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This is a great article that touches on many of the things we talked about in Janice's class this week. There are also some links to the innovation/diffusion readings for virtual org.

Even though we live in North America and pay much more attention to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+, I think it's also important to be informed of trends in other parts of the world as well. This article explores the success of LINE, a popular social networking site in Japan.

A look at the complex technologies/software built to help reelect Obama.

A lot was done on what drove his election in 2008, interesting to read an compare the differences in 2012

sandy's effects on the virtual world...

Really interesting how people are using their digital devices to tell their stories and capture memories. A common social trend in my opinion.

PR Daily shared a list of 25 quotes regarding the power of social networking. I think this list is pretty fitting after our MPC Evening with Industry event, and with all of us looking for or landing internships. I particularly liked this one: "Network continually - 85 percent of all jobs are filled through contacts & personal references." 

An article about what julius ceasar could teach us about leadership and social media. Interesting as we look at building our "personal brands" 

Really interesting read about Instagram disabling its compatibility with Instagram - which officially has nothing to do with it being owned by Facebook. Especially interesting to read about the focus on financial gain. Social media is often hailed as bringing people together - but is it really just a flashy reinforcement of the structures that be?

Facebook picking up cues from instagram and adding editing software to their IOS app. Social construction of technology? 

This is a cool infographic about how small businesses use social media. It is clear that Facebook and Twitter are still the most popular options for small businesses.

Social media's impact on university "partying" and the bar scene. 

When users are not paying for services up front, the publisher must extract a "cost" somewhere. Online, this cost is our attention, our time. We pay for social media with pieces of our lives-whether it's because a blog baits us into reading something or a game tricks us into sticking around long after we should have left-and these bits of life are sold to advertisers, literally, for pennies.

This is really interesting article following the ways in which Lady Gaga has capitalized on using social media to promote her brand - especially now that she has her own social networking site for her fans that launched earlier this summer. I don't consider myself an avid fan of hers, but I'm really impressed with the way she uses social media to interact and connect with her fans; which is basically the only reason why I follow her on Twitter.

Researchers are working on software that tries to determine which city areas are prone to crime.

Campbell added that increasingly, employers are searching Facebook and Twitter before hiring and that there are jobs out there for young people with social media savvy. Starting in Grades 4 and 5 teachers want to teach students to have a responsible digital footprint. Campbell's teaching style is not uncommon. The provincial curriculum has required technology to be woven into the classroom for several years, said Clare Brett, an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. This article refers to our discussion in much earlier weeks where talked about the importance of engaging students and the younger generations in technology to avoid having a lack of a digitally literate society.

Gangnam Style is an example of what can be achieved on the Internet by offering the right content for the right audience at the right time.

GREAT article on how smartphones make us "superhuman" and the concept of your phone as a "phantom limb". READ IT! 

If you're a former "burner" like me - this article presented a really interesting look at how digital communications and social networking are affecting an event that has always been about rejecting mass media/the ordinary and cultivating face to face relationships. 

An interesting look at how innovations in technology and communications devices are affecting healthcare.