Social Media
Online Video Dissected at SXSW
Why go anywhere else, but online? This was the question in heavy rotation during Sunday’s SXSW Interactive panel with Burnie Burns, Barry Blumberg and Sean Plott, the creators and genius behind the widely successful online video series, Day[9], Red vs … Continue reading
Google+ – there’s people there – they’re just ignoring you
Guy Kawasaki’s interview with Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President at Google and head of the company’s social initiatives, including Google+ started off asking the hard questions – is Google+ a social network ghost town? It ended up with Kawasaki launching … Continue reading
Viral Video of the Week–Kony 2012
If you’ve been anywhere near the interwebs this week, you have to have seen a link to this week’s viral video. Hugely popular, Invisible Children’s video has been watched by 55 Million people worldwide, drawing attention to the atrocities in … Continue reading
Flip the Media Goes to SXSW Interactive
Twitter: #FTMSXSW, @flipthemedia, #SXSWSea, #MCDM, #mobilepart Flip the Media is heading off to Austin, Texas this week for the SXSW interactive festival and oh… what a trip it’s shapin’ up to be. Six students from the MCDM program are … Continue reading
Before Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Was Already a Social Media Buff
The word “linsanity” cannot pass a spelling check, yet it scores over 5 million hits on Google. It’s also a turned into a quickly thrown together yet comprehensive website. Yes, it is the story of Jeremy Lin, NBA’s overnight sensation … Continue reading
Education Technology in Africa: ICT From the Bottom Up
Over the fall I had the fortunate opportunity to take a class with Rob Salkowitz here at the University and the experience really opened my eyes regarding how education and technologies are merging globally. Emerging markets in Africa, India, and Southeast … Continue reading
Viral Video of the Week–Racism isn’t dead
I’ve seen this video more on my Twitter feed this week than I have on Facebook. But it’s still viral–in fact, enough people have seen it that there are articles in the UK’s Daily Mail, and the girls who made … Continue reading
Does Your Blog Need a Social Media Policy?
Twitter and social media have become both a boon and a trap to members of the press. Just recently, media pundit Roland Martin was suspended indefinitely from his post at CNN because of a tweet he sent out while watching … Continue reading
