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Can a Social Media Campaign Get People to Vote in the Real World?

We've been hearing a lot lately about alleged attempts to suppress voter turnout, as so-called "Voter ID" laws introduce new obstacles to voting that may thwart turnout (primarily among college...

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Best Online Resources, Videos, Photos from Hurricane Sandy Coverage

Photo by @nueves via Instagram on Loisaida Ave. in Manhattan. "Superstorm" Sandy is impacting millions of people up and down the East Coast of the United States and the Internet is rising to the...

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VIDEO: In Battleground of North Carolina, Social Media on the Minds of Voters

I like to talk politics. So during the final presidential debate, I found myself circled around my television with friends, dissecting the minute details -- from the slow pace of Barack Obama's speech...

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Thom Powers: For Film Festivals, Twitter Is Mandatory, Apps Are Not

I sat down at DOC NYC last week to speak with one of the most influential men in documentary film, Thom Powers, about the role social media and digital are playing in film festivals. Powers is not only...

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2012 Wasn't the 'Twitter Election,' But Watch Out for 2016

In the heat of this year's U.S. presidential race, Twitter published a blog post announcing a new sentiment index meant to track and plot the tone of Twitter conversations about Mitt Romney and Barack...

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How The #Newtown Tragedy Unfolded on Twitter via Andy Carvin

Andy Carvin calls himself an "oral historian" and created a new genre of news coverage by blanketing Twitter during the Arab Spring and RT'ing and crowdsourcing the news as it spread on social...

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Year in Review: Most Viral Student Media of 2012

Allegations of Ivy League hazing. Alice in Wonderland on LSD. A Biblical studies professor busted in a child predator sting. A student squirrel whisperer. A 280-pound black bear falling from a tree....

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The Creepy Side of Facebook Graph Search

The new Facebook Graph Search, currently in beta and only available to some, is a powerful search engine capable of revealing and uncovering incredibly detailed information about you, your friends and...

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The Best Social Tools from Social Media Weekend

Remember that classic Super Bowl ad showing cowboys herding cats? Well, the challenge may feel much the same for social media users, even adept ones like journalists and journalism educators who revel...

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10 Social Media Moments That Shaped the Gun Control Debate

During his 2013 State of the Union speech, President Obama touched on an issue very close to American hearts when he brought up gun control. "[Gun control] proposals deserve a vote," the president said...

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4 Questions for Andy Carvin on Being a Social Media DJ

Andy Carvin is the "war reporter who never attended the war." And indeed, NPR's senior social media strategist came to the attention of the journalism and wider world in a unique fashion during the...

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10 Questions to Answer Before You Join Another Social Network

Co-written by Kate Myers of NPR and Libby Peterek of KLRU. It begins with a tweet or a status update on Facebook. Before you know it, you're posting behind-the-scenes photos from your office on...

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Tweets vs. Smoke Signals: How to Follow the Papal #Conclave

ROME - If you're on Twitter, #conclave has been one of the best places to follow news about the next leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. On Tuesday evening Rome time, between start of the...

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6 Seconds on Broadway: How Vine Could Revolutionize Theater Promotion

Co-authored by Daniel Vahab. Just three short months ago, Twitter launched a new social video-sharing site Vine, a mobile application that allows users to take quick six-second clips. This week Vine...

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#ISOJ Keynote: Can Social Media Help Us Create A More Informed Public?

Here's the transcript of a talk I gave at the International Symposium for Online Journalists in Austin, Texas last Friday. We Messed Up Now as many of you know, I'm usually I'm not at a loss for words....

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