New Digital Trends e-Course

Cyberpop! is a trendwatching blog dedicated to rounding up market research and academic studies on all things related to digital popular culture.

Here you will find entries on topics from mobile technologies to social computing, educational technology to gaming, viral video to online marketing, internet dating to the latest (and strangest) smartphone apps, and emergent modes of cloud and location-aware computing.

It is written by Sidneyeve Matrix

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FILM436 eBranding. Course topics include: Impression Management, Employer Branding, PR & Integrated Communications, Celebrity e-branding, Creative Industries Online, Social Media for Social Good, and Socializing News Brands. Course starts in January 2012, 11 weeks, 4th year standing in Film & Media required. 20 seats. website FILM240 Media & Popular Culture. Course topics include: Advertising, PR, Magazines, Books, Movies, Music, TV, Gaming, Journalism, Digital Culture. Starts in September 2012, 11 weeks, no pre-reqs. 400 eSeats + 700 traditional seats. Website. FILM260 Digital Media. Course topics include: Mobilities, Virality, eReputation Management, eLiteracies, Digital Activism. Online course starts in May 2012, 6 weeks, no pre-reqs. 300 eSeats. Website. FILM110 Q4 Media and Culture. Course topics include: Advertising, Television, Digital Media, Social Friendship, News Online, Magazines, Gaming. Course section starts in February 2012, 6 weeks. 425 seats.

Some of my recent work on Macmillan's blog about teaching with technology.

This episode considers the trend of juggling screens. From HDTV to handheld video, and now tablets adding to the mobile media ecosystem, multiscreen viewership is the new norm. 6 minutes This episode considers trends in digital giving and online charity, mobile fund-raising, cause marketing and social media for social good. Which modes of digital giving resonate most strongly with Gen Y, and why? Is there any difference between cause marketing and direct donations in terms of the “feel good” factor? 7 minutes Who owns status updates and photos posted to Facebook or SMS sent via Google Voice? This episode considers the links between data portability, privacy, and personal impression management online. 5 minutes This episode considers the trend wherein brands become publishers, creating and distributing owned digital creative content online. Guess which brands are early adopters of this trend? Luxury automakers and fashion designers are first out of the gate when it comes to smartphone apps and tablet magazines. 5 minutes

Upcoming in 2012

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