mediationsPublic Relations + Journalism + Social Media + Ethics: Philip YoungWhy blog Self-interest as motivation...- February 20, 2008 An obvious question for people taking my Intro to Weblogs module is "Why blog" The obvious answer from my perspective is "Because you get more out of it than you put in." In PR Strategy we are looking at persuasion,...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/02/why-blog-self-i.html Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky- February 18, 2008 Thanks to Penguin, I am reading an uncorrected proof copy of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, which will be one of the most compelling and influential social media books of the year. The improbably named Clay...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/02/here-comes-ever.html It's an honour, Boris- February 12, 2008 Is this man..... A. A buffoon pretending to be a politician B. A politician pretending to be a buffoon C. One of the great communicators of our age, deserving of the CIPR President's Medal Some people will go for A,...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/02/its-an-honour-b.html Mapping the EuroBlog community- February 12, 2008 I was fascinated by Paul Bradshaw's Googlemap of the Online Journalism community so I have have done the same for EuroBlog 2008. View Larger Maphttp://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/02/mapping-the-eur.html Product placement- February 10, 2008 I have just tried to download a useful sounding programme - from a link in a novel. Unfortunately for me it turns out to be for Macs only and I have a PC. Here's the quote, from a rather good...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/02/product-placeme.html |