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The value in Twitter, Facebook with Emily Ramshaw

Twitter has earned its reputation as both a journalistic haven and a potential ender of careers. Its value in a breaking news scenario cannot be overstated, and yet the viral “fails” the platform has seen continue to define it in the public eye. While Twitter is the favored social media outlet for many in the […]

Preview: Beyond Live, Why the L+3 Social TV Convo Matters

So what is social TV? Mashable defines social TV as “technologies surrounding television that promote communication and social interaction related to program content.” I’m sure that most of us have live tweeted during a television show or a sporting event, or at least followed the twitter timeline to get the reactions and thoughts of a […]

Preview: We're All ADHD - Social Media & Attention Disorders

Many Most of us are aware…we use our phones too much.  And we’re similarly aware of the most popular past time within this overuse – checking in with social media. Experts have already postulated some of the consequences of this constant social media barrage.  We’re sleeping less, because our glowing screens are keeping our brains awake. […]

Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 15-21, 2015

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!  This week saw the beginning of the Year of the Sheep.  Mark Zuckerberg welcomed the new year with a video post in, what Business Insider calls, “vastly improved” Mandarin Chinese. Post by Mark Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, Tech Crunch reports that our friends at Buzzfeed have ventured further into mobile territory this […]

Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 8-14, 2015

The Twittersphere continues to react to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Feb. 4 Wired op-ed in which he proposed a plan to treat, and regulate, the internet as a public utility. Net neutrality supporters and opponents alike gear up as the FCC’s public Feb. 26 vote draws closer.   Facebook announced this week that they were introducing […]