Tag Archives: Social Media

Yahoo + Tumblr = ?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by marcusmessner

Internet pioneer Yahoo is taking over the popular microblogging site Tumblr and is paying a staggering $1.1 billion for the acquisition. The deal combines two struggling companies. Yahoo! has long lost its innovative streak and Tumblr needs a successful revenue … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Social Media | Tagged billion, deal, Internet, microblogging, pioneer, Social Media, Takeover, Tumblr, uncool, Users, Yahoo | Leave a comment

IYLEP Institute wins VCU Community Engagement Award

Posted on May 13, 2013 by marcusmessner

The 2012 IYLEP Social Media Institute has been recognized with this year’s VCU Community Engagement Award for Teaching. Our IYLEP team received the award at an event of the VCU Division of Community Engagement on Thursday. Our program was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged award, community engagement, Iraq, IYLEP, Social Media, VCU | Leave a comment

Radio interview on coverage of Boston bombings

Posted on April 30, 2013 by marcusmessner

On Monday, I was interviewed on the South Korean radio program tbs eFM Primetime on the failings of the traditional news media coverage on the Boston Marathon bombings and the impact social media platforms have had in this breaking news … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Journalism, Social Media | Tagged bombings, Boston, Journalism, Marathon, Reddit, Reporters, Seoul, Social Media, South Korea, tbs eFM Primetime, terrorism, Twitter | Leave a comment

Social media impact coverage of the Boston bombings

Posted on April 23, 2013 by marcusmessner

As in many breaking news events, social media platforms were the go-to sites for the latest developments on the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the following manhunt for the suspects. But social media sites like Twitter and Reddit as … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Social Media | Tagged bombings, Boston, Facebook, Journalism, manhunt, Marathon, Reddit, Reporters, Social Media, terrorism, Twitter | Leave a comment

iPadJournos project becomes capstone course

Posted on March 18, 2013 by marcusmessner

The iPadJournos project will become a permanent part of the journalism curriculum at VCU’s School of Mass Communications. Starting this fall, I will offer the class “MASC 496 – Mobile and Social Media Journalism” as a senior capstone course in … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged capstone, course, iPad, iPadJournos, Journalism, Mobile, Social Media, VCU | Leave a comment

New Center for Media + Health at VCU

Posted on March 17, 2013 by marcusmessner

My colleagues Dr. Yan Jin, Dr. Ernest Martin, Professor Scott Sherman and I have received a grant to start a new Center for Media + Health at VCU. The startup funding comes from the VCU Quest Innovation Fund and allows … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Public Relations, Research, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Center for Media+Health, communication, Facebook, grant, Health, lab, Quest, Social Media, Twitter, VCU | Leave a comment

Social media engagement of nonprofit organizations

Posted on March 14, 2013 by marcusmessner

At the International Public Relations Research Conference last week in Miami, I presented results from two research studies that analyzed the social media engagement of nonprofit organizations: “140 characters for better health: An exploration of the Twitter engagement of leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, International, Public Relations, Research, Social Media | Tagged Engagement, ethics, Facebook, Guidelines, IPRRC, Miami, nonprofit, organization, Page Center, Policy, research, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube | Leave a comment

“VCU votes” campaign wins communication award

Posted on February 18, 2013 by marcusmessner

The “VCU votes” campaign to turn out the student vote at VCU during the 2012 presidential election has been recognized with a Democracy Cup Award. The Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) honored the project run by 15 VCU honors students … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Campaigns, CEEP, Democracy, Election, Facebook, Government, Obama, President, Romney, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Tumblr, Twitter, VCU, VCU Votes, YouTube | Leave a comment

Horizon Report recognizes iPadJournos project

Posted on February 9, 2013 by marcusmessner

The NMC Horizon Report has recognized the iPadJournos project in the tablet computing section of its 2013 Higher Education Edition. The report is a joint publication of the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). The following is … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged EDUCAUSE, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, Horizon Report, iPadJournos, Mobile, Multimedia, New Media Consortium, Social Media, VCU | Leave a comment

Emerging Scholar Grant from AEJMC

Posted on February 3, 2013 by marcusmessner

My research partner Marcia DiStaso and I were recently selected as recipients for this year’s AEJMC Emerging Scholar Grants. We submitted a research proposal “Turning to the Wiki-Doctor” to examine the frequency of use of Wikipedia as a health information … Continue reading →