You may very well walk out of the theater after seeing “The Social Network” and think “Wow! That Zuckerberg guy is a genius!” Or you might think, “What a moron!” Or both. That’s why I think the new film about the founding/founders of Facebook is so compelling. It’s an interesting tale of the genesis...
A friend and local public relations professional sent me a Facebook message asking my opinion on a couple of questions she was considering for a newsletter article she was writing about social media, public relations and working with reporters. She asked: 1. How have relationships changed between reporters and public relations professionals over the...
Here is a pair of interesting social media pieces: “A Satirical Take on Social Media in 2009,” a snappy slidecast by Rob Cottingham passed along by Reportr.net “Five Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook” in the New York Times. (Sure it’s from September, but good advice is always timely…) -rp-
Ben McConnell put it this way: “Facebook fan pages are the future.” He was talking specifically about marketing, networking, serving customers. I’m thinking, “Facebook fan pages are the future … of media?” What gets me thinking about this is the fact that the college newspaper I advise, The Commuter, attracted more than a hundred...
A new story in VentureBeat looks behind the scenes at Facebook and recent decisions by its chief, Mark Zuckerberg. The article by Matt Marshall considers whether all the leadership changes at Facebook reflect chaos or a maturing enterprise (and a maturing 25-year-old billionaire CEO). Among the juicier nuggets: If you look closely enough at...
In this interesting TED talk, journalist Evgeny Morozov goes against the grain, suggesting that social networks don’t necessary promote freedom and democracy, but in fact are a tool used by dictators and repressive regimes to solidify their power. Morozov points to the Twitter “revolution” in Iran, for example, and notes that social networks made...
I post useful, interesting information on Facebook and should keep doing what I’m doing, according to a CNN.com quiz on using the social networking site. Yea for me. Brandon Griggs has some fun identifying “The 12 Most Annoying Types of Facebookers” in his CNN report, which includes a somewhat interesting video discussion of social...
We’re all well aware that employers use Facebook to screen job applicants and that divorce lawyers love what they can dig up on the social networking site. But what about more evil uses of this routine — though powerful — medium. An opinion piece on NPR.org described how Iranian agents are using Facebook to...
Today in Media & Society we explored social networking. Students agreed that Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace can be great tools for staying in touch with friends, planning activities, publicizing events and making business and professional contacts. Of course, they have their downsides as well, especially the incredible “time suck” that “just keeping in touch”...
I suspected months ago that I was too old for Facebook. Not anymore! Old fogies have taken over the social networking site! That’s according to Lev Grossman in his “Technoculture” blog on Time.com. (I’ll give LBCC journalism student Rick Casillas credit for dubbing Time.com “Nerd World” on his evolving site — Mediocre Gatsby’s Wild...
