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Turning out the vote at VCU
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
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Romney, Big Bird and Twitter
During the first televised presidential debate, Mitt Romney just tried to make another argument for cutting government spending, including subsidies to PBS. But he mentioned the beloved Sesame Street character Big Bird in that discussion and subsequently set Twitter on … Continue reading
Posted in International, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Big Bird, Campaigns, Debate, Facebook, iPad, Madsack, Obama, President, Romney, Social Media, Sonntag, Strategy, TV, Twitter
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Tweets from Wall Street
My latest study with Vivian Medina-Messner examines the Twitter adoption and use of leading business media, such as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC and the Economist. We analyzed the Twitter accounts of leading business news organizations, split up by newspapers, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Journalism, Research
Tagged Bloomberg, Business, Businessweek, CNBC, Economist, Financial Times, Fortune, Fox Business, Magazines, New York Times, Newspaper, Social Media, TV, Twitter, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
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#NBCfail and the Olympics
Around the world, the London Olympics were celebrated as a successful sporting event, from the opening to the closing ceremony. In the U.S., however, delayed television broadcasting of major Olympic events by NBC triggered a massive backlash on social media. … Continue reading
Posted in International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Social Media
Tagged #NBCfail, Audience, Global, IOC, London, NBC, Olympics, Social Media, Technology, TV, Twitter
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Microsoft and NBC split ways
Once a pioneering joint venture in the early days of the Web, Microsoft and NBC have announced this week that they will end their cooperation in MSNBC. Microsoft will sell its 50 percent share in MSNBC to NBC, which was … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Journalism, Legacy Media
Tagged Business, Comcast, corporations, General Electric, Joint Venture, Microsoft, MSNBC, NBC, Split, Strategy, TV, Web
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Iraqi students study social media at VCU
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
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How much social media will be allowed at the Olympics?
With the London Olympics only a few weeks away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced its new social media policy that does not allow spectators and athletes to upload video snippets to various social media sites. It is an attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Law, Social Media
Tagged Audience, Facebook, Global, IOC, London, Olympics, Social Media, Technology, TV, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube
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Rodney King and the impact of citizen videos
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
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“Shoveling tweets” study published
The journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism has published a study on Twitter adoption and use by American newspapers and television stations, which my former graduate students Maureen Linke and Asriel Eford conducted with me. The results of … Continue reading
Posted in International, Journalism, Research, Social Media
Tagged Adoption, Future of Journalism Conference, ISOJ, Newspaper, Shovelware, Social Media, TV, Twitter, use
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The flameout of Kony 2012
When the Kony 2012 video went viral and caught the attention of millions of viewers within only a few days in early March, it seemed as if the nonprofit Invisible Children had done everything right. But only six weeks later, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged Campaigns, Facebook, Global, Invisible Children, Kony 2012, Non-profit, NPR, Social Media, Strategy, Technology, TV, Uganda, Youth, YouTube
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