Writing for New Media 1

Question 1

Significance of Vic Ferrari

Answer 1

• pseudonym used to write about avant-garde/controversial topics
• wrote on his own blog, eventually led to a job with the NHL

Question 2

Before ‘99 vs. after ‘99

Answer 2

• before: info online was unchanging, users were just consumers
• after: Web 2.0 (social, open-source, interactive) -> consumers turned into content creators

Question 3

New Media is social

Answer 3

invites audience to comment on it and share it

Question 4

new media is searchable

Answer 4

available to consumers to be interpreted, enjoyed, and criticized in different ways

Question 5

new media is interactive

Answer 5

• consumers become content creators by contributing to a conversation started by other users
• advances collective knowledge because everyone can contribute

Question 6

new media is…

Answer 6

• social
• searchable
• interactive

Question 7

how to deal with trolls

Answer 7

• do your research
• know the conversation
• use sound logic
• do not stoop if/when you engage

Question 8

Jackie Wong on new media

Answer 8

• “new media is a means of mass communication using digital, often web-based, technologies”
• we use digital/web-based mediums to tell a story using text, pictures, graphs, videos, etc. all from open sources