Day 9

Tuesday, September 27

Discuss Distance Enhancement Project, Pitches, and New Media Tutorial Assignment

Discuss Online Advocacy Examples:

• Student Petition Calls for Technology Update
• To place the Distance Enhancement Project in the context of the recent governmental changes in Egypt, we’ll be listening to listen to the first segment of the Radiolab podcast (~20 minutes) and then looked at the three linked short articles.
• “Small Change”—Malcolm Gladwell
• “Does Egypt Need Twitter?”—Malcolm Gladwell
• “Malcolm Gladwell Surfaces to Knock Social Media in Egypt”—Ari Melber

Review Online Advocacy Sources:

• Affordable New Tools and Strategies for Online Activism
• Powerful Online Advocacy Tools On Your Facebook Page
• So You Want to Make a Viral Video
• Online Advocacy Tools: Twitter
• A Few Good Online Petition Tools

For Next Time

• Due: Rhetoric Q&A Essay (Due: 9/29)
• Due: Distance Enhancement Research Report (Due: 9/29)
• Due: Distance Enhancement Pitch (Due: 9/29).