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Swine flu pandemic infects Twitter
It should be obvious by now that Twitter is a useful viral marketing tool – whatever you might think of it in terms of journalism and news. And, like the Witches of Facebook, Twitter can be a platform...
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Humour in the face of certain death
Thanks to Juha [Techsploder] at JOURNZ for the link to this fabulous cartoon and xkcd.com for allowing its re-use My backwards link to background If you want to get into the game check out Is It Time...
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The revolution will not be Twitter-ized
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because...
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Media empires, the fall of Rome and the digital sublime
But now, anyone can instantly publish on the web. And as long as they have content people want to see and read they will reach millions. The extent of the revolution could not have been seen – the...
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Twitter for the “peeps”: Celebs keepin’ it real?
Well, that’s nice, Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana is leaving the Twitersphere; now maybe we’ll get some peace. I think we should all tweet our favourite celebs (or their peeps) and suggest they follow...
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A useful account of Twitter and tweeting journalists
My Australian colleague Julie Posetti at the University of Canberra has written a good piece in The Walkley Magazine about how journalists are, should and might make use of Twitter as a tool. Why...
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Am I paranoid?
The last time I visited those great United States, in September 2008, I flew all the way from LA to NYC with a couple of stops on the way and didn’t really have too much trouble. The time before that...
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On Twitter size doesn’t count (so much)
No doubt you’re into Twitter, but what do you do with your tweets? Here at EM I use Twitter as a channel to promote the content on my blog and I also own up to the very occasional frivolous tweet. But...
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All a twitter over #superinjunction tweets. Advice to celebs “STFU”
So, the gloss is wearing off social media; the excitement is waning and the holy-roller experts are starting to sound like hollowed-out snakeoil sellers after a beating in the Dry Gulch town square. We...
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Twitterville – as the name suggests
There’s something very cool and satisfying about Twitter. I actually think that as a tool for journalists it has the potential to be very valuable and I know that my colleagues (shoutout to...
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If you don’t laugh you lose
The war on terror and spying on everyone are both very serious business. The war on terror is killing people all over the world, including, sadly this week in Australia too. The tragic death of Abdul...
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Hirst v Deakin: Update 12 June
The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia, (JERAA) has issued the following statement. I think it relates to my case, but I’m not sure. I am a member of the Association. Journalism...
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Humour in the face of certain death
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Journalists on the wrong side of history when it comes to social media
In the last week or so some fairly senior journalists and journalism academics have launched a defence of mainstream reporters and reporting by suggesting that most, if not all, criticism of...
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