Be lovable, beat the egomaniacs: Find the enthusiast withinAshenafiBordea
Be lovable, beat the egomaniacs: Find the enthusiast within
https://medium.com/the-good-psyche/be-lovable-beat-the-egomaniacs-find-the-enthusiast-within-3f3f8f53dd98
https://medium.com/the-good-psyche
Be lovable, beat the egomaniacs: Find the enthusiast withinAshenafiBordea
Be lovable, beat the egomaniacs: Find the enthusiast within
https://medium.com/the-good-psyche/be-lovable-beat-the-egomaniacs-find-the-enthusiast-within-3f3f8f53dd98
https://medium.com/the-good-psyche
Social Media and the U.S. Election: Consuming the CampaignJanelle Ward
slides from November 5, 2012, the third session of the course Social Media and the U.S. Election. The course is taught by Janelle Ward and hosted by the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
How the Presidential Campaigns Captivate Social Networking Real-Time OutSource
When the first presidential debate was held in 1858, it was days before word of its content and results reached American citizens throughout the country.
Thanks to the advent of television and social media, not only can voters watch as the debate unfolds, they can discuss and dissect it instantaneously. What is it about presidential debates that captivate social networking on such a grand scale? Plenty, as it turns out.
1. Twitter: Journalism and the
formation of online communities
A case study by A Brun and J Burgess on the
2010 Australian Federal Election and the use
of Twitter.
2. What was Twitter used for? #ausvotes
• People provided commentary on political events, the
media and largely focused on the personalities of the
race rather than policy.
• Communicate and engage with political parties,
politicians, politics, journalist and other like-minded
Australians.
• A space to share feelings and opinions.
• Creation of a community based around a mutual
interest, where people with the same intentions have
come to share their opinions on the Australian
Election, as well as seeking information.
3. Examples of #ausvotes Tweets:
• ''i don't want to vote for either of them after watching this
crap #middleclassnightmares #ausvotes”
• crazyjane13: “Dear Mr Speaker, Please excuse Wyatt from
Parliament today. He has a cold. Signed, Wyatt’s Mum.
#ausvotes.”
• benbirchall: “Nobody’s in charge, Australia! Let’s eat the
condensed milk out of the can! #ausvotes.”
• adzap: “It will truly be the death of chivalry if none of these
independent men offer their seat to a lady. #ausvotes.”
• RT @mikfrawley: “RT @oldspace Hello Australia. Look at
your parliament, now back at me. Sadly, it isn’t me, but it is
hung like me. #ausvotes.”
4. Class discussion:
• Is providing commentary a form of journalism
in the microblogging sphere?
• Opinion writing is journalism so is this form of
microblogging in 140 characters not a form of
journalism too?
• Is the Twittersphere considered a form of
citizen journalism?
5. Activity
• Spilt the room down into FOUR groups; journalists, general public, Jane
Jones and John Smith.
• We want you to REACT the way your group would do so in the following
situation, using the Twitter format of 140 characters. Add #mdia5003 and
@reply or reTweet at least one other Tweet made by someone else.
• Pretend it’s the lead up to a Federal Election in our fictional country
“land”, it’s John Smith up against Jane Jones once again. During the public
debate John Smith swears, not in a derogatory way towards anyone in
particular, he simply says the F-word. He is talking about his views on the
proposed National Broadband Network, and how they should be scrapped
to pay aid to those affected by the “Northern State” flood.
6. References:
Websites:
• Birmingham, J (14th August 2010), In cyberia, all the twitters is not gold, Sydney Morning Herald online;
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/in-cyberia-all-that-twitters-is-not-gold-20100813-1239q.html
• Bourke, L (29th July 2010), Twittersphere Day 11, Sydney Morning Herald online;
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/twittersphere-day-11-20100729-10wih.html
• Bruns, A., (27th July 2010), All a-Twitter on the campaign, Sydney Morning Herald online;
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/all-atwitter-on-the-campaign-trail-20100727-10tl9.html#ixzz23lyljmWr
• Delaney, B (29th July 2010), Our virtual selves linger on, long after we’ve shuffled off, Sydney Morning Herald
online;
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/our-virtual-selves-linger-on-long-after-weve-shuffled-off-
20100728-10w1w.html
• Maley, J (7th August, 2010), Twitter, the new kid in town with all the hot goss..er, news, Sydney Morning Herald
online;
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/twitter-the-new-kid-in-town-with-all-the-hot-goss--er-news-
20100809-11rmu.html
• Menzie’s House, Top 5 #ausvotes Twitter Posts, Menzie’s House blog online:
http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/2010/08/top-5-ausvotes-twitter-posts.html
Articles:
• Bruns, A. and Burgess, J. (2011), ‘#ausvotes: How Twitter covered the 2010 Australian Federal Election’ in
Communcation, Politics and Culture, Volume 44, Issue 2, RMIT Publishing: Australia, pages 37 – 56.
• Java, A. Song, X., Finin, T. and Tseng, B. (2007), ‘Why we Twitter: Understanding microblogging usage and
communities’ in Proceeding, ACM Publishing: New York, page 56 – 65.
• Lasorsa, D. L., Lewis, S. C. and Holton, A., E., (2012), ‘Normalising Twitter: Journalism practice in an emerging
communication space’ in Journalism Studies, Volume 13, Issue 1, Routledge: UK, pages 19 – 36.