http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/all-atwitter-on-the-campaign-trail-20100727-10tl9.html
Thesis: Australia, amongst other governments, have started using Twitter to help dictate election outcomes.
Using hashtags as "ausvotes" the Australians used these to determine who was leading and by how much, and also to organize election-related messages.
"Interestingly, the Prime Minister has established a commanding lead over the Opposition Leader – in terms of #ausvotes tweets received (not counting retweeted messages), Gillard leads Abbott by 74 per cent to 26 per cent to date."
"Both leaders have their own Twitter accounts – even if, in reality, it's most likely their staff who do the actual posting. Many other users have directed support or criticism to them by including "@juliagillard" or "@tonyabbottmhr" in their messages."
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_for_journalists.php
Thesis: 140 character Twitter messages can be very beneficial for journalists, for it helps educate them with breaking news, interviews, quality assurance, as well as promoting their own articles.
"Whether it's natural disasters, political developments or breaking tech news - it's common to discover items of interest first on Twitter. Robert Scoble wrote a year ago about how Twitter users reported a major earthquake in Mexico City several minutes before the USGS did."
"When Sarah Perez wrote a post here titled "Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media" she found a wide range of respondents for her questions. Some were hardcore early adopters and others reported that they just dabbled in tools like Twitter."
"We often get feedback on misspellings, missed links and other publishing faux pas very quickly via Twitter. It's an easy way for readers to offer quick feedback."
"Promoting your online articles over Twitter is probably the crassest way a journalist can use the medium."
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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2. Bese, Jackie. "Why Twitter Is Important and How You Can Use It to Grow." Dallas Web Designers, Email Marketing Agency, SEO, Social Media, Joomla Agency.
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3. Brahm, Laura. "Ten Reasons Why We Use Twitter (the Communications Network Blog)." The Communications Network Blog.
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4. Bruns, Axel. "How Twitter Is Being Used In The Election Campaign." National Times.
Web. 21 Mar. 2011. http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/all-atwitter-on-the-campaign-trail-20100727-10tl9.html.
5. Gasser, Beth. "Top 10 Reasons Why Twitter Is Bad." Steve Gasser — Exploring Possibilities in Social Media.
Web. 21 Mar. 2011. http://www.stevegasser.com/top-10-reasons-why-twitter-is-bad/.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Who Tweets?
The Pew article I read documented who exactly uses this new cultural phenomenon, Twitter. It quickly pointed out that out of all the adults that use the internet, eight percent of them are Twitter users. It also points out that the majority of Twitter users are young adults, minorities, and people that live in cities. The article examines how it has now become one of the most popular online activities among tech enthusiasts because it lets them study the conversations of users, buzz about news, products or services, and announcements by commercial, non-profit, and government organizations. Moreover, Twitter has even become a prominent tool used by the Pew Research Center, "For instance, it is an important component of the analytical work by our colleagues at the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism in its New Media Index, which assesses the most prominent topics discussed in social media every week." It also charted what types of people make up most of the Twitter world, and the most prevalent kind of person is a woman that is between the age of 18-29, who is Hispanic, who makes either less than 30,000$ a year or 50,000$-74,999$ a year, who either attended some college or is attending one now, and lives in an urban neighborhood. I think it is very significant to note that African-American and Hispanics are more than twice as likely to use Twitter than white internet users. Clearly there is a lot to learn from these demographics about how our society operates on the internet, and although I don't know why certain groups use Twitter more than other, I know that if there was one site that could crack the code, it would be Pew.
Smith, Aaron. "Who Tweets?" Pew Research Center. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. 09 Mar. 2011. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1821/twitter-users-profile-exclusive-examination
Smith, Aaron. "Who Tweets?" Pew Research Center. 09 Dec. 2010. Web. 09 Mar. 2011. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1821/twitter-users-profile-exclusive-examination
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Catfish
When watching the film, I had no doubts about the authenticity of the film, but in the end when everything was revealed and exposed, my suspicion of the realism of the film escalated greatly as I lost serious trust in the film. It was filmed beautifully; everything seemed real as the filmmakers were very creative in what they wanted the viewers to believe. It might have started out real, but once the character of Megan Faccio became a protagonist, or antagonist if you will, they legitimacy of the film dwindled.
There’s actually nothing Facebook can do to prevent this and to be honest, Facebook should not care at all. Facebook puts all the power in the world into the user’s hands and if he or she can’t tell if someone whom they are talking to or even starting a relationship with is fake, then that is all on them, not the social networking site. All of the responsibility is on the user, but if a user reports a fake profile to Facebook, then the site can investigate and then do what they seem fit for punishment. I have never heard of a fake profile being deleted off Facebook from the site, but there are red flags like naked pictures or strong, hateful comments that can lead to a profiles termination.
I think the chances of something like this happening in real life are very high because there are so many people out there looking for love in all the wrong places, and it just takes one fake profile to tell them what they want to hear for them to believe the person they are talking to is the man or woman of their dreams.
I think Nev was disregarding the red flags because he was so attracted to what he thought she looked like and became engulfed into the lies she was telling him. I think he noticed the red flags, but looked the other way because he had so much hope and optimism that they could become something serious.
In my opinion, obviously she’s a huge weirdo on many levels and committed moral crimes, but other than that she did nothing wrong. If anything, Nev should be the one to blame for this for being so stupid and oblivious. She did everything Facebook allowed her to do; sometimes we all wish we were someone else, and yes most of us don’t go and do something like this, but she was merely playing out her “Utopia” and portraying someone she wanted to be through the tough times she was going through.
The impact Angela has had from this movie couldn’t be better. As the old expression goes, any publicity is good publicity. From this film, she has now gotten her website off and advertised, as well as being interviewed by serious programs and journalists. Aside from the death of one of her son’s, her family has undoubtedly benefitted from life after the film because now they are sort of like celebrities, especially coming from a small town in Michigan.
I think something that is hard to prevent, but is a major issue to not just Facebook, but to our society, is the relationships pedophiles can have with young kids. If you think about it, it’s quite easy for someone to create and portray a fake person, as illustrated in the movie. How we prevent this is something society, as well as Facebook, need to figure out.
I do believe that if someone makes a fake profile, posting pictures of other people as themselves is in fact identity theft. Say I put a picture of Lebron James and make that my default picture, that is not theft because it is just one simple image in an album where I am clearly represented. On the other hand, if I just put pictures of another person for all my default and all of my pictures and I say I am that person, then that is identity theft because you are literally stealing the identity of that person. It is an interesting debate, because we don’t own our own photos, Facebook does. Having a profile is like staying as a guest in someone’s house; you live there, but you don’t own anything.
There’s actually nothing Facebook can do to prevent this and to be honest, Facebook should not care at all. Facebook puts all the power in the world into the user’s hands and if he or she can’t tell if someone whom they are talking to or even starting a relationship with is fake, then that is all on them, not the social networking site. All of the responsibility is on the user, but if a user reports a fake profile to Facebook, then the site can investigate and then do what they seem fit for punishment. I have never heard of a fake profile being deleted off Facebook from the site, but there are red flags like naked pictures or strong, hateful comments that can lead to a profiles termination.
I think the chances of something like this happening in real life are very high because there are so many people out there looking for love in all the wrong places, and it just takes one fake profile to tell them what they want to hear for them to believe the person they are talking to is the man or woman of their dreams.
I think Nev was disregarding the red flags because he was so attracted to what he thought she looked like and became engulfed into the lies she was telling him. I think he noticed the red flags, but looked the other way because he had so much hope and optimism that they could become something serious.
In my opinion, obviously she’s a huge weirdo on many levels and committed moral crimes, but other than that she did nothing wrong. If anything, Nev should be the one to blame for this for being so stupid and oblivious. She did everything Facebook allowed her to do; sometimes we all wish we were someone else, and yes most of us don’t go and do something like this, but she was merely playing out her “Utopia” and portraying someone she wanted to be through the tough times she was going through.
The impact Angela has had from this movie couldn’t be better. As the old expression goes, any publicity is good publicity. From this film, she has now gotten her website off and advertised, as well as being interviewed by serious programs and journalists. Aside from the death of one of her son’s, her family has undoubtedly benefitted from life after the film because now they are sort of like celebrities, especially coming from a small town in Michigan.
I think something that is hard to prevent, but is a major issue to not just Facebook, but to our society, is the relationships pedophiles can have with young kids. If you think about it, it’s quite easy for someone to create and portray a fake person, as illustrated in the movie. How we prevent this is something society, as well as Facebook, need to figure out.
I do believe that if someone makes a fake profile, posting pictures of other people as themselves is in fact identity theft. Say I put a picture of Lebron James and make that my default picture, that is not theft because it is just one simple image in an album where I am clearly represented. On the other hand, if I just put pictures of another person for all my default and all of my pictures and I say I am that person, then that is identity theft because you are literally stealing the identity of that person. It is an interesting debate, because we don’t own our own photos, Facebook does. Having a profile is like staying as a guest in someone’s house; you live there, but you don’t own anything.
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