Ethan Zuckerman Lecture

By Beth Brown Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT’s Center for Civic Media, spoke Monday evening at the Evans Auditorium about media bias, Muslim rage and the role of geography in media consumption. Zuckerman is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, and co-founder of Global Voices, an international community of bloggers that make up […]

Frank Burns and Social Media

By Aisling Niestroy Frank Burns was one of five panelists for the “Social Media: The New Kids on the Block” presentation during Mass Comm week. Burns works at FeedMagnet, where he helps clients find the best way to promote their brands using social content.

Social media: neighbors talk about the new kid on the block during Mass Comm Week

“Social Media:  The New Kid on the Block” panelists speak to students.  Pictured left to right:  Kristen Sussman, Frank Burns, Courtney Doman, Jocelyn Lai, and Michael Bapko.  Photo by Howard Slacum By Howard Slacum There is a new kid on the block and today, residents in the new kid’s neighborhood gave a local’s perspective to Texas State students who might […]

Luis Patino discusses the emerging Latin culture in the media

 Luis Patino discusses the emerging Latin culture in the media By: Chrisdyann Uribe Luis Patino, Univision Senior Vice President, brought Latino spirit in Old Maine earlier this afternoon discussing Hispanic’s involvement with politics and the future for Latinos in media. There are about 50 million Latinos in the U.S yet only 14 million are registered to vote. Univision does as […]

Multimedia journalists Karla Leal and Diego Aparicio describe the advantages multimedia provides to news stories

By: Luis Federico Can the three little pigs and the big bad wolf cause havoc to our nation? According to Karla Leal and Diego Aparicio, if they weren’t fictional characters, they could, thanks to multimedia. On Monday morning’s first session of Mass Comm Week, Leal and Aparicio discussed how multimedia is shaping the way in which news stories are told. […]