March 2012
3 posts
Video monitoring assignment
I have chosen to follow ESPN Video for the daily assignment. The website uses different types of forms for footage. When the website shows highlight footage of games it uses video illustration. Highlight footage is video illustration because it consists of one or two shots totaling 30 seconds or less that compliments or illustrates a text story. Typically highlights are shown embedded in a story...
Com 497!
Everyone playing with their new bloggies in Com 497! It’s an exciting day :0)
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February 2012
10 posts
Chicago Bears' Facebook Page
For a week I monitored the Chicago Bears’ Facebook page. During the duration of the week the page posted many different types of posts. Some days there would be a picture or a news article, but other days they would post a question or fill in the blank and want people to respond. Such as “When the Bears aren’t playing on the weekend I do __” or “My favorite Bears...
Using Social Media
When putting out a tweet for ideas for my blog some ideas that people had were about history of teams, venues and personal information about players. These were all great ideas and give me the opportunity to find something “unique” to contribute to my blog.
An event that people in Lafayette were tweeting about was when someone drove into the wall of the Subway on Chauncy Hill. A lot...
Preview and Interview
I am not sure what event I want to preview so that is something I will need to consult Professor Natt about.
As far as interviews I thought it would be interesting to interview multiple people who are Chicago sports fans that are living in Indiana. I would ask them different questions about what it is like to attended a school in Indiana where the majority of the people are fans of opposing...
Videographer vs. Purdue Police
I believe that the videographer acted inappropriately when it came to the incident with the police. Yes it was in a public space where technically he could film but when it comes to someone’s safety the media cannot interfere. If he were to continue voting the people out of the way it would be one thing, but he tried to follow the view of the medics and did not try to leave the area or...
Following a journalist and companies on Twitter
For a week I followed a few accounts related to my blog. I followed infamous Chicago Bulls reporter Stacey King, the verified Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears. There were many things I learned not to do and to do when tweeting about sports.
The pros: The Chicago Bears twitter did a really good job about tweeting headlines with links that not only pertained to the team, but...
Background for Event
My event is the Bulls vs. Celtics game on February 16, 2012. Since the event is not for a week there is not a lot of preview information yet, but as the game approaches there are a few spots I will be looking for information:
http://espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=320216004
http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/chi/chicago-bulls
http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/bos/boston-celtics
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January 2012
3 posts
Reblog: Five key issues awaiting a new GM Emery
By Jeff Dickerson courtesy of the ESPN Chicago Bears Blog
1. The upcoming NFL Draft: The Bears’ failure to draft enough impact players, especially in the years following the 2006 Super Bowl berth, ultimately proved to be Jerry Angelo’s undoing. Currently holding four picks in the first three rounds, it’s critical for the Bears to hit on at least two...
Daily Assignment #2
1. http://espn.go.com/chicago/
2. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears
3. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks
4. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls
5. http://sportsfixchicago.com/
6. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs
7. http://www.tremendousupsidepotential.com/
8. http://www.csnchicago.com/
9. http://www.chicitysports.com/
10. http://chicago.sbnation.com/
Daily Assignment #4
This week I followed the Chicago Bears Blog. The Chicago Bears Blog is a blog that is a branch off of ESPN, and is written by two contributors: Jeff Dickerson and Michael C. Wright. When comparing the blog to the reading assignment “Blog uses for mass media” I found that there were many aspects of the blog that followed what the reading had said.
1. Post items that don’t fit in regular news...
