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12/20/2012 08:56 PM

Social media posts on school shooting immediately turned to gun control - NBCNews.com (blog)

Broadcasting & Cable Social media posts on school shooting immediately turned to gun control NBCNews.com (blog) By Bob Sullivan. While the White House and politicians said it was too soon to talk about gun laws in the immediate aftermath of last week's Connecticut school shooting, social media users resoundingly disagreed. By Friday night, only hours after the ... Report: Social media talk focuses on gun controlMiamiHerald.com (registration) School massacre fuels social media debateThe Australian Pew: Gun Control Debates Dominate Social Media Following Newtown TragedyBroadcasting & Cable all 178 news articles »

12/20/2012 02:43 PM

Adobe agrees to buy cloud social-media company to enhance Creative Suite - San Jose Mercury News

TechCrunch Adobe agrees to buy cloud social-media company to enhance Creative Suite San Jose Mercury News BOSTON -- Adobe Systems (ADBE) has acquired Behance, a privately held service that designers and companies use to display creative works over the Internet, expanding the software maker's Web-based offerings. The San Jose-based maker of Photoshop ... Adobe Acquires Social Portfolio Platform Behance To Power Its Creative Cloud ...TechCrunch Adobe Systems (ADBE) Acquires Social Media Platform BehanceStreetInsider.com (subscription) all 56 news articles »

12/20/2012 10:22 AM

9 Things Businesses Shouldn't Do On Social Media - Forbes

Forbes 9 Things Businesses Shouldn't Do On Social Media Forbes Use social media the right way, and you can attract new customers and boost your business. Use it the wrong way, and you can spark a backlash that'll melt your reputation to a sticky puddle. Here's an example of the wrong way. Last September, a loyal ... Social Media Slows Us DownPolitic365 Social Media Report 2012: Social Media Comes of Age.4Hoteliers Experts review role of social media, news outlets in aftermath of Newtown shootingGloucester County Times - NJ.com Business 2 Community -ABC News -Huffington Post all 134 news articles »

12/20/2012 08:27 AM

The Christmas Card as Social Media - The Atlantic

The Christmas Card as Social Media The Atlantic Nina Burleigh distills this sentiment for a nice essay in Time, pinning the blame for the decline on the ubiquity of social media in giving real-time access to one's friends and associates. "We already know exactly how they've fared in the past year ... and more »

12/20/2012 09:32 AM

Social Media Evolution, Not Revolution - Huffington Post (blog)

Social Media Evolution, Not Revolution Huffington Post (blog) In 2012 we saw social media officially become part of mainstream media. It is no longer "news" or a surprise that a story was broken via social media or that any outlet would engage and source from a number of available platforms like Twitter ...

12/20/2012 04:51 PM

Harford schools boost security for Friday, citing 'social media rumors' - Baltimore Sun (blog)

Harford schools boost security for Friday, citing 'social media rumors' Baltimore Sun (blog) The supposed end of the world doomsday prediction for today (Friday) has Harford County Public Schools planning extra security because of unspecified social media "rumors." Late Thursday afternoon, the county public school system notified parents via ... and more »

12/20/2012 03:33 PM

Social media turns into boring old media - Boing Boing

Boing Boing Social media turns into boring old media Boing Boing Not the end of social media, by any means, obviously. But it feels like this is the point at where the current systems seize up for a bit. Perhaps not even in ways that most people will notice. But social media seems now to be clearly calcifying into ...

12/20/2012 08:01 AM

Questioning the network: The year in social media research - Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard

Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard Questioning the network: The year in social media research Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard The range of social media research produced in 2012 has been wide and diverse: from what works on Twitter to explorations of meme “virality”; from Facebook's power to motivate to the hidden dynamics of friend networks; from SMS power in the Arab ...

12/20/2012 06:38 PM

Social media stirring rumors of shootings at Washoe schools; sheriff's office ... - Reno Gazette-Journal

WRAL.com Social media stirring rumors of shootings at Washoe schools; sheriff's office ... Reno Gazette-Journal Social media â€Â" in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut last week and hysterics over end-of-the-world speculation from the Mayan calendar â€Â" is fueling rumors of school shootings at Washoe County high schools Friday, ... Schools, police across region handling social media-fueled rumorsnwitimes.com Social media rumors of Frederick County school threats investigatedGazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online Threats, rumors, social media posts put local schools on alertHouma Courier (blog) all 190 news articles »

12/20/2012 06:31 PM

School threats spreading on social media raising new fears - kgw.com

NBC4 Washington School threats spreading on social media raising new fears kgw.com Social media has also been buzzing over December 21 doomsday predictions â€Â" which were deemed baseless. But many people are especially vulnerable now, following the tragedy in Conn. and the deadly shooting at the Clackamas Town Center. School ... Social media rumors: Police controlling threats of school violenceWJLA Maryland Law Enforcement Investigate Social Media Rumors of School ViolenceNBC4 Washington Rumors of School Violence in Md. Mounting on Social MediaCBS Local all 76 news articles »