Background Sea View Police Department’s (SVPD) core values and ethics are to uphold the professional conduct and code of ethics in our agency. The integrity of this agency depends on the honesty and discipline of its employees. …

Before we can think about the why a niche market is important in social media, we must figure out what it is. “Niche platforms help cut through the clutter and noise that permeates social media, giving people in specific communities a space to collaborate” (Hyder, 2021). Examples of niche social…

Oh, what a simple time we lived in during the rise of instant messaging (IM) and America Online Messaging (AIM)! I may be dating myself here, but I came of digital age during the AIM period. I had just moved to a new city and I was so homesick, I…

In 2006, Time magazine named ‘You’ as “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse” (NBC News, 2006). Lev Grossman, Time magazine’s technology reporter, noted that you, the…

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, used social media to garner the world’s attention and admiration, not just for himself, but for the people and the country of Ukraine. His use of social media did not start with the invasion of his country, but long before when he was…

I have been helplessly watching the devastation in Ukraine. Each time a crisis happens, I am troubled that I am not doing anything to help. I see the images of the Ukrainian lady giving sunflower seeds to the Russian soldier, saying, “Put sunflower seeds in your pocket, so they grow…

#whodat #SaintsNation I am the biggest and best fan of the New Orleans Saints football team! Of course, every loyal fan considers themselves the biggest and best! However, I will go to the extremes come game day and the week prior to the game. After each game, I give myself…

But first … · What is a social media community manager? Jason Chen’s article in Social Sprout broke down the differences between a community manager and a social media manager. Prior to reading the article, I would have thought them to be one and the same — just different titles…

An active and engaging Facebook Group South Florida is known for its ‘wonderful’ cycling weather. Wonderful in quotes because some (me) believe it is too hot and sticky to do anything, much less ride outdoors! For others they will put up with the heat and humidity to do what they…