise, it's focused on a single topic, and it offers solutions instead of simply griping about other people's shortcomings.
Icon See It NowClicking on the Save icon, I found myself wondering why it's still an image of a 3.5-inch floppy disk. When was the last time you saved a file on a floppy? Fortunately for Microsoft, we all still own a bunch of dusty disks we dig out in emergencies, but how long will that last? It's only a matter of time before the icon—and the floppy itself—becomes unidentifiable to new generations of computer users.
In "Practice of Journalism," we recently read a chapter on polling. Here's a great example of how a politician (in this case Dick Cheney) quotes accurate details from a poll, but takes them out of context (or at least emphasizes them selectively) in order to put a favorable "spin" on the facts.
Arab NewsWhen given the choice as to whether they “would like to see the American and British forces leave Iraq in six months, one year, or two years,” 31.5 percent of Iraqis say these forces should leave in six months; 34 percent say a year, and only 25 percent say two or more years.
So while technically Cheney might say that “over 60 percent (actually it’s 59 percent) ... want the US to stay at least another year,” an equally correct observation would be that 65.5 percent want the US and Britain to leave in one year or less.
(Note: A truly skeptical reader would want to investigate THIS author's claims as well.)
In "Writing for the Internet," Amanda asked how to create an e-mail link. While this won't work on every computer (the computer on the other end has to be configured properly to load an e-mail program automatically), here's all you do. Select the text you want to turn into the link, and then for the URL, instead of typing "http://www.whatever.com" you would type "mailto:whoever@whatever.com". Example: whoever@whatever.com.
It's a simple as that! (More below...)
I'm so glad there's finally a reason for me to bring this up! Surprisingly, this has a lot to do with what's being addressed in "It Ain't Necessarily So".
Hey Everyone,
You are welcome to come to the Setonian office this Friday October 24th at 10:00am to help with Setonian distribution.
CNN.com - Sci-Fi channel may sue NASA for UFO documents - Oct. 21, 2003
In December 1965, residents of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania watched a fireball descend into a heavily-forested area 40 miles from Pittsburgh. That night the area was cordoned off by the military, trucks and helicopters came and went, and the town was briefly placed under martial law.The next day, headlines in the Greensburg, Pennsylvania Tribune-Review read Unidentified Flying Object Falls Near Kecksburg" and "Army Ropes Off Area," but residents of Kecksburg were never told why the military cordoned off the area and what, if anything, was found.
Students Find $100 Textbooks Cost $50, Purchased Overseas (NY Times)
[J]uniors at Williams College, surfing the net for a cheap source for their economics textbook... discovered a little known economic fact: the very same college textbooks used in the United States sell for half price -- or less -- in England.
Just like prescription drugs, textbooks cost far less overseas than they do in the United States. The publishing industry defends its pricing policies, saying that foreign sales would be impossible if book prices were not pegged to local market conditions.
But many Americans do not see it that way. The National Association of College Stores has written to all the leading publishers asking them to end a practice they see as an unfair to American students.
Knocking Marriage with a Sugarpacket
Karissa Kilgore posts a good question:
Should the government, which insists upon the "separation of church and state" in even the most extreme forms (removing "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance--don't get me started), be allowed to favor one form or marriage over another (church vs. court marriages), or even have an opinion on the topic to begin with?
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Hey Everyone! Some of our WDW College Program Representatives are holding a screening of "The Lion King" on Tuesday October 28th in 2nd Maura lounge at 8:30 p.m. as a little get-together for anyone who is interested in participating in the Walt Disney World College Program in the future. There will also be games and maybe some food, so come and enjoy the show!
Faking It: Sex, Lies and Women's Magazines
Yet these ubiquitous stories about sex are presented as journalism, chock full of analysis and quotes, and they are surely believed by many of their readers. They are a formidable cultural force, shaping and reinforcing our attitudes about men and women, orgasms and relationships. Women's magazines run scrupulously reported and fact-checked articles on such subjects as breast cancer and women under the Taliban. Do they have a problem with sex?Well, yes, it turns out, they do. Many writers, editors, and fact-checkers involved with these sex articles (most of whom asked that their identities be protected with the top-secrecy accorded Seymour Hersh's CIA sources) agreed that the editorial standards for them are abysmal. To return to Abraham's blunt characterization: these articles are full of lies.
I looked for the first time on Friday at my grades on line, and they were not that bad I fiquired I have a 3.0 and I also learned that you need to have a 3.75 gpa to make dean's list, so that is my goal for the rest of the sumester to get a 3.75 so I can be a first year freshman who made the dean's list.
This weekend I had fun on Friday I went out to the Mall, and to the music store, then I ate dinner at Mcdonald's. Then on Saturday the cross country team had a meet up at Waynesburgh college where we placed thrd over all as a team, then on Saturday night me and my friend Jamie went to go see the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I loved it but I was a little on edge through the whole movie. Then on sunday me and my friends played a big game of football,but on another note our last cross country meet is a week from this comming Saturday at St. Vinncent College it is qualifier's. Come out and support the team.
What are perils of proxies
Why don't numbers speak for themselves
Based on what you have learned so far in "It Ain't Necessarily So," respond to the following USA Today article. On your be sure to explain to a casual reader what you are doing -- applying a particular book to a particular article. When you introduce the topic, emphasize your own observations, rather than the assignment instructions.
Yahoo! News - Trend to live together, not marry, puts kids at riskDivorce and out-of-wedlock birth rates leveled off years ago, but families in which parents cohabit are on a steady climb. More than 40% of all live-in households in 2000 included a child under 18, up from 21% in 1987, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.
Another post -- this one for sports fans and movie fans. Is Disney punishing a blogger who works for ESPN (a Disney company) for bashing a Disney-produced film?
Fear the Mouse! | MetaFilterSeveral people here are fans of Gregg Easterbrook's excellent column Tuesday Morning Quarterback, available (until this week) at ESPN.com. Unfortunately, in his side gig as a writer for the New Republic, in a blog entry savaging the movie Kill Bill, Easterbrook made comments that came across as perpetuating ugly stereotypes about Jewish people. He immediately claimed 100% responsibility for the ugliness, and apologized completely and without reservation. Within a week, he was fired by ESPN, all his archived columns (nearly two years worth) removed, and the search engine rigged such that searches for his name, the name of his former column, or the nickname for his column all return only the front page of ESPN, as though the search itself had never taken place. Many are beginning to suspect, however, that this isn't a case of political correctness, as much as corporate punishment, as ESPN is owned by Disney, which produced Kill Bill.
In reading your midterm assessments, I think that in my desire to get you to think critically about the news you read, I may have given the impression that my job is to point out example after example of bad journalism! That's why I'm trying to recommend good stories on ths blog... here's a good example of civic journalism, that tries to focus on people who make a difference, and maybe change society for the better. This story focuses on the story of one cop who decides to help one drug-addicted prostitute.
Floridian: Girl next doorHe remembers her as the neighbor girl on the swing. He used to babysit her. Now he's a cop, and she faces a 10-year prison term for prostitution. Can he help her?
When does a journalist's responsibility to report news -- even news that is uncomfortable and potentially dangerous -- conflict with what is in the public's best interest? Is it ethical to publicize a gaping hole in the security system at airports? Or is the real scandal the fact that these gaping holes exist?
Airport Security Still Weak in Areas Terrorists Likely to Exploit, Federal Officials Tell Lawmakers - from Tampa Bay OnlineThe government does not routinely screen airline passengers or their carry-on bags for explosives.
The deadline for our special theme issue on COMEDY has been extended a week! So you have more time to get those submissions of art, poetry, fiction, or non-fiction in to Box 246K (or e-mail to eyecontact@setonhill.edu)!
Don't think you have anything to send in? WRONG! Everyone's got a funny story to share, whether real or imagined. And don't assume your contribution has to be funny either -- representations of the comic, musings over humor, and fiction about the impact of comedy on people are all fair game. Just take the word "COMEDY" and run with it. We are already getting submissions and we want this to be the best issue of the campus lit magazine ever.
Please follow the full guidelines available here.
What's Eye Contact? You can visit our (outdated) website to find out more!
Has anybody been to this before? I wish my kids were in town -- I'd happily take them.
Hands of HopeThis is the second annual haunted house hosted by Hands of Hope and SHU Make-A-Wish club. The club raised $1000 last year for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year, there will be a larger carnival, spookier haunted house, refreshments and more fun and games. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. each night. The Haunted House ends at 9:30 p.m., but the carnival lasts until 10:00 p.m.. The first 250 children each night will recieve free tickets to the carnival. For more information on the event, contact Brian at 724-467-0578 or Kathy at 724-838-4242.
The New York Post made a colossal error today on its editorial page. The paper somehow printed an editorial bemoaning last night's Yankees loss to the Boston Red Sox, noting that the "Curse of the Bambino boomeranged this year" and that the Bronx Bombers "couldn't get the job done at home."
Here is another example of a good writer who takes a trivial subject -- flirting -- and turns it into a news feature.
washingtonpost.com: Modern FlirtingIn the spirit of gender equality, many a young woman has discarded the slow, subtle arts of flirtation and charm that females have used successfully on males for millennia, and replaced them with quick, direct strikes: punching her number into his cell phone memory, rubbing his shoulders, grinding with him on the dance floor, hooking up in the spare bedroom at a party.
*phew* my presentation went well, I think, (thanks for all the nice comments, my fellow EL227 Journalism friends :) and here is my blog entry. I wrote it while I was doing the research into the extinction of bananas, so it's a bit more comprehensive than anything I could get out verbally in the respect of why this could have been thought a hoax. Also, as noted in the entry, the "continued reading" part is merely a list of the links I used in research so you can check them out on your own--it is fascinating, really 8-)
Several students in "Practice of Journalism" have floated ideas for articles about popular music, movies, or life in general. Here's an excellent example of an article that takes a very simple concept -- "people buy a lot of electronic junk they don't need" -- and turns it into an entertaining news feature that also comments on society at large.
Seductive Electronic Gadgets Are Soon ForgottenAdam Lipson cannot decide which of the many gadgets he bought in the last couple of years proved most useless.
"Without faith, noting is possible. With it, nothing is impossible" mary mcleod bethune
"not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive." edna st. vincent millay
"faith declares what the senses do not see." Blaise Pascal
Come see your friendly neighborhood journalism professor get creamed in a debate participate in a lively intellectual discussion.
DNA & ETHICS
PANEL DISCUSSION
Reeves Memorial Library
Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Door Prize and Refreshments
Dr. Michael Atherton
Mr. Ralph Cain
Mr. Samuel Elko
Dr. Dennis Jerz
Dr. Robin Rohrer
Dr. Joshua Sasmor
Mr. David Stanley, Moderator
modern medicine is so amazing. I am really pulling for those two twin boys who were joined at the head. I cant even imagine what there parents must be going thru day by day to see if they are gjoing to make it. i pray that they do. They really seem to be strong and so far so good. almost two days in surgery to separate them. Makes you really think about what is important in life. we can all get so wrapped up in what we think are troubles but its time we sit down and count our blessings. Takes some time to change those negative thoughts into positive ones but it can be done. Lets go twins you can do it. TRwo heads are better than one.
Britain needed a scapegoat...they found Ann Widdecombe. Why would you single out someone and say "Blondes like THIS PERSON may be to blame?" Probably because if you're going to make a statement as stupid as "Blondes to 'die out in 200 years," you need someone people can hate in order to distract them from the fact that the article you just wrote is pure bullshit. The Globe and Mail has actually quoted an officer from the World Health Organization, who apparently did the research about blondes, as saying ""We really are in the dark. But it does seem like a semi-hoax, or at least somebody making something up." Brilliant. The World Health Organization themselves actually deny doing any research at all on the topic of blondes dying out. Amazing. Yet another example of why people need to check ALL their sources.
This isnt as bad as it could have been though, since Ann Widdecombe really is Satan.
Read up on my opinion about this ridiculous article for Journalism class on how "blondes to die out in 200 years."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm
So, so , so happy that the twins that are joined at there heads are still making it. how amazing modern medicine is. A team of over 50 doctors and a 2 day operation. Wow i bet there parents were going nuts. Whata decision they had to make in lthe first place. Hope tthey pull through. im pulling for them . 2 heads are beter than one.
Have you folks visited Ananova News online yet? They've got a pretty good section of "quirkies": strange news stories. But even stranger is the way they deliver straight news. Go to their video reports to have the news delivered to you by a virtual reality avatar -- a cartoon "talking head" just like those from the TV news! The site not only uses a pretty good "text to speech" engine that reads the headlines to you, but also interestingly animates the facial expressions and the head movements of the virtual reporter. There's music and everything, just like the TV news programs. Some might see this as a preview of the future of online journalism, as TV forms and computer technologies converge. I see it as a dark joke about the stilted performance of today's TV anchors. Others -- like Ben Berkewitz of Online Journalism Review -- aren't even that kind, calling it a huge waste of time, money, and technology. This is Max Headroom meets reality. And it's been around for awhile now. This says something about internet journalism, regardless of whether it's useful or good.
my stister went to the university of pennsylvania and i gues this is why i took the time to ready about the libery bell getting a new home. still in philadelphia but now in a safe place called the liberty bell center. God bless america. so proud that our country stands for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we are so lucky....
Comon, throw your ethics out the window, everyone else is doing it. Defenestration is where it's at. All seriousness aside though, this is getting ridiculus. Why one earth would you quote someone that you can't see, can't hear, and don't know anything about? It's not about ethics, it's about stupidity. If you're reading this now there are a few things you should know about me. My real name is Jonathan Swells, I'm 37 years old, and I have a thing for middle aged Asian women. Gimme a break. Seriously.
I finally got around to reading the article posted about lurking...
Do people actually do this?! I'm appalled, but not surprised. I guess that I never really thought about it much. It's the fact that there are so many lies involved that has me strapped. We're not even supposed to trust Internet sources to use in research papers much anymore, and somehow (I'm fascinated how) journalists think that visiting chatrooms, message boards, and private sites is a viable way of gathering facts.
How is that viable? People on message boards and chats don't have to be experts in the area discussed in order to be members. It's more than likely that all they really had to do was supply a name and email address to be signed up for an account, so how is it that the "general public" (using the term loosely) is a wonderful source of information, all of a sudden?
And that's not even the beginning of the spindles of lies that could be held within this kind of reporting!
I mean, the reporters have to lie to stay hidden (or "masked") and the people on the sites replying to the reporters could be lying, as I stated above. The example given in the article about the reporter Egan doing the study on gay teens was really risky. (Lucky for the newspaper, they had a female on this topic and not a male, because I can guess what would happen if someone got ahold of a story of a reporter calling up gay teens that he met on a website to meet for an "interview." Yah, that'd go over about as well as a lead balloon, if you know what I mean...) Honestly, (ha! I make joke, no?) she could have gone wrong so many times in compiling her interviews and reports that I can't even count them! (Personally, I'd like to know what idiot kids agreed to meet with a person they met online, because it's only all over the news that people are abducted, tortured, raped, or murdered resulting from meetings with people they met on the Internet. How stupid!)
Should journalists lurk? In my humble opinion, absolutely not. Given: nothing (and I mean nothing!) on the Internet is truly private, it shouldn't matter. Saying it's okay for journalists to lurk just gives serial killers and other sick-minded members of the human race a cover for their next scheme to round up some innocents for their pleasure.
Not to mention that giving journalists the right to lurk, even if it wouldn't involve false identities and all that jazz, would really begin to demoralize the quality of the news. You're telling me that I can't use Internet sources in my research for school, but it's okay for professionals to quote something I may have posted in a message board online. Riiiggghht... that makes a whole lot of sense...
Part of me would die inside if it turned out that the real reason most students are in college is simply to get a good job when they graduate, but better employment prospects are certainly one benefit of a liberal arts education. And while simply knowing how to blog won't get you very far in life, if you can show an employer that you can write intelligently and keep a reader's interest on a wide variety of topics, that may help your application stand out. Other than computer geeks, journalists are probably the most informed about the value of good blogging. Here is a recent news article describing how some new hires have used their blogs to gain experience to get noticed.
Chicago Tribune | An unlikely new source of writing talent: Blogs"When I started out, one of my fears was that I'd be laughed out of town. Here I was, a college junior, and who cares what I think?" Yglesias says. The rise of his blog -- thanks to generous attention from more famous bloggers, such as the "InstaPundit," Glenn Reynolds -- "speaks well of the people involved, rather than just the software involved," he adds.
Back in the Dark Ages, starting out in journalism used to mean late nights covering school board meetings or writing features about the circus coming to town. But that kind of old-fashioned resume-building doesn't matter much to Denton when he's hiring for Gawker or his other for-profit site, the gadget-centric Gizmodo.com.
I need help with my Journalism... ahhh is defintely right Steph ;)
WHAT IS THIS SELF ASSESMENT!?!?!?!?! WHO DOES THIS???? No one here in Brownlee knows what is going on!!! If anyone knows what is required for this self assesment please let us know ASAP!!!!!
SINCERELY
The Mentaly Drained Girls of 2ND Brownlee (Leah,Steph,Tiffany)
Sorry I lied before when I posted this topic on the New Media Journalism Weblog Page and there was no link.... check more out about Halle and Brit in my weblog!
This news probably comes too late to help those students whose midterms are over, but...
ScienceDaily News Release: Sleep Boosts Ability To Learn Language, University Of Chicago Researchers FindScientists have long hypothesized that sleep has an impact on learning, but the new study is the first to provide scientific evidence that brain activity promotes higher-level types of learning while we sleep.
Although the study dealt specifically with word learning, the findings may be relevant to other learning, Nusbaum said. "We have known that people learn better if they learn smaller bits of information over a period of days rather than all at once. This research could show how sleep helps us retain what we learn."
I understand that there are some Neil Postman fans on this blog. On the day that California elects Arnold Schwartzenegger governor, the author of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" dies.
Neil Postman, 72, Mass Media Critic, Dieseil Postman, a prolific and influential social critic and educator best known for his warning that an era of mass communications is stunting the minds of children -- as well as adults -- died on Sunday at a hospital in Flushing, Queens.
I am really pleased with this now. I couldn't find many links but what I did really said something to me. Feel free to take a look at them.
Do any of you know of an English or Communications major who might be interested in a Communications internship? The internship would involve both media relations (writing press releases, managing press clippings) as well as taking photos, covering events, writing for & helping to distribute the Communicator. We are in the planning stages of a project to evaluate student readership of the Communicator, and the student intern would be part of that initiative as well.
If you have any student you think might benefit from working with us, please have him or her contact me.
I'd also appreciate you mentioning this to your classes, if that's appropriate.
Thanks!
Becca Baker
Staff Writer
Seton Hill University
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I am writting about my favorrite t.v. show of all time save by the bell. I love that show I like Zack, Kelly, Jessie,Slater, Screech, and Lisa. I watch that show every morning and afternoon. I could also relate to it because sometime they were like me and my friends. I also love Seventh Heaven but I will save that for anothe blog.
If God isn't a Penn State fan, why is the sky Blue and White?
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I'm sending out a request for ghost stories! To see how the quote relates, read the entry on my blog! :)
I gather there are several shopaholics in my "Practice of Journalism" class, so when I came across this little tidbit, I thought it might be fun to post it here. I hate shopping -- always have, always will. I typically buy the second cheapest version of whatever it is I'm looking for, no matter what it looks like. Okay, I'm a bit more particular when it comes to, say, shopping for a computer or a house, but shoes? coats? I can't be bothered. Let me get something inexpensive that won't fall apart, and let me go back into my study, please. Some entrepreneurs in Germany figured out how to make money off of the male aversion to shopping. This is brilliant!
Yahoo! News - Men Get Own Kindergarten While Women ShopGerman women fed up with their partners' grumbling on weekend shopping trips can now dump them at a special kindergarten for men offering beer and entertainment.
Can I lurk? Absolutely.
politics-(pl-tks) (n) (latin:poly-many ; English: tics-blood sucking insects) 1) The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
2) Political science. (dictionary.com definition, with my own touch)
first of all, what really cracks me up, is that this article I'm linking to and commenting on, is in the New York Times, and that it's discussing California's governor race. Why? How is California's race for governor a "national" topic?
Just in case you want to change the color and some of your fonts on your weblog, here is a great html site you can look at and learn to change the fonts and colors and other things on your blog.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
Here is the site for my censorship blog Tammy Moon
I am thinking about doing my term project dealing with my website ideas. I would only make it more detail and add links to help aid my ideas and thoughts. I was thinking about including a gossip column and other interesting blurbs. but check out my website . I was even thinking about adding some stuff about me.
I'd like all my 227 and 230 students to read the following article and post their reaction on their own blogs. Your blog entry should at least include a link to the original article; I encourage you to find other things online to link to (such as your classmates' entries, or any similar issue). Remember to read and comment on what your "blogging buddies" are doing.
(For those of you in 227 who noticed the "TBA" in Monday's homework column, don't worry -- I'm dropping that assignment.)
OJR article: Is It Appropriate for Reporters to 'Lurk' in Online Chat Rooms?Lurking is practically impossible to prevent, though it does raise some ethical questions. For example, should journalists, academic researchers or public relations professionals gather information by lurking in chat rooms? If they do, what are their responsibilities with regards to the privacy of the other participants?
Should journalists identify themselves accurately and state their purposes upon entering a chat room or logging on to a message board? Is it OK to lurk for a while before identifying oneself? Is it OK to quote from a message posted in a chat room?
Ok, ok, I know its been "done to death" but just what is it about the Lord of the Rings that keeps people so interested . . .
Is It Appropriate for Reporters to 'Lurk' in Online Chat Rooms?
After reading this article I feel that lurking is a completely unethical practice. Using this method of gathering information is to me a shady practice that may give journalists access to information that they shouldn't have. Joining chat rooms or message boards without identifying themselves may give journalists access to information that they were not supposed to see. This information could possibly be inaccurate and may leave out details that could be important to a story. To me lurking is an unethical and immoral way of gathering information, and I would not support it.
but that's just one guy's opinion.
Check out my blog for more information....
Check out my blog for more information....
I go for weeks without listening to any of the few CD's I own, so I can't really say that popular music is really a big part of my life. But I have been following the ethical debate and the legal developments surrounding file-sharing and copyright. What do you think? Here's an editorial from the Washington Post:
Listen, It Isn't the Labels. It's the Law (washingtonpost.com)
Listeners who have come to hate the labels believe their favorite artists no longer need the labels. If only that were true. Maybe Prince can afford to cast his label aside and go directly to the fans. But he did so only after becoming a household name. The vast majority of musicians will never find an audience large enough to let them quit their day jobs without a staff of marketing and promotions people who know how to book a tour, make a video and get their CDs into stores
I finally got censorship blog done! It's pretty long but really interesting! Enjoy, make your voice heard! http://blogs.setonhill.edu/TammyMoon/
Yes! That's it folks! Step right up or just click the link below to view my very cool website.
Though it's not much yet, my website will offer tons of useful information on Recycling and updates on Seton Hill University's recycling program! Wahoo!
Attention everyone in Dr. Jerz's Practice of Journalism Class!
First, let me clear up a little misunderstanding. I am not nor was I ever in cahoots with Dr. Jerz on your assignment to work four volunteer hours on the Setonian. DO NOT ask me for an alternative assignment! Sheesh!
These are the times and dates when you can volunteer. Just come to the Setonian office on third Maura, we need help with page construction, proof reading, and layout.
If you want to do any other work on the Setonian or have any questions talk to Dr. Jerz. This volunteer hour assignment is yours and Dr. Jerzs responsibility not mine.
10/16 12pm-4pm
10/17 8am-11am
10/20 8am-11am
10/24 10am-12pm
11/6 12pm-4pm
11/7 8am-11am
11/10 8am-11am
11/14 10am-12pm
11/20 12pm-4pm
11/21 8am-11am
11/24 8am-11am
12/1 10am-12pm
I'm doing the Walk for Diabetes on Sunday at Twin Lakes. I'm attempting to surpass my fundraising goal this year, so please click here to donate.
Roughly 16 million people in the U.S. suffer from diabetes. With those astounding numbers, each of us can probably think of at least one person we know who has it.
By donating to this cause, your money will help improve treatment options and help find a cure. Thank you!
Don't you want to read The Dullest Blog in the World?
Sample entry:
Blinking at least once April 28As I was sitting down this evening I blinked once. I may have blinked again after that, but if I did I didn't notice myself doing so.
This site is a popular parody (otherwise, how do you explain the 45 comments that the sample above received?!). But sadly, too few people have learned its lessons. I've seen far too many blogs like this one that 'mean' it.
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Well I haven't confirmed anything yet. But I was thinking about including some of the things I was interested in like movies, sitcoms, books, poems, my family and etc. But I want to be different also. So I was thinking of maybe talking about rape and sexual abuse cases and what not. I am not sure if I want to do that just yet.
I was even thinking about creating a website for healthier food choices or about relationship ideas and advice. Now that I am brainstorming I am leaning more towards the "Better Relationship" website and add rape and sexual abuse stories since most rapes happen from a boyfriend or someone close.
I am not really sure but I really want to do that.
This is ridiculus. I was reading through some posts today and i happened to notice Tammy Moon's post on censorship. I read through it, thought it was a decent oppinion piece, and just for fun, took a look at the comments.
"Tammy, the Seton Hill University Blog Review Board has asked me to delete this post out of sensitivty to students whose family are involved in the textbook censoring business..."
From his tone in the post, Dr. Jerz isn't too happy about this either.
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There is only so much you can learn in a classroom environment... once you've learned the basics and had a few shots at writing articles under the careful mentorship of a prof (who is paid to read your drafts and help you figure out how to improve your writing, unlike an editor, who is paid to put out a newspaper), nothing can substitute for real-world experience.
Well folks. October is here and so are the massive amounts of cold weather. I know that it is only going to get worse, but come on. It's only October and the forcasters are calling for snow on Thursday. How crazy is that? The cold weather is already causing problems. From people getting sick, to people twisting ankles on the side walks from all the mud that is there. There is one bonus though to all the cold weather. The trees will be changing colors soon. My family has a camp near Dubois and I love to go there in the fall and just look at all the trees that surround our trailer. It's georgeous and not to mention peaceful. I'm looking for the same results to happen here. What do you guys think? Are you looking forward to the fall or do you wish it was still summer?
Tiffany
