mediationsPublic Relations + Journalism + Social Media + Ethics: Philip YoungWe are the Dead- April 20, 2008 Around this time last year I re-read Orwell's 1984 and was so impressed I included it in an exercise that has thrilled my Level 2 students, who were asked to to pitch it to journalists who were running a book...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/we-are-the-dead.html PROpenMic- April 19, 2008 PROpenMic, the Ning social network set up by Robert French, will soon have 500 members (including a good number who know each other from Euprera and EuroBlog). The platform is powerful - a more serious version of Facebook - and...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/propenmic.html Prague: A man's got to do...- April 14, 2008 I am in Prague, talking about reputation and relationship management. Here is the image I chose to represent their beautiful city. Movie to follow... guess which bit moves.http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/prague-a-mans-g.html New look for my Orbit- April 8, 2008 Rather than work I have just downloaded and installed a trial version of the SPB Mobile Shell for my Orbit 2 (details http:www.xda-blog.co.uk). I'd love to say I like it because it looks rather good (which it does) but it...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/new-look-for-my.html Ofcom Social Networking report- April 8, 2008 Ofcom has published a valuable report on the penetration of social media in the UK, finding that just over one fifth (22%) of adult internet users aged 16+ and almost half (49%) of children aged 8-17 who use the internet...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/ofcom-social-ne.html Twittering 'Everybody'- April 8, 2008 Paul Bradshaw has now posted some thoughts on his collaborative Twitter review of Here Comes Everybody. I was interested by his response to Dave Lee in which he says: "Dave was mistaking Twitter for a pure publishing platform. What I...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/twittering-ever.html Valuable help for PR students- April 5, 2008 Two really valuable resources emerged this week, both of which should be particularly interesting to PR students. Richard Bailey and team have launched the online edition of Behind the Spin magazine with a first issue that looks at public affairs....http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/valuable-help-f.html Constructive Twittering- April 3, 2008 If pressed very hard I might admit to having friends who Twitter but I remain fairly resistant. OK, I use Facebook updates mainly to tell students where I am (and to grumble, of course) but as I am not great...http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2008/04/constructive-tw.html |