Media Socialist is a blog about, and a testing ground for, social media online.

That means we're gluttons for blogs, social networks, social bookmarks, wikis, user-generated video, photo-sharing, and everything Web 2.0.

Use Firefox to automate hundreds of screen captures

Friday, February 12th, 2010 by Griffin Hammond

Screen capture (noun or verb) To create an image of what's on your computer screen. Synonyms: screengrab, screenshot. Scroll down and you'll see this post contains several screenshots. You can see the value of capturing an image from a computer screen. It's easy to do with available software or keyboard shortcuts; ...

How do college students find media online?

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 by Griffin Hammond

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, nearly half of Americans use search engines, like Google, daily. According to my browser history, I visit Google 19 times a day, on average! So it's with that search obsession that in July, I completed my Masters thesis, titled "Media search ...