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I think is really interesting when we look at the ways we communicate health causes and programs. Movember has turned into a really "sexy" cause as is support for a lot of other campaigns.

Ever wonder if LinkedIn is really that important for your career? Social media guru Jorgen Sundberg, explore why LinkedIn is more important than Facebook or Twitter - really interesting read. 

Tthis is a helpful read to squash some bad PR habits.

This one really grabbed my attention Corinne! I was really expecting to see the phrase, "I don't know" in there as well, but maybe that one is too obvious. In the few jobs I've had that required speaking to the media, it was really stressed to never say "I don't know," even if you really didn't know how to answer the question.

A really interesting read about the state of digital teams in the nonprofit sector. Senior online leaders from 67 nonprofit organizations contributed to the final report. You can also download the world's first digital team structure benchmark for the nonprofit sector for free: http://digitalteams.org/

This is a really interesting scholarly article I came across whilst putting together my last scholarly blog. The study examines the relationship between the use of Facebook and the formation and maintenance of social capital.

This is really fascinating article that follows Grey Poupon's marketing strategy of applying memberships standards to Facebook, an inclusive platform.

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'm still learning about SEO but I'm really interested in its effect on website content. Planning keywords into content, especially on news articles, can be dangerous to the art of writing.

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

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?

In my previous job, we used virtual conferencing on a daily basis. As a media communications company, we were seeking the best conferencing software out there, and we finally found it: Open-tok (tokbox) Please check this page out as it may change your virtual communication lives in your work or home environments! Details: "This is a unique video conferencing service that lets your audience (up to 200 people per conference) send you video questions, really making your virtual conference feel like a face-to-face one. Video questions can be sent in advance of the meeting, so presenters can review them and decide if they want to make the video public. Presenters can also put meeting participants on screen and move them off at any time."

Interesting little article offering interpretation about twitter patterns during "Superstorm" Sandy. I noticed similar patterns following the event. Even though the storm really seemed to be hitting Delaware more directly, most of the information on social media was coming from Manhattan.

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.

I really enjoyed our infographics seminar in PC8006 last week and the ethical implications of infographics. There's many out there but I thought this one was sweet and simple, and has a sort of 'rules list' that some infographic designers are choosing to abide by.

Really interesting study on the decline of literacy in the Digital Age

A very interesting movie that deals with anonymity on the internet. 2 filmakers look at a friendship formed online between an artist and a small-town family. I really liked the documentary!

The filmmakers of this documentary have come under a lot of fire as to whether or not the film was staged. After reflecting it does seem coincidental that so much of this key points of the storyline are caught on tape. However, staged or not it really makes you question who you might be talking to on the internet.

I am not pushing either side of this argument but I thought this documentary did a really good job of illustrating Baym's notion of how there is a discourse of fear surrounding technology.

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. 

This is perhaps more relevant to our Communications theory class, or even for those of us in the Presentation class, but regardless I found this to be a really concise and interesting way of breaking down communication rhetorical strategies in the political realm.

Twitter posted this "Best Practices for journalists" on their blog. Twitter wasn't 'meant' or built to be a tool for professional communicators but has obviously been used as such since its creation. I just found it really interesting that the tool is telling the storyteller how to do his/her job. I wonder why Twitter as an organization felt the need to post this best practices for journalists. What is the communication strategy here? Do they hope to change Twitter practices? Bring in more would-be journalists on the site? They even include quantitative research and examples to support their recommendations!