Category Archives: Social Media

Social Media Is Dead, Long Live Social Media!

Posted on April 10, 2011 by laura

Last week I read an article on Memeburn that really bothered me, The demise of social media and the return of mass media. I don’t want to pick on anyone, but I’ve seen too many similar articles in the last … Continue reading →

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Evolution and ‘Pollution’ of Twitter hashtags

Posted on January 13, 2011 by laura

@RobinSloan posted an article on Twitter Media last week that piqued my curiosity, The Art of the Hashtag. In it, he described how media outlets such as MTV are carefully crafting Twitter hashtags and promoting them on TV to encourage … Continue reading →

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Why you should care about #missingtweets

Posted on November 28, 2010 by laura

More things keep happening to distract me. This time it’s Twitter (as if Twitter isn’t distracting enough). First let me say that I’m a big Twitter fan. Maybe it’s the idealist in me, but I believe in the ethos of … Continue reading →

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