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When even the Director of New Media’s Dismayed…


… As the director of the University
of Georgia’s New Media Institute and a professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Scott Shamp said he’s often dismayed to present a lecture to a hall filled with students, few who can seem to tear their attention away from their laptops or cell phones long enough to hear what he has to say.

Shamp has gotten used to the trend, but it’s still hard to look around the room and see so many students looking at their cell phones and typing on them.

Still, Shamp opts to look on the bright side of the situation.

“What’s the real difference between them doing that and writing in a notebook?” he said. “For me, writing in a notebook is almost a validation of the things I’m saying…”

Yes, even the paid cheerleaders are dismayed… Luckily, though, it turns out there’s no difference between surfing the internet and writing in a notebook…

Margaret Soltan, November 22, 2009 2:43AM
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One Response to “When even the Director of New Media’s Dismayed…”

  1. david foster Says:

    "I met with Marriott and they told me how they used Twitter to address service complaints. If somebody complained about their room or something going on, somebody who was monitoring Twitter could respond in a matter of minutes. So they turned people who were haters into lovers in a heartbeat, which you couldn’t do with any other medium."

    "any other medium"…hmm…Telephone? Face-to-face communication?

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