Author: Shane Tilton

Dr. Shane Tilton is an associate professor at Ohio Northern University. He was awarded the 2018 Young Stationers’ Prize & twice awarded Outstanding Adviser honors from the Society for Collegiate Journalists in 2015 (Outstanding New Adviser) and 2018 (Outstanding Adviser). His published works include the role of journalism in society, the role of new media systems on culture and the pedagogy of gaming. His work on social media and university life earned him the BEA 2013 Harwood Dissertation Award.
Twitter and its Impact on American Governance

Twitter and its Impact on American Governance

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I was happy that one of my articles was selected for Communication Currents, an amazing produced by the National Communication Association. Communication Currents is an online web magazine of the National Communication Association. This site is designed to translate current communication scholarship published in scholarly journals of the National Communication Association. Working from recently-published journal articles, Communication Currents makes scholarship available …

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How Networks Make Networks

How Networks Make Networks

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As Monty Python Flying Circus used to say, “Now for something completely different!” I am going to attempt to define two complex concepts and attempt to connect those concepts to the everyday world of social media. Those two terms are infotaxis and stigmergy. Both refer to a similar natural function, that is changing embedded information in an environment …

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The Interworkings

The Interworkings

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Rex Sorgatz wrote last year about the concept of the nanocelebrity when he wrote “[t]he point is that renown is no longer the exclusive province of a select few. Nano-celebrity is there for the taking, if you really want it.” I believe that he was talking about celebrity at the micro level and was getting …

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The Purpose of Nanocelebrity

The Purpose of Nanocelebrity

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I really wanted to explore a few different avenues when starting this blog. The first one was to briefly verbalize my thoughts on this new channel of communication (microblogging/microcommunication/anything that uses XMPP to transmit information). I hoped this did not become a boring academic exercise only a few people would read. I thank you for …

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Facebook launching new real-time homepage

Facebook launching new real-time homepage

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Facebook seems to be following the example set by other sites (like Twitter) to give instant feedback to their users. The news-feed that provides information to the user about their friends will auto-refresh on a regular basis. A series of filters will also be connected to the news feed as a a way of limiting …

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Backing Up

Backing Up

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Being an education professional in the field of computer design, I have always told students to back up their work, or else they may lose everything they’ve been working on for the last class period. I also tell students to back up their work in at least two locations online, and on a flash drive …

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Strength in the Community

Strength in the Community

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It is very easy to dismiss the concept of the nanocelebrity if you do not take into account several of the factors that make online socialization different from traditional socialization and traditional mediation. Lev Grossman began to explore these factors when Time named “You” the Person of the Year in 2006. He begins his article …

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Cyber Dreaming (on Such a Winter’s Day)

Cyber Dreaming (on Such a Winter’s Day)

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After being stuck inside my house for 3 days, I decided for new ways to connect myself with the outside world. I figured that there were pretty good odds that one of the people on these networks lived in a place that wasn’t getting bombarded with an onslaught of snow. The first site/network that I …

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