1. eInformation 23 October 2006

2. Papers and exams  Exams can be reviewed in my office Grade information is in last Wednesday’s presentation (I will add range and average)  Short paper rewrites are done … and sitting on my desk at home  Speaker and movie write-ups I want to copy them before I return them Missing a significant number …

3. Democratization of information  Who can publish a web page?  What do you need? Content to post (whatever you want) An editor (Wordpad works) A server on the web (free hosting)free hosting  Ohmynews International Ohmynews International "citizen reporters" contribute news stories, opinion pieces and photo essays  And now there are blogs, wikis, … Covered in presentations

4. Blogs  What is a blog? blogger.com explanation blogger.com  Where can you find blogs? Technorati Search.blogger.com LOTS of best blog lists  Where can you create blogs? blogger.com livejournal.com Again, lots of them

5. Blogs and the established media  Yes, they use them typically treated like columns Washington Post New York Times  Does it do good? Foley emails were sent to ABC News blog

6. Wikis  What are they? Everyone knows about Wikipedia  Do you know what else Wikipedia supports?Wikipedia Originally intended as a collaborative tool  Many, many private ones Other wikis?  Wikipedia’s list Wikipedia’s list

7. How Do People Get News?  Pew Statistics Pew Statistics  How do people read the news online? Primarily text! Eyetrack study