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This is from Reuter’s newly released Handbook of Journalism, which was recently picked up by Mashable.
Can I break news via Twitter?
As with blogging within Reuters News, you should make sure that if you have hard news content that it is broken first via the wire. Don’t scoop the wire. NB this does not apply if [...]
It is easy to blame the Internet today for all the ills of the society–crime, violence, the wave of shootings, and whatnot. But to pin the blame of an increasing number of HIV cases in the country to the rise of social networks is just plain, er, baseless. It is just like blaming TV violence [...]
Here’s an interesting analysis of the effectiveness of advertising on Facebook. (Yes, guys they have ads but you may be too busy playing Farmville to notice, heh).
While the article points to the increase in ad spend in Facebook, this social network is not really serving up relevant ads to people (again, have you really seen [...]
This morning I posed this question on my Facebook profile. And what an interesting mix of answers I got. In summary, people become fans of people, services and products because of:
Peer pressure
Common Interests
It’s a form of sharing
It’s a statement of support
What about you, what are your thoughts?
No, I’m not talking about a contest on bird-chirping. But seems like a good idea, noh?
Anyway, Joey Alarilla sent me these links to stories about the current state of Twitter in different countries. As you will see, the US remains the biggest market. But the Philippines is now the 5th most active country on Twitter [...]
