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Web 101

Understanding Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Mobile Internet

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Keep your web browser open and your mouse ready, as technology expert and Columbia Dean Sree Sreenivasan guides you through the features, technologies, and terminology of the digital age. Surveying some of today's most powerful and popular sites, Sreenivasan covers the basics of blogs, wikis, social networking, video or photo sharing, online gaming, and mobile web. He also offers valuable insights into the future of online technologies and how the web will transform the day-to-day lives of its users.

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2 videos
29 minutes total running time

Shot and edited by Resolution Seven

Speaker

Sree Sreenivasan is a leading technology expert and WNBC-TV's tech reporter. He is also Dean of Student Affairs at Columbia University's journalism school, where he runs the new media program. His tech reports can be seen on Thursday mornings at 6:20 am and Monday evenings at 5:20 on Channel 4. He previously spent six years as WABC's Tech Guru. His work explaining technology has appeared in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Rolling Stone, and Popular Science (where he was a member of the "Geek Chorus"). In March 2004, Newsweek magazine named him one of the 20 most influential South Asians in the nation. More on him at www.sree.net. He also teaches mediabistro.com seminars on digital media (view his seminars).

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1. Features Of The Digital Age 15:54 64 MB
 
  • Blogs
    Online, interactive diaries that are changing the way people express themselves and share information.

  • Anatomy Of A Blog Entry
    Blog technology and structure decoded.

  • Wikis
    User-generated websites where visitors browse and update information to create an outlet of collective intelligence.

  • Social Networking
    Online communities connecting friends, businesses, and bands.
    
2. Expansion of Digital Technologies in Everyday Devices 13:11 52 MB
 
  • Video and Photo Sharing
    Trends in sites with easy-to-use technology where users can contribute and share video footage

  • Online Digital Games
    Multi-player online games that allow players to interact with other users and create their own digital characters.

  • Mobile Web
    Using your cell phone to access the Internet, take photos, and film video.

  • It All Comes Together
    A multi-media approach to information changing how we interact with each other and the world around us.