001 - Just Publics@ASA MediaCamp Pre-conference Workshop 01. Blogging: Social Media Practicum

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

This workshop takes academic attendees through the basic steps of establishing a blog — an online space to highlight their research and accomplishments. We’ll consider the merits of various free plug-and-play blogging platforms like WordPress.com and Tumblr. While each has its merits, we’ll delve into WordPress.com during this session, including the following skills:

• Creating a WordPress.com account
• Writing a post, title and excerpt for each entry
• Uploading and/or embedding media (photographs and PDFs)
• Hyperlinking to your work
• Changing design themes
• Updating or editing posts


(Fee: None/Free of Charge; Participants must preregister for the Annual Meeting in order to register for this event.)

Sub Unit

• Course

Session Organizer

• Jessie Daniels, City University of New York-Hunter College

Leader

• Nathan Scott Palmer, Georgia Southern University