June 27, 2012 by Paige Yowell
Lincoln Mobile media has been Gary Kebbel's mission since 2007, when he was on a Fullbright scholarship teaching in South Africa. “When my students were bored with me, they’d take out their dumb phones - not smart phones - and do their mobile banking,” Kebbel said in a phone interview. “And I realized then that we in the U.S. are so far behind… in our use of mobile technology.” That’s why Kebbel this month … read more
April 17, 2012 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln Gary Kebbel sees the future of journalism – and the world – in mobile. “Cell phones and mobile devices are the one, only supreme way to bridge every digital divide I can think of,” said Kebbel (left), the Dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications and the current driving force behind its new Mobile Media Center (he is recruiting an associate dean to take over the center this fall). “If you want to reach everybody and reach everybody with the same message, you’ve got to do it on mobile devices. Some would argue you can do it on TV also, but who’s watching?” … read more
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