Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
An update from the Nieman Journalism Lab While high-level speculation continues on the future of news and information, research studies are providing a more under-the-hood look at the practices of journalists, outlets, and the digital networks in which they operate. Here’s a recent…
This is a learning module for the class Contemporary Social / Mass Media Theory taught at Purdue University bySorin Adam Matei Of the couple dozen theories that aim to explain how mass media impact society, how many of them are still valid today, when…
Does the old fashioned newsroom still matter? Image via Wikipedia This is a learning module for the class Contemporary Social / Mass Media Theory taught at Purdue University by Sorin Adam Matei Agenda setting theory was proposed in the early 1970s by Maxwell McCombs and…
Image via Wikipedia Some say it’s here, some say it’s not… Augmented reality is embraced by more and more media outlets. Esqiure, a magazine for whose Romanian edition I write from time to time takes the lead. Esquire magazine plans to use…
Image via Wikipedia The One New York Times initiative aims to bring the power of quasi open source development to media company that sits on one of the most amazing piles of content in the world. In it’s own words ” You…
We like our media in small chunks and diverse, a sort of fruit salad, or so the common wisdom goes. But what adult with a job past 26 years old can handle a thousand loose threads of conversation bombarding him or her…
The gWiki technology is featured today at the School of Informatics, IUPUI, in Indianapolis as part of a preconference tour organized by Museums and the Web conference. The gWiki technology is at the heart of the Visible Past project that I have…
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