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I’d like to kick this off with one of my favorite statistics, possibly ever. Social media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the web. (from video below) It’s okay to be shocked; it’s almost as mind-blowing as moving the iPhone’s headphone jack to the bottom. [KABLAM!] But the biggest thing happening is the […]
October 2, 2012
A gene is the most basic unit of heredity. It lives deep within us and determines what traits will exist in a living organism. Fun right? But something exists outside the realm of biological science that is (sadly) much more recognized. Internet memes. You know, they’re those fun images with silly comments. My personal favorite […]
September 25, 2012
Nothing could be more worthy of the title “Captain Obvious” than stating that pictures are the most popular article associated with social media. Brian Solis confirms this in his book “Engage” proclaiming: “Online photo sharing encourages views and interaction around images, transforming pictures into social objects” (Solis, 39). That being said, consider some examples the book cites. Flickr receives 30 […]
September 24, 2012
Lightning struck Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field in the form of teamwork. I don’t mean the “rah rah rah” teamwork, but one of the city’s professional sports franchises acknowledging a special time for another. The Tampa Bay Lightning are all set to celebrate their 20th year in the National Hockey League, albeit while dealing with the labor dispute […]
September 18, 2012
It took an abundance of time, an amplitude of research, a few gallons of coffee, 72 hours without sleep, and an excess of soul-searching but I was successfully able to uncover the key to social media’s reliquary…engage! Okay, so it’s on the cover of Brian Solis‘s book, aptly titled “Engage!” The first four chapters of […]
September 13, 2012
News travels faster than ever with today’s electronic media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, WordPress, etc.) and most, if not all, sports teams and athletic clubs have developed their own departments to comply. Consider it the informative supply meeting the social demand. Just the other day I was tooling around on Twitter when I came across a […]
April 24, 2012
As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up. ~Roger Mudd A lot of work goes into production in every facet of media. Newspapers, television news and magazines are all going the way of digital journalism and it’s a brave new world to explore. Media emphasizes current events, […]
April 16, 2012
Ethan Yerks has the kind of personality that brands a lasting impact on people. He hails from Westland, Mich, is a senior at Michigan State University, and is merely three weeks away from graduation. He will have a bachelor’s degree in Media Arts and Technology with an emphasis on radio and television. As he put […]
April 10, 2012
Blake Meakin, a journalism major at Eastern Michigan University, has a story to share. It’s one that could be considered a rite of passage for any young man. Perhaps it is a tradition that is associated with growing through adolescence into maturity, but the embarrassment is always relentless when it comes to this familiar, comical […]
March 13, 2012
Let’s start with a question: What happens when you combine ingenuity, a photographer’s down time and the GOP Candidates? You get Santorum Snacks. Santorum Snacks is a light-hearted collection of photos posted on Tumblr — a site that lets users share anything. This assortment of photos features former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum from some of his many appearances […]
The Rough Copy 
November 5, 2012
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