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26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog - 0 views

mashable.com/...free-blog-media

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shared by Michael Tran on 11 Mar 14 - No Cached

Need a professional-looking image but don't have the budget for spendy stock photo houses? Check out these great alternatives for free stock photography.
- Michael Tran on 11 Mar 14
  
  Blogs aren't too interesting to read without pictures in between to keep them attracted
  
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Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for all of the above, sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers' eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix.
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Michael Tran on 11 Mar 14

A comprehensive list of sites for people to find free audio, video, and visual media to add extra detail and spark to their websites.

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The Rise Of Visual Storytelling - 0 views

www.business2community.com/...se-visual-storytelling-0751156

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shared by Vincent Liu on 30 Jan 14 - No Cached

Vincent Liu on 30 Jan 14

This article speaks on the evolution of storytelling, and how media such as pintrest, vine, twiter and facebook are the more effective routes (in terms of attracting views) of storytelling/media (because of the pictures and videos) but there are still a lot of companies that rely on slideshare as a media platform. It mentions some of the more popular platforms of media these days as videos, images, and memes

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article speaks on the evolution of storytelling, and how media such as pintrest, vine, twiter and facebook are the more effective routes (in terms of attracting views) of storytelling/media (because of the pictures and videos) but there are still a lot of companies that rely on slideshare as a media platform. It mentions some of the more popular platforms of media these days as videos, images, and memes</div>

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Ukraine And The Stage For Social Protests: When Familiar Visuals Go Viral - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...protests-when-visuals-go-viral

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shared by ilana enoukov on 10 Mar 14 - No Cached

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both the creation and the consumption of these images on mobile devices speaks to the relative ease of tapping into that familiarity
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Thanks to the startups and digital entrepreneurs of this last generation, we are all minor league auteurs or videographers, used to framing the shot, creating more drama, working the lighting.
- ilana enoukov on 10 Mar 14
  
  The power of social media. Everyone is a storyteller, and the simplicity and availability of electronics, social media, and the world wide web, makes it possible for anybody to be a relevant news anchor.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The power of social media. Everyone is a storyteller, and the simplicity and availability of electronics, social media, and the world wide web, makes it possible for anybody to be a relevant news anchor.</div>
  
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long-running debate in some wired intellectual circles about whether social media powers revolutions, whether Twitter or Facebook really assist movements – and on the other side, whether digital technologies now help malign governments in sniffing out and crushing dissent
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Of course the networks matter – because they always have
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Twitter isn’t a traditional broadcast company; there’s no editor-in-chief who can be bought or pressured
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- ilana enoukov on 10 Mar 14
  
  Interesting point about Twitter becoming a replacement for traditional news outlets like television and radio. Had similar discussion in class.
  
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They horrify, but they don’t necessarily empower – or encourage action
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we can instinctively understand the smaller scale conflict against a familiar backdrop in the same way we can grasp what happened at the Boston Massacre or even Lexington and Concord versus how Washington conducted the siege at Yorktown. And the visuals – really the currency of social media – have that quality of being instantly understood.
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What’s different is speed (no wait for the 11 pm news) and the ability of everyone to share those images, along with comments and outrage
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“Facebook ‘likes’ are often ridiculed as meaningless, but they can make a person realize that their social network feels the same as they do—and that’s a socially and politically powerful thing.”
- ilana enoukov on 10 Mar 14
  
  Powerful because without awareness there will never be action.
  
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ilana enoukov on 10 Mar 14

When social movement meets social media

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Look Out, Facebook and Twitter - Pinterest, LinkedIn Are Gaining On You In Content Shar... - 0 views

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shared by Madison DeSousa on 23 Jan 14 - No Cached

- Madison DeSousa on 23 Jan 14
  
  This image shows how Pinterest has surpassed many other social media sites when it comes to sharing information.
  
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Pinterest sharing rose more than 19%
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Pinterest and LinkedIn LNKD -1.57% grew faster in the amount of content shared with friends and acquaintances than either of the two leaders,
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The gain by Pinterest came close to making it the third most popular channel for sharing
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vlog.it - 0 views

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shared by Claudia Yung on 10 Mar 14 - No Cached

- Claudia Yung on 10 Mar 14
  
  People can simply click on any of the rotating images and videos of the author's work will show up. It's an interesting way of allowing people to get to know the artist. It's different than youtube where people just look up videos and watch them
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">People can simply click on any of the rotating images and videos of the author's work will show up. It's an interesting way of allowing people to get to know the artist. It's different than youtube where people just look up videos and watch them</div>
  
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- Claudia Yung on 10 Mar 14
  
  A share link allows people to share their favourite videos or the website with others.
  
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Claudia Yung on 10 Mar 14

Great example of an interesting and unique website design! It's extremely interactive and eye-catching.

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6 Tips on Choosing a Proper Template for Your Website - 0 views

www.motocms.com/...choose-proper-website-template

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