Will Social Media Threaten Traditional Media? {Web Strategies}

October 29, 2009 at 10:27 pm (Blogging, Digital storytelling, Social media, Technology, Twitter, Video, World News, microblogging) (, , , , , )

Today people receive more news in a weekly newspaper  than the average human in the 18th century received in a lifetime.  Yet with the convergence of social media platforms traditional media business models are looking more like the 18th century than the 21st century.  Are social media websites like Twitter, Mashable and Alltop becoming the new CNN, NBC, and BBC?  How does citizen journalism play a role now that more people have the ability to report from the ground first hand?

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Supreme Court Nominee Is Labeled As Racist

May 30, 2009 at 10:32 pm (Politics, World News) (, , , , )

This week in politics President Obama publicly announced his nomination for the U.S Supreme Court.  The nominee Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Latino judge in the highest court and another female justice to join the traditionally male majority seating.

The announcement was not even 3 minutes underway before critics from the right argued that she was not fit for the job and labeled her a “racist” who purposely threw out lawsuits filed by white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut. Her legal background and achievements are under a microscope by Republican representatives and talk show hosts who believe she abused her power in favor of race.  

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