Category Archives: Entertainment
Whither rock ‘n roll?
It’s a little off-topic for me, but I want to point some little attention at this speech by Steven Van Zandt, which he gave at SXSW Music in March. In the speech, Van Zandt says that amid all the talk of distribution models, pricing and piracy, one aspect of the music business gets routinely ignored: [...]
Chance for YouTube fame decreases the more videos you post
A study by Fang Wu and Bernardo Huberman tells us that the most prolific posters on video sites like YouTube are less likely to become famous, while the one-shot wonders are more likely to crack the top-1-percent bracket of YouTube views.
Their abstract:
A hallmark of the attention economy is the competition for the attention of others. [...]
Also posted in Digitalia, Social Networking Tagged John Naughton, Social Networking, YouTube Comments closed
What Twitter did for crisis journalism today
For a long time, people have been talking about the potential of Twitter as a news source. Today, Twitter earned its stripes.
At 8:12 a.m. MDT, an explosion rattled downtown Bozeman, Mont., destroying three whole buildings and at least five businesses. Shortly after the explosion, few people outside of the immediate downtown area knew anything about [...]
Also posted in Higher Education, New Media, Social Networking Tagged Bozeman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, New Media, Social Networking, twitter Comments closed
Improvements to Harper’s Index Web site: Many
So in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Harper’s Index, the magazine has spiffed up the Index’s Web site. The entire run of the Index is now searchable, and you can get permalinks to each factoid and even post them directly to Twitter. There’s also an option for e-mailing a page to your friends.
Credit where [...]
Also posted in New Media Tagged Columbia Journalism Review, Harper's Index, New Media Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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