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ERIC Number: EJ1476059
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1740-4622
EISSN: EISSN-1740-4630
Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Blog and Podcast Project: Developing New Media Literacy and Cross-Functional Team Skills
Ashton Mouton1
Communication Teacher, v39 n3 p258-264 2025
It is important to engage students in lecture and assessment with new media while helping them build new media literacy skills. The blog and podcast are two forms of new media being widely used by organizations, businesses, and corporations that students also appreciate in the learning environment. The following unit activity asks students to work in a cross-functional team to create a branded blog and podcast effectively, learning new media literacy skills and gaining team skills along the way. It is important to engage students in lecture and assessment with new media while helping them build new media literacy skills. The blog and podcast are two forms of new media being widely used by organizations, businesses, and corporations that students also appreciate in the learning environment. The following unit activity asks students to work in a cross-functional team to create a branded blog and podcast effectively, learning new media literacy skills and gaining team skills along the way. Courses: Organizational, business, and corporate communication; could be adapted for health communication, public relations, mass communication, small group, and public speaking Organizational, business, and corporate communication; could be adapted for health communication, public relations, mass communication, small group, and public speaking. Outcomes: By the end of the unit, students should be able to (1) explain the purpose of using blogs and podcasts as a communication strategy in organizational/corporate messaging, (2) examine current blog and podcast trends to discuss and apply in cross-functional teamwork, (3) compose three blog posts that communicate clear branding and a consistent theme for a current business, (4) create podcast episodes that communicate clear branding and a consistent theme for a current business, and (5) successfully work with a cross-functional team to complete a project. By the end of the unit, students should be able to (1) explain the purpose of using blogs and podcasts as a communication strategy in organizational/corporate messaging, (2) examine current blog and podcast trends to discuss and apply in cross-functional teamwork, (3) compose three blog posts that communicate clear branding and a consistent theme for a current business, (4) create podcast episodes that communicate clear branding and a consistent theme for a current business, and (5) successfully work with a cross-functional team to complete a project.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA