The analysis of websites from a cultural and media studies perspective raises numerous methodological hurdles. When conducting audience research using a particular genre of newspaper or magazine there is a centrality to the text(s) being considered. In contrast, researchers of the Internet can often feel overwhelmed by the vastness and global nature of web communication, […]
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Review: Producing for Web 2.0 – A Student Guide
Review: Whittaker, J, (2009), Producing for Web 2.0: A Student Guide, Routledge Whittaker, J (2009) Producing for Web 2.0 (Media Skills) I’m on the hunt for a core textbook that I can recommend to students who take my Web Production units. The ideal book would provide an overview of the key skills in the creation, […]
Build a news site in Joomla! in two hours – Web Designer magazine tutorial
This month’s Web Designer magazine includes a tutorial on How to Build a News Site in Joomla! written by me (Steve Hill). By following the 24 steps, readers should end up with a decent looking news site. Well, that’s the general idea. The tutorial will be particularly useful for charities or schools who are seeking […]
Marking journalism assignments with Camtasia 6 and a Logitech mic
Time to wave goodbye to old-fashioned lecture notes (Independent – 19th Nov 2009) reports on how Russell Stannard, principal lecturer in Multimedia/ICT at the University of Westminster, uses technology to mark student essays. This got me thinking. I’ve been dabbling with Camtasia 3 for a few months. The software came free with an issue of […]
A new start on WordPress
It’s been a long time overdue, but this blog has finally moved to WordPress. As WordPress gets better and better, Typepad (or to be precise, Movable Type) has not really moved with the times. I’ll be going through this blog attempting to remove all the duff links, but this may take a while.
