How can you train students to handle social media adeptly? Storify it, says Kelly Fincham of Hofstra. "Social media plays a huge role in journalism today, so much so that entry-level journalists are expected to work with new sources of content in ways that were unimaginable when I went into journalism in the early 1980s," she writes in the latest edition of The Convergence Newsletter. Read her account from the 10th Annual Convergence and Society Conference of how she has transformed her teaching and is helping students "make sense of it all." Then join the conversation at Facebook.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
November 2011: Storify the news
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
December 2010: Convergence and Society conference recap
Augie Grant of the University of South Carolina looks at the unmistakable presence of convergence in media and education as one theme of the 10th annual Convergence and Society Conference.
To read the entire article, click here.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
November 2010: Multimedia features in Mexican newspaper sites: A comprehensive analysis
Austin Jacobs, an undergraduate student at Missouri Western State University, analyzes the multimedia features of Mexican newspaper websites. Jacobs presented his work at the 10th annual Convergence and Society Conference at the University of South Carolina.
To read the entire article, click here.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
December 2009: News Organizations don’t practice what they preach
It’s a familiar refrain, the constant need for traditional news organizations need to retool to a form that embraces convergence. But some Virginia Commonwealth University students learned that this idea still has little traction on the front lines of news organizations.
Tim Bajkiewicz of VCU expounds on the research he delivered at the Convergence and Society Conference in Reno, Nev., in which his students questioned the heads of major news organizations.
Friday, December 4, 2009
November 2009 Convergence Newsletter
Given the speed with which digital media have become part of our lives and the accompanying publicity, it's easy to understand how we might forget that such convergence is not necessarily widespread throughout all social strata. A Knight Foundation-funded program headquartered at Newsplex, BGTIME, looks to bridge some of that divide when it comes to senior citizens. R.J. Kraft explains how BGTIME is using students to help older members of the community with technology -- the ultimate result being a richer civic dialogue for all. Augie Grant also has a recap of the Convergence and Society Conference co-sponsored by the University of South Carolina and hosted by the University Nevada, Reno the first week of November. After two days of presentations, he concludes that social media are affecting journalism as much as the current economy is, only in a good way.
To read the entire newsletter, click here.
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November 2009: onference highlights challenges, opportunities in convergence
University of South Carolina Professor Augie Grant gives a first-hand look at the highlights and emerging challenges in the field of convergence represented at the eight annual Convergence and Society conference.
The conference, which took place on November 5-6 at the University of Nevada, Reno, highlighted some of the issues materializing in the field that will be contested in the future.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Convergence and Society conference coverage
Doug is at the "Convergence and Society" conference in Reno this week. He is doing some live blogging on it at his blog, Common Sense Jounalism. Here is a list of his posts that is being updated.
- News orgs still don't get it
- Slide shows, who is doing them and why
- Radio's conundrum
- Michigan as ground zero
- Newspapers in Second Life
- All things Canadian
- Thursday quick hits
We also hope to have excerpts from these papers in upcoming newsletters.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
September 2009 Convergence Newsletter
With each innovation, fewer technical obstacles prevent us from reaching the apex of media intertwinement.
This month's issue will address the areas of HD video streaming and the upcoming University of South Carolina "Convergence and Society" conference at the University of Nevada, Reno. These two insightful pieces by Edgar Huang of the University of India - University of Purdue, Indianapolis and USC's own Augie will surely make for good reads.
Please feel free to contact us at convedit@mailbox.sc.edu with your thoughts and article proposals.
Click here to read the entire newsletter.
Septemer 2009: The Biggest Little Conference In The World
University of South Carolina Professor Augie Grant gives a preview of the 2009 "Convergence and Society" conference, which will be heading to the University of Nevada, Reno.
The theme this year is “The Changing Media Landscape.” Almost four dozen submissions have been juried and whittled down to a two-day conference that explores the rapidly evolving state of journalism and mass media in general. The conference includes theme sessions on the nature and impact of the multitude of changes including consolidation, economic challenges, globalization, and regulatory change.
Click here to read the entire article.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
May-June 2009: Community Companions: Pegasus News and Dallas-Fort Worth
Mike Orren is the founder and president of Pegasus News, a Dallas-Fort Worth online news site. The Convergence Newsletter interviewed Orren and discussed with him how Pegasus News is incorporating citizen journalism in the coverage of both local and regional news.
Click here to read the full article.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April 2009: USC Convergence Conference Goes West
The University of South Carolina’s annual Convergence and Society conference is moving west for the second time in eight years. This year’s conference will be hosted and co-sponsored by the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nov. 5-6.
Click here to read the rest of the announcement.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
November 2008 Issue Now Available
If you couldn’t get to October’s Convergence and Society Conference at the University of South Carolina, we’re here for you. Our November issue begins our spotlight of some of the interesting presentations and discussions during the conference.
Be sure to check back with TCN, as we hope to bring more highlights from the conference in future issues.
Read the November issue of The Convergence Newsletter here.
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November 2008: The Duality of 'The Participatory Web'
As the organizing force behind USC's annual Convergence Conference, Dr. Augie Grant has, as much as anyone, been witness to the broad changes that have taken place in the study and practice of convergence over the years.
In our November, Grant offers his reactions to this year's conference and lessons learned.
Read the full article here.
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November 2008: By-product Learning in the Communication Age - Instant Message Use and Political Learning in China
With the U.S. hosting a major election in November, politics were understandably top-of-mind among some of our conference presenters – but not just American politics. Jinghui Hou, a master’s student at Syracuse University, delved into how the Chinese are using instant messaging and social networking Web sites to fuel political learning.
Read the full article here.
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November 2008: MySpace/MyVote - Young voters, social networking and 2008
This issue's second look at politics turned its attention stateside, as Dr. Tim Brown and Jasmine Jones from the University of Central Florida explored how the roles of MySpace and other social networking Web sites were expanded during the 2008 elections.
Read the full article here.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
August 2008: Convergence Conference Agenda Released
Some exciting changes are in store for the 7th annual Convergence Conference at USC. Dr. Augie Grant, conference chair, discusses some of the innovations he says will increase participation and help attendees better synthesize the ideas on offer.
Read the full announcement here.
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Friday, May 9, 2008
May 2008: Convergence Conference at USC
The call for papers deadline for this year's annual Convergence Conference at the University of South Carolina is June 15. USC's Dr. Augie Grant provides details for those who may be interested in submitting. Also included is a call for participants on a panel dedicated to convergence education.
Read the full article here.
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May 2008: What's Wrong With the Convergence Conference?
Once upon a time, we promised to bring the results of our invitation to last October's Convergence Conference attendees to tell us how to improve the conference. Two attendees provided some great feedback, which TCN editor Brad Petit compiled for this issue.
Read the full article here.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
November 2007: Beyond Definitions
Dr. Augie Grant has been around the convergence block a few times. As the chairman of the annual Convergence Conference (and former executive editor of The Convergence Newsletter, no less), he gets a pretty good look at what people are studying and talking about when it comes to convergence, and which direction things are headed in the industry and in academia.
For November's issue, Dr. Grant offers something of a "conference wrap up," and gives some perspectives on where this whole notion of convergence has been and where it may be going.
Read the full article here.
You can comment on this article by using the comments link below.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
2008 Convergence Conference
It may have been only yesterday that we closed the book on the 2007 Convergence Conference, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start looking forward to next year.
"Convergence and Society: The Participatory Web (3.0)" is the title for next year's conference, to be held Oct. 9-11, 2008. This conference is again being hosted by the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies at the University of South Carolina.
The 2008 conference will focus on the future of media convergence as it relates to the ever-expanding opportunities for online interactivity -- blogs, social networking, and citizen journalism, to name a few.
Essays, research, and technology related to these tools, as well as the practice and teaching of convergent journalism, are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2008.
For submission information, please contact Dr. Augie Grant.
Keep an eye on the Newsplex Web site for registration and further information.
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