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Category Archives: Digital Media
Digital Natives, or Why Your Professors Are So Stressed!
Twenty-somethings are constantly on their smart phones, doing 5 things at once! Seniors didn’t grow up with computers, so they probably aren’t very good at multitasking! Young people have short attention spans and are easily distracted! When it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Faculty News, Mass Communication, Miscellaneous
Tagged faculty, multitasking, research
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Twitter and Conformity Effects
A topic that is covered in many of our mass communication classes as well as on this blog is the growth in the use of “second screens,” where a TV audience member uses more than screen at once. (An example … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Mass Communication
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When we click “share”
An article by Natalie Kitroeff that was published by The New York Times this week summarizes research from both academia and industry about the factors that make it more likely that a video or news story will go “viral” (or … Continue reading
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Non-professional journalists in the digital news environment: How much can they do?
News, of course, fulfills more than one function in society. It can be a business that is expected to make a profit. However, it also has social and civic roles to play. Among other things, those who report to the … Continue reading
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A tale of two video game companies . . .
Two articles were published in the last few weeks that feature video game companies. The contrast between them illustrates ongoing trends and tensions within the industry. One of the articles, published in The New York Times, is a feature by … Continue reading
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Tagged Video Games
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The doctor will email you now: UMSL faculty study how electronic communication may help diabetes patients
UM-St. Louis Associate Professor Yan Tian, along with colleagues Jeanine Turner, James Robinson, Alan Neustadtl, Pam Angelus, Marie Russell, Seong Mun, and Betty Levine has recently published a study investigating the impact of supportive emails from health care providers on … Continue reading
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First Copy Doctrine in the Digital World
Something that is changing as the media industries shift to distributing products digitally is the means through which media companies make money. Back in the day, companies like music labels and book publishers earned income by selling copies of their products … Continue reading
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