Fellow Short Talks: Professor Rob Procter, Warwick University

Bio

Rob Procter is Professor of Social Informatics and deputy head (research) in the department of Computer Science, Warwick University. Previously he has held positions at Manchester and Edinburgh universities. His research interests are strongly inter-disciplinary, and include social media analytics and social data science.

Research

Rob’s current data science-related research includes the use of machine learning to: predict the veracity of content posted in social media and; analyse...

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From: The Alan Turing Institute

Related topics : research social media / social media analytics / universities using social media / social media content

Mike Henniger: Excellence in International Education Marketing Award

Find out more about the BCCIE International Education Awards at http://www.bccie.bc.ca/educators/awards

Excellence in International Education Marketing Award

Mike Henniger -- International Marketing Director, Thompson Rivers University (TRU)

Mike Henniger has been involved in International Education for more than 10 years. A self proclaimed social media geek, Mike has a passion for all things social and has been actively involved in BCCIE, CBIE, NAFSA, and EAIE in the marketing and...

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From: bccieduc

Related topics : brands using social media / social media branding / media marketing intern / social media tools for education / social media marketing tools

Kingston Stories: Kavita explains the use of social media in her PhD studies at Kingston University

As part of the Kingston Stories project we look at the research being undertaken by Kavita, a PhD student whose Doctoral thesis is titled: Facebook friendship groups: using descriptive social norms to shape sustainability practices.

Kavita explains the idea behind 'igreen', a Facebook application that examines whether users are influenced to change their sustainability habits after seeing how their friends have responded to the same quiz questions.

iGreen is part of the CHARM research...

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From: Kingston University

Related topics : universities using social media

Fellow Short Talks: Professor Rob Procter, University of Warwick

Bio

Rob Procter is Professor of Social Informatics and deputy head (research) in the department of Computer Science, Warwick University. Previously he has held positions at Manchester and Edinburgh universities. His research interests are strongly inter-disciplinary, and include social media analytics and social data science.

Research

Rob’s current data science-related research includes the use of machine learning to: predict the veracity of content posted in social media and; analyse...

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From: The Alan Turing Institute

Related topics : research social media / social media analytics / universities using social media / social media content

Importance of Facebook Likes and Twitter in Social Media Performance

Revinate's Michelle Wohl discusses the importance of Facebook Likes and Twitter followers when evaluating hotel new media performance. http://www.revinate.com

Revinate is a software platform designed exclusively for the hospitality industry that makes it easy to take control of your online reputation by using online feedback and social media to learn from and connect with guests.

Video from Cornell's online course Marketing the Hospitality Brand through New Media: Social, Mobile & Search, a...

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From: RevinateInc

Related topics : social media online marketing / social media branding / social media courses / reputation on social media

Hotel Industry Report: The Social Media Effect

Report on the most comprehensive research to date about hotel social media. Social media plays an ever-increasing role in a hotel’s business; therefore, it is necessary for hoteliers to understand its use and impact. The research study was conducted by Bjorn Hanson, clinical professor, Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism at New York University, and Donna Quadri-Felitti, director and associate professor, School of Hospitality Management at Penn State University. Their study findings were...

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From: HBIhotels

Related topics : hotel industry using social media / social media report / research social media / social media trends

Watch Startup Court of Social Grievances Pitch VC Tim Draper

Court of Social Grievances is an online platform that uses social media to resolve minor disputes in a light-hearted fashion. Watch as co-founder Lilly Ghahremani pitches noted Silicon Valley VC Tim Draper inside the Hero City theater at his Draper University.

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From: Dice News

Related topics : online social media / social media platforms / universities using social media

Visual Social Media Marketing with Krista Neher

Lisa Buyer welcomes Krista Neher to share with us all of her visual social media marketing secrets!

Forget the boring press release, visuals can tell a story using infographics or powerful photos with headlines.

For more on Krista Neher visit http://bootcampdigital.com/

For more on Lisa Buyer http://socialprchat.com/

To follow the conversation with the University of Florida College of Journalism Social Media Management class https://twitter.com/UFPUR4932

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From: Lisa Buyer

Related topics : social media marketing buyers / marketing through social media / manage social media

Social Media and Social Networks in the EuroMaidan Protests

Olga Onuch, Research Fellow Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics New York University discuss their new survey and online media use data obtained during the recent EuroMaidan protests in Ukraine, their ground-breaking techniques for analysing how new technology interacts with established, “off-line,” social networks, and why policy makers across the world should take note of this research.

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From: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Related topics : new online social network / social networking research / social networking policy

crowd rising Crowdsourcing (Social Media Week NY) promarketers

Crowd rising

Crowdsourcing:

Hosted by the NY Times

Social Media Week New York (February 5, 2010)

A look at the innovative ways that journalists, bloggers, developers and news organizations are using social media and technology to involve more people in the creative and news gathering process.

Panel Moderator: Brian Stelter, media reporter & Media Decoder blogger, The New York Times

Panel Speakers:

Aron Pilhofer, editor, interactive news technology, The New York Times

Andy Carvin, senior...

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From: thehomebasedpro

Related topics : news organizations using social media / social media report / social media strategist