Tag Archives: CBS 6

Turning out the vote at VCU

Posted on November 29, 2012 by marcusmessner

Students in my Social Media and the Presidential Race honors class, which I have taught with my colleague Jeff South this fall semester, have planned and implemented the nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign “VCU Votes.” Students engaged their peers on a blog, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Blogs, Campaigns, CBS 6, Class, Democracy, Election, Facebook, Jeff South, Obama, President, Social Media, Social Media and the Presidential Race, Strategy, Students, Turn out the vote, TV, Twitter, VCU, VCU Insight, VCU Votes, YouTube | Leave a comment

Think before tweeting!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by marcusmessner

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are especially popular with teenagers who do not necessarily think about the long-term consequences of their online actions. CBS 6 reporter Wayne Covil interviewed me on what online rants can do to future … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Tagged Career, CBS 6, Facebook, Job, Jobs, Parents, Social Media, Students, Teenager, Twitter | Leave a comment

Third social media summer with IYLEP

Posted on August 8, 2012 by marcusmessner

Our third VCU Social Media Institute has come to an end with the student project teams presenting their social media projects to their nonprofit clients. All clients received social media manuals to help them to maintain their campaigns on Facebook, … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Campaigns, CBS 6, Culture, Facebook, Global, Iraq, IYLEP, Lifestyle, Non-profit, Richmond.com, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Technology, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube | Leave a comment

Iraqi students study social media at VCU

Posted on July 15, 2012 by marcusmessner

This summer, Vivian Medina-Messner and I are teaching 24 Iraqi college students in our VCU Social Media Institute. They are in the U.S. through the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Politics, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged CBS 6, Democracy, Facebook, FHI 360, Global, Iraq, IYLEP, Non-profit, Social Media, Strategy, Students, TV, Twitter, VCU | Leave a comment

VCU Social Media Institute to design nonprofit campaigns

Posted on June 26, 2012 by marcusmessner

The VCU Social Media Institute will shortly begin its third year. College students from Iraq and Virginia Commonwealth University will work in project teams for four weeks to design and implement social media campaigns for 10 nonprofit organizations in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Baghdad, Campaigns, CBS 6, FHI 360, Global, Government, Institute, Iraq, IYLEP, Non-profit, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Technology, Twitter, VCU | Leave a comment

Rodney King and the impact of citizen videos

Posted on June 19, 2012 by marcusmessner

The death of Rodney King this weekend reminded us of the police brutality, the controversial court ruling and the subsequent riots in Los Angeles in the early 1990s. But the Rodney King case also marked the advent of citizen videos … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Law, Politics | Tagged Audience, CBS 6, CNN, Facebook, Interview, LAPD, Los Angeles, Police Brutality, Riots, Rodney King, TV, Video, Viral Video | Leave a comment

“iPadJournos” report for CBS 6 and Washington Post

Posted on May 15, 2012 by marcusmessner

Students in my Social Media Journalism class at VCU have reported for the website of WTVR CBS 6 and the politics blog of the Washington Post during this spring semester. Using iPads to produce multimedia news packages, the “iPadJournos” covered topics ranging … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Politics, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged CBS 6, David Karp, Election, Facebook, iPad, iPadJournos, Mobile, Obama, President, Reporting, Social Media, Students, Technology, Tumblr, Twitter, VCU, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Facebook prepares for future battles

Posted on April 24, 2012 by marcusmessner

Facebook has bought hundreds of former AOL patents from Microsoft in order to prepare for future battles with Google and Yahoo! With its anticipated IPO in May, Facebook will rise into the same league with the other Internet giants. Yahoo! … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Law, Social Media | Tagged Advertising, Business, CBS 6, corporations, Facebook, Google, Lawsuit, Microsoft, patent, Social Media, Strategy, Technology, Yahoo | Leave a comment

What to do about the Google privacy changes?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by marcusmessner

Google changes its privacy policy, combining data from all of its services into a consolidated user profile that makes it more efficient for advertisers to target consumers. Why is Google merging all of its privacy settings into one and what … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Law, Social Media | Tagged Advertising, Business, CBS 6, Chrome, Data, Facebook, Gmail, Google, Interview, Picasa, Policy, Privacy, Search, YouTube | Leave a comment

Follow “iPadJournos” on Twitter and Facebook

Posted on February 18, 2012 by marcusmessner

This semester, I am teaching a Social Media Journalism class at VCU, in which all 14 student received an iPad to do mobile reporting projects. This innovative technology project is run in cooperation with VCU’s Center for Teaching Excellence and … Continue reading →