Much ado has been made in the past few weeks about Facebook. After the recent Congressional hearings, we might…
Social Media is Killing Creativity
At some point in our lives each and everyone of us has dreamed to live something magical. Unfortunately most of those dreams don’t make it further than our pillows. Brandon Mull is an excellent author who has put some of these dreams into some great stories. Mull has written various books…
Quora is one of the lesser used social media platforms when it comes to marketing a company or product…
SAT has been listed officially on 2 different exchange networks so far. This is just a quick…
It’s raining cat and dogs in Dar es Salaam, deciding to work from home, rescheduling all my meetings and focusing on doing my paperwork. After three…
With Facebook, Google, and Mailchimp exacting bans on blockchain businesses, an analysis of the fraught relationship between Web3 and the legacy internet.
Dear Users,
Due to the high influx of unofficial and fake accounts commenting and replying to our tweets, we would like to list down all our official social media channels shown below to prevent our followers and community in…
In the words of David Ogilvy:
“On the average, five times as many…
(How to become more productive without giving up your use of the internet)
Unhappy Mr. PeelIn Chapter 33 of Capital, Marx introduces us to the character of Mr. Peel, recounted from E. G. Wakefield’s book England and America.[1] While Mr. Peel’s story is one of early 19th-century colonialism, it helps us understand what has become of the Internet and…
Imagine, if you will, a kitchen knife. If you were asked about the purpose of the knife, you may think “to chop some carrots” or…
By Viren Kaul, MD
We acknowledge that identifiable social media data from marginalized populations can be used to criminalize and incarcerate communities of color. We also acknowledge that the data we collect and methods have the…
Cailey,
You are growing up in an undiscovered digital world. While you discover it, you will get attached. But, this attachment will help you grow as a person as you learn how to control it. I say this…
This week at the RSA security conference, Microsoft and a number of other…
These days, there is technology that exists to track your every move. But we don’t even need…
“There are countless blogs that serve as a platform for people to voice their ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Whether your passion is business, personal finance, cooking, politics, photography, or marketing, blogging gives you the opportunity to connect…
A sentient creature lives in my phone — It moved in after I swapped my dumb phone for a smart one…
Last summer, when I was choosing a trail for a hike in Mount Rainier National Park, I thought about what I wanted the Instagram I knew I would eventually post to look like. Not the photo I wanted to take for my memory — the Instagram I wanted to share.
By Laina Richards
Instagram, as all of you know it as a social media app which is nowadays turning into the most viewed and time spent app next to Facebook, is not only a place for hanging out, posting your crazy pictures, and spending all your free time on…
A lot of people think that social media is just for Millenials, but the ways people get news now is more casual…
First, if you’re going to argue with me that Facebook is not broken, I’m not going to respond. If you like Facebook…
Android update with the implementation of the Topics released. So if you haven’t updated yet, do that now.
In our previous weekly reports, we’ve explained the Topics with all the details. In case you missed it, here’s a brief summary for you.
“What consumes your mind, controls your life” (Bryce, 2017). On July 29, 2017, Bryce Lewis, a popular journalist and writer, created and uploaded an entire webpage of motivational and inspiring quotes. His quotes move deeper than words alone. What is he trying to say…
As someone who has been in business for 25 years and spent the better part of a decade…
Zach Marks is the founder of Grom Social, an anti-bullying social media platform for kids that has 13 million users across 200 countries. Zach founded Grom back in 2013, when he was 12 years old. Now a 17-year-old high school…
These days Instagram is all about showing off your best.
Your best angles, looks, friends, activities and overall lifestyle.
It’s who has the coolest story, how many likes we have compared to our friends, and what our Instagram says about…
In the final two weeks of the semester we will prepare for your in-class discussion of the final project, and…
Famous celebrities play a big part in the United States entertainment industry. We are all constantly watching/listening/hearing what is new about our favorite idol. Through social media, we are constantly getting an update on the daily lives of our very own actress, actor, singer…
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Netflix, YouTube, Amazon — they all curate content on their home feeds, mining my click history, watch time and purchases to flood my head with a finely tuned subset of human knowledge. Knowledge optimally crafted to fire the neurons bridging my…
Football players are this century’s Rock Stars. With their ready-made audiences of millions in every…
LIFE BEFORE ONLINE
By Kamilla Ibragimova
Have you ever made a list or written a message in a card or letter?
Have you ever sat down and put pen to paper to try and work out the way through a dilemma you are faced with — or a choice you have to make.
So what’s the issue?
FROM somewhere of among 361 angles
Faiza and Lakpa
Many different stories and people go viral on social media, especially on sites like Twitter and Instagram. On one hand, much of what we see today on social media are viral political or controversial tweets and news stories. On the other hand, we see completely normal people turn…
There is no mystery as to how fast you can find out something through social media. The rapid fire speed of the internet and the access from a device that fits in the palm of your hand is unparalleled to anything that this world has ever seen. Social media lets us…
Interesting news that JD Wetherspoons has shut down a large part of its owned marketing efforts — its social media accounts.
Ever since I was young, I have always had a love for social media. My parents never really understood it, but they…
Word of mouth is perhaps the best channel of marketing and on social media, word of mouth spreads like wild fire. In this light, Social media is a benefactor for car buyers and car sellers alike. Car buyers get firsthand information or…
Social Media’s Positive Impact On NBA Viewership
When it comes to seeing highlights and hearing news about the NBA’s biggest stars, there’s no better place to look than on social media. With platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, there is no shortage of content right at the fans’ fingertips. The content and the…
Social media has become a dominant source of the latest news and information all around the…
Back in the days of the anonymous internet, before social media, ubiquitous digital cameras and easy uploadability of your…
Large UK pub chain J.D Wetherspoon announced today that it will be shutting it’s social media accounts.
Whenever a big brand breaks from the pack like this, people start asking…
In reality nobody really has the time to sit down and watch News on TV these days. Most people in this generation find out what happening around the world through Social Media websites…
Austin, I think we actually agree on something today. I kinda feel bad for Hannity being outed and shamed by association today. I am eager to hear more of Judge Wood’s reasoning for why she compelled Cohen’s attorneys to reveal the third client’s identity, but I sympathize with Hannity, for the way the embarrassing info came out.
It’s almost a year and a half after the 2016 presidential election and we still can’t make a determination regarding whether Twitter or Facebook impacted the outcome. The reason for this is that social media cannot be understood simply as a…
How Ecopsychology Can Empower You To Live In The Real World
Here’s a twist: eMarketer estimates that Facebook and Google’s share of advertising will decline in 2018. While they will still control 56.8% of US digital ad dollars, the company predicts, that’s a drop from 58.5% last year.
Time Locker is a French brand created for the gentlemen adventurers. Our first three watches are inspired by a legendary watch worn by the French combat…
Social media and pop culture is a great mix. Finding out information about someone or something regarding pop culture, has become much easier to access with the rising trend of social media over the years. It started out as…
Having joined Medium about a month ago. I thought I would share a short piece explaining my experience to date and the following/exposure I have generated (unfortunately not much of either). I decided to begin this writing journey for two…
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Well, that is a great question my friend, I’m really glad you asked! 😬😂😉
Reporters, bloggers, and journalists alike are becoming more like “influencers”
Every day, it seems like our feeds are full of tan, athletic, adventurous twenty-somethings that make a living out of having daily…
Social Media: Giving Mental Health a Voice (Behind The Stigma)
Talking to people who comprehend the challenges you’re dealt with relevant to mental illness can have a major impact on others. Depression which affects one in five people at some point in their life can be a horribly isolating illness. Besides the fact that one…
大家有沒發現近年專家多了很多, 特別是Social Media出現後, 只要你原意在youtube上教援知識, 你已經是一個專家! 這是對傳統教育制度一個很大衝擊, 以往大家的相信智識(knowledge)是從教育機構所提供, 我們要考上大學, 大學也有智識深擊的教授傳授智識…但今天因為社會轉形得太快, 智識(knowledge)已轉化為知識(information), 智識與知識兩者有什麼分別? 只要到wikipedia上找一找便有無限的知識出現, 這是淺層, 相反智識是一門深層的專業知識理。如看完IDEO的design thinking的pdf…
As a college student who relies heavily on electronics and social media it is easy to see that we live in a…
A long time ago I wanted to write about this topic. However, for various reasons I was postponing it, although it is not too late to write about two terms that up to now are taken as synonyms in the digital domain; they are part of each…
Is Twitter good for job search? How good is it to fetch a new job? Let’s share…
The news is essential to stay in touch with the current happenings in the world. Being informed about the current events around the world would help you to stay at a higher position wherever you are. News provides us with the latest information about…
Facebook has problems. But #DeleteFacebook isn’t one of them.
Plan a giveaway competition that will interest your audience. What are your KPI’s?
I thought I was a “sneaker-head” until I found StockX. This is literally the stock market of things. Not cheap things either, expensive stuff. People mainly buy…
Social media is becoming a staple in many people’s lives. Almost everyone who owns a cell phone or computer has at least one account on a social media site. Many popular sites include: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. These four apps/websites are probably the most…
In 2018, Having a Soul May Be a Competitive Advantage
The times, they are a-changin’
It has been nearly 55 years since Bob Dylan recorded that iconic lyric, but the words still ring true today in many ways. The Digital Age has radically altered widely held ideals across society and the avenues of…
The pace of change is accelerating. For example, the development of mobile technology has played an important role in shaping the impact of social media. Across the globe, mobile devices dominate in terms of total minutes spent online. This puts the means to connect anywhere, at any time on…
Social media is reshaping how we watch the news. From print to digital social media websites are now becoming the first source to today's news and information.
Team Dart set out to make the greatest darts-related social media network the world had ever seen. One week later (and with one week to go). Not only had we managed to build a solid MVP with CRUD functionality, but we had also begun to implement some sparkly features such as the…
Social media may be the best and fastest way to find out about current news.
Disclaimer: I LOVE ice cream. When I say I love ice cream, I mean I could kill a large DQ Blizzard in about 2 minutes. I’m the person who eats ice cream in the middle of winter. I’m the person who could devour a pint (or 2), no problem.
Why audiences have become numb to its traditional news media
Since the 2016 presidential campaign election trail between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had taken off, everything was in watchful eyes of…
Something that started out as fun and a great way to connect with friends has become too much. Checking FB every 10 minutes to see how many likes you have on your new profile pic.Many people are too much addictive to Facebook, who are more living in digital life…
Stay up to date with what’s trending on Twitter with this free tool.
What is it? https://www.tweet247.net shows you the top trending topics and…
Whether it be an alert from ESPN, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, our phones are constantly updating us through various forms of social media platforms. Who reads the newspaper and has time to sit and watch news on KGUN at 5 anymore? People are constantly on…
The most popular forms of shared content
For my assignment I choose to continue my coverage on my documentary “Out of the Cage”. Due to the films relation to Women’s rights in the Middle East, I choose to base my content around that topic. Using…
UILPA VVFF Puglia: “SCANDALOSO, NIENTE SOLDI PER I VIGILI DEL FUOCO”
A breve inizierà la campagna boschiva 2018 ed i Vigili del Fuoco della Puglia non hanno ancora ricevuto il saldo dei servizi A.I.B. dell’anno precedente.
It’s no secret social media is taking over. It consumes a good amount of everyone’s time. Whether it’s Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, the list goes on. We are obsessed with what other people are doing or what they are thinking that opening a social media app every 5 minutes…
You know the story. Interviews are ahead and the word comes down: it’s time for media training. These trainers do provide excellent service; having witnessed superstar trainer Jeff Ansell in action, I am duly impressed with…
Hi everyone!
Wow, what a day Friday was. Following around a student athlete all day is far from easy, but what an experience it was! As I wrote in my last blog post, I followed Brittany around from the time she woke up around 6:30 AM until 10:00 PM…
Hi Brad, glad you enjoyed it. Not sure what you mean by “the media thumbnail.” The best size for your LI profile photo is 400px square or higher (keeping it square). The recommended size of the LI background image is 1584 px wide by 396 px high. You can view the related LI support page here. Cheers!
Women of all ages have let the presence of social media and its popular content invade their minds and cause them to be incredibly self-consious through body dysmorphia, social anxiety, and yo-yo dieting. However, celebrities are now using social media platforms to improve ideas…
If you are in the equine industry and a user a social media, popular equine news outlet The Chronicle of the Horse is a great source to reach on multiple platforms! They not only have their own website, but are active on platforms…
Have you ever sat back and realized how far our world has come? Technology is an obvious given, but what about the way through which society consumes information? You use to have to wait for the 6 o’clock news or keep the radio on if…
Managing social media accounts on so many platforms can be a wearisome task! Keeping track of all the updates & posts, switching between a number of platforms, posting regularly can be a real pain at times.
Social media has a power perhaps like no other. Whether you are interested in sports, news, entertainment or almost anything else you can think of, social media can keep you seamlessly connected. Pick your favorite reporter or athlete and give them a follow. Not only…
What’s most unfortunate for Facebook is that its business model essentially relies on intrusions into user privacy.
If Facebook wasn’t able to predict who our friends were and use the data to advertise to us, maybe users wouldn’t feel so attached to the platform — it’s a long shot, but I think there are many, many factors keeping people on Facebook.
The idea of Monoreto was born out of a simple question: what if you were able to transfer funds in one click?..
As we saw, people are sociable but very lazy.Seeing a nice picture or reading a useful article, we’d be happy to encourage the author. Discovering a post…
Journalism plays a HUGE role in today’s social media while social media plays a huge role in journalism — ya know? Let me explain. Without journalism, social media would simply stand to tell a story through a photo or video and maybe some copy that would only provide a…
Jumi: I definitely agree that I find myself being more occupied with all the things technology has to offer as opposed to actual human beings. I feel that the main reason I expect more from technology is because it’s a service…
In today’s world how we share and hear about news is different to the world we used to know. The speeds that news agencies can use to effectively publish current events has gone from having a broadcast crew come on at designated hours of the day, into the ability for “Live streams”…
I just spent time reading the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. An interesting and some what scary vision of political take over through out history. It also poses the unspoken question of whether…
We don’t realize how much we use social media until we take a step back and look at what we spend most of our time doing. People spend hours scrolling through twitter or snapchatting their besties so it makes sense to put the news on social…
What do I mean by that? This is all about deploying love and honesty.
For the week of April 9–16, 2018
Marketing in most cases through social media such as Twitter is a good thing, but when something is taken the wrong way or someone with a lot of followers bashes the product then it could ruin a company’s reputation. It is always important for a company to make…
After spending a little ver 3 months studying new, how to manage social media and what to do or what to avoid, it is a necessity to look back at the things I got to learn. Here are some of them:
Social Media is everywhere nowadays. From our at home desktops to our cellular devices, the access that individuals have to social media is endless. Now with the invention of all of these smart watches you can even access it from the convenience of your wrist! So why…
Make a decision.•••"Should I do this or that?""Should I do it now or later?*"Should I do it myself or ask someone else?"•••So many of us are crippled by our options and are in…
How Social Media Can Inspire A Movement.
As of recent times it has become prevelent of how big social media really is. In particular a lot of movements…
Ha cute Selma! I prefer cookies though really. I totally hear you about Twitter. Another one I just don’t. I tweet and have no clue if people can hear me chirping in the distance. For now, Medium and Pinterest are my best friends. Thanx for your great input!
Social media and its powers seem to evolve everyday. If you think back to the original days of Myspace and even Facebook, these social networking sites were made specifically to bring old friends together and even make new ones. While this is still true, there are…
With the rise of Instagram, Snapchat, and most of all, Twitter, moments in sports are no longer captured by just the audience in the venue during the game. If LeBron goes up for a monster block that saves their playoff run and defines a series, it will forever be plastered on the feeds…
Over the years journalism has evolved and adapted to the ever changing social environment present in our lives. In the past when someone wished to read the news/see what happened that day they would flock to the major journalism companies…
If we think about the campaigns and elections that take place today, we can see that they all use social media as one of the major platforms for communicating with their audience. Social media is another area in which politicians can spread their messages and influence, however it is…
Social Media is a powerful tool that has changed our lives in a major way. We use it so much that we don’t realize how many things we can do with it. What began as a tool to connect with friends and family has become a tool that can be used in our professions…
This is just so epic and I think those aliens are in my phone too!! Dammit. What a crazy world we’ve created for ourselves through apps. I’ve actually started leaving my phone in other rooms now just to break free from this ridiculous habit. Iva 1 Phone 0 …Yay me! Great piece Lauren :)
Social media continues to be a huge form of communication among our society. In the world of sports, it is boosting how journalists share information with the audience. Social media allows sports journalists to receive and release news that is not only…
Social Media & The Beauty Industry
Social media has changed the way we share information and drastically changed the pace of which information is shared…
Times have changed, social media has become the ultimate tool to not only influence others but share stories, with that being said information can spread at a rapid speed. We can utilize traditional media and social media to share other’s perspectives at a faster rate in…
Everyone gets news on social media these days. If you look on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter, they all have the option for finding out news plus people tend to share the news as it happens and then sometimes it spreads like wildfire. People can get the news quicker via social…
We see that all the new brands try to approach the social media industry for the better results. It allows you to make the best features for your working and business betterment. Although the social media provide the great strength to your brands and it is the reason why…
Throughout the years, social media has sky rocketed in popularity. For most people, social media is something they use everyday. There are many positive and negative affects of social media. Social media is positive in a way of adults getting to keep in touch with friends. As life goes on, it gets hard…
We’ll see. As with anything Blockchain has its flaws, but no doubt the company needs to do something…
I’ll definitely give you article a read! Thanks for sharing.
Social media is continuously increasing its net that is capturing more and more people for their network. There are number of things that matter when you want to become as a user of the social media. Social media plays the important role when it comes to…
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When it comes to promoting your book on social networks, do you feel like you are wasting your time? You might be right… you really might be barking in the wind.
How Journalist use social media to go beyond traditional news coverage.
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/985329759759601665
In what would looks like an image from TIME Magazine a tweet from White Press Secretary Sarah Sanders displays an image from inside the White House Situation Room, allegedly…
today i was deleting all of my posts ob google+ and I was asking myself “ why the hell I posted those there?” and the answer was that i needed company. it seems that we are the lonely generation, even if your living in a house with four kids like mine, you still need to share…
Today, so many people turn to social media for their news. With the use of social media, journalists and non-journalists alike, can use any site to bring light to social justice issues.
I think social media has a huge impact on almost everyone in todays society. I mean even my grandma has a facebook now. I think the most impactful social media site there is would be twitter. Most people including myself find out most news through twitter. As a college student I do not really have the…
Social networking sites have taken the world by storm. To be a successful person or a successful entity or organization, one must be extremely popular on such platforms. The most popular platforms would be the FB, Twitter, and Instagram. This guide will talk about the way…
News is no longer only found on television, it has become something we can find through various mediums.
Whether it is World Wide, or just Local, the News is something that has always seemed to be watched at night on the couch as you get home from work whether it is 5:00pm, 6:00pm or…
Social media has become an increasingly large part of our society. There are many forums to post our concerns, our opinions, and just to show the world our lives. Social media is being used more and more each day to express our opinions. This creates controversy as people begin to have extreme thoughts…
“La fontana si racconta”, convegno, inaugurazione e mostra a Cerignola
L’evento arriva a Cerignola grazie all’interessamento e all’azione dell’assessore Morra
Si terrà lunedì 23 aprile, a partire dalle 10.30, presso il Polo Civico Museale “Officine Fornari” a Cerignola, il convegno di apertura della…
The rise of social media has given a “face” to the mirade of voices that populate all corners and spheres of the internet.
Kim Kardashian, Lebron James, Chadwick Boseman, McDonald’s, Beyonce, Tom Brady, and even former President Barack Obama…
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Artist Management 2
Mission 4
4/16/18
Artist Budget
Total Budget: $20,000
Recording: $10,000 — $1,000 per-song with Bruce Wigner
You’re still one of the brave hold-outs? Mucho props.
The gravity was too great for me and I was sucked in years ago. It gives me a place to communicate with all my kiddos.
Each to his/her own. ✊🏻
Rusty
Word of mouth is perhaps the best channel of marketing and on social media, word of mouth spreads like wild fire. In this light, Social media is a benefactor for car buyers and car sellers alike. Car buyers get…
Conversations from Brian Wong and Carmeena Escobar
AT- 6:
For many people, old and young, using social media is an everyday thing. Whether it is Snap chat, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook; these platforms attract any one and everyone. Social media is a part of everyday life in the modern world, no different than eating or sleeping. Social media is an addiction…
Social media listening tools have now become a requirement for all the businesses for seamlessly managing their social media presence. The social media monitoring engine…
In the past several weeks, a suburb of Damascus has become the newest epicenter of the Syrian Conflict. The opposition-held…
Journalism has always been dominated by print media and major media conglomerates since its inception hundreds of years ago. Now there is a factor that is challenging these traditional journalism sites and shaking things up a bit. With the rise of social media, journalism has entered a…
In todays world, we tend to turn toward social media to express our feelings, thoughts, opinions, etc., to show other people how we want them to portray us. Twitter is just one of the many platforms in which this is done. With all the benefits of social media, it has also become too easy to hide behind a computer…
