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This article from the summer discusses First Nations leaders use of social media in the recent AFN election for National Chief. It is interesting because it talks about the impact of new new media for voters in remote communities. 

This article explores how pursuasive video games are users and is interesting in light of our discussions on technological determinism. Talks about games ability to educate and inspire change/behaviour modification in users. 

I watched this on TVO today and found it explored some good concepts, particularly the difference between the collective and community. As well, I like his distinction between context vs content providers in higher education -- shaping discussion rather than trying to disseminate it.

Article that discusses how social media sites like Facebook and Twitter may not be effective for certain businesses that are more successful with traditional marketing tools.

This is a documentary and brief article about some of the dangers of sharing personal information on social media. I haven't watched it yet, but I think it looks pretty relevant to what we discussed in class on Monday, so it is on my "to do" list

Interesting article in relation to our discussion of technological determinism - are we shaping the tools or are they shaping us?

"Within an hour that tweet was being discussed, as the most popular tweet of all time, garnering more than 300, 000 retweets" 

Interesting discussion after last week's Procom Mash-Up and the discussions about Big Data. This article is looking at the positive sides of big data.

In light of our discussion on online privacy, interesting article on the erosion of privacy and why its a good thing.

An article by the CEO of Hootsuite about how email kills productivity. namely, he argues it is linear and not social. Interesting read in light of our discussions on synchronous and asynchronous communications

In light of our discussion this week on the social web, this article challenges the dominant history of the internet suggesting that the true social web started in the 1990s with link sharing. Today, the vast trove of social traffic is essentially invisible to most analytic programs. The author calls it the "DARK SOCIAL."

We were discussing Obama's Reddit appearance in class last week and I brough up this article. It discusses how reddit is a "terrible platform for extracting information from a politician." Here is a link to the AMA too: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/

Pretty relevant to some of the discussions about digital access in Northern Canada! This might help to spark some interest in the Internet for residents of Cambridge Bay that are not yet online

As a group, we have been discussing ways to stay organized and on top of our workload for this program and seeing as the vast majority of us have smartphones some of the apps suggested here might be able to help! The suggestions come from app developers who are students themselves, including Brennan McEachran, who is a fourth-year commerce student at Ryerson.

I mentioned Myspace a lot in the discussion for next week. Here is an example of a social media that essentially died but is trying to come back. Aggressively. The interface seems to highly draw upon Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest... Will the redesign work? Do we want a Twitter-Facebook hybrid? Or do users like having them separate? What will the new Myspace mean for communicators who use social media?

This an interesting article to follow up my groups presentation this morning on Communication and Organization. We addressed so barriers for remote workers and this piece brings up some interesting advantages to being a remote worker. The use of tools section is particularly relevant to our in-class activity as well.

When you're evaluating a brand name, it can help to visualize it in a variety of settings. Catchword's Name Visualizer is a free tool that allows you to contextualize name candidates in six real-world scenarios, from a business card to an advertising billboard. This site builds on this week's discussion on virtual team work and also relates to our Visual and Document Design course. We can now have the ability to connect virtually using visual applications. Brand creators can decide on an effective brand name and brand placement for their products or services through virtual applications.

For those of us born before 1990, the rigours of social media can seem like a chore. Though most business owners would agree that a presence on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest is a necessity in today's competitive market, the question still looms: Who's going to do all the tweeting and posting and pinning?

Interesting article. They may have written the headline just to catch one's attention, but I don't agree that it has to do with your age. I think whomever gets the position of handling the company's social media should be an articulate writer, have strong business etiquette, and a strong understanding of the company's objectives and corporate social responsibility. This can be either a 22-year old or a 50-year old. I don't think age is the question here. Perhaps the headline writer had limited space to work with : )

This article really draws out a lot of the concepts we've been discussing in class in terms of popular assumptions about digital usage. I don't necessarily agree with a lot of the things Mann is mentioning, but I do think it is worth a read.

a youtube of cbc on the use of online privacy and the LGBT issue. asking interesting questions about how government uses the internet to contact certain groups.