June 5 Conference: Keep the conversation going

Students in the Online Journalism Seminar (Ohio University JSchool) this past quarter spent ten weeks examining a wide variety of issues at the center of our rapidly changing field. Their efforts culminated in a June 5 conference, at which they presented their main findings. The video clip below provides a brief overview of the conference.



If you weren't able to attend, in the right-hand column of this blog you can find links to the podcasts from each panel discussion, as well as online presentations by each student and the research paper they wrote. Feel free to comment on the blog posts. Keep the conversation going.

Twitter: An Exploration of a Communication Technology

Aggregation's Effect on News as We Know It

Agenda-setters in the Blogosphere

Online Newspaper Business Models

Wow, did I learn a lot about how iMovie and Audacity work. Oh, yeah, I learned about online business models, too. :) Let me know what you guys think!

FINAL! My Video...

What It Means To Be A Blogger






Credits and For More Information, Visit:

Beeson, P. (2005). The Ethical Dilemma of Blogging In The Media. Quill, 93(3), 18-19.

Blood, R. (2002). "Weblog Ethics. Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog, Retrieved March 19, 2009, from http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html

Catone, J. (2007, August 3). Blogging Ethics: When and What Should Bloggers Disclose?. Retrieved June 5, 2009, from Read Write Web Web site: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blogging_ethics_disclosure.php

Dube, J. (2003). A Blogger's Code of Ethics. CyberJournalist.net, Retrieved June 1, 2009, from http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000215.php

Facchetti, A. (2008, November 3). Blog Protection 101: The Communication Decency Act and Your Blog. Retrieved June 5, 2009, from Blog for Profit Web site: http://www.blogforprofit.com/ask-the-readers/blog-protection-101-the communication-decency-act-and-your-blog/

Foust, J. C. (2009). Online Journalism: Principles and Practices of News for the Web. Scottsdale, Arizona: Holocomb Hathaway, Publishers.

Hansen, E. (2005, February 8). Google Blogger Has Left The Building. CNET News, Retrieved June 3, 2009, from http://news.cnet.com/Google-blogger-has-left-the building/2100-1038_3-5567863.html

Holtz, S., Ted Demopoulos (2006). Blogging for Bussiness: Everything You Need To Know And Why You Should Care. Chicago, IL: Kaplan Publishing.

Katz, J. (2007, September 28). Obscenity: Miller test v. Canadian list.. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from John Katz, PC: Criminal Defense Lawyer Website:
http://katzjustice.com/underdog/archives/774-Obscenity-Miller-test-v.-Canadian-list..html

Kuhn, M. (2007). Interactivity and Prioritizing the Human: A Code of Blogging Ethics. Philadelphia, PA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Krivicich, Kelly. Personal Interview. June 3, 2009.

Schenk, Michael. Personal interview. June 6, 2009.

Smith, Allison. Personal Interview. June 4, 2009.

Sullivan, A. (November 2008). Why I Blog. The Atlantic, Retrieved March 17, 2009, from http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blog

Yusuf, H. (2008, July 20). Lawsuits Against Bloggers Seen Rising. abcNEWS, Retrieved June 3, 2009, from http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5406538&page=1

Webb, C. L. The Great Blogging Ethics Debate. (2003, April 9). The Washington Post.

(2008). Technorati. Retrieved January 24, 2009, from Technorati: State of the Blogosphere Web site: http://technorati.com/blogging/state-of-the-blogosphere/

(2009). Communications Decency Act (CDA). Retrieved June 3, 2009, from Center For Democracy and Technology Web site: http://www.cdt.org/speech/cda/

The balanced moderation of UGC on news Web sites

Here is the online extension of my presentation.