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Interviews on social media and politics
Sharply increasing Twitter follower numbers and stronger engagement of student voters: In recent interviews with the New York Daily News and USA Today College I was asked about the impact of social media in political campaigns.
Brain drain? German scientists in the U.S.
The German government and several scientific foundations are attempting to reverse the so called “brain drain” and convince German scientists in the U.S. to come back home. I was recently interviewed by Stefan Koch, Washington correspondent of Madsack Media Group, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, International, Research, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged Brain drain, Funding, Germany, Global, Government, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Twitter, Universities, VCU
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Social media for small businesses
While large corporations have implemented coherent social media strategies, small businesses still struggle to devote resources and time to an effective social media plan. I was interviewed by Jacob Geiger, editor of the business portal Work it, Richmond, on what … Continue reading
Social media discussion in Germany
On a recent trip to Germany, I was invited to run a day-long seminar on social media at the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung,” one of Germany’s large regional daily newspapers. Together with Michael Fibison from Yahoo! and Ryan Nobles from Richmond’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Social Media
Tagged Audience, Business, Facebook, Germany, Global, Google, HAZ, NBC12, Newspaper, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Strategy, TV, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube
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Social media fire up “Occupy” movement
“Occupy Wall Street” in New York has developed into a worldwide protest movement during the last few days. As with many other street protests in recent years, social media played a central role in promoting and organizing the movement. Reporter … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Government, International, Journalism, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Business, Campaigns, corporations, Democracy, Facebook, Germany, Global, Government, iPad, Occupy, Protest, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Strategy, Tablet, Technology, Twitter, Wallstreet, YouTube
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Are news media poisoning public opinion?
The cases involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony have shown some news organizations at their worst. Prejudging the outcomes of these cases, news outlets had to make 180-degree turns in their reporting when the two cases had surprising twists. CBS … Continue reading
Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Law, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Affairs, Casey Anthony, CBS 6, CNN, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Florida, France, Germany, Global, Government, New York, New York Times, Newspaper, Privacy, Social Media Professor, Tabloids, TV, Washington Post
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Teaching and learning with social media
The Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University interviewed my colleague Jeff South and me on developing and implementing social media classes and components. The CTE’s Co-Director Jeff Nugent led an in-depth conversation with us about our summer institute, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Journalism, Teaching
Tagged AED, Facebook, Germany, Iraq, IYLEP, Non-profit, Social Media, Social Media Professor, Strategy, Technology, Twitter, VCU, YouTube
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