Citizen journalism

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: citizen journalism, use of Usenet, blogs and social media by citizen journalist, news archives, the interaction between citizen and mainstream journalists

Quick teaching topic: Syria taken off the Internet

I present current events that are relevant to my class each week. This week I created a short PowerPoint presentation on Syria being cut off from the Internet. The presentation can be used for a discussion of topics like citizen journalism, the "dictator's dilemma" and IP packet routing.

The evolution of online protest

PowerPoint presentation

Skills: none
Concepts: evolving technology, citizen journalism, loss of naiveté, synchronous vs asynchronous applications, the digital divide

Using Twitter

PowerPoint presentation

Assignment
Assignment
Assignment

Skills: familiarity with the Twitter user interface and major features, the #hashtag, @-sign and search
Concepts: evolution of Twitter applications and access modes, citizen journalism, trending topics and finding people as well as information