Harvard Study: The West Coast Tweets Happy. East Coast, Not

Can you glean the mood of the nation from looking at Tweets? Researchers at Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science think it's possible, and have recently released an interesting analysis that sheds light on the emerging science of using social media as an alternative to traditional telephone survey methods.

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Pentagon Unveils New Social Media Hub

With the unveiling of the updated Social Media Hub, we hope it will exist as more than just a website advertising DoD’s latest Facebook posts or Twitter feed. Rather, our goal is to create a “hub” in every essence of the word—a place where anyone interested in learning more about social media practices amongst the services, as well helpful social m

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Dan Vincent

Personal website for Dan Vincent, a University graduate in Computer Science and athlete who trains for MMA and other combat sports. Provides an online portal for all his social online media such as Twitter, Facebook, videos and writings.

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Chicago Museum offering $10000 Cash to Social Media Freak

The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, wants to conduct an experiment on a social media freak. They want to put the freak on display in a cube and see what interaction develops

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Were MMORPGs The First Social Media Platform?

For the uninitiated, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs for short) are a type of computer game that is played over the Internet with a large number of fellow players who take on character roles in a fantasy or science-fiction based universe... But did they actually invent Social Media?

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Social Media Conversations with your Customer

The marketing function now includes systems and processes to accommodate the rapidly growing two-way conversations that are taking place with the customer. Science Creative investigates.

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Pollsters: Pentagon Survey on Gays in the Military May Be 'O

(July 13) -- The Pentagon's confidential, 103-question survey e-mailed to 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops last week -- and leaked to the media two days later -- is aimed at gauging their views on lifting the military's don't ask, don't tell policy on gays in the service. But it's being viewed in social science circles as the statistical

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10 Uses for Social Media

10 uses for social media, including non-profit organisations, audience participation, freedom of speech, science and broadening minds... (and no mooning - badoom ching! - about vampires)

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Chinese study says Western social media subverts China

China Academy of Social Sciences report says social networking sites like Facebook pose a security threat to China and are used as "tools of subversion" by Western nations including the U.S.

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How to Get on the First Page of Google

Do you want to know what it takes for your website to get on the first page of Google? Of course you do. Listen, it’s not rocket science. It is one part research, one part attention to detail, and one part consistent implementation… if you know what to do. So forget all the social media hype for a minute to discover what it really takes to get...

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