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Why Social Media Innovation Has Hit a Plateau [OPINION] - 1 views

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    Has social media plateaued? Will a "rest" in social media development allow everyone to catch up and be okay with social media skills? Interesting opinion.
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The role of Information Technology in defeating the Arab regimes: Facebook 2-0 Arab Pre... - 0 views

  • Opinions might be conflicted, some people can see that all revolutions through the history succeeded with the absent of technology, and if people stayed in front of PC screens, who would participate in the demonstrations.
  • On the other side, many opinions say that the online social networks provided e-communities helped to promote the anti governing systems ideas, and to call and organize the demonstrations, and to disseminate news from the heart of the events. Regardless of this conflict, we have a striking phenomenon and should be monitored.
  • we can define three main roles of Facebook and Twitter in January demonstrations; Call for demonstrations, dissemination of demonstrations news, and increasing information circulation
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    This article discusses how internet played main role in the January revolution of Egyptian, and how RAND foundation report expected what happened, this report was published in 2003 and discussed the relation between technology and non-democratic regimes in Middle East and North Africa.
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How Social Media is Changing the Education Industry [infographic] | Mindjumpers - 0 views

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    By now, we are all aware of how social media is changing the way we communicate with each other. Social media has made it easier for us to connect with people both close to us, businesses we have an interest in and not least people across the world. And now, we also begin to see how the education industry is joining the game.
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James Surowiecki: When social media became news | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news -- and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.
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Why Not Use Social Networks? by Joel Josephson | Teacher Reboot Camp - 1 views

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    Educators that are not using Facebook often use the arguments that they are concerned for their: Privacy & Time.
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