UF Social Media Scholars

2010 list of tools for tracking followers and unfollowers, from Mashable.

"There are some things that YouTube can't do, or doesn't do so well. There are plenty of other high-quality video platforms with competitive features or specialized markets. We picked out seven of those options with a brief breakdown of what it is, and why you should use it."

In the evolving ethical landscape of social media, what's the "line" for deciding when to share something related to a story? References photos and video of photographers killed in Libya, April 2011.

Great short blog post from my old '2 sort' folder that gives the authors answer to "why you should use Twitter." From 2009, but I think it still holds up well.

"Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age."

Yahoo study on social reactions to different news stories.

Discussion of whether it is appropriate for a reporter to quote material from tweets in a story, case study from mlive.com

Transcript of danah boyd's keynote speech at 2010 SXSW on common themes in privacy and "being public" in social media.

Google site w/ good overview of Diigo, uses in education, suggestions for use of Diigo in student learning.

How exactly does someone develop into a leader on Twitter?

One of many good reactions to Gladwell's essay on Twitter, social media and political action. (Link to Gladwell essay is inside this post.)

I think the way Vanity Fair presents this is more interesting than the content of the article itself.

From August 2010: "The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that a California marketing company had settled charges that it engaged in deceptive advertising by having its employees write and post positive reviews of clients' games in the Apple iTunes Store, without disclosing that they were being paid to do so.

Great series on of blog posts on the use of social media in the 2010 elections. I used these as assignments in my social media class. See the post on the Tea Party in particular.

Social features applied to card & calendar design, but with great paper and excellent production.

Free service w/ premium option for getting stats on your Twitter account.

Description of the differences between traditional retweets and those that happen from the button.

"Metricly is an aggregated dashboard and analytics platform that helps businesses of all sizes track their metrics in one place."

"Colleges, entrepreneurs, and publishers, all drawn by the buzz of social media, are competing to market software that makes sharing class notes or collaborating on calculus problems as simple as updating your Facebook status."