Archive for the ‘ Twitter ’ Category
Twitter’s new ad model was one of the most talked-about topics this past week. Now, companies can pay to have their tweets at the top of relevant search results, and Twitter may finally turn a profit. This new advertising model, as my new media class made me realize, is a great solution to how companies [ READ MORE ]
Being the voice of a business-oriented Twitter account is more challenging than it seems. Sure, anyone can tweet what’s happening in your company, mention upcoming events and monitor what’s being said about your company and trends. But there’s certainly a difference between just being on Twitter, and being a valuable part of the conversation. I’ve [ READ MORE ]
Last week, one of my favorite bloggers Steve Woods wrote a post called “Everything you know is wrong”: How much of what we all used to know as fact and relied upon in our daily decisions has become broken crockery by the roadside, as technologies have emerged in all sciences, casting new light on previous [ READ MORE ]
Tonight I was reminded of a point I too often forget: media shapes our reality. What we know about other parts of the world and the people that live in it comes from the media. Even with the empowering spread of the Internet and social media use, our knowledge and conception of reality is filtered. [ READ MORE ]
The original post “Tweets from the Road” vanished from my blog, so I’ll try to summarize it here: Two weeks ago, volunteers from Boston University Alternative Spring Breaks shared their experiences in a whole new way: on Twitter. Tweets from all over the country and Puerto Rico were linked by the #BUASB10 tag. Twitter enabled [ READ MORE ]
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