The Cult of Me

How Social Technologies Will Save the Story

Storytelling: Product Versus Process

During a discussion in my Social Media class at Northern Kentucky University, we veered onto a topic that is helpful in framing the idea of The Cult of Me: the difference between “product” and “process” storytellers.
The idea of the story as either a product or a process, I think, is instructive because it depending upon [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-29

RE: :) This is true; however, the end is not here for storytelling. And there will be a role for journalists in the fut… http://disq.us/1fb4 #

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AEJMC Column: Coming in September

In the last few days, I’ve been exchanging Tweets with Mitch from the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) about the Associate Press decision to wrap its content in digital rights management.
This boneheaded decision set me off on one of my rants about history and technology, which got Mitch and I chatting. [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27

starting in Sept, I will be writing + vlogging about tech, JOU, storytelling from an historical perspective for the AEJMC #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-26

http://bit.ly/2xCaI – I think newspapers should charge everyone 5 cents every time they discuss something they read/saw #OldMediaEconomy #
@michsineath in a corp world, the corp is the creator; ppl keep forgetting when you give up ur copyright, you are not the creator anymore in reply to michsineath #
@mjenkins that info is based on 10 year [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-23

DRM for news. It's like nobody pays attention to the history (re: music, movies, ect). http://bit.ly/kGo3t – should be interesting #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-22

Have some wicked cool speaking engagements coming up. Love them because they help me flesh out book ideas. More deets to come, y'all #
I'm working on a technology/social media curriculum, workshops + projects for The Soho Theater in London. I'd love feedback. @ me for deets #
OH, IN, KY, IL educators + media folks; Muncie [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-21

neat 2d and 3d (you choose) interface — even if it's not actually 3d http://bit.ly/1QV5bT #
RT @Brad_King: Join Leander Kahney, my former Wired colleague + author of The Cult of Mac, at his fan site: http://bit.ly/w4G72 – DO THIS #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-20

Totally overwhelmed by the awesome folks who are agreeing to write for Making Digital! + the next slate of The Cult of Me interviews. w00t. #
Getting ready to talk with SF's Crosscurrents about setting up community and user driven journalism #
Watch ETC Talk: The Cult of Me on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/5686702 -the video quality isn't [...]

Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History

This is a talk given by Clay Shirky, one of the leading voices discussion social media and storytelling.

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