New issues of the following journals are available online this week:
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
WGBH's New Building and Video Archive
Not far from the BC campus, the new headquarters of WGBH, Boston's public television/public radio station, opened this week to much fanfare. Much of the attention has focused on the media element of the building itself, a "digital skin" presenting changing LED images over the cars on the Massachusetts Turnpike passing beneath it.
(See "Three new buildings about communication are also designed to communicate" for more on the WGBH headquarters and two other communication-related buildings all designed by the same architectural firm.)
WGBH has also introduced the WGBH OpenVault, a selection of streaming video clips and interview transcripts from several of the station's current and past programs.
Among the programs drawn from for the OpenVault are:
(See "Three new buildings about communication are also designed to communicate" for more on the WGBH headquarters and two other communication-related buildings all designed by the same architectural firm.)
WGBH has also introduced the WGBH OpenVault, a selection of streaming video clips and interview transcripts from several of the station's current and past programs.
Designed to encourage educators and scholars in higher education to incorporate these materials into classroom curricula and outside study [says 'GBH in a press release], Open Vault includes over 500 streaming video clips and more than 1,000 interviews....
Among the programs drawn from for the OpenVault are:
- *New Television Workshop, an experimental video art series on the air from1974 to 1993
- *Say Brother (now Basic Black), an African American public affairs series with programs from 1968 to 1982
- *the Ten O’Clock News, a Boston-based nightly news program including stories on the African American community and busing from 1974 through1991
- *interviews from two WGBH series, War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, originally broadcast in 1989, andVietnam, A Television History, first presented in 1983
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site
Two years after making parts of its Web site -- including its columnists -- available only to paying customers, the New York Times is abandoning its subscription-based TimesSelect service at midnight tonight.
All parts of the site, as well the Times archives from 1851-1922 and from 1987 to the present, will be available at no cost. (BC users have access to the Times via various databases, including scanned images of every article from 1851 to 2004 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.)
The Wall Street Journal, the only major paper still charging for access to most of its Web site, is discussing whether to continue that practice, says the Times, noting that Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. is taking over the Journal, has mentioned the possibility of making the online version of the paper free.
All parts of the site, as well the Times archives from 1851-1922 and from 1987 to the present, will be available at no cost. (BC users have access to the Times via various databases, including scanned images of every article from 1851 to 2004 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.)
The Wall Street Journal, the only major paper still charging for access to most of its Web site, is discussing whether to continue that practice, says the Times, noting that Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. is taking over the Journal, has mentioned the possibility of making the online version of the paper free.
- Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site, New York Times
- 'All the News That's Fit to Print' for Free, Forbes
- Times Ends Fee on TimesSelect Content, Washington Post
Monday, September 17, 2007
Have Fun! Win Prizes! Learning Something New!
The Communication Collage @ BC
The Communication Collage is a Web page with more than 100 images relating to various forms of communication. Each month that school is in session, I create links on selected images sharing a certain theme. Click on the right images to find theme-related Fun Facts, Research Tips, and Puzzle Clues.
Put all of the clues together, doing a little research in the process, to get the final answer. This month's theme? Public Speaking. The first five BC Communication majors to respond correctly will win copies of "Addressing the State of the Union: The Evolution and Impact of the President's Big Speech" by Donna R. Hoffman and Alison D. Howard (courtesy of Lynne Reiner Publishers).
Give it a shot and have fun!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
E-Journals: New Issues This Week
New issues of the following journals are available online this week:
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Washington Post Issue Coverage Tracker
The Washington Post Web site has introduced an Issue Coverage Tracker that graphically displays the amount of coverage each of the presidential candidates is receiving on the campaign trail.
The version below, which the Post makes available for posting on blogs and Web sites, lets you see a breakdown of stories, issue-by-issue, about each candidate over the past two months. Go to the full version for different options and more advanced features. It's worth a look.
The application, according to the Post, draws from the Web sites of "a wide variety of sources across the political spectrum [including] news organizations, political parties, interest groups, bloggers, unions, trade organizations, candidates, activists, and more."
The version below, which the Post makes available for posting on blogs and Web sites, lets you see a breakdown of stories, issue-by-issue, about each candidate over the past two months. Go to the full version for different options and more advanced features. It's worth a look.
The application, according to the Post, draws from the Web sites of "a wide variety of sources across the political spectrum [including] news organizations, political parties, interest groups, bloggers, unions, trade organizations, candidates, activists, and more."
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
CDC Webcast: Health Communication, Marketing, and Media
Selected Webcasts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's first National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media are now available online.
The conference, held in Atlanta August 29th-30th, was designed "to provide a scientific and professional forum for researchers and practitioners to share insights, research findings, and best practices to advance the fields of health communication, marketing and media."
The following programs can be viewed from the CDC Web site.
The conference, held in Atlanta August 29th-30th, was designed "to provide a scientific and professional forum for researchers and practitioners to share insights, research findings, and best practices to advance the fields of health communication, marketing and media."
The following programs can be viewed from the CDC Web site.
Opening Plenary: Understanding Customers/Consumers
Using Metaphor to Understand and Communicate to Your Audiences
Mary Beth Jowers, Managing Director of Olson Zaltman Associates-
Self-Invention and Self-Care: A Yankelovich MONITOR Perspective on Understanding Health Consumers In the Emerging Era of Consumer Empowerment
Dr. J. Walker Smith, President of Yankelovich, Inc.
Special Keynote Presentation: Dr. Jeff French
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Applying Social Marketing Strategically: Lessons from England
Dr. Jeff French, Director of the National Social Marketing Centre in London, England
Closing Plenary: Reaching Customers/Consumers
- Health Communication Challenges in the Digital World
Speaker: Dr. Esther Thorson, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Director of Research, Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri – Columbia
- Developing a Collaborative Distribution Channels Strategy
Speaker: Dr. Robert Spekman, Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
E-Journals: New Issues This Week
New issues of the following journals are available online this week:
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