Social Media

Sources in the Social Media Age

To tweet a source, or not to tweet a source, that is the question. In the age of an overwhelming number of social media platforms the panel, Souces in the Social Media Age discussed the relationship between sources and social media. The panelists included Edmund Lee from Bloomberg news. Greg Galant, creator of Muck Rack […]

Workshop Preview: Measuring Social Change & Media: Beyond BS

Measuring Social Change & Media: Beyond BS Monday, March 11 | 11 am – 1:30 pm AT&T Conference Center, Classroom 204, 1900 University Ave This is the first year that SXSW Interactive will feature workshops as part of its programming. These sessions will be more interactive than traditional panel sessions. To give you a taste of […]

Preview: Life on the Line: Tweeting the Drug War

Life on the Line: Tweeting the Drug War Saturday, March 9, 3:30PM – 4:30PM Austin Convention Center, Room 5ABC [View the story “Citizen Journalists in Cartel Run Mexico Turn to Twitter” on Storify] The complex relationship the United States has with its southern neighbor, Mexico, is the often the subject of reports on crime, immigration […]

Preview: Latinos y Mobile: A Silver Bullet?

Latinos y Mobile: A Silver Bullet? Austin Convention Center, Room 5ABC Friday, March 8, 5:00PM – 6:00PM It’s hard to imagine life before smartphones, but barely seven years ago, the iPhone was only a twinkle in Steve Jobs’s eye. Today, over half of U.S. mobile phone users utilize smartphones. Without a doubt, the future of […]