Tag Archives: Social Media
Flip the Baby
As a newly minted father, independent filmmaker, and director of a digital media program I would of course take advantage of every social media tool available to declare the birth of my new daughter far and wide. So Harper Rose … Continue reading
the reluctant twittee twaddles along
posted by Nancy Dick Well, as Hanson requested, I’ve joined Twitter and am following his posts. So I try to add my classmates from my UW email account, and I get the friendly message: “Hmm… you don’t have any email … Continue reading
Fear of a Social Planet
Posted by Hanson Well, as we discussed in class last week, social media’s immediate relevance to our mainstream institutions is indeed the threat it poses. Yes Adriana, there is a Comcast Twitter Claus, scouring the blogosphere looking for potential PR … Continue reading
Trend Spotting In Social Media
I came across two handy applications for tracking the popularity of terms mentioned in the blogosphere and social networks. These may come in handy for your research: Facebook Lexicon — “Facebook Lexicon counts occurrences of words and phrases on Walls … Continue reading
A Saudi Woman Driving on Youtube!
As many already know the fact that women in Saudi Arabia are banned to drive NOT for Islamic reasons but for cultural and/or social reasons. Click here to see the video
The Homicide Report
The CNN Web site is running a front page story today about an interesting use of a blog by LA Times journalists, Jill Leovy and Ruben Vives. I think that the Homicide Report is a great example of what a … Continue reading
Facebook Kills in Saudi Arabia!
In August 2007, a young Saudi woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for chatting online with a young man on Facebook. Click here to see this article Clieck here to see another article on this event
Social Media Overwhelming Your Browser?
Check out Flock – a new browser built on the Mozilla code (like Firefox), but with built-in support for all of your social media tools and websites. Use Facebook, WordPress, Picasa, and YouTube? Log in through Flock and its toolbars … Continue reading
