JOURNALISM

M AY 5 - 6

JOURNAL

• What avenue of social media do you use?

• How often do you use social media?

• What is the main reason you use social media?

• What impact do you think social media has on you and others?

CURRENT EVENT

• Headline/topic

• Interesting fact

• Publications info

• Your reaction

FINISH PRESS RELEASE

• Group 6- company creates a faulty product

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Read the info graphic on www.mashable.com/2011/01/24/the-history-of-social-media-infographic/

• With your table create a cause and effect graphic organizer that addresses the cause of the changes in social media and the effects of those changes.

• Discuss as a class

• Each person write a reaction to why you think communication ways have changed and what you think social media will become in future.

TWITTER

• Y u no use good grammar?

• Look at the grammar on Twitter.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS POWERBLOGS/FACEBOOK• Read the following articles

• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/16myspace.html?_r=0

• http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2011/06/del_taco_south_grand_alderman.php

• How would these situations be different without social media?

• So does this have power? Do you have power?

YOUR TURN…

• Think of or research a TOPIC/ISSUE and create a presentation to share with the class. For example: kony2012-an "invisible" issue made visible all because of social media.

• You will need background/history of the topic

• How social media impacted this topic

• This is a presentation, so you will need sufficient information. This will be due next class period.