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COM 251 Communication, Information, and Society

Chapter 5: Digital Communication and MoJo

ONLINE COMMUNICATION

ONLINE COMMUNICATION & MOBILE JOURNALISM

In this presentation, we will discuss:

 What is online communication?

 Who are the digital natives?

 What is mobile journalism?

ONLINE COMMUNICATION

How people as well as computers communicate with each other through a computer network and the internet.

TYPES OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION

Emails

SMS

Chats

Forums

Instant Messaging

VoIP

Social Media

Key benefits of social media

• Encourage participation, conversation, and community - spread key messages, influence decision making, and promote behavior change.

• Reach people when, where, and how it is convenient for them, which improves the availability of content and might influence satisfaction and trust in messages delivered.

• Build awareness and credibility.

Components of a social media post

•# before a relevant keyword or phrase (no spaces) in a post - to categorize those posts and help them

show more easily when searching

•@ @replies, @tags - auto-suggest dropdown based on what you've typed after the @ symbol

•Video/ Photo material •Hyperlinks – www….

•Text, Text, Text….

Can you image what the future will look like?

The term digital native describes a person who has grown up in the digital age, rather than having acquired familiarity with digital systems as an adult, as a digital immigrant.

Example of social media segmentation use…

Mobile Journalism

Began as a phenomenon known as Backpack Journalism

News outlets began to realize that literally millions of human

beings were walking around with video cameras

They began accepting and then paying people for their video.

It’s a real thing The Wall Street Journal trains all reporters to use their phone as still and video

cameras

CNN iReport is an entire website dedicated to citizen journalism

TV stations are equipping their reporters with apps that will push back content

from the field

Sites such as MobileVideoDIY and apps such as Storymaker help anyone with a

smartphone produce professional quality video packages

What is at stake? • Legal responsibilities (Freedom of speech/press vs. responsibility):

- Copyrights.

- Defamation.

- Wiretapping.

- Invasion of Privacy.

What is at stake?

• Ethical and moral responsibilities : - Blasphemy. - Immoral content - Disrespect for specific social groups. (children, the elderly, victims etc.).

- Disrespect for one’s own family, group of friends, colleagues etc.

What is at stake?

• Social Responsibility:

- Environmental responsibility.

- Human rights responsibility.

- Philanthropic responsibility.

- Economic responsibility.

What is at stake?

• Risks:

- Your own privacy. - Your own security / safety?

(you may face threats and aggression) - Psychological consequences. - Plagiarism (vs. copyright).

WHAT TO KEEP

• Online communication shapes human societies.

• Types of online communication include email, videoconferencing, chats and social media among many others.

• Social media has revolutionized the way humans interact through devices.

• Mobile Journalism is a revolutionizing Media.

Summary