As I posted previously, The College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University’s student newspaper, has alleged in recent coverage that WKU administrators have been aggressively monitoring and disciplining students for social media messages “deemed inappropriate.” According to the Herald, WKU has specifically been tracking some student tweets, even attempting to “shut down several Twitter parody accounts and is sending students to Judicial Affairs for tweets they consider negative against WKU.”
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Western Kentucky’s Social Media Monitoring Becomes National Story; Interview with Herald EIC Cole Claybourn
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
10 More Funny College Memes: Book Buybacks, One-Night Stands, the Health Center & Frat House Bathrooms
Posted in College Media, New Media on February 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve posted previously, the story of the month: college memes. Campus-specific memes have been suddenly invading the Facebook streams of students at schools throughout the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe. A rash of student media reports and social media chatter confirm that undergraduates’ online experiences are now hovering between “meme madness” and full-blown“meme mania.”
Western Kentucky University Monitoring, Attempting to Silence Some Student Social Media Chatter (#WKU)
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on February 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A rash of recent news coverage and editorial comment in The College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University’s student newspaper, alleges a somewhat creepy campaign of administrative social media oversight and intimidation. WKU has apparently been monitoring student tweets and Facebook status updates, even attempting to “shut down several Twitter parody accounts and is sending students to Judicial Affairs for tweets they consider negative against WKU.”
10 ‘College Freshman’ Memes: A Glimpse at How a New Hampshire Senior’s Pic is Being Used (#Memes)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College, Memes, New Hampshire, Reader's Digest, Technology on February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
As I wrote in my previous post, University of New Hampshire senior Griffin Kiritsy is currently a major part of the college memes phenomenon– without his control or consent. He is featured in a photo being used as the so-called “College Freshman” meme.
The Shocking True Story of How a New Hampshire Student Became a Meme (@TheNewHampshire #Memes)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A fascinating new feature in The New Hampshire reveals that one of the more popular college meme images is a four-year-old photo of an actual University of New Hampshire student.
Student Press Love & Sex Stories: Open Relationships, Bras, Sex Crimes & Love Triangles (#sex)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Daily Californian, Her Campus, Love, Open Relationships, Penn, Sex on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a screenshot sampling of recently published columns in student news outlets nationwide directly tackling matters of sex and love. Open relationships, love triangles, sexual consent, sexy music, and the sexual side effects of so-called happiness drugs all make appearances. Happy Monday!
Website Popular Among Female Students: Betches Love This (@betchesluvthis)
Posted in New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Betches Love This, Pinterest on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Through a class assignment I had the pleasure to dispense and assess, my students recently clued me in to a website especially popular among female college students. The site: Betches Love This. The gist: “[I]t’s a perspective on college life with a debatable level of satire written about and for young adult women. . . .”
College Media Memes: Pinterest, the Inverted Pyramid, Campus Paper Adviser of the Year & the 3-Source Rule
Posted in College Media, New Media, tagged College Media, Facebook, Inverted Pyramid, Libel, Memes, Pinterest on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of academia’s continued overwhelming meme madness, I have been putting together a growing list of memes focused specifically on collegemediatopia– its student staffers, faculty advisers, digital tools (and distractions), and style rules. Below is a glimpse at what will hopefully soon be a gargantuan list featured on College Media Memes.
College Media Mad Money #2: How Much is the Stuff in Students’ Backpacks Worth? (@CityCollegeNews)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Backpack, College, Journalism, Money on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, the adage is simple: It’s not the backpack, but what’s in it, that counts. A recent survey by staffers at City College News, the student newspaper at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, determined that students on average pack items into their backpacks daily that total more than $500. As CCN staff writer Nancy Humphys notes, “Losing a backpack with textbooks, a cellphone, laptop computer and wallet with cash, ID’s, bus card and credit cards can add up to a large financial loss to a student.”
Prediction: Fashion Journalism Will Soon Go Viral Within College Media (@CollegeFashion @DailyTarHeel #style)
Posted in New Media, Student Newspaper, Journalism, College Media, Story Ideas, tagged Journalism, College Fashion, Fashion, Style, SMU on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My bold prediction: Fashion journalism will be the next niche to explode within collegemediatopia and j-programs nationwide. The immense popularity of the related industry, general student interest in the topic area, and the visual awesomeness of fashion that is uber-appealing in the multimedia journalism age will all spur a rise in related classes, minors, majors, grad programs, student newspaper features, full sections, and independent sites. One campus-specific style site that debuted this week: smufashionmedia.com.
10 Funny College Memes: Adderall, Dorm Bathroom Habits, High Tuition Complaints & More
Posted in College Media, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged College, Facebook, Memes, New Media on February 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
As I’ve posted previously, the story of the month so far: college memes. Campus-specific memes are suddenly invading the Facebook streams of students at schools throughout the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe. A rash of student media reports and social media chatter confirm that undergraduates’ online experiences are now hovering between “meme madness” and full-blown “meme mania.”
The Art of the #Tweetalong: Daily Evergreen Reporter Explains Real-Time Reporting Experiment
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Journalism, Police, Pullman, Tweealong, Washington State on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past academic year, Stephanie Schendel, the cops and courts reporter for The Daily Evergreen at Washington State University, has participated in occasional “tweetalongs.” During late-night ridealongs with local police, she has tweeted live observations, providing a candid, witty glimpse of quirkier after-hours community goings-on.
College Memes Mania Continues: Check Out My PBS MediaShift Rundown
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College, Facebook, Memes, PBS on February 14, 2012 | 4 Comments »
College memes are suddenly invading the Facebook streams of students at schools throughout the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe. As The Cherwell, Oxford University’s student newspaper, explains, the meme is “an idea or behavior that spreads through a culture by imitation. Internet memes follow this principle, humorous images are copied and re-captioned, concisely describing or satirizing the activity of an individual or group.” Building on its burgeoning popularity in recent years on sites such as Reddit and 4chan and via viral creations like LOLcats and Rickrolling, the Internet meme has been rapidly and rabidly adopted by undergraduates since the start of last week.
College and University Meme Pages: A Starter Guide
Posted in College Media, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Facebook, Memes, New Media on February 13, 2012 | 25 Comments »
As I confirmed in a post yesterday, campus-specific memes are suddenly invading the Facebook streams of students at schools nationwide. Building on its general popularity in recent years as a quick-hit form of entertainment and commentary, the Internet meme has gone explosively viral among the student set since the start of the month.
College Memes Madness: ‘Internet Picture Craze’ a Sudden Mega-Hit on Many Campuses
Posted in College Media, New Media, Story Ideas on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Campus-specific memes are suddenly invading students’ Facebook streams at schools nationwide. Building on its general popularity in recent years as a quick-hit form of entertainment and commentary, the Internet meme has gone explosively viral among the student set since the start of the month.
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