Articles in the Emerging Social Networks Category
Communication, Emerging Social Networks, Headline, Social Media, Social Networks, Teaching PR »
Two articles caught my eye recently.
Both rely heavily on absolute / universal statements.
Twitter is NOT a Social Network, Says Twitter Exec
Social “Me”dia and the Evolving Twitter Egosystem
Twitter may try to define their product/service all they wish. The reality remains that the site’s users and visitors will define the brand.
A social network is defined by “patterns of ties” or relationships wherein people share common experiences and/or beliefs – among other things. See http://bit.ly/socialnetwork-defined for just a wee bit of history.
Me thinks Kevin Thau was doing some PR work on …
Community Relations, Customer Relations, Customer Service, Emerging Social Networks, Marketing »
Jeremy Pepper shared the following on Twitter, @jspepper.
@jspepper: I’m beginning to hate @mrtweet.
I felt compelled to respond with the following:
RT @jspepper: I’m beginning to hate @mrtweet. ) Agreed. Relationships should grow organically, not en masse via flawed search algorithms.
@MrTweet ‘s use of the word “influencers” is a misnomer. They have vetted nothing more than keywords. Sigh.
By definition, algorithms solve problems. Mr. Tweet creates problems via enabling Twitter spam. @MrTweet
To expand upon that, I’m wondering who among us would choose an opt-out of Mr. Tweet search, if Mr. …
Blog Talk, Emerging Social Networks, Teaching PR »
Do you feel that colleges are failing in social media education?
Hey, that’s a pretty broad claim, after all.
I feel this needs to be addressed.
Marc Hausman makes the claim in PROpenMic. His post, Colleges Fail on Social Media is from October 16, 2008. He bases his bold broad claim on one visit to one class at one university. At least he admits, in the comments of that post, that “My sweeping conclusion was for the sake of drama as it is inappropriate for me to make a statement …
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Our social network for public relations students, PROpenMic.org will celebrate six months online on October 1st.
Allow me to begin by thanking all of the members. So many people have helped with advice and guidance along the way. I appreciate all of your help. I also appreciate the involvement of our volunteer administrators (in no particular order): Phil Gomes, Edelman; Kelli Matthews, University of Oregon; Tiffany Derville Gallicano, University of Oregon; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Clemson …
