A major argument for the conversion to Internet editions is the ability for newspapers to become free to the subscribers. The cost the readers pay for a print newspaper is used to help pay for the newspaper’s cost of printing on the paper. In fact, the sum of subscription fees usually does not allow newspapers… [Read more…]
Facebook pages are basically user profiles for organizations or groups. These pages are used for anything from clubs and organizations to musical groups. Facebook groups allow these organizations to post photos, links, and even videos right onto the message boards of the most popular social networking site in the United States. Facebook was created and… [Read more…]
Twitter, conversely, is used mainly in the corporate world and by celebrities to promote certain causes and events. “Twitter was seemingly everywhere in 2009, with sports stars, celebrities, politicians and journalists using the micro blogging platform to promote everything from themselves to their employers to the issues they advocate for” (Rindfuss). Twitter is geared towards… [Read more…]
Kevin Dupuy is a senior and proud member of the class of 2011. He is 17 and is looking forward to spending a second year on the Tiger’s Roar staff and returning as a Managing Editor. He spends most of his journalism class managing the site on the newspaper as well as gathering information which the… [Read more…]
February 4, 2011
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