To this day, storytelling via word of mouth is a prominent method of distributing information. The primary flaw in this method however, whether it’s a grandmother passing down family history or a recount of a recent event, is that it’s extremely difficult to keep facts straight when the same story is shared between multiple people. […]
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Storytelling: the shift from spoken word to paper
Posted by: kasibumgarner | September 23, 2014 | No Comment |Word of mouth has been around for thousands of years. It starts with one person telling another any sort of information, news, story, etc., which continues on to other people. http://www.pavemanpro.com/guides/article/chapter_11_get_control_of_word_of_mouth_advertising/ Apparently word of mouth advertising is very successful and reliable. According to Business Week, “even with the explosion of review applications and sites (eg, […]
According to Beth Hayden and Rafal Tomal at copyblogger, There’s nothing new about “social media.” Hayden and Tomal also state that,”the concept behind Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking tools isn’t new. These sites just give us new, sexy, and easy-to use ways to do what we’ve always wanted to do online — exchange ideas and […]
under: Comm 455, social media
Tags: copyblogger, Facebook, Internet, jennykrashin, LinkedIn, social networking, word-of-mouth
Tags: copyblogger, Facebook, Internet, jennykrashin, LinkedIn, social networking, word-of-mouth
There is a new website heavily promoting the use of word of mouth called Rawporter, which offers rather nice benefits to users or “rawporters” who post pictures and videos on the homepage of this site. Rawporter’s claim is this; with the increase of social media sharing of pictures and videos across the web, any large news […]
I recently read a post on Mashable about a new film that is set to be released on YouTube. The film is the product of Ron Howard and his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard. It is inspired by 8 photos selected by Ron from a photography contest sponsored by Canon. This whole concept — the film’s […]
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Tags: Andrew Knight, Arts, Bryce Dallas Howard, movies, Photography, Ron Howard, word-of-mouth, YouTube
Tags: Andrew Knight, Arts, Bryce Dallas Howard, movies, Photography, Ron Howard, word-of-mouth, YouTube
Journalism isn’t dying — its just finding its way
Posted by: Andrew Knight | November 8, 2011 | No Comment |View the story “Journalism Interactive ” on Storify]
Free vacation to Japan — if you blog about it
Posted by: Andrew Knight | October 17, 2011 | No Comment |Japan wants to pay for bloggers to come visit in an effort to help their tourism industry after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country this year. The unique move is an effort to show travelers that Japan is now safe to visit — through publicity from the potential bloggers. The plan to give away […]
We’ve come to the point that we can have open assembly about anything we want, whenever we want with people from all around the world. The Internet is such a huge and important tool for helping us maintain and use our First Amendment rights. I came upon an article on Mashable.com today entitled Share Your […]