One of the more interesting sessions at the Associated Collegiate Press conference earlier this month featured high-energy Callie Schweitzer, editor in chief at Neon Tommy. As Schweitzer noted a couple times, Neon Tommy is not a gay porn website, but one of the most-read college online publications going. It’s attracting a lot of visitors...
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...
The more I use Twitter, the more I like it. And the more people use it, the more funny videos people are bound to make. Here’s a new one that my students will love this fall in Media & Society … or whenever. -rp- p.s. To learn more, follow me at twitter.com/robpriewe
Recently I asked students in my Media & Society class what they were reading outside of textbooks and other books assigned by their instructors. In addition to the Twilight series and Harry Potter, the list of books included “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and...
If you live anywhere near Oregon, you’d have to be living in a cone of silence to not be familiar with “Powered by Orange.” Powered by Orange is the social marketing juggernaut that’s boosting the image and awareness of Oregon State University far and wide. The apparent success of the campaign was summed up...
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-
You never know what’s going to go viral. Take, for instance, Mister Splashy Pants, a humpback whale that Greenpeace made its poster beast to head off whaling in Japan. Alexis Ohanian shares the fun — and effective — tale of the swimming social media sensation in a new TED video, “How to Make a...
What’s hot online? Or at the least, what should you be in the know about, especially if you’re in the media? Here to help with its annual checklist of online must-knows is The Guardian’s “100 Essential Websites.” The creators note plenty of familiar players here — Facebook, Twitter, Flickr — as well as some...
In my continuing quest to aid all those who are trying to cram 36 hours of life into a 24-hour day, I encourage you to read a new post by Amber Nasland on her social media blog called Altitude. Her focus: “Social Media Time Management: Nine Guiding Principles.” When it comes to managing your...
