In spite of Facebook’s prominence in the social media ecosystem, Twitter is becoming a central source for breaking news. From natural disasters to political campaigning, Twitter delivers real time messaging that have a sense of immediacy. But the characteristics of Twitter also open the doors to a new type of performance art for creative, slightly-bent, [...]
Twitter’s Authenticity and Immediacy are turning Charlie Sheen into (even more of) a Media Sensation. Twitter is just like sitting courtside. While plenty of people have thrown in their two cents on Charlie Sheen’s recent and extraordinarily public bad boy behavior, what’s most interesting to me is that Sheen has taken his campaign to Twitter. [...]
By Pamela Rutledge and Bonnie Buckner In part 1 “Levi’s: Go Forth and Exploit,” we wrote about our problems with the Levi’s Go Forth Campaign, such as romanticizing and trivializing the Great Depression and exploiting the efforts of the town of Braddock, PA to fit their Steinbeckian narrative. Here, we will focus on the opportunities [...]
I was doing some research for an online course I’m teaching at Fielding Graduate University in Digital Narrative and Emerging Technologies, and came across this absolutely brilliant video called “The Bus” by photographer Daniel Meadows. It is beautifully produced, but has an incredible tenderness and humanity. Meadows teaches and researches Digital Storytelling in the U.K. [...]
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