COMM 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scienceblogs, Citizen Science, Joomla
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Part 1: unscientific american chapter 9 the bloggers cannot save us and olson chapter 4 do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e. 110: there are so many blogs, over 90% of the top 100 newspapers have blogs, topics discussed, vaccination, teaching evolution, politics on climate change, politics on energy policy (e. g. off-shore drilling, fracking), stem cell research, Dna rights and laws: question: think about the theories agenda setting, two step flow, diffusion of innovation and amplification. How might blogs play into our understanding of these theories: http://www. webshine. com/blog/webshine-ses-san-francisco-session-summary-one- blogging-best-practices, http://www. sugarspunmarketing. com/ Infographic: http://www. wpvirtuoso. com/how-many-blogs-are-on-the-internet, best blogging sites, wordpress, ghost, drupal, joomla, medium, squarespace, weebly, typepad, the cons/problems with blogs, 1. Time-consuming: in order to keep up with the dialogue, bloggers need to create output quickly; instead of allowing for deep robust thought, 4. Cannot substitute in-depth, professional science journalism: lots of inexperienced writers, inept at communicating with audience, the cons (continued, 5.
