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In answering the famous Twitter question "What's happening?" we can tune in to the world around us; from grocery shopping to attending a business function, we can now share both our personal thoughts and literal happenings. Now, with the rise of "location-based social networks" the "What's happening?" suddenly becomes the question "Where are you?" giving transparency a whole new meaning. Currently leading the pack is Foursquare.com.

Hashtags can boost impressions, improve the search ability of your content, and encourage more people to talk about your brand. But using hashtags effectively, especially for business marketing, means doing more than just plugging them into your tweets on Twitter or posts on Instagram, Facebook or another social network. Here's what you need to know to use Hashtag Marketing better as part of your overall small business marketing strategy. - Trending Hashtags - Niche Hashtags - Branded Hashtags - Product or Service-Specific Hashtags - Call-to-Action Hashtag Ultimately, there is no one "right" type of hashtag to use to boost your social media posts. Instead, you'll be best served by using a wide range of hashtag types that are relevant to your business and your audience.

The explosion in social networking may be even greater than imagined. The time that people in the U.S. spend on social network sites is up 83 percent from a year ago, according to a report from market researcher Nielsen Online.

Widely quoted paper (2006). Educators today confront an ever-shifting landscape when it comes to Internet technologies and their potential for expanding participatory cultures. Henry Jenkins, director of the Comparative Media Studies department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explores new frameworks for literacy through the lens of participatory culture.

To help everyone understand fair use, The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education was released today by the Center for Social Media in the School of Communication at Temple University.

In this digitally connected world where the attention spans are short and everyone is a self-confessed online publisher, getting noticed and creating a right impression is a great achievement for any business. Having a great website, building a great brand name on social media platforms, and making yourself easily reachable to customers through online mode have turned as top priorities of businesses today. If you don't have an online presence, you will be missing an essential slice of the marketing pie. However, let's take a step back and remember our old friend - the print media. From print ads, brochure design to business cards and letterheads, the importance of print in this digital era should not be overlooked.

One school district's proposed policy. Note the meaty discussion of the policy points at the end of the article.

10 Ways to Protect Your Digital Identity online.

Research on the Arab Region and growth trends in use of social media.

Anne Collier provides us with thoughtful analysis and commentary on the MacArthur Foundation's recent symposium [April 2008) at Stanford, "From MySpace to Hip Hop: New Media In the Everyday Lives of Youth." Click here for the entire Digital Youth presentation.

"Marketing in higher education is really at a crossroads," said Nora Ganim Barnes, director of the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "Those that don't engage and manage social media are going to be left behind."

Particularly noteworthy is the pathway to Don't Post!

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Introduction In China, Wechat is an extremely well-liked social media site. In that it enables user-to-user communication, it is comparable to WhatsApp, but it also offers a number of other features that set it apart. Users of Wechat, for instance, can follow each other's changes in a newsfeed and share photographs and videos. Additionally, Wechat includes an integrated payment system that makes it simple for users to make transactions online.

Safety tips for parents and teens from the folks at Common Sense Media. Do your teens love MySpace, Facebook or other social networking sites? Get tips on how to keep them safe. Great 4-minute video that could be shown to PTA/Parent groups or in the classroom at Back To School Night.

Designed for non-techies, this excellent presentation by Melanie McBride provides an introductory overview of web2.0 social media tools and trends. It also concerns challenges unique to school boards, their members and the communities they serve.

"There seem to be three forces at play when it comes to education and social media"

From the UK Home Office Task Force: Best Practices for the providers of social networking and other user interactive services. Download the full Report.

The first UK Social Networking Guidance provides advice for industry, parents and children about how to stay safe online. This has been developed by a taskforce of representatives from industry, charity and law enforcement agencies including Vodafone, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).

The International Olympic Committee failed to press China to allow fully unfettered access to the Internet for the thousands of journalists arriving here to cover the Olympics, despite promising repeatedly that the foreign news media could "report freely" during the Games, Olympic officials acknowledged Wednesday.