Category Archives: Readings

Notes from today, and reading & blogging for Wednesday 2/8

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed the landscape of digital media, including “born digital” content, differences between digital and print media, media ownership, and blogs and wikis. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss alternative print and electronic media and welcome a guest lecturer, Prof. Susan … Continue reading →

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digital vs print

Posted on February 6, 2012 by David R

According to the web 2.0 article it seems that since the web continues to grow at an exponential rate, publicists have started to question if its wise to continue printing various literature. Its cheaper and quicker for magazines and books … Continue reading →

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Blogging

Posted on February 6, 2012 by evortega

According to the video, Blogs in Plain English, anyone can be a blogger. they can blog about their interest or whatever they want like writing into a diary. In the video Wikis in Plain English, it explains how just about … Continue reading →

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The Internet Today

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Ian Pei

What’s interesting in, Read:Write, by Mary Harrington and Chris Meade, is how technology is constantly growing and businesses are using the internet and digital media as a form of communication whether it is previously recorded with visual and verbal information or … Continue reading →

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primary and secondary sources

Posted on February 5, 2012 by David R

Reading from our textbook, the section on primary and secondary source caught my attention. I was hoping that the author William Badke would elaborate further on how to distinguish a source of writing as a primary or a secondary. I … Continue reading →

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Pavlik,J Media in the digital age

Posted on February 5, 2012 by cj

Technology is used all over the world as we know, and we are all fascinated by it. I love going on the internet to search on the internet, check my email, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. Technology is everywhere even on … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading for Monday, February 6

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we viewed a timeline of information technologies, considered the future of information technologies, and learned about the information cycle from a video produced by UTK Libaries. Chapter 1 of Badke raises some important issues that we did not fully … Continue reading →

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Research Strategies by William Badke: Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 8

Posted on February 1, 2012 by evortega

Just by reading the preface, chapter 1, and chapter 8, I can tell that this book by Williams Badke is going to be interesting. In the beginning of chapter 1, Badke stated the purpose of information and how we depend on it … Continue reading →

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Research Strategies Chapters 1 and 8

Posted on January 31, 2012 by cj

When i first started reading chapters 1 and 8 i definitely could relate to what Mr. William Badke was talking about how to research. In chapter 1 i liked when he discussed about false research and how it deals with … Continue reading →

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Integrity of Information

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Liza

Information. In this day and age, the Internet makes it possible for anyone to access it from any computer anywhere in the world. Along with that ability to access information comes the potentiality to add and/or edit to that pool … Continue reading →

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