Incorporating Online Publishing into the Curriculum

Communication Research About the Internet: a Thematic Meta-analysis

“…Other less common subjects of communication research about the internet included cultural or social issues (6.0%), historical or philosophical discussions (5.9%), effects of the internet on individuals and organizations (4.9%), technical issues (4.6%), education applications such as distancelearning and integration of internet resources into the curriculum (4.6%: e.g. Friedland and Webb, 1996;Gunaratne and Lee, 1996;Selwyn, 1999) and evaluation of websites (3.1%; e.g. Li, 1998).…”

Shall We Converge? The Embedding of New Media into Advertising Curricula

“…Some have discussed the impact of new media on classroom instruction (King, 1998;Hester, 1999;Guthrie, 2000;Rosenkrans, 2001;Henderson, 2002;Frisby, 2000). Others have examined the impact on individual sequences (Friedland, 1996;Gunaratne, 1996;Blake, 2000;Hammond, 2000;Gower, 2001;Beard, 2001;Everett, 1999). The use of the Internet and web by researchers in their work has attracted some attention (Couper, 2000;Traugott, 2001;Bolding, 1996;Willey, 2000).…”

Teaching Web Design in Journalism and Mass Communications Programs: Integration, Judgment, and Perspective

“…In some cases, programs are reconsidering their entire approach to media around the idea of convergence, or the melding of media, in which students are exposed to skills that are relevant across media types. (Friedland and Webb, 1996) Regardless of the approach to the multimedia environment, university journalism Topics in these classes are similar to those mentioned above as being taught at the university level. For example, in the Webmaster certification program of a community college in central Texas, the curriculum includes courses in Web authoring with XHTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver (a Web editing software package), Adobe Photoshop (a graphics design and photo manipulations package), and Macromedia Flash (a graphical Web design environment package), among others in Web programming and database design.…”