Since we took our first test last class, I decided I’d do a wrap-up of all the ethnic press events from our timeline.
(Photo courtesy of www.esquire.com)
under: Comm 455
Tags: Ethnic Press, history of print journalism, Internet, Lexie Ramage, newspapers, radio, Television, timeline
Tags: Ethnic Press, history of print journalism, Internet, Lexie Ramage, newspapers, radio, Television, timeline
Facebook, Twitter and even Youtube have provided new and exciting ways to communicate with our friends. These outlets have given people ways to communicate with people they don’t even know. A key aspect in participating in these websites is getting the alerts that someone has contacted you. These are comparable to the ringing of a phone. If the phone doesn’t ring, how can you answer it?
This week, I began noticing a complaint on Twitter. There seems to be spotty outages of Twitter’s mention feature.
| “ | Sooo twitter stopped notifying me whenever I get mentions & new tweets. Succkkkks! | |||
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With the mentions not working at Twitter, people felt disconnected and cut off. The contact they were used to was missing.
| “ | I haven’t been getting any of my mentions. Luckily i scroll down my TL | |||
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| “ | My mentions are still down. COME ON TWITTER. | |||
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Mentions were down for the average Twitter user making plans or trying to communicate with their friends, but communication was also cut off for celebrities and people in the public eye. They were frustrated because they use Twitter to communicate with fans. The next 4 Tweets are from verified accounts:
| “ | Mentions not working sorry for no responses | |||
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| “ | This is driving me nuts. I can’t get any reply’s since 1 day ago. Ugh. Help! It’s no fun tweeting when u can’t get reply’s. | |||
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| “ | Hey guys! My twitter is acting up… I’m not receiving anything… And haven’t been for 10 hrs! Hopefully it’ll be sorted out by tomorrow! | |||
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| “ | Still can’t read mentions. Be nice. | |||
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Twitter recognized the problem….
| “ | Some users are reporting not receiving mentions on mobile applications. We are investigating this issue and will have a resolution soon. | |||
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…and set up a page where users could report specific cases.
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Twitter Help Center | I’m Missing Mentions and @Replies
Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.
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| statuses/mentions sometimes returns empty collections | Twitter Developers
We’ve had some user reports of no tweets in mentions on load. Upon our own investigation we’re seeing statuses/mentions.json *sometimes* return an empty collection. This issue appears to be random and is not consistently reproducible. In one test, we could replay the same HTTP request multiple times.
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A temporary loss of communication resulted in people feeling lost and isolated. Without communication, people weren’t able to receive the news that they are accustomed to.
I know the irony. I just used Twitter to tell a story of a Twitter malfunction. The wonders of social media.
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Tags: Brad Paisley, Carrie Delisio, Demand for News, Julianne Hough, Karl Ravech, Miranda Lambert, Twitter
Tags: Brad Paisley, Carrie Delisio, Demand for News, Julianne Hough, Karl Ravech, Miranda Lambert, Twitter
The Demise of Gaddafi: Even dictators can’t have honorable downfalls anymore
Posted by: Ramy Zabarah | October 24, 2011 | No Comment |He’s dead, and everyone knows it thanks to the handy work of a few amateur videographers with cell phone cameras and AK-47’s.
The rule of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi lasted over 40 years, and after an eight-month civil war, he was captured and killed by rebel forces.
40 years ago, political power was taken and given without certain parts of the world even knowing the details. Last week, vivid video footage of Gaddafi’s capture surfaced online immediately following his death. The news of his death spread like wildfire on web sites like Twitter and Facebook, not to mention major news networks.
As I’ve discussed in previous posts, Twitter is the new spoken news. Therefore, the issue of censorship is once again a conversation to have. Should graphic videos of Gaddafi’s death or images of his corpse laying in a freezer for everyone to watch be readily available for anyone to observe? Here’s an example (WARNING: This is a bit graphic).
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Tags: Censorship, Muammar Gaddafi, Ramy Zabarah, Spoken news, Twitter
Tags: Censorship, Muammar Gaddafi, Ramy Zabarah, Spoken news, Twitter
British newspapers have come a long since the Licensing Act and censorship of the 17th century. In 2011 there are hundreds of newspapers in UK as well as Sunday newspapers that have taken over. In this blog, I’ll be giving you a little rundown on the top five newspapers in the UK as well as their circulation.
I find it difficult to explain the slow death of print media to my older family members. I try to explain that my generation receives news primarily through social media and the web instead of print. They simply cannot imagine living in a world without newspapers. Like Dean Censer, they are also weary of the credibility of Twitter and Facebook.
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Tags: Danielle Roussey, elderly, generational gap, Her Campus, magazines, print media
Tags: Danielle Roussey, elderly, generational gap, Her Campus, magazines, print media
Having been part of the Twitter world for over a year now, I just recently realized how powerful this social media tool it is.
Twitter helped start a revolution in Egypt. A year ago I never would have guessed Twitter would have that much influence in the world. I was just tweeting some stupid comments about something I saw on the beltway, or about how school sucks.
I’ve been starting to think about how historical events would have been so different if we had Twitter. Back from the stock market crash, war times, Watergate, even 9/11. I think investigative journalism is enhanced by Twitter dramatically.
Think about the break-in at Watergate being tweeted by a credible Washington Post writer at 2 in the morning. Even though its so late, millions of people would still be awake and could see it on Twitter. It would begin trending in a matter of minutes. It would be around the globe so fast, by the time the sun rises in Washington it’s old news.
I can’t wait for another huge worldwide story to break out through Twitter and believe me it’s coming soon. I follow enough news sources and celebrities to get some actual news, as well as some pop culture news for that day. Who needs TV and newspapers?
I used to always put Facebook > Twitter. But now I think it’s safe to say that Twitter > Facebook.
The Occupy Wall Street protest has surprisingly reached the one month mark. While the media at large still has not validated the protestors, it has taken more notice of them.
The protests, beginning on Sept. 17, started as a small grass roots idea. The concept was to get the power of governing back into the hands of the people and not let large corporations, mainly banks, be the only voices heard in Washington, D.C.
The ideas of the movement have spread across the country. Now there are active protests taking place in most of the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and even more places throughout the world.
Yet, the biggest amount of attention is being given to the people set up within New York City. The base camp for the movement was Zuccotti Park. The choice of location was fairly literal and allowed protestors to physically occupy Wall Street or at least a very prominent portion of it. Now, not only is the movement in Zuccotti Park, the surge of the masses has spread to Foley Square, Washington Square Park, and most recently marched into Times Square, arguably the boldest action to date. Read More…
The Today Show is a staple on televisions nationwide and is viewed by millions around the country every morning. The program is mixture of hard news stories, feature interviews and lifestyle segments. For ten years, the Today Show’s lead anchor has compiled a segment for the show that sends him around the world. Where in the World is Matt Lauer? is a segment in which Lauer travels to a new mystery place each day. In the past, just the other anchors guess his location.
Here is a picture from the segment in 2001.
| “ | I see lots of opportunities for @TodayShow to leverage Where in the World is Matt Lauer on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. | |||
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| “ | @todayshow Excited for the return of Where in the World is Matt Lauer! 🙂 I grew up to that theme song! | |||
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| “ | very excited for where in the world is matt lauer on the @todayshow. another great addition to the morning! | |||
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allDAY – Matt pranks our Twitter, Facebook fans with big announcement
Matt pulled a fast one on TODAY this morning during his announcement that his popular Where in the World series is coming back in November, and your reactions to the prank on Twitter and Facebook were hilarious. After teasing a big announcement for days, Matt revealed he wa …
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Storytelling AND Graphics: Glance toward the unknown
Posted by: aramage | October 18, 2011 | No Comment |We’ve been learning about spoken word giving way to the written word. This past weekend, I went to the National Museum of African Art. I saw this picture:
Glance Toward the Unknown by Fathi Hassan
I was totally confused.
You may not be able to see it but the script making up the face on the left is illegible Arabic. It took me some time to understand (and reading the plaque helped), but the photographer was making a statement about the written word vs. spoken word.