Overnight students at Singapore Management University launched five new wiki pages. This term is a condensed five week course, so the pages are truncated to account for the reduced time. Still, the infographics and content are both interesting and… More…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Japan Social Media: Student-Produced Podcast with MTV Executive Mr. Louis Nonouchi (Best of Series #2) Reply
Sometimes students hit a home run and land a nice interview, which is exactly what happened this spring as a group built our Digital Media in Japan page. You can listen to the podcast featuring Mr. Louis Nonouchi directly from this blog or visit a… More…
This Week on the For Immediate Release Podcast: ASEAN Report Looks at Digital Social Networks as a Fourth Way Reply
This week in my Asia Report to the For Immediate Release podcast I look at the opportunity ASEAN sees for using digital social networks to pursue political, economic and social goals. Utilizing The Digital 4th Way As A Platform For Building A Peop… More…
On Jargon: Why We Should Not Hide Behind a Wall of Linguistic Excess Reply
One of the smartest scholars I have been fortunate to work with, Dr. Campbell at University of Minnesota, ground into my psyche one important idea about my own writing and scholarship: if you can’t say it in plain English that an educated person c… More…
This Week on the FIR Podcast: Wrap-up of the SG Election and Mobile in Emerging Economies Reply
This week on the For Immediate Release podcast I share my final impressions of the SG election and the vibrant communications surrounding it. I also discuss an idea, which I also covered in a previous blog post about mobile in emerging economies, … More…
Indonesia Social Media: Student-Produced Infographic Worth Reading (Best Of Series #1) Reply
I am finally getting around to my Best Of series featuring some the work my student in Digital Media Across Asia produced for #Comm 215 and the #DMAsia wiki. I asked each team to produce an infographic, podcast, and video. So I would like to begin… More…
What’s the Mobile Equivalent of the Internet Cafe? Sharing a Mobile Device in Emerging Economies Reply
Have you ever thought about what would happen if you lost your mobile?Frustration. Anger at yourself. Maybe worry about your photographs, schedule, or affording a replacement. I have always thought of my mobile phone, from the mid 1990s through no… More…
Three Links from the Saturday Morning Press That You Don’t Want to Miss Reply
Few things make my Saturday morning more enjoyable than some great reading and a smooth Italian coffee. While I cannot share my coffee over the Internet, I hope the following links make your weekend reading as enjoyable as mine was. The duality of… More…
For More Students, Working on Wikis Is Part of Making the Grade Reply
SINGAPORE — As a university student, Avnish Desai was advised by his professors to never rely on Wikipedia content alone for his research. “In fact some discourage us from even using the Web site as a source of basic research,” he said. Now, as a … More…
