When Social Media Backfires

March 16th, 2011 by prof

SOCIAL media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been embraced by Madison Avenue as effective new ways to reach consumers. But what happens when behavior on social media is deemed antisocial?

http://nyti.ms/h8c65m

Bloggers and the mid east revolutions

March 14th, 2011 by prof

Bloggers are at the heart of it all. Read this interesting article from the NY Times.

As the protests spread across Tunisia for weeks, many international news organizations scrambled to cover the unrest just before President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled on Jan. 14, ending 23 years of authoritarian rule. But Amira al-Hussaini was all over the story.

Link to the NYTimes article.

Social Media Week 1 Slideshow

March 10th, 2011 by prof