Hashtags are used to group messages and label topics. Today, hashtags are widely used in the social networks as a markup for groups of interests that belong together and a language for expression that is used outside the traditional sentence structure. Steve Boyd in a blogpost describes hashtags as "twitter groupings" that can be "wonderful … Continue reading #Hashtags in the Writing Classroom
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‘Don’t give them 4. Give them 2+2’
Effective storytelling is among the few units I teach in my first-year composition course. Every semester, I show Andrew Stanton's TED Talk, "The Clues to a Great Story," to the students and ask them to reflect on the traditional methods in storytelling and how they can tweak the ways to make their personal narratives interesting. … Continue reading ‘Don’t give them 4. Give them 2+2’
Heineken Campaign Challenges Routine Lifestyle, Invent Possibilities
Hats off to the brains behind the recent Heineken campaign, where travelers are challenged to drop everything - their planned trips, responsibilities - to take on an unknown route to a mysterious location. The campaign is designed to confront our regular lifestyle - an always-busy, planned, often-stressful, and indifferent lifestyle. The impact of venture comes … Continue reading Heineken Campaign Challenges Routine Lifestyle, Invent Possibilities
Considering Audience, Message, and Action in Social Advertising
Audience theory has been in existence since the emergence of mass communication/media studies. In fact, the best way to measure the success of any message is to gather audience feedback. However, in traditional advertising, the audience is simply the group of individuals that advertisers are interested in speaking to. They can be grouped or segmented … Continue reading Considering Audience, Message, and Action in Social Advertising
Let the Graphics Do the Talk: MOOCs and Education
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Jason Tham, Ph.D. 