YouTube goes down, is it China’s fault? Then, Light out! One major campaign taking place this weekend has been spread almost entirely through social media, we’ll tell you about it. And why a video of President Bush & President Clinton has gone viral and the controversy surrounding it. Check out iePlexus’ Social Media News Brief for all the stories making headlines. (more…)
A few weeks ago when I talked about the future of social media, one of the things I mentioned was how Twitter was going to become our news source. Next month, five journalist are actually going to test out the method of only getting news from only Twitter and Facebook. The “Behind Closed Doors on the Net” experiment’s goal is to see if the journalist can actually write articles based on facts mentioned on the social networks. The only way to do that, is take away and block all other communication technologies. That means no phone, radio, or clicking on links attached to the social networks.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the journalist do in the experiment. Can anyone really just get their news from Twitter and social media alone? I say “Yes & No.” I think Twitter is a great tool for overviews, and for discussion. However some stories are best told by social media. The Iran election from last summer is a great example. Although journalist were banned from covering it, the citizens of country took our their cameras, and shared what was happening with the rest of the world. While this was everyone’s only option to learn about developments, it opened the doors to citizen journalism, allowing anyone to tell a story, and in some cases, like this situation, made the story more real. (more…)
Social Media News Brief: iePlexus Inc. December 2, 2009 from iePlexus on Vimeo.
Social Media News Brief: iePlexus Inc. December 2, 2009 from iePlexus on Vimeo.
This week has been full of news from the social media world. Here’s a look at some of the headlines happening in the social media world. (more…)
