Zeynep Tufekci (UMBC): Social Media and the Middle East Revolutions

What role has social media played in revolutionary movements sweeping through the Middle East? UMBC sociologist Zeynep Tufekci has addressed this question in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and on public radio and television. In this video, made in collaboration with UMBC's student bloggers at USDemocrazy, Tufekci tackles this issue for the student audience, exploring how people in Egypt and Tunisia have used social media as tools for communication, mobilization and...

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From: UMBC Life

Related topics : social media middle east / social media audience analysis tools / social media social

Committee for Justice - Justice in a Digital Age

The issues of social media and changing technologies have been raised throughout recent seminars held by the Committee for Justice and it was decided that they would hold a conference to consider and generate discussion around the following issues –

Social Media – online protection for children, cyber-bullying and online reputation

Cybercrime – considering organised crime, identity theft, fraud and cyber-attacks on businesses and institutions

The Legal Response to Changing Technologies...

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From: Committee for Justice

Related topics : media social justice issues

E Magazine Crowd Funding for 2015 Social Media Campaign

E magazine has launched it's 2015 social media campaign to bring business, technology, global issues,womens rights and management advise to millions of women both nationwide and globally.

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From: E The Magazine for Today's Female Executive

Related topics : best social media campaigns 2015 / manage social media

Social media strong tool for Asia-Pacific activism (PMC)

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Social media has given a different way that voices in Pacific communities can be heard.

With issues, such as human rights in West Papua, sites like Facebook, Twitter and alternative media have made these strong topics public.

Secretary of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Coalition Del Abcede says social media is a key tool.

A seminar about Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) issues held by the coalition at AUT University on 17 March 2015 raised concerns...

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From: Pacific Media Centre (AUT)

Related topics : free social media tools 2015 / new social media sites like facebook / social media report / social media news / social media social media

Studying Digital Graffiti as a Location-Based Social Network

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Studying Digital Graffiti as a Location-Based Social Network

Authors:

David K McGookin, Stephen A Brewster, Georgi Christov

Abstract:

Increasing amounts of geo-tagged social media have led to interest in how that media can be re-integrated into the physical environment. Yet, although location information is often automatically appended to media, little is know about how users consider location in its creation and viewing. Using Graffiti as a design meme, we developed a novel...

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From: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Related topics : location based social media / social media network

SXSports panel on sports media and social issues

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Sports writers have long been told to "stick to sports." Yet sports - and the sports media - increasingly have a role to play in advancing social issues like LGBT athletes, race and women's equality. ESPN's Christina Kahrl, Sports Illustrated's Robert Klemko and SBNation/Outsports' Cyd Zeigler will discuss the role sports media should be playing in the advancement of these issues.

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From: Cyd Zeigler

Related topics : sports and social media

Social Media Privacy Issues

This video is by Chad Spector and Jeremy Suissa from 2B

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From: Chad Spector

Related topics : social issues in media

Issues in 21st Century. Double Identity in Social Media

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From: The Hague

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Privacy Issues with Social Networking

The do's and don'ts of social media

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From: SnowboardBuddy18

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Social Media And Work

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A few years ago many of us hadn't heard of social media, but now it’s become a part of our lives. We use it with friends and colleagues to share our highs and lows, our thoughts and feelings often without thinking about who can see it or what would happen if someone, perhaps outside your immediate circle, were to see your posts.

Much of the time this is what social media is about, but it can have implications for your work and...

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From: What You Need To Know

Related topics : social work issues in the media / social media basics / social media help