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I’m not going to get a fully fledged blog post written this week – on what is normally designated my “blogging afternoon” on my calendar – because of a looming conference deadline, a laptop crash and piles of grading. So, this week, I give you some photos and some questions.
I recently picked up some books [...]


On-demand magazine publishing is making it possible for new publishers to expand into the medium. Low-cost, efficient and environmentally sound options are now available.


Students may need to consider the concept of personal branding. But what conflicts and potential ethical problems does this introduce?


I’ve been investigating a few online services that seem like they’d be a good fit for the courses I teach. I’ve put Ning, Slideshare and Twitter to work this semester and am pleased with how they’re panning out. I know my students and I will figure out even better ways to use them in the [...]


I had some fun asking a new discussion question to my introductory mass communication class last week: “Do you believe in Facebook?”
Not in Facebook’s business model, nor its overall success as a concept. Not in whether it was addictive or not (though the consensus was that yes, it’s addictive). Rather, did the students believe in [...]