03/04/2025
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/blogs/building-skills-digital-era
Building skills in the digital era
As technology’s influence on our lives continues to expand, students must keep their digital skills up to date to thrive in any sector
02/26/2025
Here is a virtual info session on the M.A. in Digital Communication at Goucher College:
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...
01/26/2025
Social media marketing professionals in high demand:
Social Media Marketing Skills In Demand, Worth $1.5 Trillion By 2030
Digital marketing is one of the fastest growing in-demand skills for 2024, ranking in Coursera's top 10 list in their Job Skills Of 2024 report.
01/26/2025
The move to digital media will create digital media jobs. Here's a recent example:
CNN Cuts Jobs and Shuffles TV Lineup as It Enters New Trump Era
Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023. Now, he is remaking the network’s TV lineup and its work force.
01/11/2025
Our program made headlines at O'Dwyer's PR!
News of Firms: Mod Op Acquires Image Media
Mod Op, a Miami-based digital marketing agency with offices across the US and in Canada, acquires Image Media,
12/12/2024
https://www.prnewsonline.com/ai-and-misinformation-a-major-pr-problem/
AI and Misinformation: A Major PR Problem
A recent audit by NewsGuard revealed that AI-generated content frequently produces unreliable information, with errors appearing in nearly 18% of responses, and this info is left uncorrected in 38% of cases.
03/28/2024
I don't usually post academic articles here, but this is a very interesting look at social media in crisis situations and how trust is impacted: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401224000288
Social media trust: Fighting misinformation in the time of crisis
During crises, the proliferation of misinformation, often termed "infodemics," can severely compromise Shared Situational Awareness (SSA) and impede e…