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
Twitter in Real Life?
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Next week, the Media and Society class at LBCC will examine new technology and the Internet, including social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and blogging. Here’s a fun video about Twitter from College Humor. -rp-
Social Media for PR Pros Working with Reporters
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...
NY Times Columnist: Twitter Is Here to Stay
Wondering why Twitter matters or why you should pay attention to it? Some excellent answers to those questions can be found in “Why Twitter Will Endure,” by New York Times columnist David Carr. Carr sums up the short and glorious history of the micro-blogging site, his own initial skepticism, and why it is succeeding...
Websites You Need to Know About
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...
Facebook, Twitter Revolution? NOT!
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...
Am I an Annoying Facebooker?
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...
Revolution in the Twittersphere
Fascinated by what’s going on in Iran? BuzzMachine blogger Jeff Jarvis and Thomas Friedman of the New York Times offer a pair of useful commentaries on social networking vs. despotism. In “The Virtual Mosque,” Friedman writes: What is fascinating to me is the degree to which in Iran today — and in Lebanon —...
First Twitter, Now Flutter
Be the first on your block to get in on Flutter, the “nanoblogging” ap that’s sure to sweep the nation. … and then there’s … Watch Real Life Twitter on CollegeHumor … and Twitter unites strangers on a train … -rp-
Who Needs Google When You Can Twitter?
So what’s the big deal about Twitter? Mashable contributor Soren Gordhamer has some answers in “How Twitter Is Dethroning the Old Guard.” Gordhamer notes how the “next great social media site” may soon replace some of our most-used online actions, including searching for information, e-mail and even MySpace. He writes: To the extent that...
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