social media

Social media sites cover Mumbai attacks in real time

by corinnew November 27, 2008

I just learned about the horrible terrorist attacks in Mumbai. I’ve been following the developments on Twitter – weird how just a few months ago I would have immediately turned on the TV and set it on CNN. Another good example of the effectiveness of social media in times of crises. Poynter has a good […]

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Houston media relies on social media technologies in the wake of Ike

by corinnew September 16, 2008

As a former Houstonian I have been following the news coverage of hurricane Ike with great interest. Looking back on my media consumption over the last couple of days, I’ve come to realize that I switched from TV to online media pretty much as soon as Ike came onshore. Yes, I watched the hurricane make […]

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As social media adoption increases, do ethics get left at the doorstep?

by corinnew September 8, 2008

I’ve been fascinated with social media for a while now and for a number of reasons. What has fascinated me the most about these technologies with regards to public relations practice is the promise they hold to topple old one-way models of communication and to increase transparency. I figured these changes would be good for […]

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A little social media humor at the end of the semester

by corinnew May 1, 2008

In case you’re wondering why you took this class: Thanks to Geek and Poke for providing a bit of comic relief from the stress of finals.

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Guidelines for the ethical use of social media from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations

by corinnew March 15, 2008

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has published some good guidelines for the ethical use of social media in PR practice. Check them out!

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Election 08 and Social Media: Special Blogging Assigment

by corinnew March 13, 2008

I know we’re still on spring break and the last thing you want to hear about are assignments, but this is not a new assignment – just a twist on your regular weekly blogging assignment. 🙂 I just finished reading an excellent Rolling Stone article (entitled “The Machinery of Hope”) on how the Obama campaign […]

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Guest Speakers: Richard Binhammer and John Pope from Dell

by corinnew March 4, 2008

I’m delighted to announce that Richard Binhammer, from Dell Corporate Group Communications, and John Pope, Digital Media Senior Manager, will come talk to us on Thursday about how Dell is engaging its publics through social media. As you may know, Dell is considered by many to be a leader in the adoption of social media […]

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New BusinessWeek Article on Corporate Bloggigng

by corinnew February 22, 2008

If you haven’t already seen this, check out this new BusinessWeek article on how social media will change businesses. Interesting material!

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Lance Armstrong Foundation announces social media endeavor

by corinnew January 29, 2008

I’m assuming many of you are familiar with the Austin-based Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and some of you may have even interned there. The LAF made social media news yesterday by announcing plans to partner up with Demand Media, a new media company run by Richard Rosenblatt, the former head of MySpace.com in order to […]

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Web 2.0 & Social Media Slideshow

by corinnew January 8, 2008

Here are the slides from our class discussion of social media and web 2.0. You will need to click on the slide to move from one slide to the next. The embedded video clips show up as a still rather than a video since I don’t think Keynote exports embedded video to a Flash file. […]

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