So if you floggers have been following this blog, you should have seen the video that Devin posted about how he was trying to view an Anonymous website. Apparently, as Devin was trying to view the webpage, his computer spazzed out and he freaked thinking that Anonymous was going to track him down and kill him…throw him in some jail…torture him…something. The bottom line is, it ended up being a pretty funny post. So in the end, Devin made this video as a reponse to what had happened to him. Enjoy!
Please take the poll :o)
In your post, for the good side of twitter you said it was good because you an get in touch with celebrities, find random stories, and be funny. I would like to add the journalism aspect that we’ve been covering in class to that list. This was pretty well covered in your Bombings of Boston and Twitter post, but I just don’t think it can be emphasized enough the power that we are dealing with here.
Everyone has access to the story before mainstream media even says anything about it, the content is uncensored and raw, and everyone can become a part of the story. It’s like Kitty Capelle said in your interview with her; “…social media is where news is going… you can’t have one without the other”.
Now for the dark side. I’m just going to delve right into the ethics of this. Can you censor the internet? No. Can a website, such as twitter, censor its output? Sure. Should a website such as twitter censor its output because things like you have exemplified in your post? …well that’s the question isn’t it? Sure there are many cons to putting stuff like that out there, but there are many pros as well. If you think about it is sort of similar to this post on my blog called Joker Philosophy, and it is sort of like how Anonymous works. Essentially it comes down to saying that if you remove the bad uncensored stuff you can’t have the good uncensored raw material that we have the right to see. It’s an all or none philosophy.
I also just want to encourage everyone to take the time, go through, and explore this blog. It’s really neat to see how these two have transformed since the beginning of their blogging experience. You’ll laugh and learn a lot on the way. Then after you’ve done that go for the big leagues. Take what you’ve got out of this blog and dive into twitter!
Hope this sparks some interesting thought,
– The Digital Dark Knight
Hey OopsITweetedAgain blog followers! Or as they say on this blog, “floggers”. :0) I have been asked to do a series of guest posts on this blog as a classroom assignment for my Eastern Mennonite University video web apps class. I hope that you all enjoy these guest posts! I decided to do this first guest post on the Boston Bombing incident since it is so recent. I actually am doing this video as a reponse to OopsITweetedAgain’s post (Shown Here).
-Casey Myers
Just wanted to extend a warm welcome and greeting.
Also, please forgive me floggers as I did not make a blog post on time.
But I feel that it is acceptable to be fashionable late every now and then.
SO true story, last night while I was working on my blog post for friday morning, I wanted to research and devote this blog to anonymous. I kid you not…I went to a site that I thought would be helpful and out of no where, the Guy Fawkes pops up and a new tab continues to open every 2 seconds….I thought I was hacked! I only started to panic once my computer went to a blue screen and told me that it had to shut down Imediately. I lost all my work up to that point and was so upset that I just through in the towel! However, it is a much better story as told by this off beat guy…check it out below!
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families/friends who have suffered this past week both in Boston and West Texas
This picture was on Twitter by Boston Tweet in the remembrance of the Boston Marathon victims ( lighting the Zakim bridge in their colors)
After hearing about what happened in Boston this past Monday I felt like I wanted to write a post about it from Twitter’s perspective. I came past this good article from National Geographic that has some detailed information about how Twitter was used at the time of the bombing. It says that after the bombs the runners went to Facebook and authorities went to use Twitter to give live updates. Not only does the news cover what is going on in a scene any more, but all of social media can help get the news out to all and in all different viewers.
He also says, “We know from crisis communication research that people typically search for corroborating information before they take a corrective action—their TV tells them there’s a tornado brewing and they talk to relatives and neighbors. And now they look at Twitter.” I like the mental picture this statement gives me. Twitter is a way of communication like our phones used to be. Phones are still used, but Twitter is taking over and is used globally to every type of person that you don’t have to know personally. “I get a greater sense of unity—the we is a much bigger we,” he said.
What I thought was cool and interesting, but not really surprising, was that information spread through social media faster than normal news. Anthony C. Roman (president of a security consulting firm in New York called Roman and Associates) said, “I was first notified to the event by my daughter, who was on Twitter, and that was before it came out on CNN,” I know how fast the news can get to a story and seeing a story develop faster than that can be scary, fun to watch, and so helpful.
As the Huffington Post reported on their website, Twitter was used more because the service of cell phones was not working. Twitter, Facebook, and texting were used to tell others that people were safe. “Photos online were far more graphic than anything on TV. The worst of the coverage was Twitter speculation. There, the retractions multiplied.”, Denverpost wrote.
Click here to see one of many more graphic scenes from the bombings.
Here is also another photo of a man that was hurt being rushed to get help.
Here is also another photo of a man that was hurt being rushed to get help.
This is probably true, pictures and words that are/were written on Twitter are more exposed and raw compared to what we see on the news. People can say what they want and there is no filtering what can be put on Twitter. Sometimes by seeing these pictures and words the story becomes more real and creates more feeling than maybe just seeing it on the news. It may even give feelings of being more connected to the circumstance and people there because you are hearing more than just one perspective and more of their voices, which can be a good thing.
Libby Hemphill (an Illinois Institute of Technology professor who studies social media) said this, “Right after the explosions happened, we saw a lot of photographs, but that’s dropped off now,” she said. “People have stopped documenting and now are trying to make sense of what happened.” It is funny how fast a story can come and then die down or change perspectives. The subject is still going on, but after the information is given- the matter than turns to more of why it happened and trying to understand all of it. This may take days, weeks or months, but there seems at the moment that both the news and Twitter is still talking about it and is still giving up to date details about the bombings.
Here are just two tweets I found of many more on Twitter about the Boston Marathon:
I really like this one because it directs you to a good website, called the Raw Story and it is talks about how people stepped into action, to mourn the victims and also talks about other related info.
I liked this post also because people may have differences and have opinions, but when it comes down to it people care about human beings’ lives even more.
It has been fun posting about Twitter, but our semester is coming to a close. Devin and I are going to enjoy our summer! Thanks for reading our blog posts. I know that we both learned a lot through our research and experiences on Twitter and also overall on social media. Keep on Tweeting and stay connected with the outside world through media : ) Thanks again for visiting! Feel free to take our poll, would love to see your opinions about our blog. : )
Interview with Kitty at WHSV TV in Harrisonburg, VA
Before we even got into the building, Devin had a good idea that we should get a photograph of both of us by the sign. After that we went into the building and before entering we needed to ring a bell. We then entered and met Kitty Capelle. From the moment we met her she was sociable, friendly, kind, and helpful. She showed us around and introduced us to her colleagues. We then did the interview with her that you can look at in our other post for today. We felt so bad that we had to stop in the middle of our conversation with her because the batteries ran out. We would like to apologize again to you and to Kitty. It was nice seeing some commotion when we first stared taping,not sure all of what was going on, but people were definitely surprised by what they heard about someone important.
After that she invited us to sit and watch some of the noon news as it was coming on, which was really cool for both of us. Devin and I were surprised in that there were so few people actually in the news room at the time of the recording and in how it was so quiet. We then left the room where they were recording and headed over again to Kitty’s desk. For the last few minutes she explained to us more of what she did and showed us on her computer how she “filters” some tweets if they are inappropriate from the tweets done from her colleagues. She then will let them know that if it was something inappropriate. Most of the people there really laid back and friendly. By spending just about an hour there was eye opening to how things work and people’s jobs and it was overall very exciting and fun. I would definitely want to know more if I visited again if I had the opportunity. There just is an atmosphere about the studio when we walked in that seemed important. Loved every minute of it! Again here is Kitty’s Twitter @WHSV_KittyC (email-kcapelle@whsv.com) and WHSV @whsv twitter.
Devin standing in front of WHSV TV sign
Leah standing in front of WHSV TV signInside the studio in the recording room
Inside minutes before the noon news
Teleprompter before recording
#geekingout
I can’t believe the incredible experience we just had!
Such an amazing behind the scenes tour of our local news room.
As we entered the building, I was pretty nervous, the excitement of being in a live news room was just too thrilling for me to handle. You could say I was as giddy as a school girl 😉
Once we walked through the buzz doors, Kitty meant us with open arms. She was very kind to show us all the inside workings of the Channel 3 News room. We even got the first scoop on Ken Slack, I don’t have a clue who the man is but he’s leaving NBC 29 news, you heard it here first 😉 Once you see the interview you will understand.
The coolest part of the tour was being able to sit in the actually newsroom will the news was being broadcast live! I was so tempted to pull a Borat and run in front of the camera during the weather but I didn’t want to get kicked out or get Kitty in trouble 😉
Let’s get real, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT!
Here are some of our pictures that we would like to share with you:
Devin and I went to WHSV news room today and had an interview with Kitty Capelle there. She is the web producer for the company and she showed us around, introduced us to her colleagues, explained what she does there, and let us watch the noon news.
We both had a BLAST being there and without further delay, our interview with Web Manger/Producer, Kitty Capelle
#behindthescenes
Kitty was also kind enough to give us a copy of the WHSV Digital Content Management Guide, inside is chopped full of all the info needed and the guidelines for posting through WHSV– Some guidelines that are worth sharing
Everyone MUST have a Twitter Page
They are responsible for posting their own content
Devin wrote about Ai Weiwei and after he told me he would be writing on this subject, which I thought was so neat angle to take, I thought about what I could write about for my post. I was going to write about how many people actually use their portrait as their profile picture on Twitter, but then I found another subject to post on. After some looking on the web I found what I wanted to write on and that is the Red Equal Sign that is on both Facebook (here is the Human Rights Campain on Facebook) and Twitter.
To start out this is the Red Equal Sign:
And this is the older it is a sign that represents equality for all: for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights:
Some of you may have come in contact with this sign and already know what it stands for. Others of you may not even know what I am talking about. Either way I am here to share some of what I have found on this subject. I want to say straight up, that I am not in favor of gays or lesbians and do not agree with what is being passed in the way of gay rights, but everyone has the right to believe in what they want. I believe that God created man and women to get married and it should stay that way. However, even though I don’t agree with these acts I wanted to capture what is happening in the social world and be informed in these areas.
This symbol has been used to show support for gay/lesbian marriage in regards to the hearings in Washington about letting gay and lesbian marriages be legal. Some states have already allowed gay marriage. Many people have been using these symbols instead of their own as their picture to bring awareness to their followers. You can visit this cite to find reasons why these colors were chosen and the progression through the years that it has taken even before these two with gays and lesbians. Here is a map of how many people went red on facebook.
There has been recently a lot of debate on this issue running through the government. And of course people on Twitter have gotten involved. @HRC has many people tweeting about this subject. Also citizens should have a say in what happens in the government and contribute their thoughts, and the web is a great way to do this. This can be one way to stay involved. Here are a few tweets out of many others:
This video explains it in a nice simple way and shows both people in favor of equal rights and some who are not who are expressing their opinions.
Also on abc News, there is a news prod-cast that brings out the issue that some people do not think that changing their profile will make a change. There are many who are going red, but many who are not even if they may agree with it. This video explains the process well and also give some other examples of how there are personal twists on the symbol. People are being creative and personal while being connected with the larger group. And again there are a few who are using the symbol for equality in marriage and some who are using this concept to keep marriage between a man and a women. Take a look.
Many want their opinion to be known to the world, but especially the government on this particular issue. Twitter can help do this and may be changing votes or views. Like what is probably obvious, ten years ago there was no twitter and no facebook that messages like these couldn’t be known around the nation or the world in an instant. Government officials can know what citizens want and their point of views. They can see them minute by minute if need be.
I think the moral or the lesson, if you will, is to use the web to your advantage. Put out your opinions if you want something to change or if you do not, let people know about it. Again, I want to say that I think marriage should be between and a man and a woman so I am putting myself out to you all, along with many others with letting you know this.
Well a BIG hello to all our floggers (blog followers)! Leah and I have been busy at this week coming up with some blog post ideas that were not part of our original pitch post. However, being in such a flexible, growing environment, we have been able to post topics that catch our eye has they happen.
Just this past Monday, Paulette showed the class a short documentary about Chinese Artist, Ai Weiwei.
In this week’s post, I want to introduce our floggers to this incredible man.
Here’s an interview from CNN’s Amanpour, Christina Amanpour talks to Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei, Without Fear or Favor- great documentary from the BBC with tons of info… what you may know and what you don’t
Teaser Trailer for Never Sorry
TED Talk with Ai Weiwei
Interview
This video has been deleted…erased from Chinese Internet
Ai Weiwei art has also captured the attention of the world
Follow Ai Weiwei’s struggle with the Chinese Government…The Fake Case
Please Floggers of Oops I Tweeted Again, please follow Ai Weiwei on Twitter. I encourage you to stay connected with such a remarkable man. We can’t let his voice fade into the darkness. The more people who are following Ai Weiwei, the better. I also encourage you to watch the documentaries/interviews that are posted on the blog this week. They are worth watching, out of sight out of mind is no excuse. Make time to realize.
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And this is the older it is a sign that represents equality for all: for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights:
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