Advancing Social Media in Southern Indiana
Christopher Davidson
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How Social Media Killed and Resurrected Kim Jong Un
2On Friday morning, February 10th 2012, North Korean dear leader Kim Jong Un was assassinated. Via Weibo, a China based social media website comparable to Twitter, it was announced that Kim had been assassinated in a potential coup. News spread through the social media website(close to 12,000 immediate forwards) and then onto traditional news outlets and throughout Twitter itself. At 7:14 pm Friday, it was announced that Kim Jong Un was actually fine, followed by global retweets of retraction.
How have new media outlets shaped our consumption of news?…
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There Was Something Wrong With Your Website
2Well, we found out that yes, in fact, there is something wrong with our websites. Actually, there are a lot of things wrong with our websites. The good news, is that we had a terrific panel of teachers willing to not only point out our websites shortcomings, but also suggest fixes.
Last night the Social Media Club of Evansville met at Ri Ra Irish Pub, to discuss What’s Wrong With Your Website? It was a meeting designed to help web creators and Evansville businesses create more engaging websites and optimize for both search engines…
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Party Favors In Social Media
1Thanks to Paula Werne, Director of Public Communications at Holiday World, for speaking with the Social Media Club of Evansville. If you were unable to attend, you should know that it was inspiring to hear Paula talk about how she uses social media to form relationships with the parks guests. It’s not always about selling something in new media, it’s about connecting and forming bonds that keep people coming back for more. Also, if you weren’t there, you missed out on some great party favors.
Paula spoke about how Holiday World first took the plunge into social media, starting with…
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Social Media Risks and Challenges
4“Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge.” -President Obama in regards to using social media as a means to establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration.
It’s hard for a candidate in the information age to argue against transparency and keeping an open office. It becomes a necessity to know what our elected officials are doing and making sure they are staying the course. The election process does not end at the polls,…
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