Fostering Trust in an Interactive Space – #DHCX

Written and designed by William Wickey [@wwickey]. Presented by Dr. Scott Shamp [@sshamp] at the Digital Health Communication Extravaganza [#DHCX] in Orlando, FL. February 21, 2013.

This video is the visual component of a 20-minute presentation titled "Fostering Trust in an Interactive Space." The talk first distinguishes different types of "big data" sources. As a "permeable data source," Facebook provides a time and money saving method of data collection especially beneficial to the health and wellness industries. Three specific approaches to designing positive user experiences are then detailed.

In other words, this presentation addresses the question, "how do you get users to accept the permissions for your Facebook Application?"

The Lay of the Land – Media Programs in Higher Education

The media are changing rapidly. Seismic shifts in audience, economics, and technology are shaking its very foundations. From this upheaval, a new media landscape is emerging.

Beyond just unraveling the mechanisms of this powerful cultural influence, the study of media provides practical economic benefits for universities, including jobs for graduates, revenue generation through commercialization, and economic development. Media industries need universities for the leadership and ideas that will drive growth and profitability.

What should universities do with, for, and about media? This report is the first step in an exploration to discover the future of media education.

"The Lay of the Land: Media Programs in Higher Education," is a survey of how univerisities teach and research media. The report details the university, where the media program is located, the dean, department head, or chair of that reporting unit, the departments and degree programs offered, as well as any additional institutes or special programs.

In addition to charting its structure, organization, and resources, each program was asked about the biggest challenge it faced.

Studying the lay of the land offers useful guideposts for navigating the tricky terrain of change.

Data from this report was collected between October 2010 and December 2011 by the New Media Institute at the University of Georgia.

Big Data (Really Gets Me)

Ever since Al Gore invented the internet, gun-slinging entrepreneurs, dusty media giants and wagon trains of marketers have been panning the web for nuggets of consumer data. It’s still the Wild West out there but the California gold rush is over and the Texas oil boom is on. Waiting just below the trickling stream of keywords, likes, and basic demographics is a pressurized cavern of consumer data that Facebook’s Open Graph is threatening to blow sky-high…

 

 

Graduate students at The University of Georgia's New Media Institute explore the significance of Big Data in today's digital media landcape. Pioneers, major players and application proposals for Facebook's Open Graph are topics covered in this publication.