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News as a Social Medium
Posted by San Francisco Chronicle on 29 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Commentary, Journalism, Newspapers, facebook, Agenda Cutting, Twitter
In the past couple of weeks, social-media sites have been instrumental in keeping people in the loop about Iran’s unrest and Michael Jackson’s death, highlighting a transformation in the news-delivery industry.
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Citizen journalism photo site makes mark from Iran
Posted by guardian.co.uk on 24 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New York Times, New Media, facebook, Censorship, Internet, Media, Twitter
| By Kevin Anderson, Guardian Photos from Iranian citizen journalists make The New York Times cover. |
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Iran Roundup: Inside an Internet-Charged Resistance
Posted by Tech President on 19 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New Media, Middle East, facebook, Twitter
| By Nancy Scola, Tech President One thing that seems to be becoming somewhat clear in this swirl of events is that, as far as new media goes, what is taking place in Iran is bigger than Twitter — or Facebook, or Flickr, or YouTube, or blogs, or email, or any other one tool. |
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Internet most popular information source: poll
Posted by Reuters on 18 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Television, Newspapers, Reuters, facebook, Internet
| By Reuters Survey shows more than half of Americans prefer to get their news online. |
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Mideast hanging on every text and tweet from Iran
Posted by LA Times on 17 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, Middle East, facebook, Censorship, Internet, Media, Twitter
| By Jeffrey Fleishman, LA Times Though Tehran has largely shut down communication outlets, protesters are getting out snippets of text and stealthily uploaded photos in a guerrilla-style Internet revolt. |
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Survey: Family time eroding as Internet use soars
Posted by AP on 16 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New Media, MySpace, facebook, Internet, Twitter
| By Barbara Ortutay, AP Families spend less time together and more time on computers. |
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You Have Three Days To Pick Your Facebook Vanity URL
Posted by TechCrunch on 10 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: News, New Media, facebook
| By MG Siegler, TechCrunch What are you doing this Friday night? If you’re a real web addict you’ll be sitting at your computer waiting for the clock to strike 12:01 AM Eastern Time. That’s when Facebook’s new vanity URLs are going to go live, and the landrush to get one will begin. |
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Israel Warns of Facebook ‘Spies’
Posted by The Independent on 19 May 2009 | Tagged as: News, New Media, Middle East, Iraq War, facebook
| By Ian Deitch, Independent UK Israel’s internal intelligence service urged the public today to exercise caution when using Facebook, saying Arabs are trying to recruit spies on the popular social networking site. |
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Facebook revamps for quick news, wide audience
Posted by Agence France Press on 05 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media, facebook, Twitter
| By AFP Facebook unveiled a redesign that adds Twitter-like real-time chatter, better filtering of incoming information, and a platform for reaching mass audiences. |
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Facebook users suffer viral surge
Posted by BBC News on 03 Mar 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media, facebook, privacy
| By Mark Ward, BBC Facebook has been targeted by malicious hackers seeking to steal valuable data from members. |
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Facebook backtracks on TOS; Privacy changes still coming later
Posted by ZDNet on 18 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, North America, New Media, facebook, privacy
| By Larry Dignan, ZDNet After a backlash from users, Facebook has reverted to its old terms of service “for now.” |
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Facebook imposes site facelift
Posted by BBC News on 11 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, New Media, facebook
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By Maggie Shiels, BBC Facebook’s facelift will become permanent for all its 100 million users, like it or not. |
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MediaChannel on Facebook
Posted by MediaChannel on 07 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, New Media, Middle East, Latin America, Australia, facebook
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By MediaChannel Become a fan of MediaChannel on Facebook! You can now find (and favorite) our new MediaChannel page on Facebook. |
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Seven Networks, Parade Of Pundits = Huge Headache
Posted by NY Daily News on 06 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, CNN, CBS, USGOP, USDemocrats, NBC Universal, Politics, Obama, Hillary, Journalism, 08 Election, Cable, ABC News, ABC, MSNBC, facebook, McCain
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By David Hinckley, NY Daily News More was ultimately less Tuesday night as TV news fought to make sense of the largest presidential primary day in American history. |
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Obama’s Win Related to Online Prowess?
Posted by MediaShift on 08 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: USDemocrats, Commentary, Obama, New Media, 08 Election, facebook
As a candidate for president, you can collect thousands upon thousands of Facebook supporters, MySpace friends, blog readers, online video viewers and more, and yet that doesn’t guarantee you one vote in a real-world election. But perhaps the tide is turning now.
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