While most Americans have found news on the Occupy Wall Street movement dwindling over the winter, it’s beginning to look as if occupiers are once more taking to the streets of Manhattan as weather in New York continues to improve. This rekindling of the movement has come accompanied by some effective use of social media. The Occupy Wall Street Facebook page posted the above … [Read more...] about Occupy Wall Street Springing Back into Action
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Syrian Activists Embellish on Tape – Trust Issues Remain for Reporters
French photojournalist Mani provided London’s Channel 4 with another short documentary from inside Syria’s borders, this time documenting the citizen vee-jay phenomenon taking place, in which young Syrians risk their lives to document battles, gather body counts and report on-scene in clips to be broadcast by foreign news organizations unable to send teams of reporters into the … [Read more...] about Syrian Activists Embellish on Tape – Trust Issues Remain for Reporters
Canadian Police Comb Social Networks Seeking Leads in Riot
A Saturday St. Patrick’s Day celebration in London, Ontario turned into a riot near Fanshawe College in which around 1, people took part in igniting a TV news van and throwing objects at police officers on the scene. The riot has thus far resulted in 11 arrests — seven of them Fanshawe students — but authorities are combing through mountains of material on social networking … [Read more...] about Canadian Police Comb Social Networks Seeking Leads in Riot
Impact of Viral Videos and Social Media on Business
The Broad Sustainable Building Co., LTD (BSB), established in March 29, has made a big impact online with their time elapsed video of the assembly and completion of a 3-story hotel in only 36 hours over a 15 day period. Millions of Views Over the last few weeks the time elapsed video has been seen by millions of people on YouTube, and has sparked conversation about the … [Read more...] about Impact of Viral Videos and Social Media on Business
Jeff Jarvis on the Rise and Fall of Marketing Dictatorships
In the video below, Jeff Jarvis speaks on social media and openness in the digital age at Pivot Conference. Jeff Jarvis at Pivotcon Jarvis touches on how the concept of private and public has changed, and outlines the positives of a new-found openness. To make his point, he highlights his own experience sharing his cancer diagnosis with the world via Twitter. Corporate … [Read more...] about Jeff Jarvis on the Rise and Fall of Marketing Dictatorships