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By: Godzilla » And Then There’s This: An Overview

Godzilla » And Then There’s This: An Overview — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:01:18 +0000

[...] continues on to talk about viral culture which he describes as seizing, elevating, and spreading ideas as meaningful, significant, or [...]

By: In Rochester, a newspaper dips into gaming to reach new young readers » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:01:38 +0000

[...] the not-for-profit game reject a new game if it takes on a commercial focus? Bill Wasik’s written about what happened when marketing companies tried to replicate the flash mob phenomena. It was a [...]

By: Phil Bilbrough: Online cars, chocolate bars, and a city’s ripped backsides | Advertising.Scoop.co.nz

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:41:43 +0000

[...] looking for each and every new online movement to tell them what they should be writing their next nano-story about it. He sees the stars are out tonight And all of it is yours and [...]

By: Recruiting Animal

Recruiting Animal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:35:06 +0000

Does this article tell us anything? Not much. There’s always been gossip and fads. Flashmobs don’t seem to have been anything special except that they could be arranged via the net.

The difference between meme and nano-story was not explained.

The most interesting thing was the alleged efficacy of a narrowly focused brand. But this was incorrectly contrasted to complex political writing.

In fact, the more narrow the focus the more in-depth and complex the material studied generally becomes.

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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:15:43 +0000

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By: Why The Boston Globe missed the nanostory with Mitt Romney’s dog » Nieman Journalism Lab

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:25:34 +0000

[...] it into the hottest story of the campaign for two weeks in the summer of 2007. (See Ian’s review of the book for more on this.) In the process, the Globe undoubtedly lost traffic to political [...]

By: Ypulse Essentials: ‘We’ Generation At Work, Virtual Campus Tours, The Uniform Project | Ypulse

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:19:46 +0000

[...] out the numbers were based on university and high-school affiliations, not actual members. Also Nieman Journalism Lab reviews And Then There’s This, and offers an interesting take on some of the book’s arguments about [...]