Innovative Social Media Use at Colleges: The Power of Blogs
Categories: Technology
Some colleges are turning to the right demographic to tell you how it really is: their students. Whether it’s to reach next year’s freshmen or engage current co-eds, here are four colleges that are utilizing blogs in interesting ways.
Foster the People: The Next Indie Hit
Categories: Pop Culture
It won’t be long before we hear a group called Foster the People blasting through our car stereo daily.
Advice From the Rich & Famous
Categories: Lifestyle
A step up from fragrances and fashion lines by the starlets of yesteryear, some big names are creating their own products and websites just to help out us little people. Do we care?
7 Awesome Art Blogs to Look At
Categories: Arts & Entertainment
For beginners in the intellectual-creative world of visual arts, here’s a list of some well-written, insightful, bookmark-worthy art blogs for your regular fix.
The digital collateral of a well-dressed generation
Categories: Arts & Entertainment
Each season, fashion and all of its synonym-esque counterparts (style, clothing, apparel, attire, etc.) uphold the unique ability to convey an absolute brigade of cultural markers, status symbols, tangible creativity and inherent necessity. It comes as no surprise that American Millennials, who have been raised in a consumerism vacuum, are harnessing trend, commanding style, and spending more time, money and creative construct on what we wear than ever before.
Wake up newspapers! Tell us a story!
Categories: Current Events
The war against the newspaper industry has been on for a while. Its opponents have been slowly gaining ground with the rise of the 24-hour news networks, blogs, and citizen journalism. Over time, newspapers have become the butt of many jokes and frankly, the industry has taken all of this lying down.
LOL (Cats) is serious business
Categories: Technology
Ben Huh created the ICanHasACheezburger network of blogs and has since built an empire of silly inside jokes and internet memes. But the sites’ distractions aren’t necessarily a bad thing, and Gen Y entrepreneurs can take a hint from Huh.
Are You A Macro or Micro Blogger?
Categories: Technology
I’m just going to say it: deep down, I really dislike Twitter. I have even thought about (gasp!) deleting my account. It only gets updated with meaningless jabber, and doing so would probably teach me to filter my thoughts – a lesson many Twitter users should learn, actually. It’s okay to get a few tweets [...]
Journalism Murdered, Killer Wishes To Remain Anonymous
Categories: Current Events
By Mike Hachey: Mike is a graduate of Emerson College. His future is uncertain. What will journalism look like when our generation seizes the reins of responsibility? It’s impossible to know! We barely understand how it functions now, with the Baby Boomers still safely holding all positions of power. What we do know is that [...]
