"Mediamorphosis"

Hello again everyone! For this week, I want you to do a couple of things as a group (based on the groupings you submitted last Tuesday).

1. First of all, I suggest you create an e-mail account for your group. If you decide not to, please make sure that you use one of your member's e-mail address as listed in our class directory.

2. Post a group comment here answering the question: WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF "MEDIAMORPHOSIS"? Limit your answer to a maximum of 100 words. As usual, please cite your source/s. Deadline is 12 midnight Friday.

3. Prepare a group written report discussing the following:
a) What is blogging?
b) A brief history of blogging
c) Cite a Philippine blog site that your group likes and discuss its merits
d) Can blogging be considered as a "new journalism?" Why or why not?

This assignment is NOT for posting here. Submit a hard copy/printed copy of the report on Tuesday, July 3, during class hours. Limit your report to a maximum of 8 pages, double-spaced, 10-12 sized font. Again, cite your sources. And don't forget to indicate your group name.

See you all on Tuesday at the MPH. We'll have a good time watching a movie :-) (Attendance will be checked)

The newspaper publishing industry and the internet

Taking off from Leslie's question during the wrapping up of our classroom discussion, in a conference organized by IFRA in Singapore in 28-29 March 2001, MURDOCH MACLENNAN, then Group Managing Director of Associated Newspapers, Ltd., said:

"It's clear that the current electronic revolution is something more than just a new competitor. It's implications run wider and deeper than the earlier challenges of radio and television. Superficially it offers similar threats - new ways of disseminating news, information, entertainment and sport. Underneath it offers a wealth of opportunities for developing and enhancing our core businesses - if we are willing to take them."

Now, more than six years on, IN WHAT WAYS HAS THE INTERNET CHANGED THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING INDUSTRY?

(Please limit your answers/comments to a maximum of 250 words and provide a link to a website or the author/title/publication date/page number of a print source that supports your answer)

This assignment is worth 20 points

NOTE (that I'm sure will make you happy): For this first online assignment, I'm giving you until the entire coming weekend to post your answers :-)

Welcome!

... to our virtual classroom -- a complement to and practical application of our brick-and-mortar meetings.

If you are reading this, it obviously means you've already taken the time to visit our site. I'm glad. Now, are you itching to leave a comment here? Very well, then. I've opened this welcome post to comments.

See you all again on the 19th. Don't be late.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, you, the student, should:

1. Understand the nature of the internet and the fundamentals of reporting in this medium

2. Be able to present stories in interesting multi-media forms while maintaining the traditional journalism standards of fairness, accuracy and quality

3. Develop a critical approach in analyzing issues faced by the online news industry

Course Outline

I. Introduction to the Internet
II. Online Journalism
III. Online Writing and Publishing
IV. Ethics in the New Media

Course Requirements

Classroom work 10%
Online submissions 50%
Group Blog 30%
Peer Evaluation 10%