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From Angela Maiers. Gary's social media count is an embeddable page that shows you how fast things are growing and going in the social media world.

great graph to embed on the wiki page about how the world is connecting online.

"The first is social media is much more than a fad (which you have probably read about, as well.) It's not just that Twitter has been at the heart of the Arab Spring and other social and political developments of recent years. Nor that Facebook has acquired so many millions of users all over the world. It's the fact that people use these new media in such a variety of ways it becomes impossible to distinguish business from pleasure. Wikipedia, for instance, has shown that people not only long to discover, they want to share. The psychological effect on business and public life has been immense; in fact I would say that there is a new business climate of openness"

"Workshop shows advantages of social media in job hunting"

"Federal employees are increasingly turning to social media websites for work and personal use, particularly as more agencies lift restrictions on access, according to a new survey"

Social media in current news.

I'm not sure if I can really use this but it gives me a definition of the social media

The Keep America Beautiful campaign is adding a new website to their name. They already have one for the organization, but are now building on it with a website that is called a social volunteer hub. This helps people who want to start their own clean-up project. Through this website they reach out with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to gain more attention nationally.

Social media and Leisure - Games, Facebook, etc.

Trend One: Social Mobile Trend Two: Socialization of Search Trend Three: Geo-Targeting of Social Media Marketing Trend Four: Social Commerce Trend Five: Social Gaming Trend Six: Global Magazine Super Blogs Trend Seven: Global Micro Niche Business

CNET Networks Inc. is a media company co-founded in 1993 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie. CNET was also originally an acronym that originally stood for Computer Networks, but the name was later changed to CNET Networks, losing its acronymity. It was acquired by CBS in 2008 and its properties were merged into CBS Interactive. Contents [hide]

This is how movements now happen! Redefining Beautiful: One Girl at a Time has girls not wearing makeup on Tuesdays. T-shirts and, of course, social media, characterize what these girls are doing (and the guys who support them.) For pundits who think social media is a negative, this is an example of how this generation redefines the world using social networking to spread statements of a generation more quickly than books can be printed.

Read about this trend. It would make a GREAT movie.

"Upload photos, video, and audio files once through the Pixelpipe Media Gateway and distribute your content across over 100+ social networks, photo/video sites, blogs, and other online services."

A new CareerBuilder.com survey found that 22% of all hiring managers have combed through social media profiles to help evaluate potential hires, up from just 11% two years ago.

Web 2.0 background

A Web 2.0 site may allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where people are limited to the passive viewing of content.

This source gives more background and information on how the Web 2.0 was created and formed.

he said he was testing how our globalised, increasingly internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.

Talks about Dan Rather and shows some of the scandals that he went through.

Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University

Interesting information about the evolution of Social Media/Netorking

" If you are in the entertainment industry, or if you are thinking of breaking into the entertainment industry, you will need to find creative workflow that will allow you to have more control over editing, sound and other media aspects. " This website helps you to choose which workflow software you will need if you are thinking of coming into the entertainment industry.